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  • 25 Nov

    STREICKER LAB RESEARCH ON VAMPIRE BAT RABIES FEATURED ON BBC

    The Centre for Virus Research's Streicker Group was recently featured on BBC TV, radio, and website, highlighting their research on vampire bat-transmitted rabies in Latin America.
  • 24 Nov

    PROFESSOR HO FEATURES IN CATHERINE McEWAN FOUNDATION PODCAST

    Professor Gwo-Tzer Ho recently joined MVLS colleague Professor Konstantinos Gerasimidis on the Catherine McEwan Foundation’s podcast to discuss the latest advances in Inflammatory Bowel Disease research. The episode offers an engaging look behind the scenes of IBD research and is available to view now on YouTube.
  • 06 Nov

    PROFESSOR WALL CONTRIBUTES EXPERTISE TO MICROBIOME SOCIETY BRIEFING

    Professor Donal Wall has been credited for his expert review of a recent Microbiology Society’s briefing Where are microbiomes, and why are they important? The report examines microbiome research across human, animal, and environmental health, and potential to address global challenges.
  • 31 Oct

    LEIGHANN SHERRY PART OF MVLS TEAM SHORTLISTED FOR BRILLIANT AWARD

    Lecturer in Microbiology Dr Leighann Sherry has been shortlisted for an award at the BRILLIANT Festival 2025 alongside MVLS colleagues Nairn Scobie and Fiona Stubbs. Their work embedding industry internships into final-year Life Sciences degrees has earned recognition for outstanding industry engagement.
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University of Glasgow leads COVID-19 research response in Scotland

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 GMT

The MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (CVR) is at the heart of COVID-19 research response in Scotland and the UK

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.

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Animal African Trypanosomiasis

Glasgow is collaborating with other universities to tackle this devastating parasitic disease.

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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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Schistosomiasis

Our researchers have adopted an interdisciplinary approach to tackle this neglected tropical disease in Uganda