Projects

Rapid whole genome profiling of Theileria parva isolates using next generation sequencing to support the infection and treatment method in East Africa

ACTIVE

Impacts of innovations in livestock systems on livelihoods and poverty

ACTIVE

Technical Consortium for Building Resilience to Drought in the Horn of Africa

Bovine Tuberculosis in the Developing world

New diagnostic tools to understand the epidemiology of sheep theileriosis in northern Sudan

Applied genomics of tick vectors in relation to development of anti-tick vaccines and building research capacity in the eastern and central Africa

Functional gene discovery for disease resistance in Chicken

ACTIVE

A system to cost effectively create a continuous supply of F1 heifer via sexed embryos

Sustainable collaborative research between SLU, Uppsala and ILRI in the field of genomics, bioinformatics and immunoinformatics

Genetic characterization of field strains and laboratory stocks of the tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, the main vector of the cattle disease East Coast Fever

A comparison between local cattle breeds in Kenya in the rate and extent of adhesion of rumen bacteria to maize stover

Creation of a public resource for housing and analyzing genomic data from Theileria parva and other Apicomplexan species to facilitate vaccine and diagnostic development