Dr Weir graduated from the University of Glasgow Veterinary School in 1995. After spending five years in mixed practice in the North of England, he returned to Glasgow on a Wellcome Trust Fellowship to study the molecular epidemiology of Cryptosporidium. Following a secondment to the State Veterinary Service to assist with the Foot and Mouth crisis in 2001, Dr Weir accepted a Scholarship from Glasgow Veterinary School to allow him to pursue a PhD in Molecular Parasitology, which he completed in 2006. His research interests have developed in a number of areas including the genetics, genomics and transcriptomics of protozoan parasites, principally Theileria and Babesia. He is Principal Investigator on several projects investigating tick-borne pathogens and is currently funded to pursue research by the Scottish Government, EU, HBLB and the Donkey Sanctuary. In 2016, Dr Weir was appointed as Academic Head of the Veterinary Diagnostic Service Infectious Disease Unit at the University of Glasgow. | Dr Weir graduated from the University of Glasgow Veterinary School in 1995. After spending five years in mixed practice in the North of England, he returned to Glasgow on a Wellcome Trust Fellowship to study the molecular epidemiology of Cryptosporidium. Following a secondment to the State Veterinary Service to assist with the Foot and Mouth crisis in 2001, Dr Weir accepted a Scholarship from Glasgow Veterinary School to allow him to pursue a PhD in Molecular Parasitology, which he completed in 2006. His research interests have developed in a number of areas including the genetics, genomics and transcriptomics of protozoan parasites, principally Theileria and Babesia. He is Principal Investigator on several projects investigating tick-borne pathogens and is currently funded to pursue research by the Scottish Government, EU, HBLB and the Donkey Sanctuary. In 2016, Dr Weir was appointed as Academic Head of the Veterinary Diagnostic Service Infectious Disease Unit at the University of Glasgow. |