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  • 24 Feb

    New optical reporting tool for finding IBD in patient samples

    A new study co-led by the School of Infection & Immunity's Professor Gwo-tzer Ho has identified a highly-specific immune signal of gut inflammation and translated it into a promising non-invasive diagnostic tool for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
  • 17 Feb

    Sii COLLEAGUES WIN NATIONAL TEACHING INNOVATION AWARD

    A cross-Life Sciences team including School of Infection & Immunity pair Dr Laura McCaughey and Dr Claire Donald has been recognised with a LearnSci Teaching Innovation Award for pioneering the use of Smart Worksheets to transform how R/RStudio and statistical analysis are taught to Year 2 students.
  • 16 Feb

    UNDERGRADUATE & POSTGRADUATE OPEN HOUSE NEXT WEEK

    On Monday, 23 February 2026, from 2–5pm, the School of Infection & Immunity will host an Open House for undergraduate and postgraduate students, designed to provide a structured introduction to Sii . Attendance is limited to 50 places, allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
  • 09 Feb

    School of Infection & Immunity Away Day 2026

    Over 150 colleagues attended our fourth annual School of Infection & Immunity Away day, held on Thursday, 29 January 2026 at the Glasgow University Union.
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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