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Vet-led alliance awarded funding to tackle AMR
The project will develop new treatments and products to reduce the global burden of AMR and infectious diseases.
The Bloomsbury SET is a partnership between RVC, LSHTM, SOAS and iiCON.

An RVC-led knowledge exchange programme has received £1.9 million in funding from Research England to tackle infectious disease and antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

The London-Liverpool based alliance ‘The Bloomsbury SET’, aims to accelerate solutions to One Health problems by bringing together the academic and commercial sectors. Starting this July, the year-long project will help commercialise academic research and develop new treatments and products to reduce the global burdens of AMR and infectious diseases. 

Among the institutions involved include the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), SOAS University of London, and the Infection Innovation Consortium (iiCON), led by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. 

Professor Richard Bomphrey, interim vice-principal for research at the RVC, said: "There has never been a better time to bring together an outstanding interdisciplinary and inter-sectorial consortium to take on the globally important and pressing issues of infectious disease and antimicrobial resistance. The Bloomsbury SET Impact Connector programme will support innovators as they take promising therapeutics from the laboratory to communities worldwide.”

As part of the project, The Bloomsbury SET’s Impact Connector programme will work with businesses to deliver products vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics that will benefit both animals and humans. 

Among the planned activities include bespoke workshops, peer-to-peer learning, and business mentoring to support product development. There will also be a skills programme for academics to develop their understanding of the concepts required to commercialise academic research. 

Dr Hannah Whiteman, head of strategic research at the LSHTM, said: “The Bloomsbury SET Impact Connector programme represents an excellent opportunity to build further links with our regional KE partners at RVC and SOAS, and strengthen our national network through a new partnership with the Infection Innovation Consortium.

"The programme will empower our innovators across career stages with training, funding, and opportunities to forge new external industrial networks and advance their technologies closer to delivering societal and economic impact.”

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Reporting service for dead wild birds updated

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 The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) has updated its online reporting service for dead wild birds.

The new version allows those reporting a dead bird to drop a pin on a map when reporting the location. It also includes a wider range of wild bird species groups to select from when describing the bird.

The online service, which helps APHA to monitor the spread of diseases such as avian influenza, can be accessed here. 

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NI chief vet urges bluetongue vigilance

Northern Ireland's chief veterinary officer (CVO) has urged farmers to be vigilant for signs of bluetongue, after the Animal and Plant Health Agency warned there was a very high probability of further cases in Great Britain.

There have been 126 confirmed cases of bluetongue virus serotype 3 in England since November 2023, with no cases reported in Northern Ireland. The movement of live ruminants from Great Britain to Northern Ireland is currently suspended.

According to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA), the virus is most likely to enter Northern Ireland through infected animals or germplasm (semen or ova) being imported.

Brian Dooher, Northern Ireland's CVO, said: "Surveillance for this disease within Northern Ireland has been increased to assist with detection at the earliest opportunity which will facilitate more effective control measures."

Farmers should report any suspicions of the disease to their private veterinary practitioner, the DAERA Helpline on 0300 200 7840 or their local DAERA Direct Veterinary Office.