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A dolphin in the sea

Toxic banned chemicals exceed safe thresholds in UK orcas

Thu, 30 Nov 2023 10:21:55 GMT

Levels of banned chemicals in UK-stranded orcas are 30 times over the toxic threshold, uncovers new research.

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mosquito surveillance

UofG to lead national surveillance programme for mosquitoes and their pathogens in wake of climate change

Thu, 20 Apr 2023 08:00:00 BST

The University of Glasgow – in collaboration with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) – has been awarded a £1.25m grant aimed at improving our understanding of how climate change could increase the risk of mosquito-borne disease in Scotland, and enhance our preparedness.

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Coronavirus image

The evolution of SARS-CoV-2, from bats to humans, shows a slow rate of change

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 07:15:00 GMT

Scientists looking at the evolution of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, have found that since December 2019 – and for the first 11 months of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic – there has been very little ‘important’ genetic change observed in the hundreds of thousands of sequenced virus genomes.

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Magnetic Logo

UofG establishes interdisciplinary network to further links with Malawi

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 10:00:00 GMT

The University of Glasgow is furthering its long-term commitment to working with organisations in Malawi with the establishment of an interdisciplinary collaboration network, bringing together colleges from across the University

Deadly parasites create unique cellular structures to survive

Thu, 07 Jan 2021 07:08:00 GMT

Scientists have solved a key parasitic puzzle, revealing the unique and complex structures toxoplasmosis and malaria parasites make in order to survive in different hosts.

Prof Steven Sinkins awarded £2.9m to support pioneering malaria work

Wed, 11 Nov 2020 00:01:13 GMT

Professor Steven Sinkins, Professor at the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (CVR), has been awarded almost £3m to continue his pioneering mosquito symbiont work by Open Philanthropy

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Eliminating rabies

Glasgow researchers have spearheaded the global push to eliminate rabies, one of the world's deadliest and most frightening diseases.

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Door of the Graham Kerr Building (Zoology)

UofG part of global program to understand zoonotic viral disease ‘spill over’

Fri, 02 Oct 2020 15:55:47 BST

The University of Glasgow is joining a global five-year program to understand and address threats posed by zoonotic viral diseases that can “spill over” from animals to humans, such as SARS-CoV-2, in an effort to reduce risk of infection, amplification, and spread.

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World Mosquito Day 2020

At Glasgow we are proud to support our world-changers who are working with partners throughout the world to understand, treat and prevent malaria. As the world commemorates World Mosquito Day 2020 find out more about our malaria-related research.

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Glasgow is an international leader in One Health research.

We seek to improve human and animal health by addressing questions that arise as a result of the many and diverse interdependencies between these two domains.

One Health approaches cannot be confined to the study of either human or veterinary medicine, or even to a combination of the two. Instead, the effective resolution of health questions depends critically on understanding the complex biological and social, economic, political and environmental contexts in which those questions are embedded. With the growing recognition of the importance of multimorbidity, this area of research has expanded to include the study of interactions between infectious and non-communicable disease.

These complex issues are most powerfully addressed through interdisciplinary collaborations. At Glasgow, researchers from human and veterinary clinical medicine are closely integrated with life scientists, and interface with social and physical scientists to deliver world-changing research. We work both across the Global South with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Tanzania and Malawi, and in Scotland and the rest of the UK.

Our collaborations have made a significant impact on key national, global health and veterinary agendas.

Supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals:

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