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49 grant, fellowship and training grant records. Total value of £8,848,693   

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A lifetime of attrition: post-genomic analyses of ecological and evolutionary processes in nematode - vertebrate systems.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor S Paterson, University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor S Piertney, University of Aberdeen, Inst of Biological and Environmental Sci
Co-Investigator:
Professor ME Viney, University of Liverpool, Evolution, Ecology and Behaviour
Co-Investigator:
Professor J Slate, University of Sheffield, School of Biosciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor PJ Diggle, Lancaster University, Medicine
Co-Investigator:
Professor JM Pemberton, University of Edinburgh, Sch of Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor J Hopkins, University of Edinburgh, Roslin Institute
Grant held at:
University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Jan 2006 - 30 Jun 2009
Value:
£386,736
NERC Reference:
NE/D000602/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Post Genomics


Aquatic microbial metagenomics and biogeochemical cycles.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr I Joint, University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor P Burkill, University of Plymouth, Sch of Engineering
Co-Investigator:
Professor RJ Parkes, Cardiff University, Sch of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor M Zubkov, Scottish Association For Marine Science, Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory
Co-Investigator:
Professor A Wipat, Newcastle University, Sch of Computing
Co-Investigator:
Professor A McCarthy, University of Liverpool, Institute of Integrative Biology
Co-Investigator:
Prof. D Nedwell, University of Essex, Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor AC Ward, Newcastle University, Sch of Natural & Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor M Goodfellow, Newcastle University, Sch of Natural & Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr M Wyman, University of Stirling, Biological and Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor D O'Connor, University of Southampton, Sch of Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor MJ Bailey, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Directors and Science Coordinators
Co-Investigator:
Professor R Pickup, Lancaster University, Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr D Field, University of Oxford, Engineering Science
Co-Investigator:
Professor NH Mann, University of Warwick, Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor T O'Donnell, Newcastle University, Sch of Biology
Co-Investigator:
Professor I Head, Newcastle University, Sch of Natural & Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor J Prosser, University of Aberdeen, Inst of Biological and Environmental Sci
Co-Investigator:
Professor JC Fry, Cardiff University, School of Biosciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor DJ Scanlan, University of Warwick, School of Life Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor AM Osborn, RMIT University, School of Applied Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor JC Murrell, University of East Anglia, Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr AS Whiteley, NERC CEH (Up to 30.11.2019), NERC CEH - Oxford
Co-Investigator:
Professor C Edwards, University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr A Weightman, Cardiff University, School of Biosciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor D Hopkins, SRUC, Unlisted - Edinburgh Campus
Grant held at:
University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 May 2005 - 31 Dec 2008
Value:
£167,951
NERC Reference:
NE/C50797X/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Post Genomics


Bacterial Assimilation of Riverine Organic Nitrogen (BARON).

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor MF Fitzsimons, University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor A McCarthy, University of Liverpool, Institute of Integrative Biology
Grant held at:
University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Sep 2007 - 31 Aug 2010
Value:
£62,220
NERC Reference:
NE/E006914/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

Beyond the Red Queen: are elevated parasite evolutionary rates driven by host shifts?

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor G Hurst, University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor S Paterson, University of Liverpool, Evolution, Ecology and Behaviour
Co-Investigator:
Professor MA Brockhurst, The University of Manchester, School of Biological Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Sep 2011 - 31 Mar 2015
Value:
£409,436
NERC Reference:
NE/I01067X/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

Breaking boundaries: quantifying the influence of demography and seascape in driving adaptive variation in the ubiquitous protist Oxyrrhis marina.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr PC Watts, University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr D Montagnes, University of Liverpool, Institute of Integrative Biology
Grant held at:
University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Apr 2008 - 30 Jun 2011
Value:
£408,247
NERC Reference:
NE/F005237/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant





Data-mining pipelines for unbiased interpretation of large-scale microarray datasets in environmental research using non-model species

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor AR Cossins, University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor CR Tyler, University of Exeter, Biosciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor S Paterson, University of Liverpool, Evolution, Ecology and Behaviour
Grant held at:
University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Sep 2008 - 31 Aug 2010
Value:
£165,069
NERC Reference:
NE/F001320/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Post Genomics & Proteomics

Determining ciliate parameters for intra and inter basin-scale models: abundance, biomass, cell size structure, biodiversity, and production.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr D Montagnes, University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Period of Award:
15 Dec 2001 - 14 Dec 2004
Value:
£122,567
NERC Reference:
NER/T/S/2001/00147
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Marine Productivity

Determining microzooplankton parameters for spatial and seasonal modelling of the Irminger Basin.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr D Montagnes, University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr M Lucas, NOC (Up to 31.10.2019), Science and Technology
Grant held at:
University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Period of Award:
15 Jan 2005 - 14 Apr 2005
Value:
£1,100
NERC Reference:
NE/C508334/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Marine Productivity

