Dr Xinyi Huang
Job Title:
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Staff ORCID ID:
0000-0002-8977-4891
Contact Email:
xinyi.haung@moredun.ac.uk
Contact Number:
0131 4455 111
Address:
The Moredun Group, Pentland Science Park, Bush Loan,
Penicuik, Midlothian, EH26 0PZ
Job Role
• Support the Principal Investigators with organising in vivo experiments with required pathogens: Escherichia coli (E. coli) O157:H7; Staphylococcus aureus (Staph. aureus); Streptococcus uberis (Strep. uberis); Neoparamoeba perurans (N. perurans) to deliver the experimental objectives of the NeoGiANT project.
• Collect, analyse and interpret the data from in vivo experiments and write reports and presentations to present the results within the NeoGiANT meetings.
Biography
I specialise in combing animal models with immunological approaches to study pathogenesis of infectious diseases and have extensive experience with various host species and pathogens. With a Veterinary Medicine degree in China, I investigated pathogenesis of acute viral infections using experimentally infected animal models during my PhD at the University of Glasgow, including Bluetongue virus in sheep and SARS-CoV-2 in rodents. Currently working on the NeoGiANT project at Moredun, I have designed and led dairy cow challenge trials and conducted immunological and microbiological analyses to assess efficacy of natural formulations in treating mastitis.
Current Research
1. ‘The power of grape extracts: antimicrobial and antioxidant properties to prevent the use of antibiotics in farmed animals (NeoGiANT)” funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme.
2. Rapid detection of mastitis pathogens in milk via integrated microfluidic-Raman Microspectroscopy (Collaborator: University of Glasgow), awarded by the Steve Bishop Innovation Award.
