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• RVC’s Professor Stuart Reid elected to the National Academy of Medicine of the USA

  

  The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) announced that Royal Veterinary College Principal, Professor Stuart Reid CBE FRSE FRCVS, has been elected as an international member

   21 Oct 2019

• RVC receives translational research funding to help safeguard human and animal health

  

  Researchers at the RVC will receive three new grants, totalling nearly £1 million, to fund studies that combat infectious diseases and antibiotic resistance

   08 Jul 2019

  Researchers at the RVC will receive three new grants for Knowledge Exchange from Research England’s …

• RVC wins GCRF award for its research into goat plague

  

  Award will fund the RVC's pioneering study of the viral pathogen that causes PPR,, an emergent disease that affects goats and sheep, as well as wildlife, across Africa and Asia,

   17 Oct 2019

  The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has been awarded a GCRF Global Research Translation Award to …

• Scientists discover songbirds have an unusual chromosome

  

  A new study, involving scientists from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) in England and the Institute of Cytology and Genetics (ICG) in Russia, has found that all songbirds have an additional chromosome in their germ cells unlike other avian species.

   01 May 2019

  A new study, involving scientists from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) in England and the …

• RVC launches Aurora programme to support more women into senior roles

  

  Demonstrating its continuing commitment to gender equality, the RVC has launched the Aurora programme to help address the under representation of women in senior academic roles

   13 Nov 2018

• Wildebeest muscles almost three times more efficient than a car engine

  

  Wildebeest muscles have an extremely high efficiency of 62.6%. By comparison, most animal muscles and a car engine are only 25% efficient

   24 Oct 2018

• Incontinence in bitches: huge breed predispositions shown in VetCompass study

  

  A new research study conducted by Vet Compass into urinary incontinence in dogs and particularly bitches of specific breeds.

   21 Sep 2017

• Humble fruit fly demonstrates that wing shape is crucial for peak performance

  

  Using genetic methods to alter wing shape of fruit flies changes their flight performance and even improved their agility

   01 Mar 2016

• New research reveals frogs’ impressive ability to jump at an extreme range of take-off angles

  

  Research led by the RVC shows how frogs are able to achieve a wide range of jump angles, from nearly horizontal to almost vertical

   18 May 2017

• New research traces origins of zoonotic disease to the Neolithic period

  

  Study provides evidence for hypotheses about the effects of farming on human and animal health and wellbeing

   18 Feb 2017

  New research has investigated the possible origins of the common zoonotic disease brucellosis in …