School of Biology

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  Do seals use noise as a source of info?: Do seals use noise as a source of information?

  Janik, V. (PI)

  NERC

  1/03/12 → 28/02/15

  Project: Standard

  • Pinnipedia 100%
  • Halichoerus Grypus 90%
  • Grey Seal 40%
  • Acoustic Tag 40%
  • Pups 40%

• SULSA HTS: High throughput screening of the Trypanosoma brucei neutral sphingomylienase - a validated drug target

  Smith, T. K. (PI)

  Scottish Funding Council

  1/03/12 → 28/02/13

  Project: Standard

• Inositol metabolism in euryhaline teleos: Inositol metabolism in euryhaline teleosts - roles in osmoregulation and disruption by organic pesticides

  Hazon, N. (PI)

  NERC

  1/03/12 → 28/02/15

  Project: Standard

  • Oreochromis niloticus 100%
  • Acclimatization 100%
  • Inositol Monophosphatase 100%
  • Isoform 100%
  • Anguilla anguilla 100%

• Sulsa HTS Award: Cell-based assay to identify small molecules that inhibit interferon induction: for basic research, biotechnology and medical applications

  Adamson, C. S. (PI)

  Scottish Funding Council

  1/03/12 → 31/08/13

  Project: Standard

  • High Throughput Screening 100%
  • Interferon Induction 100%
  • Interferon 100%
  • Small Molecule 50%
  • IRF3 50%

• SULSA HTS: Cell-based assay to identify small molecules that inhibit interferon induction: for basic research, biotechnology and medical applications

  Randall, R. E. (PI) & Adamson, C. S. (CoI)

  Scottish Funding Council

  1/03/12 → 31/08/13

  Project: Standard

  • High Throughput Screening 100%
  • Interferon Induction 100%
  • Interferon 100%
  • Small Molecule 50%
  • IRF3 50%

• Marie Curie CIG Animal Sound Sensors: Marie Curie CIG Animal Sound Sensors

  Johnson, M. (PI) & Boyd, I. (CoI)

  European Commission

  1/03/12 → 28/02/16

  Project: Standard

  • Cetacea 100%
  • Echolocation 58%
  • Phocoena phocoena 57%
  • Prey Capture 50%

• Genetic markers for flesh quality: Genetic markers for flesh quality in farmed fish

  Johnston, I. A. (PI)

  BBSRC

  1/02/12 → 31/01/13

  Project: Standard

  • Farmed Fish 100%
  • Genetic Marker 100%
  • Salmon 100%
  • Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy 100%
  • Heterojunction 100%

• Genomic Evolution in Real Time: Genomic evolution in real time: causes and consequences of an adaptive mutation in the wild

  Bailey, N. W. (PI) & Ritchie, M. G. (CoI)

  NERC

  9/01/12 → 8/01/15

  Project: Standard

  • Field Cricket 100%
  • Teleogryllus oceanicus 82%
  • Evolution 71%
  • Ensifera 42%
  • Gene Expression 42%

• Understanding animal innovation: Understanding animal innovation

  Lala, K. (PI)

  9/01/12 → 8/01/15

  Project: Standard

  • Behavior (Neuroscience) 100%
  • Brain Size 50%
  • Coevolution 50%
  • Social Learning 50%

• Design Trade-offs and prototype eval: Multi-week behavioral sampling tag for sound effects studies: Design trade-offs and prototype evaluation

  Johnson, M. (PI), Gillespie, D. M. (CoI) & Lovell, P. (CoI)

  1/01/12 → 30/09/14

  Project: Standard

  • Cetacea 100%
  • Pseudorca crassidens 50%
  • Tursiops truncatus 50%
  • Body Rotation 50%
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics 50%

• COHBED: Realistic Sedimentary Bedform Prediction: Incorporating Physical and Biological Cohesion

  Paterson, D. (PI) & Kinnear, R. J. (CoI)

