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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

Pirbright scientist recognised for contribution to foot-and-mouth disease virus research

The AVTRW (Association for Veterinary Teaching and Research Work) recognises excellence in both veterinary teaching and in veterinary research by presenting awards to individuals who have made significant contributions to those fields. This year the Selbourne Award for contribution to research was…

07 May 2013

H7N9: a novel Influenza virus

In the space of just a month, a novel influenza virus originating in birds has infected 129 people in China and killed 20% of those infected. Patients infected with this H7N9 subtype virus have demonstrated severe respiratory problems and required intensive medical care. So far there has been no…

22 April 2013

Midges tracked by new India Bluetongue Vector Network

A new network has been set up by an international collaboration of researchers looking at midge monitoring and control as a low-cost way of tackling bluetongue virus outbreaks in India where the virus is endemic. Coordinated by The Pirbright Institute’s Dr Simon Carpenter and Dr Minakshi Prasad at…

27 March 2013

New foot-and-mouth vaccine signals huge advance in global disease control

Scientists have developed a new methodology to produce a vaccine for foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV). Because the vaccine is all synthetic, made up of tiny protein shells designed to trigger optimum immune response, it doesn’t rely on growing live infectious virus and is therefore much safer to…

21 March 2013

Research innovators recognised for excellence at Fostering Innovation awards

A team from The Pirbright Institute has scooped BBSRC’s Social Innovator of Year Award 2013. The award was one of several presented yesterday evening at BBSRC’s Innovator of the Year Awards 2013; part of BBSRC’s Fostering Innovation initiative. Now in its fifth year, the annual event aims to promote…

15 March 2013

An insect model for schmallenberg virus replication

Researchers at The Pirbright Institute have identified a suitable model midge species which will enable transmission studies of the Schmallenberg virus (SMV). Schmallenberg virus is spread by midges and causes deformities in lambs and calves when dams are infected during pregnancy. The results of…

13 March 2013

New Poultry Research Facilities

Poultry health and welfare, a key factor in a multi-billion pound food industry, will be boosted with the building of a new research centre. Work has already begun on the £14M National Avian Research Facility (NARF) at the University of Edinburgh's Easter Bush campus. Its resources will be made…

04 February 2013

Pirbright scientists in running for major award for innovation

The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) has shortlisted a team from The Pirbright Institute for Innovator of the Year 2013. Professor Peter Mertens, Dr Carrie Batten, Dr Simon Carpenter, and Dr Simon Gubbins have been nominated together in the Social Innovator category of…

04 December 2012

Towards a universal influenza vaccine

Researchers at The Pirbright Institute, which receives strategic funding from BBSRC, in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Oxford working together as the Jenner Institute, have taken an important step towards a universal vaccine against avian influenza. This virus disease threatens…

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Pirbright scientist recognised for contribution to foot-and-mouth disease virus research

H7N9: a novel Influenza virus

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New foot-and-mouth vaccine signals huge advance in global disease control

Research innovators recognised for excellence at Fostering Innovation awards

An insect model for schmallenberg virus replication

New Poultry Research Facilities

Pirbright scientists in running for major award for innovation

Towards a universal influenza vaccine