The NARF provides resources, collaborative expertise and advice for avian biology research, including genome engineering technologies, immunology, host-pathogen interactions, poultry welfare, physiology and behaviour, developmental biology and genetics.
Our mission is to improve the health and welfare of poultry, to benefit global food security and human health.
NARF maintains a range of reporter lines and facilities for gene editing of chickens.
NARF houses a range of chicken lines and Japanese quail, relevant to poultry production and with defined genetic characteristics.
Specified pathogen free (SPF) facility
NARF has a SPF unit that houses inbred and closed outbred chicken lines that are guaranteed free of specific pathogens and are particularly suitable for immunology research.
Find out more information about the use of animals in research at the University of Edinburgh.
Research conducted using resources supplied by the NARF is diverse, encompassing immunology, poultry welfare and developmental biology.
NARF News
- Dec 6th: Register now for EGGED 2022
- Dec 1st: Register now for the Avian Research Symposium 2022
- Oct 19th: Expertise to be shared in chicken embryo workshops
- July 2021: Innovations in genome modification in the chicken
- June 10th 2021: Poultry study points to genes linked to food bug
Explore the scientific discoveries and broader impacts of research made possible with the NARF's resources.
Upcoming workshops and events relevant to avian researchers.
- The Avian Research Symposium 2022 March 8-10
- EGGED 2022 - Edinburgh Gallus Genomics and Embryonic Development Workshop July 12-15
Please contact us for further details about our poultry lines, for ordering chicks and eggs, or to develop collaborative research.