Dr Claire Colenutt received the Innovation in Animal Healthcare award on Monday 3 December 2018 at the Guildford Innovation Awards 2018 . Dr Colenutt won the award for the creation of a new foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) field test, which could improve disease surveillance and alleviate the...
The Pirbright Institute hosted the inaugural Comparative Veterinary Immunology Group (CVIG) meeting ‘ Frontiers in Human and Veterinary Antibody discovery ’ on 26 and 27 November, 2018 where 120 renowned immunologists from around the world congregated to share knowledge and understanding of B cell...
The first meeting of the Inter-Institute Imaging Network (IIIN) was recently held at The Pirbright Institute to promote collaboration between its partners in the field of bioimaging. Delegates from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council institutes and close collaborators...
Research led by The Pirbright Institute has shown mutant H9N2 bird flu viruses isolated from Pakistan are able to escape immune responses and adapt to infect humans. This could result in reduced vaccine efficiency and the possibility of human outbreaks. Published in the journal Emerging Infectious...
The World Reference Laboratory for Foot-and-Mouth Disease (WRLFMD) marked 60 years of being the global centre of expertise in the diagnostics and surveillance of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) with a two-day symposium on Monday 5 and Tuesday 6 November. The Pirbright Institute, home to the WRLFMD,...
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