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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…

22 September 2011

Pirbright scientist becomes a Visiting Professor of the Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology

Dr John Anderson MBE of the BBSRC’s Institute for Animal Health at Pirbright has this month (September) been made a Visiting Professor of the Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology ( NM-AIST ). This is in recognition of his longstanding involvement in the development of…

01 July 2011

BBSRC and Institute for Animal Health statement regarding health and safety at IAH Pirbright

The Institute for Animal Health has since 2007 invested £30M in facility improvements and new infrastructure developments with a further £100M+ investment underway due to complete in 2014. The nature of the world leading research carried out at IAH means that it is necessary for work to be conducted…

25 May 2011

World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) officially declares the eradication of rinderpest

The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has officially declared that rinderpest (cattle plague) has been eradicated. All 198 countries that have animals susceptible to this devastating disease have been recognised as rinderpest-free. This announcement was made at the 79th General Session of…

06 May 2011

Better understanding of foot-and-mouth disease offers potential for alternatives to culling

IAH and collaborators in the University of Edinburgh have uncovered a window of opportunity when it is possible to identify cattle infected with foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) before they become infectious and/or show signs of having the disease. They have published their findings in the…

17 March 2011

IAH hosts a networking event for stakeholders and partners

On Thursday 17th March the IAH, in collaboration with BBSRC, hosted a Networking Event "Protecting UK livestock from the threat of viral disease" at Church House, Westminster. The purpose of the event was to share knowledge and facilitate partnerships for action across the animal health research…

01 March 2011

New Director for the Institute for Animal Health

The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and the Institute for Animal Health have announced the appointment of the new Director for the Institute. Prof John Fazakerley, a leading researcher in virology, will join IAH as its new Director from 1 June 2011 from his current…

06 December 2010

New animal facilities receive their operating licences

Further progress on the redevelopment of the Institute’s Pirbright Laboratory took place in November when the Institute received operating licences for two large-animal facilities from the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). Research in them is now underway. These…

19 October 2010

IAH experts advise FAO on rinderpest eradication announcement

IAH scientists contributed to a special meeting at the headquarters of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation in Rome (13-15th October), culminating in an announcement by the FAO's Director General that they had ended field operations on rinderpest. "As of mid 2010, FAO is confident that the…

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

Nurturing emerging leaders in science

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Pirbright scientist becomes a Visiting Professor of the Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology

World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) confirms IAH experts

Recruiting of 10 new IAH Research Fellows is underway

FAO honours the IAH for its contribution to the eradication of rinderpest

Professor John Fazakerley takes up post as Director of IAH

BBSRC and Institute for Animal Health statement regarding health and safety at IAH Pirbright

World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) officially declares the eradication of rinderpest

Better understanding of foot-and-mouth disease offers potential for alternatives to culling

IAH hosts a networking event for stakeholders and partners

New Director for the Institute for Animal Health

New animal facilities receive their operating licences

IAH experts advise FAO on rinderpest eradication announcement