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Meet our Board of Trustee Directors and Science Advisory Board members.

Priscilla Tng

Meet Pirbright’s new BBSRC Fellow

Vaccinology specialist Dr Priscilla Tng is one of 15 promising UK researchers to have been awarded a Fellowship by UK Research and Innovation’s Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). A BBSRC Discovery Fellow in the African Swine Fever Vaccinology…

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Containment level 3 laboratories

The containment level 3 (CL3) facilities enable research on high-risk pathogens.

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New efficient method developed to tackle avian infectious bronchitis virus

Pirbright researchers, in collaboration with New England Biolabs, Inc., have developed an innovative approach to study infectious bronchitis virus (IBV), a highly infectious poultry pathogen. The new method, published in PLoS ONE, will allow quicker response to IBV…

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Global quest for vaccine to cut methane in cattle

Scientists are to search for a proof-of-concept vaccine that can cut methane emissions in cattle. Supported by $9.4 million from the Bezos Earth Fund and led by researchers at The Pirbright Institute and the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), an international consortium will…

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Empirical and model-based evidence for a negligible role of cattle in peste des petits ruminants virus transmission and eradication

Peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) is a multi-host pathogen with sheep and goats as main hosts. To investigate the role of cattle in the epidemiology of PPR, we simulated conditions similar to East African zero-grazing husbandry practices in a series of trials with…

Pirbright expertise informs pandemic readiness report

Expert insight from leading scientists at The Pirbright Institute has informed a World Health Organisation (WHO) report calling on researchers and governments to accelerate global research in readiness for the next pandemic. WHO and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness…