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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.

==== Michael J Cook ====

==== [[Michael John Cook|Michael J Cook]] ====

BSc degree from London University (Physics and Mathematics). His 36 year career included computer chip design, research and development and process engineering in the semiconductor industry. Working in the United Kingdom, United States and leading multinational teams from the US, Europe and Asia. He was diagnosed with Lyme disease in 2009 and started to investigate Lyme and associated diseases. He is author or co-author of 6 papers on Lyme disease and has presented his work at conferences in Paris, Boston, Dublin and London. Other work includes presentations to members of the UK Houses of Lords and Commons, medical and national & local government environmental and health agencies. He also investigated a UK Lyme testing laboratory and provided the evidence of failures in support of patient representations to the UK Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman. He also accompanied a team to the United Nations where evidence of regarding human rights abuses related to patients and doctors treating Lyme disease was presented.

BSc degree from London University (Physics and Mathematics). His 36 year career included computer chip design, research and development and process engineering in the semiconductor industry. Working in the United Kingdom, United States and leading multinational teams from the US, Europe and Asia. He was diagnosed with Lyme disease in 2009 and started to investigate Lyme and associated diseases. He is author or co-author of 6 papers on Lyme disease and has presented his work at conferences in Paris, Boston, Dublin and London. Other work includes presentations to members of the UK Houses of Lords and Commons, medical and national & local government environmental and health agencies. He also investigated a UK Lyme testing laboratory and provided the evidence of failures in support of patient representations to the UK Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman. He also accompanied a team to the United Nations where evidence of regarding human rights abuses related to patients and doctors treating Lyme disease was presented.