  NERC

  1/01/12 → 31/10/15

  Project: Standard

  • Bedform 100%
  • Earth Surface Sediment Transport 85%
  • Biofilm 70%
  • Laboratory Experiment 58%
  • Tomography 50%

• Tracey Gloster Fellowship: Understanding degradation of heparan sulphate with implications for disease

  Gloster, T. (PI)

  The Wellcome Trust

  1/01/12 → 30/09/18

  Project: Fellowship

  • Enzyme 100%

• Development of protein-rich starch-rich: Development of protein-rich starch-rich fractions from faba beans for salmon and terrestrial animal production respectively

  Johnston, I. A. (PI)

  Technology Strategy Board

  1/01/12 → 30/06/16

  Project: Standard

• Provision of a workshop to assess the ri: Provision of a workshop to assess the risk to the marine mammal population from renewable energy devices

  Harwood, J. (PI)

  NERC

  5/12/11 → 31/03/12

  Project: Standard

• The attenuation of FMDV RNA replication: The attenuation of FMDV RNA replication

  Ryan, M. D. (PI)

  The Wellcome Trust

  1/11/11 → 31/10/12

  Project: Standard

  • Foot and Mouth Disease Virus 100%
  • Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus 100%
  • Virus 80%
  • Inactivated Vaccine 40%
  • Serotype 40%

• Understanding & predicting diffusion: Understanding and predicting diffusion of innovations in animal populations

  Lala, K. (PI)

  BBSRC

  3/10/11 → 2/10/14

  Project: Standard

  • Social Learning 100%
  • Social Network 55%
  • Facilitated Diffusion 49%
  • Stickleback 34%

• The cognition of nest building: The cognition of nest building

  Healy, S. (PI)

  BBSRC

  1/10/11 → 30/09/14

  Project: Standard

  • Behavior (Neuroscience) 100%
  • Nest Building 100%
  • Nesting Behavior 83%
  • Zebra Finch 70%
  • Nonapeptide 33%

• Testing genetic models of same-sex: Testing genetic models of same-sex sexual behaviour

  Bailey, N. W. (PI) & Ritchie, M. G. (CoI)

  NERC

  1/10/11 → 31/03/13

  Project: Standard

  • Evolution 100%
  • Sexual Behavior 100%
  • Social Environment 60%
  • Field Cricket 50%
  • Teleogryllus oceanicus 50%

• EBAO: Optimising Array Form for Energy Extraction and Environmental Benefit (EBAO)

  Thompson, D. (PI)

  NERC

  1/10/11 → 31/03/13

  Project: Standard

  • Harbor Seal 100%
  • Compressed Air Motors 100%
  • Ports and Harbors 100%
  • Pile Driving 100%
  • Pinnipedia 57%

• Fellowship - Unspent EPSRC Balance: Fellowship - Unspent funds

  Antkowiak, M. (PI)

  EPSRC

  1/10/11 → 31/03/12

  Project: Fellowship

• The cognition of nest building: The cognition of nest building

  Healy, S. (PI)

  BBSRC

  1/10/11 → 30/09/14

  Project: Standard

  • Nesting Behavior 100%
  • Behavior (Neuroscience) 95%
  • Nest Building 68%
  • Zebra Finch 63%

• Plasmodium falciparium PfNitA: Understanding the function of the Plasmodium falciparium PfNitA membrane protein to assess its potential for human protective health

  Unkles, S. E. (PI)

  Carnegie Trust

  1/09/11 → 9/04/12

  Project: Standard

• Scotland Punjab collaborations: Scotland Punjab collaborations Exploring possibilities for research collaborations and staff and student exchanges in biotechnology crop science and the environment

  Tobin, A. K. (PI)

  The Royal Society

  22/08/11 → 21/09/11

  Project: Standard

• New inhibitor binding site: Exploration of a new inhibitor binding site on bacterial sialidases Novel Inhibitors of relevance to community acquired pneumonia

  Westwood, N. J. (PI) & Taylor, G. L. (CoI)

