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  • 05 Jun

    Megan Sloan awarded SULSA Prize

    School of Infection & Immunity Research Fellow Dr Megan Sloan has been awarded a 2026 SULSA Postdoctoral Prize for work showing excellent potential to make an impact in the field of life sciences
  • 03 Jun

    Professor Robert Gray Shares in £1.3m CF Investment

    Co-Deputy Head of School of Infection & Immunity Professor Robert Gray will share in more than £1.3million of investment from the Cystic Fibrosis Trust to address the research priorities of people with cystic fibrosis in different ways. Professor Gray will use exciting new technology to better understand lung inflammation
  • 26 May

    CENTRE FOR PARASITOLOGY HOSTS BSP 2026 SPRING MEETING

    The Centre for Parasitology welcomed more than 345 delegates, students, and researchers to the British Society for Parasitology annual spring meeting at the University of Glasgow from 7–9 April. The event featured scientific sessions, workshops, and international collaboration, with organisation led by Sii pair Prof Lilach Sheiner and Dr Joanne Power.
  • 15 May

    Sii-led research project secures £22,000 funding award

    A research project led by Sii's Dr Rebecca McHugh has been awarded £22,000 in funding from the Hannah Dairy Foundation. The work will address neonatal calf diarrhoea - the most common disease affecting young dairy calves, and a major concern for animal welfare and farm productivity.
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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