Division of Genome Biology staff Head of Division: Dr Jacqueline Smith Group Leader/Senior Research Fellow Contact details Email: Jacqueline.smith@roslin.ed.ac.uk Group Leaders / Career Track FellowsName(sorted in ascending order)RoleResearch InterestsDr Emily ClarkReader/Research Group LeaderMy main research interests focus on transcriptomics and genomics in farmed animals in both temperate and tropical regions. I am particularly interested in functional annotation of farmed animal genomes and the transcriptional control of complex traits in small ruminants.Dr Laura GlendinningChancellor's FellowMy group researches the functional relationships between the microbiota, host and environment in various animal species, with a particular focus on avians. Dr Andy LawGroup Leader/Senior Research FellowThe development of simple-to-use systems for handling and reformatting data for genetic analyses.Professor Dan MacqueenPersonal Chair of Integrative Fish GenomicsGenome biology, Aquaculture, Evolution, Fish Biology and Animal HealthDr Jeffrey SchoenebeckSenior Research FellowComparative & functional genetics, genome biology, avian and mammalian craniofacial biology and geneticsDr Douglas VernimmenGroup LeaderThe understanding on how vertebrate genes are switched on and off during differentiation to control cell fate and to specify different lineages is the molecular basis for any biological phenomenon. My research area is focused on many aspects of chromatin biology with a specific focus on epigenetic regulators. Chromatin Biology is a very strong research area at the University of Edinburgh and the research conducted at the Roslin Institute will take advantage of using many species to develop comparative (epi)genomics approaches to understand the complexity of gene regulation during evolution.Dr Nick WadeGroup Leader in AquacultureWe are trying to understand how aquatic animals respond to challenges such as disease and environmental stressors, and the molecular regulation of those pathways to make them more resilient to those challenges. The ways in which fish and prawns respond to stressors might be shared with other animals, while many others will be unique and it’s understanding those mechanisms, and understanding how these amazing creatures respond and thrive in a dynamic marine environment, that I’m passionate about. This article was published on 2024-09-02
