Pirbright scientists in running for major award for innovation
Posted: 4 February, 2013
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) has shortlisted a team from The Pirbright Institute for Innovator of the Year 2013.
Professor Peter Mertens, Dr Carrie Batten, Dr Simon Carpenter, and Dr Simon Gubbins have been nominated together in the Social Innovator category of the competition for their work on identification, modelling and control of bluetongue outbreaks in the UK and northern Europe, which is estimated to have saved the UK economy £485 million and safeguarded around 10,000 jobs.