Nematode Biology

School of Biological Sciences
University of Bristol
Woodland Road
Bristol BS8 1UG
+44 (0)117 928 7469
email: Mark Viney

Research Grants

  • Active
  • NERC, 42 months, £482,000 (Bristol) and £100,000 (London & Liverpool)
    The determinants of immune function in a wild mammal.
    Investigators: M.E. Viney, M.J.O. Pocock (Bristol), E.M. Riley, J. Hafalla (London), S. Paterson (Liverpool)
  • Wellcome Trust, 36 months, £272,000
    The molecular basis of parasitism in the nematode Strongyloides ratti.
    Investigators: M.E. Viney, J. Wastling (Liverpool), M. Berriman (Wellcome Trust Sanger Centre)
  • NERC, 18 months, £40,000
    The genetic basis of host resistance / susceptibility to parasite infection in a wild vertebrate population: a pilot study.
    Investigators: M.E. Viney, R.C. Tinsley (Bristol), B. Mable (Glasgow)
  • NERC. 36 months £483,000
    The genetic control and the phenotypic response of major life-history traits of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans under environmental stress.
    Investigators: M.E. Viney & Guy Lloyd-Jones (Bristol)
  • Completed
  • MRC. 10 months £47,000
    Why is infection unequal? : An inter-disciplinary approach. (MRC ESEI Programme Catalyst Grant)
    Investigators: M.E. Viney & six others
  • The Leverhulme Trust. 18 months £55,518
    The determinants of immune function in wild mammals.
    Investigators: M.E. Viney, M.J.O. Pocock (Bristol) & E.M. Riley (London)
  • Wellcome Trust, 18 months £111,394
    The growth of rat intestinal tissue-equivalent.
    Sole investigator. Collaborator: S. MacNeil, Sheffield.
  • Research into Ageing, 12 months £49,038
    The control of lifespan in the nematode Strongyloides ratti. Investigators: M.E. Viney & D. Gems, UCL, London.
  • Wellcome Trust, 36 months, £350,8448
    Immuno-epidemiology of nematode infections: the causes and consequences of density-dependent interactions.
    Investigators: M.E. Viney & S. Paterson, University of Liverpool.
    Named collaborators: R. Norman, Department of Computing, Science & Mathematics, University of Stirling; M. Bailey, School of Veterinary Science, University of Bristol; Judith Allen, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh.
  • NERC Environmental Genomics thematic programme, 36 months, £274,000.
    The genetic control of phenotypic plasticity in the life-cycle of the free-living nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.
    Named collaborators: M.P. Gardner & K.J. Edwards, School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol; P.D. Keightley, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh & P.E. Kuwabara, The Sanger Centre.
  • BBSRC Experimental Research on Ageing thematic programme, 30 months, £176,644.
    Ageing in the parasitic nematode Strongyloides ratti.
    Investigators: M.E. Viney & D.H. Gems, Department of Biology, University College London.
  • Wellcome Trust (Biomedical Research Collaboration Grant), 24 months, £6,850.
    The development of the parasitic nematode Strongyloides stercoralis & human immune function in Uganda.
    Investigators: M.E. Viney & J. Whitworth, MRC Programme on AIDS, Uganda.
  • MRC Career Establishment Grant, 60 months, £581,484.
    The effects of host immune responses on a parasitic nematode.
    Named collaborators: J. McCarter, Genome Sequencing Center, Washington University, St. Louis, USA & K.J. Edwards, School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol.
  • Wellcome Trust, Sir Henry Wellcome Commemorative Awards for Innovative Research, Follow-on award, 24 months from 1.1.02, £149,000.
    The genetic basis of parasitism.
    Named collaborators: W.N. Grant, AgResearch Ltd., New Zealand & D. Clark, University of Bath.
  • Leverhulme Trust, 6 months from 1.8.2000, £14,445.
    Phenotypic plasticity in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. (Pilot project)
  • Wellcome Trust, Sir Henry Wellcome Commemorative Awards for Innovative Research. 18 months from 1.8.1999, £80,402.
    The genetic basis of parasitism.
    Named collaborator: W.N. Grant, AgResearch Ltd., New Zealand.
  • Leverhulme Trust, 6 months from 16.1.1999, £14,500.
    The genetics of phenotypic plasticity in Caenorhabditis elegans. (Pilot project)
  • NERC, 36 months from 1.2.1998, £248,970.
    The role of parasite genetic diversity in host-parasite ecology.
    University of Edinburgh - Principal investigator, with R.M. Maizels as qualifying co-applicant
    NERC grading of grant output (July, 2002): Scientific merit: Excellent; Management: Excellent.
  • BBSRC, 36 months from 1.1.1997, £190,000.
    Testing mutational explanations of sexual reproduction.
    Investigators: A.F. Read, N.H. Barton & M.E. Viney
  • The Royal Society from 1.7.1996, £9,500.
    Nematode sex determination.
  • The Leverhulme Trust, 18 months from 1.4.1996, £ 40,000.
    Is sexual reproduction by parasitic nematodes an immune evasion strategy?
    Investigators: A.F. Read & M.E. Viney
  • MRC Career Development Award, 48 months from 1.12.1994, £ 240,000.
    Genetic events in the life-cycle of Strongyloides ratti.
  • The Leverhulme Trust, 36 months support from 1.10.1994, £ 70,000.
    Population genetics of the parasitic nematode Strongyloides ratti.
    Investigators: D. Walliker & M.E. Viney
  • The Royal Society, 1990. £1,989.
    Study visit grant (Japan).
  • Other awards
  • Wellcome Trust Vacation Scholarship for Alison Shorto. August, 2002 - 2 months.
  • Wellcome Trust Vacation Scholarship for David Mallet. August, 2001 - 1 month.
  • Leverhulme Trust Linked Fellowships / University of Bristol. 2000. Three month visiting fellowship for Dr W.N. Grant, School of Biological Sciences, Flinders' University of South Australia.
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