This week we are celebrating British Science Week, where all over the country, schools are finding new and innovative ways to ignite curiosity and passion for science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). Find out about what APHA’s STEM ambassadors have been doing recently to bring our biological science to life for students.
Veterinary Investigation Officer, Harriet McFadzean, discusses a recent visit to Starcross Veterinary Investigation Centre made by the Exmoor Women in Farming group.
Today marks the 4th birthday of the APHA Science Blog! Join us as we revisit our top 10 blogs published in the past year.
Put your veterinary skills and pathology experience to work in an interesting and influential role. You will be underpinning the crucial work of a dedicated agency that is tackling disease and ensuring the health of animals throughout the UK.
The government recently confirmed investment of £1.4bn over the next 10 years to redevelop the specialist research and laboratory facilities at our Weybridge site. Find out how this money will be used and what this means for APHA.
Continuing our One Health series and also marking World Wildlife Day, we hear from Flavie Vial, APHA’s Lead Scientist for Wildlife, as she highlights the great work her team are involved in to keep our wildlife flourishing whilst protecting against the spread of animal-human disease.
Becky Gosling, senior research scientist in APHA’s Bacteriology Department, describes how her team responds to a report of a potentially dangerous Salmonella in chickens destined for human consumption (broiler chickens).
Tuesday 11 February 2020, marks the fifth International Day of Women and Girls in Science. In this blog, Flavie Vial, our Lead Scientist for Wildlife, explains more about the day and asks some of our female scientists to share their personal experiences and offer advice to school-aged girls interested in STEM careers.
A lot of great science is carried out on a daily basis at APHA and our scientists relish opportunities to demonstrate that science can be exciting and easy to understand. In this three minute read, find out how our scientists enjoyed showing children at the Countryside Days event at the Great Yorkshire Showground just how fun science can be.
As part of our series of blogs around One Health, Fin Twomey, Head of the Surveillance Intelligence Unit at APHA, talks about the importance of APHA’s scanning surveillance programme for detecting diseases of livestock and wildlife.
Veterinary Epidemiologist, Phil Jones, works in APHA’s Surveillance Intelligence Unit and talks about how APHA is looking to exploit new data sources to support its scanning surveillance activities to look for new animal disease threats.
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