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Recent News

  • 02 Jun

    CVR Team shortlisted for prestigious Prix Galien award

    A research team from the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (CVR) has been shortlisted for a prestigious Prix Galien UK Award for their groundbreaking dengue virus control strategy, which is showing impressive success in the fight against dengue in Malaysia
  • 02 Jun

    Professor Emma Thomson appointed Director of the CVR

    We are delighted to announce that Professor Emma Thomson has been appointed as the new Director of the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (CVR), having taken up the post as Interim Director in February, following the departure of Professor Massimo Palmarini.
  • 29 May

    Cellular Energy Sensor Reveals New Pathway for Fighting Infections

    The immune system’s energy sensor: meet the protein that powers up when danger strikes. Researchers have uncovered how a giant cellular protein senses energy surges to launch defences against infection.
  • 07 May

    Bat Virus Evolution Suggests Wildlife Trade Sparked COVID-19 Virus Emergence

    New study finds that SARS-CoV-2 arrived in Wuhan, China too quickly for its bat hosts to have carried it there — a dispersal pattern consistent with that of SARS-CoV-1, which caused the 2002 SARS outbreak.
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Find out more about the prize we have been awarded in recognition of our efforts and contributions towards excellence, innovation and public benefit in virus research.