Mr
Patrick
Lennard
Patrick graduated from his Bachelor's degree in Biotechnology and Medical Research, with a major in Neurobiology and a minor in Chemistry, from his home University of Tasmania. Following this, he completed his Honours degree at the same institution, preparing a thesis on the functional characterisation of Fc receptors in the Tasmanian devil. From the merits of his studies and extracurricular activities, he was accepted into the novel Erasmus Mundus Joint Master's Degree in Infectious Diseases and One Health, administered by the Université de Tours (France), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain) and the University of Edinburgh. The programme involves a research project, which he will also be completing in Edinburgh, investigating the antimicrobial characteristics of horse stem cells and organoids. He is the Secretary-General for the International Student One Health Alliance.
Patrick is interested in wildlife immunology, cellular agriculture, neuroscience, cancer immunology, and One Health. He hopes to harness the topics of his fundamental research to make tools for tackling global problems, such as antimicrobial resistance.
Patrick currently works in the Donadeu Laboratory of The Roslin Institute, characterising the influence of certain genes in the difference of pericyte differentiation potential between normal and intrauterine growth restricted pigs.