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NIH awards $57.5m to strengthen emerging infectious disease research
Boston University’s high-containment infectious disease laboratory has received $57.5 million in new federal funding to strengthen research on emerging pathogens. The five-year award will support work on vaccines, diagnostics and treatments for threats including Ebola, Marburg, dengue and other high-risk viruses.
Eels transmit a virus through biting: a discovery that changes our understanding of viral infections in fish
Contrary to what was previously believed, viruses infecting fish are not transmitted exclusively through water acting as an abiotic vector. A team of researchers has demonstrated that a virus affecting European eels can spread very efficiently through biting during aggressive interactions between individuals.
The only critically endangered crane went from 140 to 5,616 — but the numbers aren’t the full picture
A perspective proposes scoring conservation by six dimensions of population health after finding antibiotic residues and 62 microplastic particles per gram in crane droppings at Poyang Lake.
Scientists breed a ‘pan-African’ malaria parasite to build a better whole-parasite malaria vaccine
Researchers have created a hybrid malaria parasite that combines the manufacturing advantages of the strain used in every current whole-parasite malaria vaccine with the much higher liver infectivity of a parasite collected recently in East Africa.
Viral spillover underwater: review maps how aquatic viruses leap between species and how to catch the next jump early
When pathogens leap between species, the textbook cases are terrestrial: influenza from birds, Ebola from wildlife, SARS-CoV-2 at a market. A review argues that equal attention should go to water, the world’s fastest-growing food production sector and where viruses move readily among fish, amphibians, reptiles and crustaceans.
Bacterial lipa gene linked to stronger virulence and immune disruption in catfish
A bacterial metabolic gene may help Plesiomonas shigelloides become more damaging during fish infections. Increasing lipa expression strengthened bacterial attachment and biofilm formation, worsened disease symptoms in catfish and triggered substantial changes in the host immune response.
Eels transmit a virus through biting: a discovery that changes our understanding of viral infections in fish
Contrary to what was previously believed, viruses infecting fish are not transmitted exclusively through water acting as an abiotic vector. A team of researchers has demonstrated that a virus affecting European eels can spread very efficiently through biting during aggressive interactions between individuals.
The only critically endangered crane went from 140 to 5,616 — but the numbers aren’t the full picture
A perspective proposes scoring conservation by six dimensions of population health after finding antibiotic residues and 62 microplastic particles per gram in crane droppings at Poyang Lake.
Scientists breed a ‘pan-African’ malaria parasite to build a better whole-parasite malaria vaccine
Researchers have created a hybrid malaria parasite that combines the manufacturing advantages of the strain used in every current whole-parasite malaria vaccine with the much higher liver infectivity of a parasite collected recently in East Africa.
Perpetual Next signs agreement to accelerate the roll-out of standardized biomethanol plants
Perpetual Next have signed a License and Engineering Agreement with Air Liquide Engineering and Technologies for the supply of syngas-to-methanol technology for Perpetual Next’s first biomethanol facility, with an option to extend across other biomethanol sites.
AFYREN and Terrial renew their partnership for French-manufactured potash fertilizers
AFYREN and Terrial today announce the renewal of their strategic partnership with the signing of a new multi-year fertilizer supply contract, worth several tens of millions of euros This long-term contract strengthens both companies’ commitment to making French agriculture more sustainable and less dependent on international fertilizer markets.
AI tool CLARA accelerates the development of bioreactors
In large-scale industrial bioreactors, the smallest differences in temperature, pH value or oxygen content determine the success or failure of a process. Researchers have now presented the CLARA software toolbox, which can be used to simulate the processes in the reactors 10,000 times faster.
New microscopy technique brings cellular detail into deeper focus
A new microscopy technique resolves structures smaller than 100 nanometers, roughly a thousand times thinner than a human hair, without giving up the ability to image deep into intact samples.
Research helps bring new microbiome-focused women’s health product to market
Research has helped inform the development of BloomCalma™, a new intimate care product designed to support skin comfort during pregnancy and after childbirth. The product is the latest example of how academic research can be translated into commercial products.
NIH awards $57.5m to strengthen emerging infectious disease research
Boston University’s high-containment infectious disease laboratory has received $57.5 million in new federal funding to strengthen research on emerging pathogens. The five-year award will support work on vaccines, diagnostics and treatments for threats including Ebola, Marburg, dengue and other high-risk viruses.
CARB-X funds UNSW Sydney to develop novel antibiotic targeting drug-resistant Gram negative bacterial infections
Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator (CARB-X) is awarding US$853k to UNSW Sydney to support the development of synthetic darobactin analogues, a new class of antibiotic designed to kill multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria.
Horizon Awards 2026: Professor Stephen Obaro named as winner of Christiana Figueres Award
Professor Stephen Obaro, Professor of Pediatrics and Senior Scientist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA , has been named as the winner of the Christiana Figueres Policy to Practice Award.