In the Canine Genetics Centre, we are currently conducting research to identify DNA variants in dogs that are associated with the development of idiopathic epilepsy and paroxysmal dyskinesia, and are working towards developing tools to try to understand and prevent these disorders in dogs. For this research we utilise both genome-wide association study and whole genome sequencing approaches to conduct analyses of well-defined case-control study sets of dogs sampled from the pet dog population.
I am Principal Investigator of the Canine Genetics Centre and lead a team of researchers dedicated to understanding the genetic basis of inherited canine diseases. We study diseases that are painful, blinding, require surgical or medical intervention or otherwise reduce the quality of life of affected dogs. We use next-generation sequencing methods, including whole genome sequencing, to identify variants that are causal for, or associated with the diseases we investigate. An immediate-term objecti
