Lesley Nicolson

Lesley Nicolson is an Affiliate in the School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine at the University of Glasgow. Her research focuses on viral vectors for gene therapy, cytokine biology in domestic animals, and infectious diseases in cats, dogs, and horses. She collaborates on projects such as canine adenovirus engineering for cancer therapy and feline coronavirus diagnostics.

Research Collaborations:

• With Prof. Iain Morgan on canine oncolytic viruses
• With Dr. Diane Addie on feline coronavirus infection
• With Dr. Kris Hughes on equine inflammatory airway disease

Key Research Areas:

• Gene therapy vectors and vaccines
• Cytokine expression in disease pathogenesis
• Molecular diagnostics for infectious diseases
• Immunomodulatory therapies in veterinary medicine

Grants & Funding:

• Medical Research Council (MRC) Centre for Integrated Virology (2010–2016)
• Investigation of cytokine expression in equine respiratory disease (Petplan Charitable Trust, 2007–2008)
• Morris Animal Foundation grants for targeting tumors and coronaviruses (2003–2008)