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Molecular epidemiology of ticks and tick-borne disease, host resistance and development of novel pathogen vaccines tick borne diseases of cattle in India cause estimated losses of nearly $500M per annum.  This project will inform novel development of nivel vaccines. Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
Variant antigen profiling: a novel genomic tool for diagnosis and surveillance of animal African trypanosomiasis. Animal African trypanosomiasis (AAT) is a livestock disease which has a significant negative impact on animal health and productivity across subSaharan Africa.  Farmers in AAT endemic regions will benefit through improved assessment of risk to their livestock, improved diagnosis of disease and prognosis of illness. Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
China Partnering Award: Exchange of vaccine technology for delivery of oral vaccines to mucosal surfaces This project will improve vaccine technologies for improved delivery of vaccines against African swine fever, and will be undertaken in Southeast Asia. Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
Characterisation and exploitation of novel antimicrobials within the rumen microbiota This partnership will inform the production of novel antimicrolbials for use against livetock diseases in Brazil Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
The interplay of rodent behaviour and semiochemistry: from scientific principles to control strategies Commensal rodents are major pests causing profoundly negative impacts through crop and food damage, carry allergy and asthma and damage to the built environment.  This project seeks to develop new tools and strategies for rodent pest control, based on the use of scent signals to manipulate rodent behaviour. Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
Understanding resistance and differential vaccine responses to Eimeria in the chicken - novel biomarkers and genetic control. This project aims to enhance resistance in chickens to controlling resistance to Eimeria Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
Does acoustic signalling predict mating success in mosquito lines? The control of mosquito transmitted diseases such as malaria, dengue fever, and Chikungunya is still largely dependent on mosquito population control.  This project will inform new strategies to manage mosquito populations through genetic and reproductive control. Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
The molecular basis and evolution of host-parasite interactions in African trypanosomes The proposed research programme will aim to improve our understanding of the molecular basis and evolution of the hostparasite interface between African trypanosomes and cattle in Ghana. Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
Early Disease Detection and Monitoring in Farm and Field This project will enable early detection and enhanced monitoring of Campolybacter infection in farmed chickens. Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
How do common and diverged features of the replicative stress response shape the biology of TriTryp parasites? This project uses diease risk forecasting to control Fusarium Head Blight in Brazilian wheat fields. Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
China Partnering Award: Nutrition, the ageing lipidome and mitochondrial dysfunction This project will inform novel nutrition strategies for an ageing population in China Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
Sexual reproduction in trypanosomes Trypanosomiasis is a major livestock disease that causes vast economic losses and is widespread in tsetseinfested regions of subSaharan Africa. There is no vaccine and few drugs are available for treatment, while reports of drug resistance are increasing. This project will inform strategies to control livestock trypanosomiasis. Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
16AGRITECHCAT5: A Novel Biopesticide Formulation Technology for Major Lepidopteran Crop Pests This project addresses the need for new effective, safe and sustainable pest control strategies implementing biopesticides, derived from natural pathogens of insect crop pests. Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
Bio-methane production from urban organic matter Anaerobic biological treatments can be used for stabilisation of the sludge produced in water and wastewater purification, in solid waste degradation and in the treatment of high-strength industrial effluents.  This project will develop new processes to allow for more rapid treatments over longer durations. Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
Sustainable intensification of temperate and tropical livestock production This partnership will enhance sustainable production of livestock in tropical countries Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
The Attenuation of Serotype A Foot-and-Mouth Disease Viruses This partnership will lead to improved strategies for containing foot and mouth disease in China Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
CUKPGP:New pest resistance in rice, by breeding and genetic modification (GM) for constitutive and inducible levels of defence homoterpenes this projects seeks to introduce novel pest resistance in rice crops in China Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
China Partnering Award: Imperial College London - China collaboration on Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae vaccines, diagnostics, and pathogenesis The bacterium Actinobacillus pleuropneumonaie (APP) causes lung disease in pigs and is responsible for is responsible for mortality and economic losses in China. This project will work with Chinese partners to focus on vaccine development, diagnostics, population biology and understanding the basic pathogenicity mechanisms of APP. Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
How do common and diverged features of the replicative stress response shape the biology of TriTryp parasites? Kinetoplastid parasites cause pronounced human suffering and economic hardship worldwide.  This project will reveal pathways to target the parasites and alleviate the diseases they cause such as sleeping sickness. Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
Understanding the catalytic and non-catalytic roles of the essential 3D protein in the FMDV replication complex This project will enable the development of a new vaccine against foot and mouth disease: farming communities in developing countries where FMD is endemic will benefit if an affordable vaccine is developed, since controlling FMD could make the difference between survival and malnutrition for small farming communities. Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
