Professor Bruce Whitelaw

Professor Whitelaw is an academic who provides leadership within academia and the animal biotechnology sectors. He holds the Chair of Animal Biotechnology at the University of Edinburgh and was the Director of The Roslin Institute, a BBSRC strategically funded Institute embedded in the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies at the Easter Bush Campus of the University of Edinburgh. Through his bioscience research reflected in nearly 200 scientific manuscripts and 12 patents, he pioneered the application of genetic technologies in farmed animals, including the impactful project to produce precision bred pigs that are resistant to Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Virus which has been taken forward into the commercial sector by Genus Ltd; and recently produced precision bred pigs resistant to Classical Swine Fever Virus. Bruce is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology and was a member of the Nuffield Council’s Genome Editing and Farm Animals Working Group.

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