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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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Pirbright fined by HSE for breaches of its licence

The Pirbright Institute has accepted the charges brought against the Institute for breaches of its Specified Animals Pathogens Order (SAPO) licence issued by Defra. The prosecution was conducted by the HSE who act as agents for Defra for these purposes. The Institute was fined £22,000. No issue of…

Small bite, big threat

Monday 7 April is World Health Day with a focus on vector-borne diseases The Pirbright Institute, funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Centre (BBSRC), has a major programme of research on virus vector-borne diseases. This includes diseases of animals and diseases of humans…

The Pirbright Institute receives Athena SWAN Award

The Pirbright Institute has been awarded an Athena SWAN Bronze Award demonstrating its commitment to the Athena SWAN principles. The Athena SWAN Awards recognise success in developing employment practices to further and support the careers of women in science, technology, engineering, maths and…

Innovator of the Year award for Pirbright scientist

The Pirbright Institute’s Dr Luke Alphey has won BBSRC’s Innovator of the Year award 2014 for his work on the genetic-based control of pest insects. As a shortlisted finalist for the 2014 competition, Luke Alphey was up against eight others for the title of ‘Innovator of the Year’. The annual event…

18 February 2014

Pirbright scientist is Innovator of the Year finalist

The Pirbright Institute’s Professor Luke Alphey has been shortlisted for BBSRC’s Innovator of the Year award 2014 for his work on the genetic-based control of pest insects. As a shortlisted finalist for the 2014 competition, Luke will be up against eight others for the title of BBSRC Innovator of…

12 February 2014

Could European mosquitoes spread Rift Valley fever?

The Pirbright Institute is to begin a new EU funded project to investigate the ability of European mosquitoes to carry and spread Rift Valley fever virus the cause of a potentially fatal disease affecting both livestock and humans. Primarily funded by the EU, VMerge is a European collaborative…

27 January 2014

The Pirbright Institute gets ‘Thinking New’ Award

The Pirbright Institute’s construction of a brand new multi-million pound high-containment laboratory has resulted in a world-class scientific research facility along with a 360 Ingenuity ‘Thinking New’ Award from AECOM for the Institute’s creative solution of waste and demolition management using…

12 December 2013

New swine influenza project to better understand virus transmission and develop new control strategies

The Pirbright Institute in Surrey has been awarded £4.4M to work on a new collaborative long-term study on the transmission of swine influenza. The BBSRC Swine Flu Dynamics project is a five-year project which as well as researching virus transmission will also assess the effectiveness of different…

05 December 2013

Award for the Pirbright Institute’s Young Apprentice of The Year

Ben Sutherland, an apprentice at The Pirbright Institute, has won the Guildford College Group Apprentice of the Year Award in recognition of his exceptional achievement in his Business Intermediate Level Apprenticeship and work ethic. Ben attended an evening awards ceremony at G Live in Guildford in…

15 November 2013

New collaborations with India as Pirbright is awarded grants through the Farmed Animal Health and Disease fund

The Farmed Animal Health and Disease fund is a joint initiative between the UK’s Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) in India. Set up to encourage collaborative projects between universities and research institutes in both countries…

26 September 2013

Pirbright awarded ARC funding to improve livestock health

The Pirbright Institute has been awarded £1M of the Biotechnology and Biological Research Council’s £4M Animal Health Research Club (ARC) funding to improve livestock health. The BBSRC club funds research to improve our understanding of resistance in farmed animals to pests and disease, and the…

Minister launches National Avian Research Facility

A national centre for poultry health and welfare has been officially opened by the Minister for Universities and Science David Willetts. The National Avian Research Facility (NARF) at the University of Edinburgh’s Easter Bush campus will provide a resource for both UK and international researchers…