Dr Kathryn Bartley
(PhD)Job Title:
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Contact Email:
kathryn.bartley@moredun.ac.uk
Contact Number:
0131 4455 111
Address:
The Moredun Group, Pentland Science Park, Bush Loan,
Penicuik, Midlothian, EH26 0PZ
Job Role
My research focus is on the development of sustainable controls and diagnostics for ectoparasites of sheep, cattle and poultry. I have a keen interest in understanding the parasitic lifestyle of poultry red mites and sheep scab mites and how this knowledge can be exploited to develop novel controls. Key to these research areas is my work in developing in vitro and in vivo mite models for maintaining mite populations for use in vaccine/drug efficacy studies and the generation and analysis of the mite genomes and transcriptomes. I also serve as the Chemical Safety Officer for the Moredun Group.
Biography
I graduated Aberystwyth University (Wales) with a degree in Microbiology/Zoology and was awarded her PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 2003 for the molecular characterisation of a pox virus (SQPV) associated with the decline of red squirrels in the UK.
My post-doctoral career has focused on the development of novel vaccines, routes of vaccine delivery systems and identification of diagnostic antigens for the control of livestock diseases. I previously worked with Dr John March on the engineering of Lamda phage viruses for use as DNA vaccine delivery system and later with Dr George Russell on the evaluation of malignant catarrhal fever virus capsid antigens for diagnostic and vaccine potential.
Currently, I work within the Moredun Ectoparasite group led by Prof Alasdair Nisbet and Dr Stew Burgess, with a focus on vaccine discovery and design, diagnostics and control of red mite infestation in commercial layering hens and sheep scab mites in sheep.
Current Research
• Scottish government Strategic Research Program 2022-27 – Development and optimisation of sheep scab vaccine and development and incorporation of novel diagnostic tools for improved control, effective quarantine and targeted treatment of sheep scab
• BBSRC – Unravelling the mechanisms of resistance to the macrocyclic lactones in the sheep scab mite, Psoroptes ovis. Co-I, 2024-27
• A Novel Reverse Vaccinology Approach for Developing a Vaccine Against Poultry Red Mite. Co-I, 2022-2025
• Curation and provision of reagents for the commercially available Moredun Sheep Scab ELISA underpinning the national scab control programmes.
Selected Publications
- Jack Hearn,
- Wouter van Mol,
- Roel Meyermans,
- Kathryn Bartley,
- Tyler Alioto,
- Jessica Gomez-Garrido,
- Fernando Cruz,
- Francisco Câmara Ferreira,
- Marta Gut,
- Ivo Gut,
- Nadine Buys,
- Steven Janssens,
- Karyn Adams,
- Sara Roose,
- Thomas Van Leeuwen,
- Wannes Dermauw,
- John S. Gilleard,
- Russell Avramenko,
- Peter Geldhof,
- Edwin Claerebout,
- Stewart T.G. Burgess,
- F. G. Nunn,
- D. A. Ewing,
- K. Bartley,
- Javier Palarea-Albaladejo,
- W. Chen,
- D. R. G. Price,
- A. J. Nisbet,
- Bartley, K.,
- Chen, W.,
- Mills, R.I.L.,
- Nunn, F.,
- Price, D.R.G.,
- Rombauts, S.,
- Van de Peer, Y.,
- Roy, L.,
- Nisbet, A.J.,
- Burgess, S.T.G.,
- Chen, W.,
- Bartley, K.,
- Nunn, F.,
- Bowman, A.S.,
- Sternberg, J.M.,
- Burgess, S.T.G.,
- Nisbet, A.J.,
- Price, D.R.G.,
- Burgess, S.T.G.,
- Nunn, F.,
- Bartley, K.,
- Frew, D.,
- McLean, K.,
- Inglis, N.F.,
- McGeachy, K.,
- Taliansky, M.E.,
- Love, A.J.,
- Nisbet, A.J.,
- Lima-Barbero, J.F.,
- Contreras, M.,
- Mateos-Hernandez, L.,
- Mata-Lorenzo, F.M.,
- Triguero-Ocana, R.,
- Sparagano, O.,
- Finn, R.D.,
- Strube, C.,
- Price, D.R.G.,
- Nunn, F.,
- Bartley, K.,
- Hofle, U.,
- Boadella M.,
- Nisbet, A.J.,
- De la Fuente, J.,
- Villar, M.,
- Burgess, S.T.G.,
- Marr, E.J.,
- Bartley, K.,
- Nunn, F.G.,
- Down, R.E.,
- Weaver, R.J.,
- Prickett, J.C.,
- Dunn, J.,
- Rombauts, S.,
- Van Leeuwen, T.,
- Van de Peer, Y.,
- Nisbet, A.J.,
