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Bloomsbury Learning Environment to offer free Digital Skills Awareness course to HE institutions
Free Digital Skills Awareness course for higher education (HE) institutions to roll out to students before they start university. -
Reasons behind mosquitoes’ unusual flight behaviour identified in new study
Research led by scientists from the RVC has identified aerodynamic features which help explain these features. -
Modelling the transmission and disease dynamics of toxoplasmosis
Dr Martin Walker has been awarded a BBSRC LIDo PhD studentship to research "Modelling the transmission and disease dynamics of toxoplasmosis". Toxoplasmosis is a disease caused by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, which can infect humans and most …Dr Martin Walker has been awarded a BBSRC LIDo PhD studentship to research "Modelling the …
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New London International Development Centre grant
Congratulations to Dr Martin Walker and Professor Joanne Webster who have been awarded a grant by London International Development Centre to work on "Towards improved interventions against human toxoplasmosis by identifying routes of transmission". …Congratulations to Dr Martin Walker and Professor Joanne Webster who have been awarded a grant by …
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A diagnostic to determine the route of infection of Toxoplasma gondii
One of the most common parasitic infections in the world is also one many people haven’t heard of. Toxoplasma gondii, a lesser-known cousin of the malaria parasite, infects all known warm blooded animals, including us, with as many as one in three …One of the most common parasitic infections in the world is also one many people haven’t heard of. …
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Data science blog on VetCompass™ dataset
The lead data scientist for VetCompass™, Noel Kennedy, has recently written a blog about the application of machine learning techniques to the VetCompass™ dataset and discusses the possibilities of analysing free text in veterinary data. This gives … -
UFAW 'Ruth Harrison Student Scholarship' for RVC BVetMed Student
RVC BVetMrd student Izzy Izquierdo-Hall awarded the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW) ‘Ruth Harrison Student Scholarship award'Congratulations to Izzy Izquierdo-Hall BvetMed student who was awarded the Universities Federation …
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Presentation at Veterinary Vaccinology Network Conference featured on Animal Pharm
Professor Jonathan Rushton recently spoke at the inaugural Veterinary Vaccinology Network Conference held in Birmingham during February 2015. His focus was on Economic Impact of Disease Control - Veterinary Vaccination Strategies. Animal Pharm …Professor Jonathan Rushton recently spoke at the inaugural Veterinary Vaccinology Network …
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New RVC research highlights the considerable behavioural and psychiatric effects of a mind-altering parasite
A Royal Veterinary College (RVC) study, published in Trends in Parasitology, suggests that the human infection burden of Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii), a globally distributed parasitic infection, have been greatly underestimated.A Royal Veterinary College (RVC) study, published in Trends in Parasitology, suggests that the …
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New RVC research identifies changing epidemiology of harmful foetal disease
A new study from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) highlights the changing epidemiology of congenital toxoplasmosis (CT), a foetal disease which affects approximately 190,000 pregnancies around the world each year, and the need for more extensive …A new study from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) highlights the changing epidemiology of …