News from February 2014

The Pirbright Institute’s Professor Luke Alphey has been shortlisted for BBSRC’s Innovator of the Year award 2014 for his work on the genetic-based control of pest insects. As a shortlisted finalist for the 2014 competition, Luke will be up against eight others for the title of BBSRC Innovator of…

The Pirbright Institute is to begin a new EU funded project to investigate the ability of European mosquitoes to carry and spread Rift Valley fever virus the cause of a potentially fatal disease affecting both livestock and humans. Primarily funded by the EU, VMerge is a European collaborative…