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29 October 2026

Pirbright’s scientific knowhow shapes future centre

The Pirbright Institute, BioPREVAIL and WOAH join forces with Morocco’s National Office for Food Safety to strengthen diagnostic laboratory in Morocco. Specialists from The Pirbright Institute are supporting plans to adapt part of an existing diagnostic laboratory in Morocco for high-containment…

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26 October 2026

Pirbright signs Women in Research Charter

The Pirbright Institute has reaffirmed its commitment to advancing gender equity and creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive by signing UK Government's Women in Research Charter. Established in response to the continued underrepresentation of women in senior research and…

Tim Harvey-Samuel, Rajdeep Kaur, Philip T Leftwich, Xuechun Feng, Valentino Gantz, Luke Alphey (2026)

Sequence mismatch between gene-drive and target-site flanking regions significantly impairs homing efficiency in Culex quinquefasciatus

Journal GENETICS

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Maysa Ragab, Yassir A. Almofti, Yazeed A. Rauouf, Nick J. Knowles, Donald P. King, Jemma Wadsworth, Hayley M. Hicks, Haitham Saeed, Omima Abd Algalil, Ibrahim Albokhadaim, Ahmed O. Alameen, Mahmoud Kandeel, Samir Alhojaily, Mohammed Ali Al-Hammadi, Jamal Hussen, Mustafa Shukry, Bahaa Al-Trad (2026)

Molecular epidemiology of foot-and-mouth disease viruses collected from Khartoum, Blue Nile, and Northern States of Sudan (2019–2022)

Journal Scientific Reports

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Rebecca P. Sumner, Lucy Eke, Bruno Hernáez, Alasdair J. M. Hood, Telma Sancheira Freitas, Hannah Ashby, Ailish Ellis, Marine Petit, Sian Lant, Isobel Stokes, Preetam Parija, Isabel Alonso, Francisco J. Alvarez-de Miranda, Alazne R. Unanue, Kevin Maringer, Isabelle Dietrich, Bryan Charleston, Geoffrey L. Smith, David O. Ulaeto, Antonio Alcamí, Carlos Maluquer de Motes (2026)

APOBEC3-driven attenuation of the 2022 global outbreak monkeypox virus relative to its clade IIb ancestor

Journal Nature Communications

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Tom M. Watson, Lynnette C. Goatley, Stephen Meek, Lel Eory, Sylvia Kohler, Nicholas Berkley, Sofia Sternberg, Melany Jackson, Amy Findlay, Isabella Hoskins, Simon Girling, Joseph Mee, Alan L. Archibald, Finn Grey, Falko Steinbach, Helen Crooke, Christopher L. Netherton, Tom Burdon (2026)

Suidae iPSC-derived macrophages as models for investigating susceptibility and resilience to African swine fever virus

Journal Stem Cell Reports

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James R Adams, Faisal R Anjum, Muhammad Y Abare, Jai Mehat, Roberto L Ragione, Shahriar Behboudi (2026)

Innate immune reprogramming of chicken macrophages by sodium butyrate enhances reactive oxygen species–mediated antimicrobial responses in vitro

Journal The Journal of Immunology

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Soumendu Chakravarti, Alex Schock, Steven Fiddaman, Muhammad Abid, David Welchman, Venugopal Nair, Susan Baigent, Yongxiu Yao (2026)

Molecular characterization of Marek’s disease viruses circulating in small chicken flocks from England and Wales

Journal Avian Pathology

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Mariana Marques, Yui Xi Wong, Zhaozhi Sun, Amina Yasmin, J. Paul Taylor, Alessia Ruggieri, Tobias J. Tuthill, Nicolas Locker (2026)

The assembly of stress granules during foot-and-mouth disease virus infection is uncoupled from activation of cellular intrinsic antiviral signalling

Journal PLOS Pathogens

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David O. Ehizibolo, Olumuyiwa Oyekan, Moses O. Oguche, Abdullahi Ardo, Anna B. Ludi, Britta A. Wood, Simon Gubbins, Hayley M. Hicks, Jemma Wadsworth, Etienne Chevanne, Fabrizio Rosso, Nick J. Knowles, Valerie Mioulet, Donald P. King, Georgina Limon (2026)

Isolation and molecular characterization of foot-and-mouth disease viruses from small ruminants in Nigeria

Journal Veterinary Research

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