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'''Simon Priestnall's Page'''
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== About me ==
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|Name=Simon Priestnall
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|Occupation= Veterinary Surgeon
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|School= UK - Bristol
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|Year= 2004
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|Email= spriestnall@rvc.ac.uk
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|Image= graduation.jpg
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I graduated from Bristol University in 2004, having undertaken an intercalated Veterinary pathology degree at the Royal Veterinary College during the BVSc course.
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In October 2007 I completed a PhD at the RVC in in veterinary virology, focusing on a novel canine coronavirus (CRCoV), hypothesised to be part of the kennel cough complex.
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In January 2008 I began an Anatomical Pathology residency at the RVC.
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== What I hope to get out of this project ==
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==Biography==<br>
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Simon completed his intercalated Veterinary Pathology BSc from the Royal Veterinary College in 2002, and in the same year participated in the Leadership Programme for Veterinary Students at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, Ithaca, New York. During this summer programme, he carried out research into the possible zoonotic potential of canine and feline Helicobacter spp.
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As a regular user of Wikipaedia I would like to be part of the roll out of this veterinary based concept and in particular the WikiPath section.
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Simon completed his Veterinary degree from the University of Bristol in 2004, then went on to complete a PhD at the Royal Veterinary College in 2007 examining the pathogenesis of a novel canine respiratory coronavirus (CRCoV ) and its role in kennel cough. He began his three-year pathology residency at the Royal Veterinary College in January 2008 and gained his Fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists (FRCPath) by examination in November 2010.
The concept will hopefully be a reference source for study both in the undergradute and postgradute setting and this is where I hope to benefit from this project.
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== My best learning experience ==
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==Research==<br>
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Currently Simon’s main interest is the pathogenesis and histopathological features of acute streptococcal pneumonia in dogs. Simon has previously worked with research groups at the University of Cambridge using signature tagged mutagenesis to identify virulence genes in Streptococcus equi subsp. equi and with the BVDV group at the Royal Veterinary College using a novel plasmid vector system to express viral proteins in mammalian cells lines.
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and why it was good
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==Teaching==<br>
 
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Simon leads the BVetMed IMR teaching in pathology. He lectures on respiratory pathology and infectious respiratory dieases of dogs to the BVetMed undergraduates and to the Veterinary Pathology BSc course, specifically on cell death and apoptosis
== Pathology that interests me ==
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I am particularly interested in respiratory pathology and infectious respiratory disease. In additon I have a great deal of intrest in the molecular basis of pathological disease and research in this area.
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== Pathology that is difficult ==
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Neuropathology!
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==Day one thoughts==
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===What (three things) I learnt today===
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===What I still need to learn===
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===How I feel about what has happened today===
 
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