Doctoral Training Grant (DTG) to provide funding for 2 PhD studentships

Training Grant Award

Lead Supervisor:
Professor SW Edwards, University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Co-Supervisor:
Professor N Hall, University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Co-Supervisor:
Mr MD Claridge, University of Liverpool, Institute of Integrative Biology
Co-Supervisor:
Dr B Merry, University of Liverpool, Institute of Integrative Biology
Co-Supervisor:
Ms D Henderson, University of Liverpool, Student Administration and Support
Co-Supervisor:
Miss S Brown, University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2010 - 30 Sep 2014
Value:
£142,290
NERC Reference:
NE/I528442/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
DTG - Responsive
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Responsive PhD

Doctoral Training Grant (DTG) to provide funding for 3 PhD studentships

Training Grant Award

Lead Supervisor:
Professor SW Edwards, University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Co-Supervisor:
Ms D Henderson, University of Liverpool, Student Administration and Support
Co-Supervisor:
Miss S Brown, University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Co-Supervisor:
Dr B Merry, University of Liverpool, Institute of Integrative Biology
Co-Supervisor:
Miss R Morton, University of Bristol, Physics
Grant held at:
University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2009 - 31 Mar 2011
Value:
£85,271
NERC Reference:
NE/H527224/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
DTG - Responsive
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Responsive PhD

Doctoral Training Grant (DTG) to provide funding for 3 Phd studentships

Training Grant Award

Lead Supervisor:
Professor SW Edwards, University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Co-Supervisor:
Professor H Rees, University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2008 - 30 Sep 2012
Value:
£205,629
NERC Reference:
NE/G523820/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
DTG - Responsive
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Responsive PhD

Doctoral Training Grant (DTG) to provide funding for 5 PhD studentships.

Training Grant Award

Lead Supervisor:
Professor SW Edwards, University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Co-Supervisor:
Mr MD Claridge, University of Liverpool, Institute of Integrative Biology
Co-Supervisor:
Professor H Rees, University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Co-Supervisor:
Dr B Merry, University of Liverpool, Institute of Integrative Biology
Grant held at:
University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Oct 2009 - 30 Sep 2013
Value:
£327,455
NERC Reference:
NE/H525338/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
DTG - Responsive
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Responsive PhD

Effect of rapid environmental change on genetic diversity through space and time: selective sweeps and industrial melanism in peppered moths

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor IJ Saccheri, University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Nov 2010 - 30 Apr 2014
Value:
£409,646
NERC Reference:
NE/H024352/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant



Field estimates of fitness and fitness correlates in a population of damselflies as determined by molecular genetic markers.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor D Thompson, University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor S Kemp, SRUC, Research
Co-Investigator:
Dr I F Harvey, University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Apr 2005 - 31 Mar 2008
Value:
£301,369
NERC Reference:
NE/C511205/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

Generation of thermally differentiated zebrafish strains by selective breeding.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor AR Cossins, University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr LU Sneddon, University of Gothenburg, Biological and Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor S Kemp, SRUC, Research
Grant held at:
University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Period of Award:
27 Feb 2003 - 26 May 2006
Value:
£20,870
NERC Reference:
NER/B/S/2002/00285
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Small Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Small Grants


Host-symbiont coevolution: Exploring the parasitism-mutualism continuum

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor MA Brockhurst, University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor S Paterson, University of Liverpool, Evolution, Ecology and Behaviour
Grant held at:
University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
5 Jul 2010 - 31 Jul 2012
Value:
£367,469
NERC Reference:
NE/H005080/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

Identification of the mechanisms of disruption of sexual differentiation in fish exposed to EDCs and their mixtures: a transcriptomic approach.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor CR Tyler, University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor AR Cossins, University of Liverpool, Institute of Integrative Biology
Grant held at:
University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Split Award
Period of Award:
2 Jun 2003 - 1 Nov 2006
Value:
£431,121
NERC Reference:
NER/T/S/2002/00572
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Environmental Genomics

Immunodynamics of field voles

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor M Begon, University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor RJ Birtles, University of Salford, Sch of Science,Engineering & Environment
Co-Investigator:
Professor S Paterson, University of Liverpool, Evolution, Ecology and Behaviour
Grant held at:
University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
22 Oct 2007 - 21 Apr 2011
Value:
£403,869
NERC Reference:
NE/E015158/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

Invasion sequence and the role of natural enemies in shaping community assemblages and their dynamics.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr S Sait, University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor B Grenfell, University of Cambridge, Zoology
Grant held at:
University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 May 2001 - 31 Jul 2002
Value:
£146,496
NERC Reference:
NER/A/S/2000/01025
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

