Investigator / Supervisor details

NameProfessor Peter Mertens
Current InstitutionUniversity of Nottingham
Current DepartmentSchool of Veterinary Medicine and Sci
Institution websitehttp://www.nott.ac.uk
Previous InstitutionsThe Pirbright Institute

Current Awards

ReferenceTitleAward RoleValue £Type
BBS/E/I/00001560 Phylogeography, transmission dynamics and pathogenesis of bluetongue Principal Investigator 3,800 Institute Project
BBS/E/I/00001810 Development of diagnostic systems, reference collections and molecular epidemiology studies for important arboviral pathogens of livestock in India Principal Investigator 3,862 Institute Project

Completed Awards

ReferenceTitleAward RoleValue £Type
B17386 Structural and functional studies of bluetongue virus non-structural protein 2 (NS2(ViP)) and outer capsid proteins VP2 and VP5 Principal Investigator 177,552 Research Grant
BB/D014123/1 Expression and formulation of Bluetongue virus genes and proteins for development of effective vaccination strategies Co-investigator 196,631 Research Grant
BB/D014204/1 Expression and formulation of Bluetongue virus genes and proteins for development of effective vaccination strategies Principal Investigator 278,849 Research Grant
BB/F00852X/1 Bluetongue virus transmission between ruminant host and Culicoides vectors: the importance of insect saliva proteins Principal Investigator 549,887 Research Grant
BB/G529075/1 Overwintering of BTV in the uk Principal Investigator 126,052 Research Grant
BB/H003258/1 Role of T cells in recovery from bluetongue virus infection in calves Co-investigator 197,097 Research Grant
BB/H531151/1 Expression and formulation of bluetongue virus genes and proteins for development of effective vaccination strategies. THIS GRANT IS A SUPPLEMENTATION TO GRANT REF BB/D014204/1 Principal Investigator 69,734 Research Grant
BB/H531478/1 India link project for molecular epidemiology studies and orbivirus reference collection. Principal Investigator 25,581 Research Grant
BB/I017259/1 Molecular and reverse genetics studies of orbivirus transmission host responses epidemiology and diagnostic systems Principal Investigator 851,552 Research Grant
BB/J016721/1 Genetic mapping of vector competence in Culicoides sonorensis Co-investigator 660,938 Research Grant
BB/J020699/1 The epidemiology of zoonotic arboviruses in China and Vietnam: establishing arbovirus reference collections. Co-investigator 25,203 Research Grant
BB/L004690/1 Development of diagnostic systems, reference collections and molecular epidemiology studies for important arboviral pathogens of livestock in India Principal Investigator 796,286 Research Grant
BB/M028372/1 ANIHWA call2: Can we predict emergence and spread of Culicoides-borne arboviruses in Europe according to genetic drivers Co-investigator 414,557 Research Grant
BBS/E/I/00000852 Phylogenetic sequence analysis and improved diagnostic assay systems for viruses of the family Reoviridae Principal Investigator 290,974 Institute Project
BBS/E/I/00000908 Development of a safe, efficacious bluetongue virus vaccination strategy for Europe Co-investigator 113,343 Institute Project
BBS/E/I/00000950 Structural and functional studies of bluetongue virus non-structural protein 2 (NS2(ViP)), and outer capsid proteins VP2 and VP5 Principal Investigator 6,368 Institute Project
BBS/E/I/00000999 Development of RT-PCR and phylogenetic sequence analyses for bluetongue virus serotype and strain identification Principal Investigator 32,952 Institute Project
BBS/E/I/00001144 Molecular epidemiology studies of the Orbiviruses Principal Investigator 1,277,314 Institute Project
BBS/E/I/00001158 Epidemiology and control of orbiviral diseases in the UK, with particular reference to bluetongue and African horse sickness Co-investigator 1,031,279 Institute Project
BBS/E/I/00001240 Expression and formulation of Bluetongue virus genes and proteins for development of effective vaccination strategies Principal Investigator 235,172 Institute Project
BBS/E/I/00001305 Surveillance network of Reoviruses, Bluetongue and African horse sickness, in the Mediterranean basin (Med Reo Net) Principal Investigator 10,960 Institute Project
BBS/E/I/00001351 BBSRC-funded studentship: Next generation vaccine for bluetongue virus (BTV) type 8 and the immune response in animals Principal Investigator 15,900 Institute Project
BBS/E/I/00001361 Bluetongue virus transmission between ruminant host and Culicoides vectors: the importance of insect saliva proteins Principal Investigator 148,370 Institute Project
BBS/E/I/00001375 Overwintering of BTV in the UK Principal Investigator 120,600 Institute Project
BBS/E/I/00001396 BBSRC-funded studentship: Genetic studies of African horse sickness virus Co-investigator 41,908 Institute Project
BBS/E/I/00001446 Molecular studies of Bluetongue and related viruses Principal Investigator 745,579 Institute Project
BBS/E/I/00001455 Development of serotype-cross-reactive sub-unit vaccines for African horse sickness and bluetongue viruses Principal Investigator 106,544 Institute Project
BBS/E/I/00001462 Role of T cells in recovery from bluetongue virus infection in calves Co-investigator 50,052 Institute Project
BBS/E/I/00001556 Combating orbivirus infections of livestock: understanding of the molecular basis for protein function/virus phenotype, molecular epidemiology and improving diagnostic assays Principal Investigator 67,000 Institute Project
BBS/E/I/00001792 Studentship: Recombinant vaccines for African Horse Sickness based on baculovirus pseudotyping and transduction Co-investigator 15,669 Institute Project
BBS/E/I/00001866 Studentship: Defining the arthropod SUMOylation system and its functional role during arbovirus infection Co-investigator 45,249 Institute Project
BBS/E/I/00001876 Studentship: Characterisation of genes involved in the replication-efficiency and transmission of Bluetongue virus (BTV) serotypes 26 and 25 Co-investigator 78,957 Institute Project
BBS/S/H/2005/12422 Bluetongue virus NS-proteins in persistent infection of mammalian and insect cells Principal Supervisor 67,370 Studentships
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