A major new study, featured on the cover of Science Magazine today (1 October 2021), undertaken by scientists at The Pirbright Institute, Oregon State University, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and SANParks, Veterinary Wildlife Services, Kruger National Park explores the mechanisms at play that...
The UK International Coronavirus Network (UK-ICN) is a new global network of researchers from both animal and human coronavirus communities. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown what a huge impact a zoonotic disease can have globally. With the current death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic at over 4.7...
A new gene editing tool has been successfully applied to the southern house mosquito by researchers at The Pirbright Institute. This paves the way for genetic control methods that could prevent the mosquito from spreading human and animal diseases. The female southern house mosquito ( Culex...
While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to dominate media reports, and African swine fever (ASF) occupies the farming trade publications, a third disease, unknown to many, is spreading at pace across the globe. Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is a devastating disease of cattle and water buffalo that has...
Today the British Society for Immunology (BSI) and the International Veterinary Vaccinology Network (IVVN) have published ' Securing our future: the value of veterinary vaccines '. The joint report lays out the current veterinary vaccinology landscape, identifies threats to the UK’s world-leading...
Pirbright's longstanding expertise in viral diseases is helping us to provide vital services and information that will help to tackle the life changing pandemic caused by COVID-19.
Our Coronavirus Hub provides an overview of how the Institute is aiding the pandemic response, including Pirbright's COVID-19 research on vaccines, understanding how the virus works, and exploring diagnostic solutions, as well as the support we are providing to the UK diagnostic effort.
We work collaboratively with stakeholders globally, including research and academic institutions, government ministries and agencies, multilateral organisations, non-government organisations (NGOs) that range from big international charities to local advocacy groups, as well as philanthropic foundations and commercial companies.
Our innovative research into viruses of farm animals and those that spread from animals to people is possible with new state-of-the-art facilities including the BBSRC National Virology and Vaccinology Centres. Find out more about our campus.
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