  Scottish Funding Council

  1/08/11 → 30/11/12

  Project: Standard

• Marine Renewable Energy (MRE) Sandpit: Understanding how Marine Renewable Device Operations Influence Fine Scale Habitat Use and Behaviour of Marine Vertebrates (RESPONSE)

  Thompson, D. (PI)

  NERC

  1/08/11 → 30/11/16

  Project: Standard

  • Harbor Seal 100%
  • Ports and Harbors 100%
  • Marine Mammal 66%
  • Renewable Energy 47%
  • Turbine 46%

• MaXis ESI QTOF mass spectrometer: Equipment only grant-Mass spectrometers for Proteomics, Lipidomics and focused Metabolomics research

  Botting, C. H. (PI), Elliott, R. M. (CoI), Randall, R. E. (CoI), Smith, T. K. (CoI) & White, M. (CoI)

  The Wellcome Trust

  1/08/11 → 31/07/14

  Project: Standard

  • Proteome 100%
  • Proteomics 71%
  • Mass Spectrometry 66%
  • Glycoprotein 65%
  • Motor Neuron 60%

• SU2P Science Bridges Staff Exchange: SU2P Science Bridges Staff Exchange

  Antkowiak, M. (PI) & Gunn-Moore, F. J. (CoI)

  EPSRC

  1/08/11 → 31/07/12

  Project: Standard

• Evolution of gene expression: Evolution of gene expression in response to sexual selection

  Ritchie, M. G. (PI)

  NERC

  1/07/11 → 30/06/14

  Project: Standard

  • Sexual Selection 100%
  • Gene Expression 90%
  • Transcriptome 73%
  • Drosophila pseudoobscura 71%
  • Genomics 68%

• Development and use of genetic markers: Development and use of genetic markers for superior flesh quality in Atlantic salmon

  Johnston, I. A. (PI)

  BBSRC

  1/07/11 → 31/10/11

  Project: Standard

• Electron Paramagnetic Resonance: Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Facility and Service

  Schiemann, O. (PI)

  EPSRC

  1/07/11 → 30/06/12

  Project: Standard

• Influenza A virus NS1 and PI3 Kinase: Influenza A virus NS1 and PI3 Kinase - A structural investigation of their biological interaction

  Russell, R. J. M. (PI)

  Medical Research Council

  1/06/11 → 31/05/14

  Project: Standard

• Multivalent theraputic proteins: Multivalent theraputic proteins for influenza

  Taylor, G. L. (PI) & Connaris, H. (CoI)

  Medical Research Council

  1/06/11 → 31/07/13

  Project: Standard

  • Sialic Acid 100%
  • Virus 77%
  • Receptor 67%
  • Influenza Virus 62%
  • Biological Product 59%

• St. Andrews iGEM Team 2011: St. Andrews iGEM Team 2011

  Smith, V. A. (PI)

  The Wellcome Trust

  1/06/11 → 16/12/11

  Project: Standard

• Provision Cetacean Bycatch Monitoring: Provision of the Cetacean Bycatch Monitoring System

  Northridge, S. (PI)

  Dept for Environment Food and Rural Aff

  1/04/11 → 31/03/16

  Project: Standard

• Chandigarh Partnership Development Fund: Scotland - Chandigarh Partnership Development Fund

  Tobin, A. K. (PI)

  British Council

  1/04/11 → 31/12/11

  Project: Standard

• RSE Scottish Bioinformatics Forum: Scottish Phylogeny Discussion Group

  Barker, D. (PI)

  The Royal Society of Edinburgh

  1/03/11 → 28/02/13

  Project: Standard

• EU FP7 OCEAN 'VECTORS': EU FP7 OCEAN 'VECTORS'

  Paterson, D. (PI) & Defew, E. C. (CoI)

  European Commission

  1/02/11 → 31/01/15

  Project: Standard

  • Contingent Valuation 100%
  • Ecosystem Service 50%
  • Marine Biodiversity 50%
  • Ecosystem Function 50%
  • Fish Stock 50%

