Dr Nicky Craig

Intern in Veterinary Dermatology

Contact details

Address

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The Roslin Institute
Easter Bush Campus
Midlothian

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Post code
EH25 9RG

Biography

Background

Dr Nicky Craig graduated from the R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh, in 2005 and stayed on to complete a PhD studying host immune responses to parasites. She then studied nutritional influences on neuroendocrine development as a Post-Doctoral Research Assistant at the Institute of Biodiversity, Animal health and Comparative Medicine at the University of Glasgow, before moving to the USA to work on veterinary dermatology as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate with the Comparative Dermatology Research Group at the University of Florida’s College of Veterinary Medicine. While in the US she also studied the relationship between the gut microbiome, the immune system and cancer as a Visiting Research Scholar with the Jobin Research Laboratory at the University of Florida’s College of Medicine. Nicky returned to Edinburgh in 2020 to join Christine Tait-Burkard’s research group studying commercially important viruses in pigs, and contributed to the group’s work on Covid-19 during the 2020 pandemic.

Nicky’s research interests focus on the application of translational veterinary research which can be used to develop new and better treatments, preventions and diagnostic tools. Her interests also include the influences of the gut microbiome on host metabolism and immune responses, and the use of bacteriophages in veterinary medicine.

Qualifications

Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine & Surgery, R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh: “Cytokine gene expression in naïve and previously infected sheep and lambs after challenge with the abomasal nematode Teladorsagia circumcincta”

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