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Visiting Professor: Christopher Tuggle

Christopher Tuggle has been made a Visiting Professor for the Roslin Institute at the University of Edinburgh.

Chris Tuggle

Dr Tuggle holds a PhD from the University of Minnesota in Biochemistry.

Since 1991, he has been a Professor in the Department of Animal Science at America’s Iowa State University.

His research focuses on understanding gene pathways and networks relevant in genetic improvement of disease resistance and growth efficiency, using the pig as both a subject and a model species.

He has published more than 100 articles and book chapters, and his research has won regional and national awards. He serves as an editor for ‘Animal Genetics (Functional Genomics)’ and he has active collaborations with researchers in seven countries on three continents.

As a Fulbright Research Scholar at the Roslin Institute, Dr Tuggle will collaborate with Roslin Institute scientists to use systems biology tools to integrate gene expression data across vertebrate species and develop a better understanding of the pathways promoting disease resistance.

His Fulbright Research Award is entitled ‘Comparative Systems Biology Approaches to Understand and Improve Human and Animal Health’.

He moved to Edinburgh in January and will be residing in Edinburgh until July with his wife and two children, both of whom are attending Edinburgh public schools.