Our lates paper on the spatial and temporal distribution of enteric viruses in the water environment has been published and now available online at https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S0048969718311951…

14th March 2018
Education Centre and Main Hall, Royal Geographical Society, London

The VIRAQUA and RESERVOIRS projects are joining together to provide a forum for the discussion of viruses and antimicrobial resistant bacteria in UK waters. Prominent researchers from both …

By Luke Hillary , Bangor University

While viruses can escape wastewater treatment plants through treated water, this is not their only route to freedom. Sludge is the solid waste produced from our sewage system and this is often used on …

 By Dr Myra Hosmillo, Cambridge University

Human norovirus is the leading viral gastrointestinal pathogen worldwide causing diarrhoea and vomiting, known as the “two-bucket disease”. It is highly contagious and it only takes as few as 18 viral particles to infect …

Connaire Jenkins, a biochemistry student from Surrey University, has recently started his placement year with the Food Safety group at Cefas in which he will gain valuable experience of working in both a research laboratory and a statutory testing laboratory. …

By Dr Kata Farkas, Bangor University and Dr Evelien Adriaenssens, University of Liverpool

The use of metaviromics-based methods allows us the identification of novel virus species and pathogenic strains without any information on the target. In this novel approach, genetic …

We asked our undergraduate intern student Harry Riley about his experiences working with the VIRAQUA team:

“I’ve had a really good time working on the VIRAQUA project over the past month, it’s given me great experience in lab and field …