CV

Qualifications

BA_(Hons) Upper Second Class in Preclinical Veterinary Studies with Natural Sciences - University of Cambridge, 2012
MSc in Equine Science with Merit - University of Edinburgh, 2017
MSc in Instrumental Analytical Science (DNA Analysis, Proteomics and Metabolomics) with Distinction - Robert Gordon University, 2018
PhD titled ‘Dissecting the genetic architecture of equine exertional rhabdomyolysis’ - Royal Veterinary College, 2023 (Winner of the 2023 RVC McKeever Prize for Best Original Research)

Work experience

Aug 2022 - present: Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh
- Position: Programme Coordinator for MSc Equine Science and BVM&S Horse Husbandry Teaching Fellow
Oct 2018 – Nov 2022: Royal Veterinary College
- Position: Undergraduate research project supervisor
- Position: Facilitator for directed learning sessions in genetics and statstics for undergraduate and taught masters
Jan 2017 – May 2018: Aberdeen City Council and Scottish Qualifications Authority
- Position: Exam invigilator
May 2015 – September 2018: The Robert Gordon University
- Position: Library receptionist
Jan 2014 – September 2018: Private Tutoring
- Position: Tutoring secondary school pupils for National 5 and Higher English
- Position: Tutoring undergraduate students in essay writing approaches for English and Philosophy, and in referencing skills
June 2013 – June 2017: Veterinary Thermal Imaging Scotland
- Position: Managing Director
Aug 2012 – Aug 2013: Scottish SPCA
- Position: Animal Care Assistant

Publications

Why equestrians use auxiliary reins on horses, their biomechanical perceptions, and barriers to human behaviour change.

Tapuska M, Lindsay-McGee V & Wolframm I (2025). Why equestrians use auxiliary reins on horses, their biomechanical perceptions, and barriers to human behaviour change. Journal of Equine Rehabilitation 3: 100032.

All Tied Up.

Lindsay V, Psifidi A and Piercy RJ (2021) All Tied Up. Your Horse Magazine April 2021 Issue (later adapted online 2023 and 2025)

[Preprint] Breed-specific effects of inbreeding and artificial selection on susceptibility to equine exertional rhabdomyolysis.

Lindsay-McGee V, Clark EL, Piercy RJ & Psifidi A (2024). [Preprint] Breed-specific effects of inbreeding and artificial selection on susceptibility to equine exertional rhabdomyolysis. Authorea [Online].

Introduction to Animal Genetics with Dr Victoria Lindsay-McGee.

David Marlin Animalweb (2024). Introduction to Animal Genetics with Dr Victoria Lindsay-McGee. Stable Science Podcast

Characterisation of phenotypic patterns in equine exertional myopathy syndrome.

Lindsay-McGee V, Massey C, Li YT, Clark EL, Psifidi A, & Piercy RJ (2024) Characterisation of phenotypic patterns in equine exertional myopathy syndrome. Equine Veterinary Journal.

Pharmacological inhibition of acetylcholinesterase improves the locomotion defective phenotype of a SCA3 C. elegans model.

Pohl, F, Lindsay-McGee, V, Kong Thoo Lin, P, Maciel, P, & Teixeira-Castro, A (2024). Pharmacological inhibition of acetylcholinesterase improves the locomotion defective phenotype of a SCA3 C. elegans model. microPublication Biology.

The history and welfare of working mules in the valleys of the Toubkal massif, in the High Atlas of Morocco.

Cousquer, G., Alyakine, H. & Lindsay-McGee, V. (2023). The history and welfare of working mules in the valleys of the Toubkal massif, in the High Atlas of Morocco. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 10.

Does inbreeding contribute to pregnancy loss in Thoroughbred horses?

Lawson, J. M., Shilton, C. A., Lindsay‐McGee, V., Psifidi, A., Wathes, D. C., Raudsepp, T. & De Mestre, A. M. (2024). Does inbreeding contribute to pregnancy loss in Thoroughbred horses? Equine Veterinary Journal.

Genetic characterisation of the Connemara pony and the Warmblood horse using a within-breed clustering approach.

Lindsay-McGee, V., Sanchez-Molano, E., Banos, G., Clark, E. L., Piercy, R. J. & Psifidi, A. (2023). Genetic characterisation of the Connemara pony and the Warmblood horse using a within-breed clustering approach. Genetics selection Evolution. 55: 1-22.

Integrating genetic and genomic analyses of combined health data across ecotypes to improve disease resistance in indigenous African chickens.

Banos, G., Lindsay, V., Desta, T. T., Bettridge, J., Sanchez-Molano, E., Vallejo-Trujillo, A., Matika, O., Dessie, T., Wigley, P., Christley, R. M., Kaiser, P., Hanotte, O. & Psifidi, A. (2020). Integrating genetic and genomic analyses of combined health data across ecotypes to improve disease resistance in indigenous African chickens. Frontiers in Genetics. 1169.

GST-4-dependent suppression of neurodegeneration in C. elegans models of Parkinsons and Machado-Joseph disease by rapeseed pomace extract supplementation.

Banos, G., Lindsay, V., Desta, T. T., Bettridge, J., Sanchez-Molano, E., Vallejo-Trujillo, A., Matika, O., Dessie, T.,Pohl, F., Teixeira-Castro, A., Costa, M. D., Lindsay, V., Fiúza-Fernandes, J., Goua, M., Bermano, G., Russell, W., Maciel, P. & Kong Thoo Lin, P. (2019). GST-4-dependent suppression of neurodegeneration in *C. elegans* models of Parkinsons and Machado-Joseph disease by rapeseed pomace extract supplementation. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 13.

Breed-specific SNP and genomic regions associated with equine recurrent exertional rhabdomyolysis susceptibility overlapped with up- and down-regulatory histone modifications.

January 05, 2023

Poster at 14th International Havemeyer Foundation Horse Genome Workshop, Caen, France

Phenotypic and genetic characterisation of recurrent exertional rhabdomyolysis (RER) in Warmblood horses and Connemara ponies.

January 05, 2020

Poster at Plant and Animal Genome XXVIII Conference, San Diego, USA

Dissecting the genetic architecture of equine exertional rhabdomyolysis

April 01, 2019

Poster at A Century of Genetics: Genetics Society Meeting 2019, Edinburgh, UK

Service and leadership

Committee membership

Organising Committee member for the 2025 BSAS Equine Conference
Organising Committee member for the 2024 Edinburgh Next Generation of Genomics Symposium (ENGoGS)
Member of the British Society of Animal Science Early Career Council, Early Careers Rep on the BSAS Publications Committee, and member of the Judging Panel for the BSAS Undergraduate Thesis of the Year Award
Reviewer for the R(D)SVS Veterinary Ethical Review Committee
Member of the R(D)SVS Quality Assurance and Enhancement Committee
Member of the R(D)SVS PGT Teaching & Learning Committee

Learned society membership

Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Member of the Royal Society of Biology
Member of the British Society of Animal Science, accredited BSAS Associate Registered Animal Scientist, Member of the BSAS Early Careers Council
Member of the Genetics Society
Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society

Volunteering

Aug 2022-present: CamScot Alumni Mock Interviewer
September 2020 – February 2025: Trustee of the Scottish Friends of Pembroke College
March 2020 – present: Volunteer Journal Reviewer for The Equine Veterinary Journal, BMC Genomics, Scientific Reports, UK Vet Equine, PloS Genetics
August 2020 – August 2022: Postgraduate Co-Officer for the Royal Veterinary College Students’ Union
Summer 2019: Volunteer at the Royal Veterinary College Royal Society Summer Exhibition Stand
September 2017 – September 2018: Peer Tutor at The University of Edinburgh
September 2017 – October 2018: Student Representative at The Robert Gordon University
February 2010 – June 2012: Applicant Mentee and College Tour Guide at The University of Cambridge

Funding & Awards

Winner of the Royal Veterinary College McKeever Prize for the Best Original Research Paper in a Graduating PhD Student at the 2023 RVC Graduation.
I contributed to and was named on a successful 2022 Horserace Betting Levy Board grant application for a three-year postdoctoral project studying regulatory genomics of horse muscle tissue, including bulk and single-cell transcriptomics, chromatin accessibility, and chromatin interaction modelling.
Runner up for the Poster Prize at the ‘Functional Regulatory Genomics and Disease: Genetics Society Meeting 2022’
Highly commended for the President’s Prize for Best Presentation at ‘The Challenge of Change: British Society of Animal Science Conference 2021’

Personal

I have been a keen horse rider since I was a child, competing in eventing and affiliated dressage as well as taking part in common ridings. In 2014-15 I stabled my horse at a professional event rider’s yard where I would occasionally assist with handling and exercising fit 4* event horses.
I am a qualified rugby referee, refereeing age grade and adult 15s and 7s in the Scottish Borders for the Borders Rugby Referees Society, and assistant refereeing at national amateur fixtures as a member of the Scottish Rugby National Assistant Referees Panel. Refereeing at this level requires coaching skills and the ability to manage people and make decisions in a fast-paced and high adrenaline situation. I also act as the Secretary for the Borders Rugby Referees Society and sit as a BRRS Representative on the Scottish Rugby Referees Association committee. In 2025 I was awarded the National Community Match Official of the Season Award by Scottish Rugby.

Victoria Lindsay McGee

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