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Investigator / Supervisor details

NameProfessor Michael Watson
Current InstitutionDSM Nutritional Products UK
Current DepartmentDSM Nutritional Products UK Department
Previous InstitutionsThe Pirbright Institute

Current Awards

ReferenceTitleAward RoleValue £Type
BB/T005408/1 Effect and interaction of mutation and recombination in the dynamics of genetic variation in modern chickens Co-investigator 345,321 Research Grant
BB/V018450/1 Enriching MGnify Genomes to capture the full spectrum of the microbiota and bolster taxonomic classifications Co-investigator 219,203 Research Grant
BB/W018152/1 TRAnsforming the DEbate about livestock systems transformation (TRADE) Co-investigator 677,397 Research Grant
BBS/E/D/20002173 Pathogen diversity, host specificity and virulence Co-investigator 9,811,753 Institute Project

Completed Awards

ReferenceTitleAward RoleValue £Type
BB/C515104/1 Metabolic and transcriptional pathway inference using state space models: an application to understanding acid response Co-investigator 281,024 Research Grant
BB/D012996/1 Investigation into the role of MicroRNAs in pathogenesis of Marek's disease Co-investigator 282,631 Research Grant
BB/H531635/2 Biological and bioinformatic analysis of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) within the Yak (Bos grunnienns) Principal Investigator 24,865 Research Grant
BB/I01361X/1 Defining the cistrome and quantitative transcriptome of virus-transformed cells using massively parallel sequencing Principal Investigator 342,819 Research Grant
BB/I013873/1 High resolution phylogenetic analysis of livestock-associated Staphylococcus aureus. Co-investigator 336,310 Research Grant
BB/L001209/1 Functional Annotation of the Sheep Genome Co-investigator 1,056,808 Research Grant
BB/L008505/1 Dissecting the pathogenesis of ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma with RNA-Seq Principal Investigator 138,542 Research Grant
BB/L016389/1 Target discovery and screening of novel industrial biocatalysts using metagenomic sequencing of multiple ruminant microbiomes Principal Investigator 94,126 Training Grants
BB/M01844X/1 Establishing the infrastructure for functional annotation of farmed animal genomes Co-investigator 1,900,845 Research Grant
BB/M020037/1 poRe: visualization and analysis of nanopore sequencing data for rapid and mobile pathogen detection Principal Investigator 148,651 Research Grant
BB/M503496/1 Exome sequencing to inform pig breeding and the development of biomedical models Principal Investigator 94,126 Training Grants
BB/N006178/1 Analysis of quantitative genetic traits in a huge data set Co-investigator 657,912 Research Grant
BB/N016742/1 Understanding the functional and genomic architecture of the rumen microbiome affecting performance traits in bovines Principal Investigator 339,898 Research Grant
BB/N019636/1 Comprehensive training in computational biology techniques for analyzing second- and third- generation sequencing data Principal Investigator 28,644 Training Grants
BB/R007632/1 Dissecting the molecular pathways of MDV oncoprotein Meq for understanding pathogenesis and aid vaccine development Principal Investigator 312,917 Research Grant
BB/R015023/1 EBI Metagenomics - enabling the reconstruction of microbial populations Principal Investigator 112,997 Research Grant
BB/S006680/1 Elucidating bovine host genomic links with rumen microbial genes to improve sustainably feed conversion efficiency using unique selection criteria Principal Investigator 252,559 Research Grant
BB/S019367/1 Large memory HPC infrastructure to underpin world-class biological research Co-investigator 600,000 Research Grant
BB/T017864/1 Underpinning UK Bioscience Research with high-throughput single molecule sequencing Co-investigator 442,788 Research Grant
BBS/E/D/20310000 National Capability Grant - Edinburgh Genomics Principal Investigator 901,286 Institute Project
BBS/E/I/00001140 European Disease Genetics Network of Excellence (EADGENE) Principal Investigator 272,157 Institute Project
BBS/E/I/00001149 Bioinformatics and Systems Biology of host-pathogen interactions Principal Investigator 894,343 Institute Project
BBS/E/I/00001425 Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Research and Support Principal Investigator 190,903 Institute Project
BBS/E/I/00001456 Bioinformatics for next generation sequencing Principal Investigator 17,000 Institute Project
BBS/OS/GC/000012A Generate high quality reference genomes for tropical cattle (N’Dama and Brahman) Principal Investigator 44,039 Research Grant
BBS/OS/GC/000012B Population sequencing of African cattle breeds to inform new genetic tools Principal Investigator 97,750 Research Grant
BBS/OS/GC/000012C Generate high quality reference genome of African buffalo and sequence diversity in Tanzania, Kenya and South Africa Principal Investigator 174,269 Research Grant
BBS/OS/GC/000012D Generate high quality reference genome for the Indian water buffalo, and population sequencing to inform new genetic tools Principal Investigator 89,294 Research Grant
BBS/OS/GC/000012E Population sequencing of tropically-adapted sheep and sheep with defined or rare phenotypes Principal Investigator 196,200 Research Grant
BBS/OS/GC/000012F Reference genome and population sequencing of African goats Principal Investigator 219,394 Research Grant
BBS/OS/GC/000012G Generate high quality reference genome for African warthog and population sequencing of other wild African suids Principal Investigator 125,394 Research Grant
BBS/OS/GC/200012A Population sequencing of tropically-adapted sheep and sheep with defined or rare phenotypes // Develop genotyping tools for Cameroon sheep as a model for understanding the genetic basis of trypanotolerance in small ruminants in West Africa Principal Investigator 41,875 Research Grant
BBS/OS/GC/200012B Generation of high quality reference genomes for tropical cattle // Use functional genomics to understand pathogen tolerance types in African cattle Principal Investigator 31,248 Research Grant
BBS/OS/GC/200012C Generation of high quality reference genome of African buffalo and sequence diversity in Tanzania, Kenya and South Africa // Mine African buffalo genomic diversity to understand cattle resilience to infectious disease Principal Investigator 39,445 Research Grant
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