Andrew Hanton (BSc (Hons), MScR)
Post-Doctoral Transition Award Research Associate
- The Roslin Institute
- The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
Contact details
- Email: andrew.hanton@ed.ac.uk
- Web: ORCID
- Web: WT One Health Models of Disease
Address
- Street
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The Roslin Institute
The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
Easter Bush - City
- Midlothian
- Post code
- EH25 9RG
Background
I am a recently completed (viva pending) PhD student at the Roslin Institute within the lab group of Dr Christine Tait-Burkard and part of the Wellcome Trust-funded One Health Models of Disease PhD programme. My PhD project uses functional genomics to study the host-pathogen interactions of the porcine coronavirus TGEV. I am continuing this research currently as a post-doctoral research associate.
Prior to my PhD, I completed my undergraduate degree at the University of Edinburgh, graduating top of the Medical Sciences class of 2020, and I stayed within the University to complete my masters degree in Biomedical Science the following year.
Qualifications
BSc (Hons) Medical Sciences (The University of Edinburgh, 2020) - First Class Honours
MScR Biomedical Sciences (The University of Edinburgh, 2021) - Distinction
PhD Virology (The University of Edinburgh, 2025) - Viva Pending
Responsibilities & affiliations
UK International Coronavirus Network - Early Career Researcher Representative (2024-2025)
Research summary
My research interests are in coronaviruses, emerging and zoonotic viruses, RNA viruses, one health, functional genetics, and veterinary pathogens.
Publication(s):
- Hanton AJ, Scott F, Stenzel K, Nausch N, Zdesenko G, Mduluza T, Mutapi F. (2022) “Frequency distribution of cytokine and associated transcription factor single nucleotide polymorphisms in Zimbabweans: Impact on schistosome infection and cytokine levels”, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16(6):e0010536 doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010536
- Hanton AJ, Waddell LA, Hope JC, Gray M, Wu Z. (2023) "Bovine NK subsets in the afferent lymph and lymph nodes have distinct expression of naive and activation-associated cell surface expressed molecules, and are differentially stimulated by BCG vaccination", Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 226(2023):110682 doi: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2023.110682
- Attipa A. & Warr A.S., Epaminondas D., O'Shea M., Hanton A.J., ... Tait-Burkard C. (2025) "Feline infectious peritonitis epizootic caused by a recombinant coronavirus", Nature, 645(2025):228–234 doi: 10.1038/s41586-025-09340-0
Current research interests
Coronaviruses, host-pathogen interactions, reverse genetics, functional genomics.Conference details
- May 2023: XVIth International Nidovirus Symposium, Montreux, Switzerland (poster presentation)
- June 2023: Edinburgh Infectious Diseases Annual Symposium, Edinburgh, UK (poster presentation)
- August 2023: Transgenic Animal Research Conference 2023, Lake Tahoe, CA, USA (attendee)
- March 2024: UK International Coronavirus Network ECR Meeting, Liverpool, UK (oral presentation)
- April 2024: Microbiology Society Annual Conference, Edinburgh, UK (poster presentation)
- September 2024: UK International Coronavirus Network Annual General Meeting, Edinburgh, UK (flash talk and poster presentation)
- December 2024: European Molecular Biology Laboratory 26th PhD Symposium, Heidelberg, Germany (flask talk and poster presentation)
- July 2025: American Society for Virology Annual Meeting 2025, Montreal, Canada (oral presentation)
- July 2025: UK International Coronavirus Network ECR Meeting and AGM, Liverpool, UK (flash talk and poster presentation)
- 2020: Prize for Top Student in Medical Sciences Honours Class of 2020
- 2021: Wellcome Trust four-year PhD scholarship
- 2023: BBSRC Romitigation Fund - £4500 funding for training exchange visit
- 2024: Roslin Institute Career Development Bursary
- 2024: Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies Birrell-Gray Scholarship - £500
- 2025: Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies Student Research Day - Best Final Year Presentation (Runner-Up)