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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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05 November 2014

Showcasing flu research: Pirbright heads to the Great British Bioscience Festival

A team of researchers from Pirbright’s Avian Viral Disease Programme are heading to east London next week to bring you the best of British Bioscience. The Great British Bioscience Festival is the culmination of a year-long tour, enabling visitors to explore the fascinating world of biology through…

31 October 2014

Business Secretary Vince Cable opens the BBSRC National Virology Centre

Business Secretary Vince Cable opens the Plowright building Business Secretary Vince Cable officially opened the BBSRC National Virology Centre at Pirbright today heralding the start of a new era in protecting the UK from viral diseases The pioneering new £135M laboratories will greatly enhance UK…

15 October 2014

Success at CIRIA’s BIG Challenge as Pirbright wins top award for biodiversity

The Pirbright Institute's Biodiversity Group The Pirbright Institute has been recognised for its outstanding commitment to biodiversity by being announced the overall winners at the 2014 CIRIA BIG Challenge Awards which took place at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew on Tuesday 14 October. As well as…

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09 October 2014

British Construction Industry Award success for Pirbright

The BBSRC National Virology Centre: The Plowright Building, constructed and engineered by leading built environment specialist Shepherd, has won the Judges’ Special Award at the prestigious British Construction Industry (BCI) Awards. Given to the building or civil engineering project of any size…

06 October 2014

DTP Funding Announcement

Pirbright partners with leading research organisations to train bioscientists of the future. £18.5m will be invested in training the next generation of bioscience leaders to tackle global challenges such as food security and animal health. The funding forms part of £125M worth of investment…

17 September 2014

Pirbright’s Centenary Conference

Director of The Pirbright Institute, Professor John Fazakerley welcomes delegates to the conference. The Institute hosted its Centenary Conference at The University of Surrey on September 11 and 12, 2014 to mark its 100th anniversary of the prevention and control of livestock infectious diseases and…

New veterinary vaccinology network will help tackle threat of animal diseases, including those spreading to humans

The Pirbright Institute is to coordinate a new multidisciplinary network of veterinary vaccinology experts to help in the fight against animal diseases, some of which have the potential to spread to humans. Funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), the UK…

IAH seeks next Director

You are a global leader in your field. Now is your chance to lead the UK Institute for Animal Health into the new decade. The UK Government and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council have committed over £130m to deliver a state-of-the-art high biocontainment laboratory complex at…

The Pirbright Institute plays host to biosecurity experts from around the world

Taking advantage of a unique opportunity to tour The Pirbright Institute’s new high biocontainment laboratories before they become operational at the end of the year, the Institute recently hosted the 16th workshop of The International Veterinary Biosafety Workgroup (IVBW). This high-profile…

Young Scientists visit Pirbright’s new high biocontainment labs

As part of this year’s Centenary celebrations, the Institute opened its doors last week to thirty A-Level students and staff from Collingwood College (Camberley), George Abbot School (Guildford) and Woking College. Taking place on 10 and 11 July, the Young Scientists Days gave the students an…

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Concrete pouring ceremony for The Pirbright Institute’s new laboratory facility

A concrete pouring ceremony has been held at The Pirbright Institute to mark the start of construction of new medium containment laboratories. Funded by UK Government via the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), the £15.4million building is part of a £250million site…

The Pirbright Institute Centenary Open Day

As part of our 2014 Centenary celebrations, on 19 July 2014 The Pirbright Institute will be opening its doors to the public, providing you with a unique opportunity to tour our brand new high containment laboratory facilities and discover 100 years of scientific research into livestock diseases…