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In recent years, the poultry breeding industry has developed vigorously in China, but the epidemic situation of poultry infectious diseases has also undergone significant changes, such as new emergence of avian diseases, frequent outbreak of known diseases, virulence enhancement, cross-species…

The UK Immunological Toolbox website www.immunologicaltoolbox.co.uk collates and hosts information on reagents and resources to promote veterinary immunology and vaccinology research. Its aim is to remove barriers to veterinary vaccine development by facilitating accurate information exchange and…

Professor Venugopal Nair OBE, Head of the Viral Oncogenesis group at Pirbright is among the shortlisted nominees for the Newton Prize. The award celebrates outstanding international research partnerships and the £1 million prize will be divided between four winning research projects. Professor Nair…

Professor Munir Iqbal head of the Avian Influenza Virus (AIV) group, Dr Yongxiu Yao Senior Postdoctoral Scientist & Professor Venugopal Nair OBE from The Pirbright Institute were delighted to host a delegation from China who came to hold a progress meeting of their International research…

Supervisor(s): Mick Watson (Roslin Institute), Dr Yongxiu Yao (The Pirbright Institute) and Prof Venugopal Nair (The Pirbright Institute) Funding: This project is eligible for a University of Edinburgh 3.5 year PhD studentship. Project Description: Mareks disease (MD) is a lymphoproliferative…

New research led by scientists at The Pirbright Institute has shown how an influenza virus protein, called PB1-F2, is able to shut down two pathways of the chicken immune response to increase the length of time the virus can be transmitted. The PB1-F2 protein of influenza viruses is an accessory…

Researchers at The Pirbright Institute have published their methods for creating a vaccine that protects against Marek’s disease and infectious bursal disease (IBD) using CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing system in the video journal JoVE. Both viruses cause highly infectious diseases of poultry and cause…

This course is for veterinary surgeons, technical staff and managers from the poultry industry who wish to learn more about the nature, diagnosis and control of infectious diseases of poultry. The course is also suitable for non-specialist graduates who wish to gain a thorough knowledge of the…

Sain UK China Sustainable Agriculture Innovation Network read the latest bulletin here: UK China Agricultural Cooperation Bulletin September 2018