Breaking down barriers between human, animal, plant, and ecosystem health to tackle 21st-century challenges through research and teaching at the University of Liverpool. #TeamLivUni
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Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences
A critically endangered monkey has given birth just months after pioneering surgery from Liverpool vet surgeons and @chesterzoo.bsky.social vets saved her from undergoing an amputation. 🐒
Read more: news.liverpool.ac.uk/2026/03/19/c...
Photo credits: Chester Zoo
New Preprint: Species-specific transformer models of bacterial gene order and content for genomic surveillance tasks
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
From dirt to discovery!
In our latest blog, Dr Rachel Floyd and Dr Amy Wedley discuss how research-connected teaching can build the skills, confidence and scientific curiosity the next generation of bioscientists need.
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Our researchers alongside the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria have developed the world’s largest open-source database of canine and feline tumours, with over one million records, to improve understanding of cancer risk in pets. 🐶🐱
Read more: ▶️ news.liverpool.ac.uk/2026/03/02/r...
Researchers from @livuni-ives.bsky.social and @livuni-iph.bsky.social have found that the inequalities gap in uptake rates of pneumococcal vaccine (PCV) for vulnerable groups is widening, and simplifying the vaccine schedule hasn't reduced this.
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New research has uncovered a promising new approach to strengthen the body’s natural defences against respiratory viruses, including RSV, a leading cause of severe lung infections globally.
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Our researchers have developed an innovative artificial intelligence approach that can rapidly analyse large scale veterinary clinical records, offering a powerful new way to monitor the health of the UK’s dog population 🐕
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The University of Liverpool recently hosted the largest UK Vector-Borne Diseases conference to date, bringing together more than 200 researchers, policymakers and public health leaders for the most comprehensive national meeting yet focused on vector-borne threats.
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In our latest blog, Sarah Wide is a fifth-year medical student who has spent the past two years working with the Brain Infection and Inflammation Group. Here, she reflects on what she has learned and how the experience has shaped her interest in research.
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Congratulations to Professor James McInerney, who has been elected a Fellow of the European Academy of Microbiology, one of the most prestigious recognitions in the microbiological sciences.
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University of Liverpool
University of Liverpool
James McInerney
Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology
Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences
Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences
Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences
Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences
