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The Bloomsbury SET - Projects

Projects led by RVC

  • A multi-disciplinary approach to optimize, evaluate social uptake, and mathematically predict the impact of a novel point-of-contact diagnostic test for targeted treatment of zoonotic hybrid and livestock schistosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa
  • Antimicrobial eye drops with extended duration of effect and efficacy
  • Assessing social acceptability and economic impact of centralised antibiotic usage data collection for GB cattle farms
  • Bacteriophage technology: rapid point-of-care detection and antibiotic resistance profiling of tuberculosis infections
  • Big data analysis to identify innovative solutions for combating respiratory disease and reducing antimicrobial use in beef cattle
  • Development and commercialisation of a novel Livestock SchistosomiasisappPoint of CareappCirculating Cathodic Antigen lateral flow test (LSappPOCappCCA)
  • Development and testing of a Streptococcus suis candidate vaccine
  • Development of an inactivated oral yeast vaccine against poultry Eimeria
  • Development of a poultry vaccine platform based on transgenic coccidia parasites and evaluation of immunoprotection against necrotic enteritis
  • Enhancing political economy research skills to tackle infectious disease and AMR challenges
  • Knowledge exchange through a Bedouin lens: a photovoice exploration of camel owner perceptions of zoonotic disease risk
  • Machine learning to combat AMR through the integrated analysis of VetCompass and laboratory data
  • Mining RNA unmapped reads: developing a fast diagnostic tool for infectious disease in cattle
  • Predicting treatment outcomes for neglected tropical diseases
  • Probabilistic diagnostic algorithm for early serological detection of Johne’s disease in dairy cattle
  • The potential role of wildlife in antimicrobial resistance and ecosystem contamination
  • Validation of specific immune responses against an Eimeria (protozoa) prototype expressing a Clostridium perfringens antigen and comparison to the same antigen obtained by standardised prokaryote and eukaryote protein expression systems

Projects led LSHTM

  • Advancing inhibitors targeting Cathepsin D as a new drug treatment for schistosomiasis
  • An antimalarial drug targeting Plasmodium phosphodiesterases to cure patients and block transmission; a new tool to combat drug resistance
  • Building automated genomics data curation and collection pipeline
  • Development of a suspension bead assay targeting the zoonotic malaria parasite
  • Developing a novel serosurveillance kit in Collaboratorship with Luminex, A DiaSorin to support global malaria elimination efforts using the xMAP® Technology platform
  • Malaria Detection Dogs
  • Neglected malaria parasites: genomic discovery and translation
  • Multi- disciplinary research for the strategic and translational development of late-stage tuberculosis vaccine candidates
  • Optimising sugar attachment site in vaccine
  • Phenotype Image Data and Digital Learning Innovation (PhIDDLI)
  • Tackling antimicrobial resistance in rivers: A design-based policy approach
  • Using system dynamics modelling for collaborative, evidence-based design of interventions to reduce tuberculosis transmission in South African health facilities

Projects led by LSTM

  • An antiappWolbachia azaquinazoline small molecule as a preventative drug candidate for veterinary heartworm disease
  • Commercialisation of the LSTM Barrier bed net
  • Determine the therapeutic potential of sialylated Fc for influenza therapy
  • Development and validation of improved automated spray cabinet to enable commercial application of spray deposits
  • Drug Discovery against MDR TB: Development of preclinical data Pack, IP protection and patenting strategy
  • Preclinical and clinical testing of a repurposed drug for use as an early oral therapeutic for tropical snakebite: a model to leverage western markets for LMIC access
  • The GeneDrive Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever assay; from prototype to design freeze

Project led by SOAS

  • Contextualising antimicrobial resistance perspectives in Sri Lanka and European Union
  • Visual arts for Localised Evidence and Decision-making (LEAD)

Project led by LSE

  • Localised Evidence and Decision-making (LEAD) Project

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