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Colin Farquharson:

Education
BSc -University of Strathclyde
PhD -University of Aberdeen

Employment
2000 - present The Roslin Institute (Group Leader)
1997- 2000 Roslin Institute (Project Leader)
1992- 1996 Roslin Institute (Post-doc)
1989 - 1991 Rowett Research Institute (Post-doc)

Major Grants
2010-2013. MRC. CSF-1 and the control of postnatal growth and organ development in the rat. Hume, DA, Burdon, T., Whitelaw, Farquharson C CBA. £690,000

2006 – 2011. National Institutes for Health. Mechanisms of initiation of skeletal mineralisation. Millan JL, Farquharson C £2,000,000

2004 – 2006. Novo Nordisk Ltd, Industrial Support. Inflammatory cytokines in juvenile idiopathic arthritis, hmed SFA £180,000

2003-2006. BBSRC. The Role of a novel phosphatase in skeletal mineralisation and bone development. Farquharson C, McWhir J £168,000