PROFILE

Initiated the hunt for trypanotolerance genes in cattle and established the group at Liverpool which performed advanced intercross mapping and mapped murine tolerance Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL). He leads the consortium, and in particular co-ordinates, and makes available, the data generated. Steve is currently based at ILRI in Nairobi but continues to lead the consortium from this base.

OPERATING PROJECTS

Improving Animal Genetic Resources Characterization.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Livestock genomics, genome function and diversity.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Rennie,K Hulme H, Fisher P, Hall L, Agaba M, Noyes HA, Kemp SJ & Brass A. (2008). A systematic, data-driven approach to the combined analysis of microarray and QTL data. Animal Genomics for Animal Health. Developments in Biologicals Vol 132: 293-300.

Kemp SJ; Hanotte O; Agaba M; Noyes HA; Gibson J; Archibald A; Rennie C.; Hulme H; Brass A. (2008). Genomics Approaches to Study the Biology Underlying Resistance to Trypanosomiasis. Animal Genomics for Animal Health. Developments in Biologicals Vol 132: 89-91.

Rennie C, Noyes HA, Kemp SJ, Hulme H, Brass A &Hoyle DC (2008). Strong position-dependent effects of sequence mismatches on signal ratios measured using long oligonucleotide microarrays. BMC Genomics 9 : 317-328.

Fakhar M, Motazedian MH, Daly D, Lowe CD, Noyes HA & Kemp SJ. An integrated pipeline for the development of novel panels of mapped microsatellite markers for Leishmania donovani complex, Leishmania braziliensis and Leishmania major. Parasitology 135: 567-574.

Bloor P, Kemp SJ & Brown RP (2007). Recent volcanism and mitochondrial DNA structuring in the lizard Gallotia atlantica from the island of Lanzarote. Molecular Ecology Notes 2008 3 (17): 854-866.

Fisher P, Hedeler C, Wolstencroft K, Hulme H, Noyes H, Kemp SJ, Stevens R & Brass A (2007). A Systematic Strategy for Large-Scale Analysis of Genotype-Phenotype Correlations: Identification of candidate genes involved in African Trypanosomiasis. Nucleic Acids Research 35: 5625-5633.

Watts PC, Saccheri IJ, Kemp SJ & Thompson DJ. (2007) Effective population sizes and migration rates in fragmented populations of an endangered insect (Coenagrion mercuriale: Odonata). Journal of Animal Ecology 76 790-800.

Shen F-J, Watts PC, He W, Zhang Z, Zhang A, Sanderson S, Kemp SJ & Yue B-S (2007) Di, tri- and tetranucleatide microsatellite loci for the giant panda. Molecular Ecology Notes primer note.

Lowe CD, Kemp SJ, Harvey IF, Thompson DJ & Watts PC (2007). Variable microsatellite loci isolated from the azure damselfly, Coenagrion puella (L.) (Zygoptera; Coenagrionidae). Molecular Ecology Notes primer note (published early online).

Watts PC, Rousset F, Saccheri IJ, Leblois R, Kemp SJ & Thomspon DJ. (2007) Compatible genetic and ecological estimates of dispersal rates in insect (Coenagrion mercuriale: Odonata: Zygoptera) populations: analysis of 'neighbourhood size' using a more precise estimator. Molecular Ecology 16 (4): 737-751.