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Foot-and-mouth pioneer retires from IAH after almost 40 years

Dr Nigel Ferris MBE has retired after almost 40 years at The Pirbright Institute in Pirbright. Dr Ferris is at the forefront of diagnostics for foot-and-mouth (FMD) and other diseases, with his kits leading the field for at least 20 years and a new generation of kits on the…

Science Minister highlights IAH role in rinderpest eradication

In a speech at Policy Exchange, Westminster, Minister for Universities and Science David Willetts referred to IAH as one of the UK’s “outstanding independent research institutes” and highlighted our role in the eradication of rinderpest. The Minister spoke about the…

World-class facilities for virus research

Multi-million pound laboratory completed at Institute for Animal Health "Now if you want to come and film these areas you'll have to take your camera out via the quarantine facility... which means it may be fumigated and lost forever." Dr Michael Johnson, Head of Estates at…

Minister visits Institute for Animal Health in Pirbright

Minister for Universities and Science, David Willetts MP, visited The Pirbright Institute's Pirbright campus today (Friday 02 December 2011) to welcome the news of an additional £80M investment from government. The funding will be made available to the Biotechnology and…

£100M+ investment to protect UK food security and rural economy

Major sectors of the UK economy and food chain have received a significant boost following the announcement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer of £80M of capital investment for the further development of research facilities at The Pirbright Institute at Pirbright, which…

New insight into important chicken virus

Fresh discoveries about Marek's disease could have major implications for the poultry industry, making it possible to breed birds with greater resistance to the disease. Scientists analysed thousands of genes to pinpoint those that play a role in Marek's disease - a viral…

New insight into important chicken virus

Fresh discoveries about Marek's disease could have major implications for the poultry industry, making it possible to breed birds with greater resistance to the disease. Scientists analysed thousands of genes to pinpoint those that play a role in Marek's disease - a viral…

Minister celebrates progress on new high containment lab

David Willetts, Minister of State for Universities and Science, led a ‘topping-out’ ceremony on 24th October, marking a milestone in the progress of the construction of the IAH’s new £100M+ high containment laboratory. The building has reached its maximum height, just a year…

Pirbright scientist becomes a Visiting Professor of the Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology

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…

World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) confirms IAH experts

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. IAH contains Reference Laboratories –…