Francesca Chianini
(PhD)Job Title:
Veterinary Research Pathologist
Contact Email:
francesca.chianini@moredun.ac.uk
Contact Number:
0131 4455 111
Address:
Moredun Research Institute,
Pentlands Science Park,
Bush Loan,
Penicuik,
Midlothian EH26 0PZ
Job Role
Francesca provides veterinary pathology expertise for Moredun research projects covering a number of bacterial, parasitological and viral diseases of sheep and cattle, as well as undertaking consultancy neuro-histopathological surveillance of diseases of farm livestock in Scotland.
Biography
Francesca Chianini graduated in 1995 from Pisa Vet School in Italy. She practised in central Italy for two years before joining the Department of Pathology at the Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona in Spain where she carried out a Marie Courie founded PhD on Circovirus in pigs.
In 2002 she moved to the Moredun Research Institute, where she led the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE) group until 2012.
Current Research
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- Protozoan infections in ruminants (Toxoplasma and Neospora).
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- Comparative neuropathology.
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- Infectious disease of livestock