A research and diagnostic laboratory specialising in Vitamin D biology research in companion, production and wild animals
Vitamin D Animal Laboratory (VitDAL)
Led by Professor Richard Mellanby, we explore the relationship between vitamin D, inflammation and health outcomes in companion, farm and wild animals.
Research
VitDAL is based in the Roslin Institute and the Queen’s Medical Research Institute at the University of Edinburgh and brings together expertise in clinical veterinary endocrionology and nutrition, proteomics and immunology with the overarching ambition of advancing understanding of vitamin D biology in all species.
Assay Service
The VitDAL have developed an ultra-high performance liquid chromatography – mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS) assay to accurately key vitamin D metabolites in serum and plasma.
Latest News
VitDAL presenting data at ISVC
Dr Richard Mellanby was representing the VitDAL at the 9th International Sheep Veterinary Congress (ISVC) which was held this week at Harrogate. He was presenting data from the Soay sheep project which has shown that higher vitamin D status is linked to greater...
Well done to Nadine, VitDAL MSc student
This week the VitDAL said goodbye to Nadine Kamenjarin, an MSc student from Johannes-Gutenberg University of Mainz, who spent 3 months in the lab working with Iris on a project which aims to define the functional relevancy of altered cytokine production in vitamin D...
VitDAL MSc student wins poster prize
Many congratulations to VitDAL MSc student Jenny Cartwright who won the clinical scholars poster prize at R(D)SVS Research Day. Her work details her MSc studies on vitamin D receptor expression in dogs which explored the relationship between vitamin D receptor...