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Interview with Professor Gary Entrican, Moredun Research Institute

In this blog post, Professor Gary Entrican from Moredun Research Institute discusses his career in ruminant immunology & vaccinology, and his involvement with various initiatives to promote the field of veterinary immunology worldwide.

31 Jul 2018

Rift Valley fever virus epidemiology

In this blog post, Madeleine tells us about her day-to-day job as a DPhil/PhD candidate working on Rift Valley fever virus epidemiology.

14 Jun 2018

Inaugural meeting of the PPR – Global Research and Expertise Network

Dr. Phil Toye from ILRI has written a short report for the IVVN blog on the inaugural meeting of the PPR – Global Research and Expertise Network which took place in Vienna on the 17th - 19th April.

03 May 2018

IVVN Meeting Report

The inaugural meeting of the International Veterinary Vaccinology Network took place on the 26th and 27th March 2018 in the Ole Sereni Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya.

19 Apr 2018

International Veterinary Vaccinology Network Meeting report

The IVVN's inaugural meeting took place in March 2018 in a beautiful setting overlooking Nairobi National Park in Kenya, with 115 delegates from 23 of countries attending.

18 Apr 2018

IVVN Grant Writing Workshop

On Sunday 25th March 2018, prior to the first meeting of the IVVN in Nairobi, we hosted a grant-writing workshop for 40 researchers (MSc students, PhD students, Post Docs, and Senior Researchers) from the United Kingdom (UK) and low-and-middle income countries (LMICs).

29 Mar 2018

TRANSVAC & VAC2VAC

Dr. Hilde Depraetere from the European Vaccine Initiative, discusses two exciting projects, TRANSVAC & VAC2VAC.

Read our blog post to find out more.

13 Dec 2017

Professor Jacqui Matthews, Moredun Research Institute

Professor Jacqui Matthews, from Moredun Research Institute, chatted to us about her career researching vaccines for livestock and equine parasites. Professor Matthews also leads PARAGONE, an exciting consortium that aims to develop animal parasite vaccines.

27 Nov 2017

Afrigen Biologics and Vaccines & Afrivet

Dr. Renate Lamprecht and Dr. Caryn Fenner from Afrigen Biologics and Vaccines, and Dr. Riaan Du Preez from Afrivet visited the Roslin Institute on Thursday 9th November 2017.

Read our blog post to find out about the exciting work of both of these South African companies.

16 Nov 2017

Dr. Brian Bigirwa, Brentec Vaccines

We had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Brian Bigirwa who is based at Brentec Vaccines in Kampala, Uganda.

Read our blog post to find out more about the work involved to develop and produce a successful vaccine for Newcastle Disease.

07 Nov 2017

World Veterinary Vaccine Congress, Barcelona

We had the pleasure of attending the World Veterinary Vaccine Congress in Barcelona on the 10th-12th October 2017. Read our report on this exciting conference here.

03 Nov 2017

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