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…
NERC-EMHH Environmental Microbiological Risk Symposium
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 …
NERC-EMHH Environmental Microbiological Risk Symposium
The VIRAQUA and RESERVOIRS teams join together to provide a forum for the discussion of viruses and antimicrobial resistant bacteria in UK waters. Prominent researchers from both academia and industry will gather to discuss the latest knowledge and thinking on …
Reducing the risk of viral contamination of the UK’s food and water supply
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 …
Mini-intestines being used for the growth of norovirus
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 joins the VIRAQUA team
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. …
Metagenomics – Summer 2017 intensive sampling campaign
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 …
A student’s perspective
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 …
Cross Atlantic visit to Food and Drug Administration Labs, by By Dr. David Walker, Cefas
The use of coliphage (viruses that infect E. coli bacteria) is becoming widely accepted as a suitable indicator of enteric virus contamination in environmental samples including water and bivalve shellfish. Cefas use coliphage as a surrogate for norovirus infectivity, and …
Bangor Science Festival – ‘Hidden Worlds’
VIRAQUA participated in the Bangor Science Festival on March 11th 2017, hosted by Bangor University as part of British Science Week. We had several ‘hands on’ activities on offer including pathogen painting and bugs in bivalves which we used to …