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Monday 7 April is World Health Day with a focus on vector-borne diseases The Pirbright Institute, funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Centre (BBSRC), has a major programme of research on virus vector-borne diseases. This includes diseases of animals…

The Pirbright Institute has been awarded an Athena SWAN Bronze Award demonstrating its commitment to the Athena SWAN principles. The Athena SWAN Awards recognise success in developing employment practices to further and support the careers of women in science, technology…

The Pirbright Institute’s Dr Luke Alphey has won 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 Alphey was up against eight others for the title of ‘Innovator of the…

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…

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…

The Pirbright Institute’s construction of a brand new multi-million pound high-containment laboratory has resulted in a world-class scientific research facility along with a 360 Ingenuity ‘Thinking New’ Award from AECOM for the Institute’s creative solution of waste and…

The Pirbright Institute in Surrey has been awarded £4.4M to work on a new collaborative long-term study on the transmission of swine influenza. The BBSRC Swine Flu Dynamics project is a five-year project which as well as researching virus transmission will also assess the…

Ben Sutherland, an apprentice at The Pirbright Institute, has won the Guildford College Group Apprentice of the Year Award in recognition of his exceptional achievement in his Business Intermediate Level Apprenticeship and work ethic. Ben attended an evening awards ceremony…

The Farmed Animal Health and Disease fund is a joint initiative between the UK’s Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) in India. Set up to encourage collaborative projects between universities and research institutes…

The Pirbright Institute has been awarded £1M of the Biotechnology and Biological Research Council’s £4M Animal Health Research Club (ARC) funding to improve livestock health. The BBSRC club funds research to improve our understanding of resistance in farmed animals to pests…