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15 November 2024

Pirbright welcomes two successful Doctoral Landscape Awards in life and environmental sciences

The Pirbright Institute is celebrating two major doctoral training initiatives funded by the UKRI Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), each offering unique opportunities for the next generation of scientists. These programmes…

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14 November 2024

Nurturing emerging leaders in science

Two talented Pirbright researchers have been awarded with Strategic Career Development Awards (SCDAs) to advance their research and career trajectories. Dr Rory Fortes de Brito, a Senior Postdoctoral researcher in the Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) Immunology group and Dr Lidia…

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Paving the way for rapid detection of vector-borne viruses

Vector-borne viruses pose a significant global health threat, particularly in low- and middle-income tropical countries. Pirbright researchers and their collaborators from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine have secured a grant from the Medical Research Council to develop innovative…

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23 February 2022

Pirbright scientist Kevin Maringer to chair the Microbiology Society’s Members Panel promoting diversity and inclusion in science

The Microbiology Society has formed a new Members Panel to promote equality and diversity in the microbiology community. Pirbright’s Dr Kevin Maringer, group leader of the Flavivirus Transmission and Pathogenesis group, will co-chair the Members Panel which will ensure that equality, diversity, and…

Glass model of foot-and-mouth-disease virus (FMDV), lit in purple

28 October 2021

Pirbright welcomes three scientific experts to head up new areas of research

Three new research groups have been established at The Pirbright Institute recently, each of which will contribute to the Institute’s mission to prevent and control viral diseases of livestock and viruses that spread from animals to people, known as zoonoses. Discover more about the scientists…