by Richard Mellanby | Mar 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
Research undertaken by the VitDAL was awarded a prestigious poster prize at the Annual Vitamin D workshop held in Orlando. This conference is the largest annual gathering of researchers engaged in vitamin D research. Dr Mellanby presented the VitDAL latest research on...
by Richard Mellanby | Oct 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
Dr Richard Mellanby was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons for meritorious contributions to knowledge at the inaugural FRCVS day at the Royal Institution in London. Richard’s fellowship award was in large part due to his research...
by admin | Aug 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
The VitDAL lab is actively researching how vitamin D metabolites influence the immune response. In order to allow us to examine in great detail how vitamin D modulates the immune system, we use murine models in some of our experiments when our other study systems,...
by Richard Mellanby | Apr 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
Dr Richard Mellanby was awarded the 2016 Petplan Scientific Achievement Award at BSAVA. In the award citation by David Simpson, the chairman of the Petplan Board of Trustees, highlighted that the award was in recognition of Richard’s contribution to veterinary...
by Richard Mellanby | Apr 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
The latest paper from the VitDAL was published today. Dr Mellanby’s essay in Journal of Small Animal Practice discussed the growing evidence that vitamin D can influence the biology of both skeletal and non-skeletal tissues of companion animals. The paper...
by admin | Mar 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
Research undertaken by the VitDAL was awarded a prestigious poster prize at the Annual Vitamin D workshop held in Boston. This conference is the largest annual gathering of researchers engaged in vitamin D research. Dr Mellanby presented the VitDAL initial research on...