Andrew Hanton

Background

I am a PhD student at the Roslin Institute within the lab group of Dr Christine Tait-Burkard and part of the Wellcome Trust-funded One Health Models of Disease PhD programme. My PhD project uses functional genomics to study the host-pathogen interactions of the porcine coronavirus TGEV.

Prior to my PhD, I completed my undergraduate degree at the University of Edinburgh, graduating top of the Medical Sciences class of 2020, and I stayed within the University to complete my masters degree in Biomedical Science the following year. 

Qualifications

BSc (Hons) Medical Sciences (The University of Edinburgh, 2020) - First Class Honours

MScR Biomedical Sciences (The University of Edinburgh, 2021) - Distinction

Research summary

My research interests are in emerging and zoonotic viruses, RNA viruses, one health, functional genetics, and infectious diseases and climate change. 

 

Publication(s):

  • Hanton AJ, Scott F, Stenzel K, Nausch N, Zdesenko G, Mduluza T, Mutapi F. (2022) “Frequency distribution of cytokine and associated transcription factor single nucleotide polymorphisms in Zimbabweans: Impact on schistosome infection and cytokine levels”, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16(6):e0010536 doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010536
  • Hanton AJ, Waddell LA, Hope JC, Gray M, Wu Z. (2023) "Bovine NK subsets in the afferent lymph and lymph nodes have distinct expression of naive and activation-associated cell surface expressed molecules, and are differentially stimulated by BCG vaccination", Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 226(2023):110682 doi: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2023.110682