A collaborative approach to biomarker discovery for equine grass sickness at the University of Surrey School of Veterinary Medicine

This studentship offers a fully funded training in mass spectrometry-based proteomics which will be applied to biomarker discovery for an often-fatal dysautonomia of horses called equine grass sickness.

This multi-disciplinary project will capitalise on complementary expertise and resources at the Moredun Research Institute in Edinburgh and the Schools of Bioscience and Veterinary Medicine at the University of Surrey. The aim of the project is to identify biomarkers for the frequently fatal disease equine grass sickness using state-of-the-art analytical methods. Biological samples from diseased and normal horses will be subjected to detailed characterisation of their protein “fingerprint.” Advanced statistical methods will be used to identify proteins that might be diagnostically useful. The diagnostic utility of the potential biomarkers identified will be investigated in a study that takes serial samples from a group of horses at high risk of equine grass sickness.

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