Steve Kemp

Steve Kemp

Program leader, Livestock genetics

Steve Kemp (UK) is program leader for Livestock Genetics at ILR and professor in tropical genetics at the University of Edinburgh. He has expertise in the genomics of tropical adaptation, particularly host-pathogen interactions and mechanisms of tolerance and resistance as well as informatics systems.

My Projects

Quantifying weather and climate impacts on health in developing countries (QWeCI)

Quantifying weather and climate impacts on health in developing countries (QWeCI)

ACTIVE

BREAD: Basic mechanisms underlying species specific to trypanosome resistance

An integrated response system for emerging infectious diseases in East Africa (AVID)

Mzima livestock project

Mzima livestock project

My Publications

Exploiting phenotypic plasticity in animal breeding

  • Kebede, Fasil Getachew
  • Komen, Hans
  • Dessie, Tadelle
  • Hanotte, Olivier H.
  • Kemp, Stephen J.
  • Barros, C.P.
  • Crooijmans, R.
  • Derks, M.
  • Alemu, S.W.
  • Bastiaansen, J.W.M.

Bridging the gap in data from smallholder dairy systems; The Africa Dairy Genetic Gains (ADGG) Data platform

  • Ojango, Julie M.K.
  • Okeyo Mwai, Ally
  • Mrode, Raphael A.
  • Chinyere, Ekine
  • Gebreyohanes, Gebregziabher
  • Rao, E.J.O.
  • Meseret, Selam
  • Mogaka, David
  • Lyatuu, Eliamoni T.R.
  • Komwihangilo, Daniel M.
  • Msuta, G.
  • Gibson, John P.
  • Kemp, Stephen J.
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Transcriptomic and epigenomic network analysis reveals chicken physiological reactions against heat stress

  • Te Pas, Marinus F.W.
  • Park, Woncheoul
  • Srikanth, Krishnamoorthy
  • Kumar, Himansu
  • Kemp, Stephen J.
  • Kim, Jun-Mo
  • Lim, Dajeong
  • Madsen, Ole
  • Brand, Henry van den
  • Park, Jong-Eun

Markhor-derived introgression of a genomic region encompassing PAPSS2 confers high-altitude adaptability in Tibetan goats

  • Chao Li
  • Yujiang Wu
  • Bingchun Chen
  • Yudong Cai
  • Kalds, P.
  • Shiwei Zhou
  • Jingchen Zhang
  • Ping Zhou
  • Shangqu Gan
  • Ting Jia
  • Tianchun Pu
  • Langda Suo
  • Yan Li
  • Ke Zhang
  • Lan Li
  • Purevdorj, M.
  • Xihong Wang
  • Ming Li
  • Yu Wang
  • Yao Liu
  • Shuhong Huang
  • Sonstegard, T.
  • Ming-Shan Wang
  • Kemp, Stephen J.
  • Pausch, H.
  • Yulin Chen
  • Han Jianlin
  • Yu Jiang
  • Xiaolong Wang

Livestock

  • Ericksen, Polly J.
  • Jones, Christopher S.
  • Marshall, Karen
  • Baltenweck, Isabelle
  • Banerjee, Rupsha R.
  • Crane, Todd A.
  • Bett, Bernard K.
  • Kemp, Stephen J.
  • Wright, Iain A.
  • Duncan, Alan J.
  • Dominguez-Salas, Paula
  • Charlie Pye-Smith, Charlie
  • Thornton, Philip K.

Culture of Kenyan goat (Capra hircus) undifferentiated spermatogonia in feeder-free conditions

  • Nabulindo, N.W.
  • Nguhiu-Mwangi, J.
  • Kipyegon, A.N.
  • Ogugo, M.
  • Muteti, C.
  • Tiambo, C.
  • Oatley, M.J.
  • Oatley, J.M.
  • Kemp, Stephen J.
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