Experts have pinpointed more than 30 infections that are likely candidates for the next major pandemic.

The team used a method that already predicted the threat of both the Ebola and Zika viruses before they emerged to cause major epidemics.

Scientists have discovered why infections with two types of malaria parasite lead to greater health risks – because one species helps the other to thrive.

They sought to understand what happens when the two most common malaria parasites cause infection at the same time, as they are known to attack the body in different ways.

A major review on drug resistance in eukaryotic microorganisms was published today in Nature Microbiology. It’s a result of a collaboration between researchers into infectious diseases ('Infectious Disease Research In Scotland' consortium) from four Scottish universities.

The review highlights how malaria, trypanosomes and Leishmania, as well as fungi, have evolved resistance to current therapies and suggests steps to understand and mitigate these resistance mechanisms.

Initial study conducted by CIIE and Immunovaccine Inc. will examine vaccine candidate’s effects on malaria parasites linked to most severe form of the disease.

The Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution annual Retreat was held on June 6-7^th 2016 at the Dunkeld House Hotel.

The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE), in collaboration with the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) and The Young Academy of Scotland (YAS) will host a series of exhibitions and interactive sessions on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR).

CIIE's Luke McNally will be speaking at Edinburgh's public engagement event at the Filmhouse, on the evenin g of 9th May. The talk entitled Are we more microbe or human? starts at 8.30 p.m.

A paper on innovative approaches to manage disease without traditional antibiotics will be published in Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health.

It's an outcome of CIIE Symposium and has five current or former CIIE authors. The paper is available online as an early view.

As part of our Visiting Scientists Scheme CIIE is hosting a visit from Professor Frank Aarestrup, head of Genomic Epidemiology at National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark.

On 21^st March 2016 at 3.35 p.m. in Lecture Theatre 3, Ashworth Labs our visitor will give a seminar entitled "Global infectious disease surveillance - why and how?"

Ambitious plans to transform the University of Edinburgh's campuses will be boosted by a £200million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) announced on Tuesday.

The loan, together with £100m from a US investment fund, will provide £300m of new investment capacity to support a range of building and refurbishment projects over the next 10 years. The investment will strengthen Edinburgh's reputation as a global leader in education and research.