News

Filters

Enter keywords

Select virus

Select month

Select researcher

Featured news

Pirbight's Plowright building from afar with wild plants in front

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…

Close up of a pipette tip in a well of gel electrophoresis. Blue liquid is visible in the wells.

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…

culicoides biting midge sitting on a green stalk pirbright

01 July 2019

Pirbright team show UK midge season has extended due to climate change

A team of scientists at The Pirbright Institute, Rothamsted Research, The Centre for Ecology and Hydrology and the Met Office have provided the first evidence that the UK midge season has extended over the last 40 years due to climate change. The findings could help scientists to make better…

A cell infected by African swine fever virus

19 June 2019

Pirbright study identifies African swine fever virus proteins for vaccine development

Scientists at The Pirbright Institute have identified African swine fever virus (ASFV) proteins that can trigger an immune response in pigs. The team hopes to develop a vaccine using these proteins that is capable of protecting against the deadly disease. Published in Frontiers in Immunology, the…

14 June 2019

Pirbright destroys final rinderpest virus samples

On 14 June 2019, scientists at The Pirbright Institute destroyed the final archive stocks of rinderpest virus held in the World Reference Laboratory for Rinderpest. This completed a major milestone in the World Organisation for Animal Health ( OIE) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United…

11 June 2019

Pirbright’s ‘Viral Survival’ a huge hit with Cheltenham Science Festival visitors

The Pirbright Institute returned as a festival sponsor to Cheltenham Science Festival between 7 and 9 June 2019. Pirbright’s theme this year was ‘Viral Survival’, which centred on diseases that can spread from animals to people, called zoonoses, and how Pirbright scientists are working on different…

african buffalo - needs credit: Haplochromis [CC BY-SA 3.0 (httpscreativecommons.orglicensesby-sa3.0)]

29 May 2019

Persistently infected African buffalo not a likely cause of new FMD outbreaks say Pirbright scientists

Scientists at The Pirbright Institute have shown that African buffalo persistently infected with foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) are unlikely to be the source of new outbreaks in other buffalo and cattle. African buffalo do not usually present any clinical signs of infection and can carry FMD for years…

29 May 2019

Pirbright and ViroVet join forces to develop African swine fever antivirals

Researchers at The Pirbright Institute will partner with the Belgian biotechnology company ViroVet to develop the first antiviral drugs that act against African swine fever (ASF). In the absence of a vaccine, antiviral drugs could provide an alternative control method which would help limit clinical…

bbsrc innovator of the year awards dr andrew broadbent and dr amin asfor

17 May 2019

Pirbright innovation recognised at the BBSRC Innovator of the Year Awards

Two scientists from The Pirbright Institute attended the BBSRC Innovator of the Year Awards on 15 May 2019 as shortlisted finalists. Dr Andrew Broadbent and Dr Amin Asfor pitched their research against ten other scientists and groups across four categories: Commercial Impact, Social Impact…

15 May 2019

Pirbright scientists identify mutation hotspots that may inform infectious bronchitis vaccine development

Scientists at The Pirbright Institute have shown that infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) vaccines produced in eggs have unpredictable mutations which may be prone to reversion in the field. IBV causes a poultry disease which results in large economic losses across the globe. Live attenuated vaccines…

25 April 2019

Featured news

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

Nurturing emerging leaders in science

Latest news

Pirbright team show UK midge season has extended due to climate change

Pirbright study identifies African swine fever virus proteins for vaccine development

Pirbright destroys final rinderpest virus samples

Pirbright’s ‘Viral Survival’ a huge hit with Cheltenham Science Festival visitors

Persistently infected African buffalo not a likely cause of new FMD outbreaks say Pirbright scientists

Pirbright and ViroVet join forces to develop African swine fever antivirals

Pirbright innovation recognised at the BBSRC Innovator of the Year Awards

Pirbright scientists identify mutation hotspots that may inform infectious bronchitis vaccine development

Science Spotlight: Dr Mark Fife

Pirbright scientists show fat is crucial for Marek’s disease virus infection

Pirbright carries out vaccine trials for Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever

Chicken immune genes could help commercial breeders reduce viral infections