Staff list Head of Division Dr Finn Grey Senior Research Fellow Contact details Website: University of Edinburgh Research Explorer Profile Work: +44 (0) 131 651 9241 Email: finn.grey@roslin.ed.ac.uk Group Leaders/Career Track FellowsNameRoleResearch InterestsProfessor Paul DigardChair of VirologyReplication and pathogenesis of influenza viruses.Dr Eleanor GauntSir Henry Dale Fellow Dr Christine Tait-BurkardTenure Track Fellow/Research FellowHer research focuses on understanding how porcine and zoonotic viruses interact with their hosts and how this understanding can be used to identify genetic susceptibility/resistance and develop diagnostics and treatments. Braving the split between human and animal viruses and technologies Christine is, for example, involved in the generation of genome edited pigs resistant towards one of the most costly pig viruses but also part of the IMI CARE consortium aiming to identify and repurpose drugs against SARS-CoV-2 infection causing COVID-19. This article was published on 2024-09-02
