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• Are you kidding me?

  

  Researchers from the RVC, including Professor John Hutchinson, have recently supported artist-designer Thomas Thwaites in his attempt to recreate life as a goat.  Thomas Thwaites testing the design of the forelimb prosthetic Thwaites has been …

   16 Sep 2015

• Welcome to our new team member Megan Conroy

  

  We are excited to welcome Megan Conroy to the VetCompass team. Megan obtained her Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery from the University of Edinburgh in 2010. She worked initially in first opinion mixed practice before moving into small …

   10 Nov 2015

• Pirbright young scientist of the year award

  

  Congratulations to Claire Guinat (PhD student registered at the RVC) who is the joint winner of the Pirbright young scientist of the year award, along with a student from Compton. Claire was nominated for the award by Professor Linda Dixon from the …

   07 Jan 2016

  Congratulations to Claire Guinat (PhD student registered at the RVC) who is the joint winner of the …

• Discovering More About Insect Flight

  

  The Discovery Channel's Daily Planet show visited the Structure and Motion Laboratory last week to film a piece about recent research into the aerodynamics of insect flight. The crew filmed the team (Richard Bomphrey, Nathan Phillips and Toshi …

   16 Nov 2015

• Do owls have superpowers?

  

  Dr Jim Usherwood features on the BBC Two wildlife series Natural World, exploring "Super Powered Owls". Dr Usherwood, a Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow at the RVC, investigates the mechanics of terrestrial and aerial locomotion. He appears …

   13 Mar 2015

• New research into giraffe locomotion

  

  Structure and Motion Laboratory experts using drones to observe giraffe locomotion in the wild.

   30 Aug 2016

• DEFRA/VMD MRes project

  RVC, along with a multidisciplinary team, has been awarded a MRes studentship by DEFRA/VMD to work on the " validation of a hollow fibre infection model for dynamic evaluation of antimicrobial efficacy in veterinary pathogens". The MRes project …

   27 Sep 2016

  RVC, along with a multidisciplinary team, has been awarded a MRes studentship by DEFRA/VMD to work …

• MSci student successful at International Conference

  

  Jacob Regan (MSci student) has been successful in applying for a place to attend the Early Career Forum at ENDO 2017  in Florida in April (the world’s largest event for presenting and obtaining the latest in endocrine science and medicine).   This …

   06 Feb 2017

  Jacob Regan (MSci student) has been successful in applying for a place to attend the Early Career …

• Journal of Anatomy Best Paper Prize Lecture 2016

  

  The Journal of Anatomy Best paper prize lecture 2016 was presented by Dr Imelda McGonnell at the Anatomical Society Winter meeting at Kings College London in December 2016. The prize is awarded annually by the Anatomical Society for the paper …

   05 Apr 2017

  The Journal of Anatomy Best paper prize lecture 2016 was presented by Dr Imelda McGonnell at the …

• BVD eradication project

  The RVC will be providing technical direction to an industry lead project to eradicate BVD from the cattle herd in Wales.   Bovine Viral Diarrhoea is an important immunosuppressive disease of cattle and is an underlying problem on many cattle farms …

   08 Aug 2017

  The RVC will be providing technical direction to an industry lead project to eradicate BVD from the …