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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 May

    Iron overload can actively contribute to ongoing brain damage in PMS

    Research 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.
  • 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.
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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