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  • 03 Jul

    DR MEGAN MACLEOD'S SCIENCE INSPIRES ARTWORK

    School of Infection & Immunity Senior Lecturer in Immunology Dr Megan MacLeod partnered with artist Jane Topping for a well-received display at the Pint of Science ‘Creative Reactions’ event in May.
  • 23 Jun

    DOUBLE RECOGNITION FOR DR LIAM ROONEY

    Bacteriology Research Fellow Dr Liam Rooney has recently been recognised for his work in infection and imaging science with the Microbiology Society’s Infection Sciences Award, as well as election to the council of the Royal Microscopical Society.
  • 05 Jun

    Professor Ho delivers Inaugural Lecture

    The School of Infection & Immunity was proud to host the Inaugural Lecture of Professor Gwo-tzer Ho on Friday, 30 May 2025 - and event that drew a full house to the Humanity Lecture Theatre in the historic Gilbert Scott Building.
  • 02 Jun

    Sii TECHNICIANS SHORTLISTED FOR PAPIN PRIZES

    We are thrilled to announce that two School of Infection & Immunity Technicians have been shortlisted for 2025 Papin Prizes. Deborah Sym has been recognised for Contribution to Outreach and Dr Lesley Morrison for Contribution to Research.
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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