Institute for Animal Health

2012

• IAH hosts Veterinary Research Club prize talks - 1st May 2012
• Enlightenment Science in the 21st Century – Bioimaging comes into its own - 16th Apr 2012
• Poultry Health Course bringing science into practice - 26th Mar 2012
• FMD vaccination by design using DNA - 22nd Mar 2012
• IAH welcomes NFU to discuss Schmallenberg virus - 21st Mar 2012
• Livestock Scientists in Parliament - 14th Mar 2012
• Schmallenberg causing deformities in east of England lambs - 3rd Feb 2012
• How to make better vaccines for humans and animals - 26th Jan 2012
• Foot-and-mouth pioneer retires from IAH after almost 40 years - 16th Jan 2012
• Science Minister highlights IAH role in rinderpest eradication - 11th Jan 2012
• World-class facilities for virus research - 6th Jan 2012

2011

• Minister visits Institute for Animal Health in Pirbright - 2nd Dec 2011
• £100M+ investment to protect UK food security and rural economy - 29th Nov 2011
• New insight into important chicken virus - 25th Nov 2011
• Minister celebrates progress on new high containment lab - 25th Oct 2011
• Pirbright scientist becomes a Visiting Professor of the Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology - 22nd Sep 2011
• OIE confirms IAH experts - 1st July 2011
• Recruiting of 10 new IAH Research Fellows - 1st July 2011
• Progress of the new bio-containment lab - 1st July 2011
• Next livestock virus targeted for eradication could be peste des petits ruminants virus, a relative of rinderpest virus - 1st July 2011
• FAO honours the IAH for its contribution to the eradication of rinderpest - 28th June 2011
• "Notifiable and Exotic Diseases training course" run jointly by VLA and IAH - 14th June 2011
• Professor John Fazakerley takes up post as Director of IAH - 7th June 2011
• BBSRC and Institute for Animal Health statement regarding health and safety at IAH Pirbright - 26th May 2011
• World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) officially declares the eradication of rinderpest - 25th May 2011
• Better understanding of foot-and-mouth disease offers potential for alternatives to culling - 6th May 2011
• IAH hosts a networking event for stakeholders and partners - 17th March 2011
• IAH announces its new Director - 1st March 2011

2010

• New animal facilities in operation. - 6th December 2010
• IAH seeks next Director - 26th October 2010
• IAH experts advise FAO on rinderpest eradication announcement - 19th October 2010
• IAH research student wins FMD prize - 11th October 2010
• IAH Director announces retirement - 2nd August 2010
• IAH to analyse threat posed to UK livestock by insect and tick-borne viruses - 27th July 2010
• IAH's Director awarded Honorary Associateship of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons - 16th July 2010
• IAH Director, Professor Martin Shirley, awarded CBE - 14th June 2010
• Professor Mark Stevens talks about E. coli O157 - 9th June 2010
• IAH Bioinformatics Group contributes to analysis of zebra finch genome - 1st April 2010
• Wellcome Trust award to IAH and collaborators - 30 March 2010
• Dr Walter Plowright CMG, DVSc, FRCVS, FRS has died - 25 February 2010
• IAH hosts international workshop on foot-and-mouth disease - 15 January 2010