University of Cambridge Vet School

Photo shows fgTiO2 specifically targeting auto fluorescent, antigen-presenting cells of the Peyer's patch.

🔬 How does a common food additive interact with your immune system? New research from
@camvetschool.bsky.social
shows how food-grade titanium dioxide (fgTiO₂) builds up in gut immune cells and how it behaves.

👉🏼https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-60248-9
#GutHealth #FoodAdditives

When a peregrine falcon chick was sadly found dead in Hertfordshire, our team from @camvetschool.bsky.social helped reveal a lodged bone in its throat. A sad story - but one now teaching future vets and students @camzoology.bsky.social

👉🏼https://bit.ly/3IalvNu

#VetMed #WildlifeForensics

Photo of guests outside the Cow Shed at the University farm

Honoured to welcome the Paraguayan Ambassador and guests to our #UniFarm on Friday. A great showcase of sustainable farming, tech innovation, and hands-on vet student learning 🐄💡
🔗 www.vet.cam.ac.uk/news/honoure...

#SustainableFarming #VetMed #CambridgeUniversity #BeACambridgeVet

Do you know someone thinking about studying #VeterinaryMedicine? Why not tell them about this Open Day at the Cambridge Vet School on 29th August! @camvetschool.bsky.social 👇🏼

#BeACambridgeVet #CambridgeVet #6thForm #6thFormStudents

www.vet.cam.ac.uk/news/calling...

Thrilled to share that @clarebryant.bsky.social‬ our Professor of Innate Immunity, has been elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences!🎉

A brilliant recognition of her group’s work in advancing research in innate immunity. Huge congratulations!

#MedicalScience #Cambridge #InnateImmunity

We're delighted that researchers from the @camvetschool.bsky.social are contributing to this important new network, advancing understanding of the gut-immune-brain connection.🧠👇🏽

Common variants in the CPT1A gene are associated with cataracts in Northern breeds of domestic dog Primary hereditary cataract affects many purebred domestic dog breeds and is a major cause of visual impairment in dogs. Cataracts are common in Northern breeds such as the Siberian Husky, Alaskan Mal...

New research from the Canine Genetics Centre, here at the @camvetschool.bsky.social, in collab with Wisdom Panel, explores the genetic causes of hereditary #cataracts in dogs - one of the leading causes of blindness in over 100 breeds.🐾🧬 #CanineGenetics #VetResearch
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Great news Hayley! @thehjbrod.bsky.social and researchers at @camvetschool.bsky.social @julianparkhill.bsky.social

Exciting research, giving us a better understanding of how the Streptococcus equi evolves and adapts, shaping the way it infects horses and donkeys. 👇🏽

📢 Interested in AI in Medicine?
Join us TONIGHT for a free LIVE podcast: ‘AI in Human and Veterinary Cardiology’ for @cambridgefestival.bsky.social

📅 25 March – 7.30pm
📍 Queen’s Lecture Theatre, Emmanuel College, Cambridge, St Andrew's St, CB2 3AP
👉🏽 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/live-podca...

📢 Interested in AI in Medicine?
Join us for a LIVE podcast: ‘AI in Human and Veterinary Cardiology’ for the @cambridgefestival.bsky.social

📅 25 March 2025 – 7.30pm
📍 Queen’s Lecture Theatre, Emmanuel College, Cambridge, St Andrew's St, Cambridge, CB2 3AP
🎫 The event is free
👉🏽 lnkd.in/eKBGAAKH

📢 This Saturday, 22nd March - The Vet School is taking part in the West Cambridge Open Day @cambridgefestival.bsky.social

We open the doors at 10am with hands-on activities and a talk at 1pm🐰

Fun for all the family no tickets needed - all welcome! 🐾

Read more 👇🏽
www.vet.cam.ac.uk/research/cam...

Post design promoting the Live podcast event at the Cambridge Festival

Join us at the #CambridgeFestival for a live recording of The Animal Heartbeat podcast.

'Artificial Intelligence in Human and Veterinary Cardiology’

📅 25 March 2025 – 7.30pm
📍 Queen’s Lecture Theatre, Emmanuel College, Cambridge, CB2 3AP
🎫 Tickets: www.vet.cam.ac.uk/research/cam...

#Cardiology

📢 Calling our international veterinary community!

One of our 3rd year vet students is currently conducting a project on the global distribution of Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumour (TVT).

Please fill out this short questionnaire: lnkd.in/egMWZWYq

Thank you!

The @camvetschool.bsky.social would like to congratulate Professor Jon Simons who was recently appointed as the new Head of the School of Biological Sciences!👇🏼

Feeding your good gut bacteria through fibre in diet may boost body against infections A new study has found that the composition of your gut microbiome helps predict how likely you are to succumb to potentially life-threatening infection with

Well done👏🏽 to @camvetschool.bsky.social researchers
@alexmsalmeida.bsky.social and Qi Yin for publishing their study that shows how your gut health through diet can combat infections. Check it out here 👇🏼

www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...

System to auto-detect new variants will inform better response to future infectious disease outbreaks Researchers have come up with a new way to identify more infectious variants of viruses or bacteria that start spreading in humans - including those causing

Well done to @julianparkhill.bsky.social and @noemielefrancq.bsky.social from @camvetschool.bsky.social working in collaboration with @geneticscam.bsky.social on new method to spot highly infectious variants of viruses and bacteria that spread in humans. 👇🏼

Read the full article: bit.ly/3Pp7onG

Every Tuesday, our research community gathers for 'Coffee and Cake'- a cherished tradition set-up to foster connections and celebrate the great research going on across our site.

Today we celebrated the 1st anniversary of these meet-ups!

Thank you for making it special. See you in the New Year! 🐾