RICEFUEL: Engineering enzymes, bacteria and bioconversion processes for advanced biofuels from waste grain straw the development of secondgeneration biofuels is important to the India economy: this project informs strategies to improve the conversion of plant biomass into biofuels Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
Macrophage Biology and Disease Susceptibility in Poultry This project will develop understanding of innate and acquired immune system of poultry to inform development of novel, effective vaccines to increase the economic value of commercial chickens. Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
Strategies for integrated deployment of host resistance and fungicides to sustain effective crop protection. This project will enhance effective crop production by informing strategies for integrated deployment of fungicides Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
The devil we know? Using sequencing and metagenomics to assess the diversity of bacteria and antimicrobial resistance captured by passive surveillance Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) of bacterial infections is a serious threat to global public health.  Resistance to antimicrobial drugs in non-typhoidal Salmonella, a bacterium that infects both animals and humans, is an increasing problem.  This project adds understanding where it comes from and how it spreads to inform control strategies. Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
Synthetic Biology for Bioenergy and Biotechnology This partnership will improve bioenergy production systems in developing countries Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
Improving hatchery biosecurity for a sustainable shrimp industry in Bangladesh Research translation grant to support chemical and biological testing of water on shrimp farms and collect information on hatchery management. Shrimp farmers in Bangladesh will benefit directly through provision of biosecurity training and receipt of an ebook on shrimp farm best management practice. SDGs 1, 12, 14 Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
14 ERA-CAPS An Effector- and Genomics-Assisted Pipeline for Necrotrophic Pathogen Resistance Breeding in Wheat This project will lead to the production of wheat crops with increased resistance to pathogens such as wheat leaf spot. Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
Combining field phenotyping and next generation genetics to uncover markers, genes and biology underlying drought tolerance in wheat. this project will inform breding strategies to produce varieties of wheat with enhanced drought tolerance Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
US Partnering Award: Using bioinformatics to predict and understand virus-host interactions to improve ASFV (African Swine Fever Virus) vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics. This partnership will lead to improved vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics against African Swine fever Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
An effector-detector domain in a rice immune receptor: towards structure-guided design of new disease resistance proteins. This project will lead to design of rice resistant to rice blast, which will benefit subsistence farming, where growers do not have access to means of chemical disease control. Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
Phosphorus cycling in the soil-microbe-plant continuum of agri-ecosystems this project will enhance phosphorus uptake of brassica crops to reduce use of fertilisers and increase yield Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
ETHICOBOTS (Ethiopia Control of Bovine Tuberculosis Strategies) This programme will deliver a greater scientific and sociopolitical base for the control of zoonotic mycobacterial infections spreading from the emerging dairy industry in Ethiopia.  It will improve bTB control in Ethiopia and thus lead to significantly better human and animal health. Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
Exploiting natural product assembly line genomics and synthetic biology for discovery and optimisation of novel agrochemicals to apply biosynthetic engineering and synthetic biology to develop novel agrochemicals Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
16AGRITECHCAT5: Bacteriophage Management of On-Farm Salmonella Contamination of Vine Fruits This project addresses the need for improved management of onfarm salmonella contamination of vine fruits Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
Selection Versus Mutation: Reducing the Risk of Vaccine Reversion This project aims to produce improved vaccines against Avian coronavirus Infectious bronchitis virus Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
New potato varieties with late blight and potato cyst nematode resistance, reduced bruising and improved processing quality This project will develop new potato varieties with late blight and potato cyst nematode resistance, reduced bruising and improved processing quality with benefits for growers, processors and consumers, and partner to bring these to market. Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
A genomics-assisted synthetic hexaploid wheat gene isolation and pre-breeding platform for improved heat tolerance and sustainable production this projetct seeks to improve heat tolerance and sustainable production of wheat in India Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
Restriction of avian viruses by host interferon-inducible transmembrane proteins (IFITMs). This project seeks to develop improved resistance to important avian virus diseases such as Infectious Bronchitis Virus (IBV), Infectious Bursal Disease Virus (IBDV) and avian influenza virus. Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
Sexual reproduction in the livestock pathogen Trypanosoma congolense Trypanosomiasis is a major livestock disease that causes vast economic losses and is widespread in tsetse-infested regions of sub-Saharan Africa. There is no vaccine and few drugs are available for treatment.  This project will inform strategies to avoid or control the disease. Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
Securing the future of the UK's favourite fruit Globally, climate change and emerging pests and diseases increase the risk of production shocks for many crops, especially the banana, the most important fruit in the world by production.  This project will inform projections of climate change impacts on banana production. The new virulant strain of Panama disease (TR4) is emerging in Asia and has the potential to devestate bannana crops in Latin America and the Caribbean. Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
Cute-Egg, improvement of eggshell cuticle quality to reduce vertical transmission of zoonotic and pathogenic organisms This project seeks to reduce the transmission of potential pathogens in poultry from parent to offspring via the egg. Various pathogens reduce growth, health and welfare so their reduction will result in savings to farmers all the way down the production chain with reduced losses and better protection from disease. Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