• EU FP7 - EMBRC: EU FP7 - EMBRC

  Johnston, I. A. (PI), Boyd, I. (CoI), Ferrier, D. E. K. (CoI), Naismith, J. (CoI) & Paterson, D. (CoI)

  European Commission

  1/02/11 → 31/01/14

  Project: Standard

• Investigating Trypanosoma brucei's: Investigating Trypanosoma Brucei's Unusual Inositol Metabolism

  Smith, T. K. (PI)

  The Wellcome Trust

  1/01/11 → 31/03/14

  Project: Standard

  • Trypanosoma Brucei 100%
  • Protozoa 60%
  • Plasmodium 60%
  • Structure Activity Relationship 60%
  • Leishmania 49%

• EU FP7 Marie Curie IEF CONCEAL: EU FP7 Marie Curie IEF 'CONCEAL'

  Hammond, P. S. (PI)

  European Commission

  1/11/10 → 31/10/12

  Project: Fellowship

  • Marine Mammal 100%
  • Case Study 91%
  • Reserve Networks 42%
  • Cetacea 42%
  • Species Richness 42%

• Multifunctional molecular machines: multifunctional molecular machines acting on DNA

  White, M. (PI) & Schiemann, O. (CoI)

  The Wellcome Trust

  1/11/10 → 31/10/15

  Project: Standard

  • Single-Stranded DNA 100%
  • DNA-binding Protein 100%
  • Oligonucleotide 87%
  • Helicase 75%
  • DNA Binding 70%

• Peptide based therapy of influenza virus: Peptide based therapy of influenza virus infection

  Russell, R. J. M. (PI)

  BBSRC

  1/10/10 → 30/09/11

  Project: Standard

• Making light deliver:Translation of meth: Making light deliver translation of methods of photoportions

  Gunn-Moore, F. J. (PI)

  EPSRC

  1/10/10 → 30/09/14

  Project: Standard

• VIP Value in People award 2010: Value in People award scheme 2010

  Sillar, K. T. (PI)

  The Wellcome Trust

  1/10/10 → 31/08/12

  Project: Standard

• Seals AFI: Ocean processes over the weddell sea shelf using seal tags

  Fedak, M. (PI) & Boehme, L. (CoI)

  NERC

  1/10/10 → 28/02/14

  Project: Standard

  • Water Mass 100%
  • Continental Shelf 97%
  • Salinity 88%
  • Southern Ocean 82%
  • Charge Transfer Device 61%

• Pathways to Impact Award EP/I500383/1

  Gunn-Moore, F. J. (PI)

  EPSRC

  1/08/10 → 31/03/11

  Project: Standard

• BioTIME: ERC Advanced Grant - BioTime

  Magurran, A. (PI)

  European Research Council

  1/08/10 → 31/07/15

  Project: Standard

  • Biodiversity 100%
  • Guppy Fish 62%
  • Species Richness 46%
  • Time Series 36%

• ConformationalStates of MembraneProtein: Conformational states of membranes proteins: Technology development for bioscience

  Schiemann, O. (PI) & Cottrell, G. A. (CoI)

  BBSRC

  1/07/10 → 9/01/16

  Project: Standard

  • Double Resonance 100%
  • Internuclear Double Resonance Spectroscopy 72%
  • Dynamics 63%
  • Site-Directed Spin Labeling 45%
  • Nucleic Acid 36%

• NE/H017135/1 Ocean Acidification: Impacts and implications of ocean acidification on key benthic ecosystems, communities, habitats, species and lefe cycles

  Paterson, D. (PI) & Defew, E. C. (CoI)

  NERC

  1/07/10 → 30/06/13

  Project: Standard

  • Foraminifera 100%
  • Ocean Acidification 100%
  • Carbon Dioxide 95%
  • Coastal Sediment 50%
  • Sea Grasses 50%

• Biomedical Vacation Scholarships 2010: Biomedical Vacation Scholarships 2010

  Ryan, M. D. (PI)

  The Wellcome Trust

  1/07/10 → 31/12/10

  Project: Standard