With degrees in both Neuroscience and Immunology and over 18 years' experience actively researching the neuro- and immuno-pathology of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. I have experience in working with disease outbreak conditions (UK Foot and Mouth Disease Virus 2001), as well as working with zoonotic, Hazard Group 2 and 3 infectious agents of the nervous system, previously within the UK Institute for Animal Health Neuropathogenesis Unit (Edinburgh) and now at The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh.