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An insect model for schmallenberg virus replication

Researchers at The Pirbright Institute have identified a suitable model midge species which will enable transmission studies of the Schmallenberg virus (SMV). Schmallenberg virus is spread by midges and causes deformities in lambs and calves when dams are infected during…

New Poultry Research Facilities

Poultry health and welfare, a key factor in a multi-billion pound food industry, will be boosted with the building of a new research centre. Work has already begun on the £14M National Avian Research Facility (NARF) at the University of Edinburgh's Easter Bush campus. Its…

Pirbright scientists in running for major award for innovation

The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) has shortlisted a team from The Pirbright Institute for Innovator of the Year 2013. Professor Peter Mertens, Dr Carrie Batten, Dr Simon Carpenter, and Dr Simon Gubbins have been nominated together in the…

Towards a universal influenza vaccine

Researchers at The Pirbright Institute, which receives strategic funding from BBSRC, in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Oxford working together as the Jenner Institute, have taken an important step towards a universal vaccine against avian influenza. This…

Pirbright part of £5.6M award to control foot-and-mouth

The Pirbright Institute, along with colleagues at the Universities of St Andrews, Leeds, Edinburgh and Dundee, will take part in a £5.6M BBSRC-funded project to develop new methods for controlling foot-and-mouth disease. Professor Terry Jackson, Dr Don King and Dr Toby…

Pirbright to be part of new £6.2M poultry viruses project

Researchers from The Pirbright Institute, led by Head of the Avian Viral Diseases Programme, Professor Venugopal Nair, are to be part of a £6.2M BBSRC-funded project to develop rapid responses to emerging poultry viruses. The funding boost will also help to establish the…

The Pirbright Institute opens new laboratory doors to the public

This weekend, pupils from Pirbright Village Primary School, Pirbright Parish Council and more than 120 other visitors from the local community were able to glimpse behind the scenes at The Pirbright Institute’s new high biocontainment facilities – an over £100 million…

A new identity

What? From 04th October 2012 The Institute for Animal Health will be renamed The Pirbright Institute.. Why? We are creating a state-of-the-art Institute on a single campus at Pirbright, Surrey, UK. The Institute will continue to carry out its world leading surveillance and…

Scientists confirm Schmallenberg still circulating

Researchers at the Royal Veterinary College, in collaboration with colleagues at Pirbright, have confirmed that Schmallenberg virus is still circulating in the UK as the current midge season approaches its peak. Tests were carried out on around 150 cattle and over 1000 sheep…

Midge genome: Reinforcing the war against viruses

Researchers at the Institute for Animal Health have been awarded £680K by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), which also awards strategic funding to IAH, to sequence and study the genome of a biting midge that is responsible for spreading…