Lambda integrase gene family: markers for phage diversity, environmental regulation, and gene transfer in freshwater bacteria.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor JR Saunders, University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor R Pickup, Lancaster University, Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Feb 2002 - 30 Apr 2005
Value:
£175,669
NERC Reference:
NER/T/S/2000/01354
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Marine & Freshwater Microbial

Ljungan Virus - an undetected but dangerous zoonotic agent

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor M Begon, University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor JP Stewart, University of Liverpool, Infection & Microbiome
Grant held at:
University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Sep 2007 - 30 Nov 2008
Value:
£59,697
NERC Reference:
NE/E008038/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
EHH


Metagenomic analysis of cellulose degrading communities

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor A McCarthy, University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor HE Allison, University of Liverpool, Clinical Infection, Microbiol & Immun
Grant held at:
University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Jul 2010 - 20 Dec 2013
Value:
£387,411
NERC Reference:
NE/H007563/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant



Molecular biological characterisation of the anaerobic microbial community that drives cellulose decomposition in lake systems.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor A McCarthy, University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor HE Allison, University of Liverpool, Clinical Infection, Microbiol & Immun
Grant held at:
University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Jun 2004 - 31 May 2007
Value:
£229,422
NERC Reference:
NER/A/S/2003/00365
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

Optimal investment in costly anti-predator defences

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor GD Ruxton, University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Dr MP Speed, University of Liverpool, Institute of Integrative Biology
Grant held at:
University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Split Award
Period of Award:
27 Feb 2008 - 26 Feb 2011
Value:
£40,878
NERC Reference:
NE/E018521/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant



Proximate mechanisms underlying boldness: an evolutionary relevant behavioural trait

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr LU Sneddon, University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor AR Cossins, University of Liverpool, Institute of Integrative Biology
Grant held at:
University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Aug 2005 - 31 Jul 2007
Value:
£30,916
NERC Reference:
NE/C000889/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Small Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Small Grants


Sequencing genetic diversity in host and parasite genes using the ultra-high throughput 454 GS-Flex platform

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor S Paterson, University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor N Hall, Earlham Institute, Directorate Office
Grant held at:
University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Apr 2008 - 31 Dec 2009
Value:
£7,897
NERC Reference:
NE/F001193/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Post Genomics & Proteomics

Spatial genetic structure, migration and the determinants of effective population size in a patchily distributed endangered damselfly.

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor D Thompson, University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor S Kemp, SRUC, Research
Grant held at:
University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Period of Award:
1 Apr 2002 - 31 Mar 2005
Value:
£215,085
NERC Reference:
NER/A/S/2000/01322
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grants Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant


Temperature impacts on parasite epidemiology - case study of a contact-transmitted insect parasite

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor G Hurst, University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor D Atkinson, University of Liverpool, Evolution, Ecology and Behaviour
Grant held at:
University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Lead Split Award
Period of Award:
1 Apr 2009 - 31 Aug 2012
Value:
£308,816
NERC Reference:
NE/G003246/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant

The Liverpool Bespoke Oligoarray Facility (L-BOF).

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor AR Cossins, University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor M Begon, University of Liverpool, Institute of Integrative Biology
Co-Investigator:
Professor A McCarthy, University of Liverpool, Institute of Integrative Biology
Co-Investigator:
Dr LU Sneddon, University of Gothenburg, Biological and Environmental Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor B Moss, University of Liverpool, Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor C Edwards, University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor JR Saunders, University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor S Paterson, University of Liverpool, Evolution, Ecology and Behaviour
Grant held at:
University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Period of Award:
20 Jan 2005 - 19 Jan 2008
Value:
£209,217
NERC Reference:
NE/C513250/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Capital Equipment Pre FEC
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Capital Equipment

The evolution of parasitic sex ratio distortion

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Dr AM Dunn, University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor G Hurst, University of Liverpool, Evolution, Ecology and Behaviour
Grant held at:
University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Split Award
Period of Award:
1 May 2007 - 30 Apr 2012
Value:
£41,867
NERC Reference:
NE/D01087X/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Standard Grant (FEC)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
Standard Grant



Workshop - Predicting Zoonotic Outbreaks: Building on the Plague Threshold Model

Grant Award

Principal Investigator:
Professor M Begon, University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Co-Investigator:
Professor M Bennett, University of Liverpool, Institute of Infection and Global Health
Co-Investigator:
Professor CA Hart, University of Liverpool, Clinical Laboratory Sciences
Grant held at:
University of Liverpool, Sch of Biological Sciences
Period of Award:
16 Apr 2007 - 15 Apr 2008
Value:
£43,831
NERC Reference:
NE/E007899/1
Grant Stage:
Completed
Scheme:
Directed (Research Programmes)
Grant Status:
Closed
Programme:
EHH

49 grant, fellowship and training grant records. Total value of £8,848,693   

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