Synthetic RNA designs for defective virus vaccines of African horse sickness disease this project works towards the development of African Horse Sickness virus, endemic in sub-Sarahan Africa Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
Towards control of Infectious bronchitis virus; understanding cross-protection and the genetic plasticity of IBV Infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) causes economic losses to the poultry industry in developing countries.  The data generated during this project will predict which combinations of currently available vaccines are needed to protect against current and newly emerging IBV strains. Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
A new drug discovery pipeline for animal African trypanosomiasis This project will inform the develoment of new drugs for animal African trypanosomiasis, a disease responsible for millions of livestock deaths in Africa each year. Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
Validation of genome edited disease resistant pigs This project targets viral diseases of pigs for which no effective vaccination or other mitigating strategy is available, enabling targeted breeding for disease resistance. Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
SeaGas : Production of bio-methane from seaweed by Anaerobic Digestion (AD) This project will enhance the production of bio-methane from seaweed. Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
Improving the duration of immunity for FMD vaccines This project will lead to improved vaccines against foot and mouth disease: current vaccines provide immun9ity for only 3 months and improved duration vaccines will remove the need for repeated vaccination. Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
Exploiting next generation sequencing technologies to understand pathogenicity and resistance in Fusarium oxysporum this project will exploit genomics to help control Fusarium basal rot disease in onions, enabling developing countires to grow onions with reduced use of pesticides Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
By chance or design: Defining the genome packaging signals for a multi-segmented RNA virus This project will develop novel vaccines against bluetongue virus in sheep, African horse sickness virus and Rift Valley Fever virus. Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
Adaptive landscapes of antibiotic resistance: population size and 'survival-of-the-flattest'. This research will shed new light on this issue in terms of the role of mutation, population size and the effects of different fitness landscapes influencing antibiotic resistance. Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
Next generation peste-des-petits ruminats (PPR) vaccines that differentiate between infected and vaccinated animals (DIVA) - proof of concept in sheep Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a highly contagious disease, severely affecting small ruminants in almost 70 countries. This project will facilitate licencing and commercialisation of vaccines and tests to support effective control of PPR in Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia. Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
China-Imperial College London collaboration: Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae - population biology, pathogenicity and vaccine development to develop vaccines against the pig disease porcine pleuropneumonia in China Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
US-UK Collab Linking models and policy: Using active adaptive management for optimal control of disease outbreaks. this partnership works on how to use epidemic dynamics to manage outbreaks of foot and mouth disease Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
Kinase-dependent control of DNA replication and repair as a drug target in Trypanosoma brucei Trypanosoma brucei is carried by the tsetse fly and causes sleeping sickness in humans.  This proejct investigates novel drug targets for this disease in sub-Saharan Africa. Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
Next generation biopesticides for environmentally benign control of crop pests This project aims to develop novel biopesticides against caterpillars, beetles, flies and aphids, and molluscicidal activity towards slugs combating the potential increased costs in agricultural and horticultural production. Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
FACCE ERA-NET+ GreenRice Climate change is a major challenge in the production systems used to grow rice that needs also to cope with the increased demand of rice supply.  The project will develop understanding of the genetic resources usable in breeding programs to create varieties for adaptation to climate change. Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
Brazil-UK Collaboration on Technologies for Wheat Improvement Technologies for wheat improvement in Brazil Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
Attenuation of FMDV Serotypes/Strains to Develop  Stable and Effective  Live, Attenuated,  Vaccines this project will lead to the production of stable and effective live, attenuated vaccines against foot and mouth disease Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
14 ERA-CAPS:  Mechanistic Analysis of Quantitative Disease Resistance in Brassica by Associative Transcriptomics Brassica napus, a major worldwide crop, comprises a range of crop types including oilseed rape (OSR), grown for edible and industrial oil, biodiesel, protein for animal feed as well as leaf and root vegetables.  This project will enable plant breeders to develop new varieties with improved disease resistance. Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
Determining the mechanism of septin-mediated plant infection by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae This project will inform understanding of how rice plants succumb to rice blast. Each year, rice blast disease destroys up to 30% of the global rice harvest and causes serious epidemics in Sub-Saharan Africa, South-East Asia and South America.  Results will be used to inform new disease control strategies. Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
Are microbiomes important to mammary gland health in dairy cows? Mastitis, caused by a wide range of bacteria, is the most economically important endemic disease of dairy cows.  This projet explores the role of the microbiome to identify stratgeise to combat this disease. Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
US-UK BBSRC-NIFA Collab: Control of emerging bunyaviruses This project will increase understanding of bunyavirusvector interactions, and to generate new liveattenuated vaccines that can be rapidly deployed to protect against emergence of new bunyavirus disease (Rift Valley fever) in sheep. Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.