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Our research focuses on viruses that are potentially devastating for the economy, food security and the wellbeing of animals and humans.

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15 December 2025

Scientists study wild pig immunity in quest for African Swine Fever vaccine

Researchers at The Pirbright Institute are collaborating with the Roslin Institute to define host factors of susceptibility and resistance to African Swine Fever in domestic and wild pigs. African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV) is a lethal pig pathogen which threatens the global supply of domestic pig…

10 December 2025

Pirbright helps form the National Research Organisations (NRO) Group - Alliance dedicated to ‘making research matter’

The Pirbright Institute and other leading UK research agencies and institutes have today launched the National Research Organisations (NRO) Group. The new alliance of 35 organisations is dedicated to advancing science for the benefit of people, communities, the economy and national priorities.

05 December 2025

European partnership studies reproductive form of PRRS

Scientists from the UK, Austria and Spain are to study the immune response of pigs to inform future control strategies for the reproductive form of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS). The globally distributed endemic disease causes reproductive failure in breeding stock and…

flock of hen near grey wall by Brooke Cagle

26 November 2025

Understanding Marek’s Disease virus: sampling feathers to protect Indonesian poultry farming

Pirbright researcher Dr Steve Fiddaman , Avian Genetics , is collaborating with the University of Oxford ’s Professor Adrian Smith on a British Council project in Indonesia. Its objectives: to better understand chicken genetic and immune diversity across Indonesian islands, and to identify novel…

07 November 2025

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Development and validation of SR-DISVAXFIC: A mobile phone application for estimating the herd-level financial impact of small ruminant diseases and the potential benefits of vaccination in the field

Megan E. Rawlins, Adeyinka J. Adedeji, Victoria I. Ifende, Sandra I. Ijoma, Rebecca B. Atai, Joel Y. Atuman, Gambo Panzam, Haruna W. Gotom, Idris H. Adamu, Anas U. Musa, Isa M. Sani, Paul Adamu, Mauzu Rani, Ijeoma O. Nwagbo, Jakawa B. Gyes, Jamo Aliyu, Jolly A. Adole, Banenat B. Dogonyaro, Maryam Muhammad, Georgina Limon

VelcroVax: a "Bolt-On" Vaccine Platform for Glycoprotein Display

Kingston NJ, Grehan K, Snowden JS, Hassall M, Alzahrani J, Paesen GC, Sherry L, Hayward C, Roe A, Stephen S, Tomlinson D, Zeltina A, Doores KJ, Ranson NA, Stacey M, Page M, Rose NJ, Bowden TA, Rowlands DJ, Stonehouse NJ

Insights into Polyprotein Processing and RNA-Protein Interactions in Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Genome Replication

Pierce DM, Hayward C, Rowlands DJ, Stonehouse NJ, Herod MR

Virus-modified paraspeckle-like condensates are hubs for viral RNA processing and their formation drives genomic instability

Harper KL, Harrington EM, Hayward C, Anene CA, Wongwiwat W, White RE, Whitehouse A

EMG1 methyltransferase activity affects ribosome occupancy at KSHV uORFs

Harrington EM, Murphy JC, Harper KL, Hayward C, Mottram TJ, Aspden JL, Whitehouse A.

Interactions between the 2C protein of FMDV and components of the viral replication machinery are mediated by ER-derived membranes

Hayward C, Hietanen EV, Dobson SJ, Herod MR, Fontana J, Rowlands DJ, Stonehouse NJ.bioRxiv

Universal amplification and sequencing of foot-and-mouth disease virus complete genomes using nanopore technology

Shaw AE, Lebani K, González Gordon L, Ihearahu UE, Wadsworth J, Hicks HM, Polo N, Freimanis G, Muhanguzi D, Tennakoon C, Orton RJ, Knowles NJ, Di Nardo A, Waters RA, Bronsvoort BM, King DP.