The University of Glasgow is home to one of the UK’s leading centres for the study of pathogens of medical and veterinary importance.
We are key contributors to the and the Scottish Infection Research Network, with access to state-of-the-art applied genomics, proteomics and imaging facilities.
We possess world-leading expertise in microbiology and parasitology.
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31 MayResearch by Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation scientists, led by Dr Katja Thümmler, has shown for the first time that iron overload can actively contribute to the ongoing brain damage in progressive multiple sclerosis (PMS), confirming that treatments designed to prevent this iron-related injury could slow accumulation of disability in PMS patients.
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10 May
Toxoplasmosis: propagation of parasite in host cell stopped
Research led by the Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation's Professor Markus Meißner has discovered a new method that blocks the protein regulation of the parasite Toxoplasma gondii and causes it to die off inside the host cell.
World-changing research
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Animal African Trypanosomiasis
Glasgow is collaborating with other universities to tackle this devastating parasitic disease.

The evolution of SARS-CoV-2, from bats to humans, shows a slow rate of change
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 07:15:00 GMT