🆕 Partnership to tackle Rift Valley fever (RVF) 🦟🐄
The Pirbright Institute, through the Centre for Veterinary Vaccine Innovation and Manufacturing (CVIM), has joined forces with GALVmed to develop and deploy a safer and more effective RVF vaccine for use in LMICs. ⬇️
🆕 Study reveals insights into the transmission patterns and risk factors of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) in sheep.
CCHF is a severe tick-borne disease with a high mortality rate in humans and is a priority emerging disease by the World Health Organization (WHO) ⬇️
💉 As US RNA vaccine funding is cut, the UK is investing.
A new collaboration between CVIM at Pirbright and CPI will accelerate the development of RNA vaccines for livestock, with broader benefits for human health, through a One Health approach. ⬇️
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🆕 Study evaluates three vaccine candidates for one of the world’s most dangerous viruses, the Nipah virus.
An international team of scientists led by The Pirbright Institute achieves a breakthrough in controlling a deadly virus with pandemic potential ⬇️
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🔬🌎 We're proud to have signed the signed the Concordat for the Environmental Sustainability of Research and Innovation Practice.
The concordat encourages coordinated efforts across the sector to reduce environmental impacts of research and embed sustainability into research culture and practice. ⬇️
🎊Congratulations to three talented researchers who have received prestigious awards recognising and supporting outstanding talent.
Fellowships have been awarded to Dr Jamie Kelly and Dr Miguel Hernandez-Gonzalez and Dr Taissa Ricciardi-Jorge receives a Strategic Career Development Award (SCDA) ⬇️
🆕 Research offers hope for tackling one of the pig industry’s most costly diseases, porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome.
Pirbright scientists have successfully developed a novel modified live vaccine candidate using a centralised immunogen approach. ⬇️
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🏆 Congratulations to Professor John Hammond, our Director of Research, who has received the @britsocimm.bsky.social Diversity and Inclusion Award 2025.
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Scientists at Pirbright have created gene-edited chicken cells that produce significantly higher yields of influenza A virus and Newcastle disease virus (NDV).
💉 These newly developed cell lines could help revolutionise vaccine production ⬇️
🔬 PhD studentship: We have an ILESLA–Pirbright studentship for an applicant with interests in virology, immunology and the use of transformative technologies for the diagnosis, study and prevention of viral diseases and immune responses.
Deadline: 11 July 2025 ⬇️
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JOB: Join a pioneering One Health research programme tackling global public health threats like influenza and coronaviruses.
Our Mucosal Immunology group seeks a Postdoctoral Scientist. Apply now ➡️ www.pirbright.ac.uk/careers-and-...
🔬Did you know The Pirbright Institute offers international diagnostic testing for high-impact livestock diseases?
We test for:
- African swine fever
- Bluetongue
- Foot-and-mouth disease
- Marek's
...and more.
Full information and pricing ⬇️
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Colourful microscopy image of African swine fever. Orange yellow background with pink circles.
PhD opportunity: Understand how African swine fever virus (ASFV) interacts with the cellular immune response.
This project is based at Pirbright and @royalvetcollege.bsky.social with an industry placement at @boehringerglobal.bsky.social Animal Health.
🔗 www.pirbright.ac.uk/careers-and-...
🎉 We're very proud to announce that our new Biorisk Advisor Training course has been approved by the @rsb.org.uk for continuing professional development (CPD) purposes.
This marks a significant milestone for biosafety specialists seeking formal recognition of their skills.
🆕 Research reconstructs the evolutionary history of an emerging foot-and-mouth-disease lineage in the Middle East, highlighting its potential to spread more widely in the region and beyond.
Full story ⬇️
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JOB: Our Viral Gene Expression research group is looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join a project examining virus-host interactions between arboviruses and their mosquito vector.
Full details and to apply ➡️ www.pirbright.ac.uk/careers-and-...
How much should we invest in tackling animal diseases that cross borders and who should pay? 🐄🌍
Pirbright’s Dr Georgina Limon-Vega co-authored a new @fao.org handbook offering data-driven answers for FMD and other transboundary threats ⬇️
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🆕 Today, UKHSA and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) have confirmed the first detection of West Nile virus in mosquitoes collected in the UK.
There is currently no evidence of wider circulation in birds or mosquitoes, and the risk to the public remains very low.
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PhD studentship: African swine fever is a highly contagious disease in domestic pigs and wild boar. Over the past 20 years, the disease has spread across the globe.
Investigate how African swine fever virus (ASFV) evades immune responses.
Full details ➡️ www.pirbright.ac.uk/careers-and-...
🏆 We're delighted to have been awarded Leader in Openness status from @animalresearch.bsky.social!
The award recognises the Institute’s commitment to the UAR Concordat on Openness on Animal Research in the UK.
Full story ⬇️
🧬 We're proud to join a £10 million UK-wide collaboration to combat animal and plant diseases through advanced genome sequencing.
The Genomics for Animal and Plant Disease Consortium (GAP-DC) uses genomics to enhance UK biosecurity.
Full story ⬇️
Why do some people experience severe lung damage from infections like SARS-CoV-2, while others have mild symptoms?
🐖 A new study led by Pirbright researchers uses pigs to investigate what drives differences in disease severity.
Full story ⬇️
A promising new vaccine candidate for African swine fever (ASF) is now being tested at Pirbright in partnership with The Vaccine Group.
ASF is a contagious and deadly disease of pigs that is prevalent in many countries across Europe, Asia and Africa.
Full story ⬇️
Marta Lopez-Nieto, Ioannis Smyrnias, Nicolas Locker @pirbrightinst.bsky.social and colleagues find that activation of the mitochondrial UPR regulates the dynamic formation of stress granules.
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JOB: Our T-Cell biology research group is seeking a Postdoctoral Scientist to investigate immune responses in livestock species, following infection and immunisation.
More details and to apply ➡️ www.pirbright.ac.uk/careers-and-...
The Centre is supported by @ukri.org BBSRC, Gates Foundation and the Foreign Commonwealth Development Office.
