Equipments Details
Description
The SRUC Biomarkers Laboratory is a research support lab, part of the Animal & Veterinary Sciences Group. Our expertise supports the unique and diverse requirements of animal and veterinary research.
We focus on:
- Physiological, biochemical and metabolic measures relating to animal health, behaviour and welfare;
- Development and validation of species-specific techniques;
- Application to a wide range of species including sheep, cows, pigs, horses, goats, chickens and turkeys;
- Training and education: practical laboratory skills, protocol design and development, and project support for undergraduate, MSc and PhD students.
Techniques:
- ELISA (for example Glucocorticoids, IgG, hormones, neuropeptides);
- DNA/RNA extraction from a wide range of sample types including blood, tissue, rumen;
- PCR/qPCR
- Fluorescent microsphere Immunoassay (FMIA) using BioPlex machine (for example Cytokine Multiplex assay).
We specialise in developing novel multiplex panels;
- Kinetic Enzyme Assays;
- Image analysis.
We focus on:
- Physiological, biochemical and metabolic measures relating to animal health, behaviour and welfare;
- Development and validation of species-specific techniques;
- Application to a wide range of species including sheep, cows, pigs, horses, goats, chickens and turkeys;
- Training and education: practical laboratory skills, protocol design and development, and project support for undergraduate, MSc and PhD students.
Techniques:
- ELISA (for example Glucocorticoids, IgG, hormones, neuropeptides);
- DNA/RNA extraction from a wide range of sample types including blood, tissue, rumen;
- PCR/qPCR
- Fluorescent microsphere Immunoassay (FMIA) using BioPlex machine (for example Cytokine Multiplex assay).
We specialise in developing novel multiplex panels;
- Kinetic Enzyme Assays;
- Image analysis.
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Research output
- 9 Article
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Development and validation of a multiplex fluorescent microsphere immunoassay assay for detection of porcine cytokines
Hall, S., Ison, S., Owles, C., Coe, J., Sandercock, D. & Zanella, A., 17 May 2019, (First published) In: MethodsX. 6, p. 1218-1227 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile6 Link opens in a new tab Citations (Scopus)177 Downloads (Pure) -
Environmentally enriched pigs have transcriptional profiles consistent with neuroprotective effects and reduced microglial activity
Brown, S., Bush, S., Summers, K., Hume, D. & Lawrence, A., 17 May 2018, (First published) In: Behavioural Brain Research. 350, p. 6 - 15 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile14 Link opens in a new tab Citations (Scopus)86 Downloads (Pure) -
Periparturient behavior and physiology: further insight into the farrowing process for primiparous and multiparous sows
Ison, S., Jarvis, S., Hall, S., Ashworth, C. & Rutherford, K., 12 Jun 2018, (First published) In: Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 5, 122, 15 p., 122.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile34 Link opens in a new tab Citations (Scopus)81 Downloads (Pure)