Projects

Research projects and supervisions undertaken by Professor Denis Headon (Personal Chair of Vertebrate Developmental Biology) in the Headon Lab:

Active Projects: 

  • Defining genome activity. Headon, D. (Principal Investigator. 1/04/23 → 31/03/28. Project: Research
  • Identifying the genomic basis of complex traits in farmed animals. Headon, D. (Principal Investigator). 1/04/23 → 31/03/28. Project: Research
  • ISP 2023/28 Consumables - Functional Genetics. Whitelaw, B. (Principal Investigator), Burdon, T. (Co-investigator), Davey, M. (Co-investigator), Farquharson, C. (Co-investigator), Headon, D. (Co-investigator), Lawrence, A. (Co-investigator), MacRae, V. (Co-investigator) & Meddle, S. (Co-investigator). BBSRC. 1/04/23 → 31/03/28. Project: Research
  • ISP 1 2023/28 Genes & Traits for Healthy Animals. Headon, D. (Principal Investigator). 1/04/23 → 31/03/28. Project: Research
  • Understanding the origins of animal phenotypes. Headon, D. (Principal Investigator). 1/04/23 → 31/03/28. Project: Research

Completed projects:

  • IDG 2023/28 - 2024 - Connectivity - Roslin Institute/Earlham Institute workshop on single cell and spatial transcriptomics. Headon, D. (Principal Investigator). BBSRC. 1/07/24 → 31/03/25 Project: Research
  • IDG 2023/28 - 2024 - Connectivity -Continue development of international/national collaborative activity in the use of in vitro cell culture systems to study Livestock and poultry biology at the Roslin Institute – through extendin. Burdon, T. (Principal Investigator), Grey, F. (Co-investigator), Headon, D. (Co-investigator) & Schoenebeck, J. (Co-investigator). BBSRC. 1/07/24 → 31/03/25 Project: Research
  • Producing single sex offspring to eliminate the culling of 100 million day-old male chicks. McGrew, M. (Principal Investigator) & Headon, D. (Co-investigator). Roslin Foundation. 1/06/24 → 31/07/25 Project: Research
  • Defining transcriptomes and cell behaviours underlying the growth of chicken intestine and limb. Headon, D. (Principal Investigator). BBSRC. 1/07/23 → 31/03/24. Project: Research
  • Integration of tissue mechanics and cell signalling in developmental patterning of the skin. Headon, D. (Principal Investigator). BBSRC. 19/02/20 → 3/03/23. Project: Research
  • Integration of tissue mechanics and cell signalling in developmental patterning of the skin. Headon, D. (Principal Investigator). BBSRC. 19/02/20 → 18/02/23. Project: Research
  • ISP18 Pump-priming: Investigating livestock production genes under balancing selection in vitro. Burdon, T. (Principal Investigator), Davey, M. (Co-investigator), Donadeu, X. (Co-investigator), Headon, D. (Co-investigator) & Hickey, J. (Co-investigator). BBSRC. 1/11/18 → 31/01/20. Project: Research
  • ISP18 Pump-priming: Definition of Enhancer-Promoter Interactions in the Chicken. Schoenebeck, J. (Principal Investigator), Balic, A. (Co-investigator), Davey, M. (Co-investigator), Dunn, I. (Co-investigator), Headon, D. (Co-investigator), McGrew, M. (Co-investigator), Rainger, J. (Co-investigator) & Sang, H. (Co-investigator). BBSRC. 1/11/18 → 31/07/19. Project: Research
  • ISP 2017/22-Headon Denis. Headon, D. (Principal Investigator). BBSRC. 1/04/17 → 31/03/22. Project: Research
  • ISP 2017/22-Headon Denis. Headon, D. (Principal Investigator). BBSRC. 1/04/17 → 31/03/23. Project: Research
  • HairGen: Genetics of human hair form diversity. Headon, D. (Principal Investigator). EU government bodies. 1/09/16 → 25/09/18. Project: Research. Developmental Tuning of Turing Patterning. Headon, D. (Principal Investigator). BBSRC. 1/04/16 → 31/03/19. Project: Research
  • Studies on the effects of chronic Edar stimulation in adult mice: evidence to support chronic therapy outside of the newborn. Headon, D. (Principal Investigator). Non-EU industry, commerce and public corporations. 1/03/15 → 28/02/17. Project: Research
  • Evolution of human hair form. Headon, D. (Principal Investigator). Non-EU-based charities. 1/03/13 → 30/11/15. Project: Research
  • Parameterisation of developmental networks to understand periodic patterning. Headon, D. (Principal Investigator). BBSRC. 1/01/13 → 31/12/15. Project: Research
  • Defining the transcriptome of autumn skin in wool shedding and fleece retaining skin in order to identify mutations that impair shedding and understand the mechanism of seasonal hair growth. Headon, D. (Principal Investigator). BBSRC. 1/10/12 → 31/01/13. Project: Research
  • Control of development and reproductive traits. Burdon, T. (Principal Investigator), Argyle, D. (Co-investigator), Ashworth, C. (Co-investigator), Beard, P. (Co-investigator), Brunton, P. (Co-investigator), Burt, D. (Co-investigator), Clinton, M. (Co-investigator), Dunn, I. (Co-investigator), Farquharson, C. (Co-investigator), Headon, D. (Co-investigator), Hocking, P. (Co-investigator), Hohenstein, P. (Co-investigator), Hume, D. (Co-investigator), Jackson, I. (Co-investigator), McColl, B. (Co-investigator), McGrew, M. (Co-investigator), McLachlan, G. (Co-investigator), Sang, H. (Co-investigator), Summers, K. (Co-investigator) & Whitelaw, B. (Co-investigator). BBSRC. 1/04/12 → 31/03/17. Project: Research
  • A comparative systems analysis of hair and feather fillicle patterning. Studentship William Ho. Headon, D. (Principal Investigator). BBSRC. 12/09/11 → 11/09/15. Project: Research
  • Development and evolution of the hair pattern. Headon, D. (Principal Investigator).12/09/11 → 11/09/15. Project: Research
  • Mapping the major wool shedding gene in sheep. Headon, D. (Principal Investigator). UK central government bodies/local authorities, health and hospital authorities. 1/06/11 → 30/11/11. Project: Research
  • Molecular analysis of hair placode development in spiny mammals. Headon, D. (Principal Investigator). Other (Learned Society). 10/11/08 → 30/06/11. Project: Research

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