Pirbright scientist becomes a Visiting Professor of the Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology
Posted: 22 September, 2011
Dr John Anderson MBE of the BBSRC’s Institute for Animal Health at Pirbright has this month (September) been made a Visiting Professor of the Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology (NM-AIST ). This is in recognition of his longstanding involvement in the development of biotechnology for Africa, specifically in relation to the development and application of diagnostics for the control of infectious diseases of livestock.
The Institute’s Dr Michael Baron and Dr Chris Oura have been confirmed as OIE Experts on rinderpest/peste des petits ruminants and African horse sickness/bluetongue, respectively, following the OIE’s 79th General Session in Paris in May,