Sarah Blott

After post-doctoral positions at the University of Liège, Belgium and the University of Cambridge Sarah worked for Sygen International plc (now part of Genus plc), a leading pig and cattle breeding company, as a research scientist. She was Head of Quantitative Genetics at the Animal Health Trust from 2006-2014, and has then recently joined the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science at the University of Nottingham. Interests: Sarah is interested in the development of breeding programmes designed to improve the health and welfare of animals. This includes research to further our understanding of complex disease and the way in which genes and the environment interact to cause disease.