A study led by The Pirbright Institute has created the first framework for determining the true cost of peste des petits ruminants (PPR) vaccine campaigns based on case studies in Ethiopia. PPR, also known as goat plague, is a contagious viral disease of sheep and goats which has severe socio-...
Researchers at The Pirbright Institute have published their methods for creating a vaccine that protects against Marek’s disease and infectious bursal disease (IBD) using CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing system in the video journal JoVE. Both viruses cause highly infectious diseases of poultry and cause...
Veronica Martini , first year PhD student in the Mucosal Immunology group at Pirbright, has received the In Vivo Skills Award from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council ( BBSRC ). The £17,600 funding will provide Veronica with the opportunity to learn new skills that will be...
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...
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