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Recruiting of 10 new IAH Research Fellows is underway

The Institute is well advanced in the process of appointing holders to 10 new Research Fellowships. These are aimed at enabling outstanding early-stage scientists to develop their own research programme, within the remit of the Institute. The Fellowships, which will be…

FAO honours the IAH for its contribution to the eradication of rinderpest

In a scientific editorial* in Veterinary Record to be published on 1st July 2011, top researchers have said that the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) should focus on peste des petits ruminants (PPR) virus as the next…

Professor John Fazakerley takes up post as Director of IAH

On 6th June 2011 Professor John Fazakerley took up his post as Director of IAH. He succeeds Prof. David Paton who has been Acting Director since the retirement of Prof. Martin Shirley CBE last year. Prof. Fazakerley is Group Leader and Professor of Virology at the Roslin…

BBSRC and Institute for Animal Health statement regarding health and safety at IAH Pirbright

The Institute for Animal Health has since 2007 invested £30M in facility improvements and new infrastructure developments with a further £100M+ investment underway due to complete in 2014. The nature of the world leading research carried out at IAH means that it is necessary…

World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) officially declares the eradication of rinderpest

The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has officially declared that rinderpest (cattle plague) has been eradicated. All 198 countries that have animals susceptible to this devastating disease have been recognised as rinderpest-free. This announcement was made at the…

Better understanding of foot-and-mouth disease offers potential for alternatives to culling

IAH and collaborators in the University of Edinburgh have uncovered a window of opportunity when it is possible to identify cattle infected with foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) before they become infectious and/or show signs of having the disease. They have published…

IAH hosts a networking event for stakeholders and partners

On Thursday 17th March the IAH, in collaboration with BBSRC, hosted a Networking Event "Protecting UK livestock from the threat of viral disease" at Church House, Westminster. The purpose of the event was to share knowledge and facilitate partnerships for action across the…

New Director for the Institute for Animal Health

The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and the Institute for Animal Health have announced the appointment of the new Director for the Institute. Prof John Fazakerley, a leading researcher in virology, will join IAH as its new Director from 1 June…

New animal facilities receive their operating licences

Further progress on the redevelopment of the Institute’s Pirbright Laboratory took place in November when the Institute received operating licences for two large-animal facilities from the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). Research in them is…

IAH experts advise FAO on rinderpest eradication announcement

IAH scientists contributed to a special meeting at the headquarters of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation in Rome (13-15th October), culminating in an announcement by the FAO's Director General that they had ended field operations on rinderpest. "As of mid 2010, FAO is…