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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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01 April 2019

New Chair and Trustees join The Pirbright Institute Trustee Board

The Pirbright Institute has announced the appointment of a new Chair of the Trustee Board and several new Trustees. Professor John Stephenson steps up from his position on the Trustee Board to take over as Chair of the Trustee Board from Professor Quintin McKellar CBE, who is stepping down. Dr Bryan…

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26 March 2019

Pirbright’s ‘Viral Survival’ travelling science lab a hit at Innovate Guildford 2019

The Pirbright Institute took Dr Zoo’s Travelling Science Lab out on the road for the first time at Innovate Guildford 2019, a local science and arts festival which took place on Saturday 23 March. Visitors entering the ‘Viral Survival’ themed mini escape room were challenged with a series of…

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12 March 2019

Pirbright demonstrate that testing milk samples could enhance foot-and-mouth disease surveillance in the field

A follow on study by scientists at The Pirbright Institute and the University of Glasgow has demonstrated that milk samples collected in the field can be used successfully to recognise cattle infected with foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV). This method was used in Tanzania, where the disease is…

06 March 2019

Pirbright scientists identify how a single bird flu protein can increase period of infection

New research led by scientists at The Pirbright Institute has shown how an influenza virus protein, called PB1-F2, is able to shut down two pathways of the chicken immune response to increase the length of time the virus can be transmitted. The PB1-F2 protein of influenza viruses is an accessory…

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24 January 2019

UK Veterinary Vaccinology Network success highlighted by conference

Veterinary researchers from around the world came together at this year’s joint UK & International Veterinary Vaccinology Network Conference on the 9-10 January 2019 with the aim of improving vaccines for livestock and zoonotic diseases both in the UK and internationally. Over 200 participants…

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10 January 2019

Pirbright reveals true cost of goat plague vaccination campaigns

A study led by The Pirbright Institute has created the first framework for determining the true cost of peste des petits ruminants (PPR) vaccine campaigns based on case studies in Ethiopia. PPR, also known as goat plague, is a contagious viral disease of sheep and goats which has severe socio…

08 January 2019

Pirbright scientists share new protocol for creating vaccines that target multiple poultry diseases

Researchers at The Pirbright Institute have published their methods for creating a vaccine that protects against Marek’s disease and infectious bursal disease (IBD) using CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing system in the video journal JoVE. Both viruses cause highly infectious diseases of poultry and cause…

12 December 2018

Pirbright student wins award to progress swine flu studies

Veronica Martini, first year PhD student in the Mucosal Immunology group at Pirbright, has received the In Vivo Skills Award from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council ( BBSRC). The £17,600 funding will provide Veronica with the opportunity to learn new skills that will be…

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

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Pirbright scientists identify how a single bird flu protein can increase period of infection

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Pirbright scientists share new protocol for creating vaccines that target multiple poultry diseases

Pirbright student wins award to progress swine flu studies