Weekly round-up #106
Yesterday we celebrated International Day of Women and Girls in Science, which highlights how science is a career choice for all. You can read about some of the excellent research being carried out by some of our fantastic VALIDATE researchers, who also happen to be women, in our blog post. A big thank you to Prof Samantha Sampson, Dr Ann Rawkins, Asst Prof Tufária Mussá, Dr Suwarti and Dr Mirvat Surakhy for letting us interview them to mark the day.
You now have less than two weeks to apply for our VALIDATE Training Grants, so get your application submitted soon! This call is for our Associate members (post-doctoral researchers) to take advantage of training opportunities that will benefit their continued professional development, such as attendance at courses or workshops, laboratory exchanges, and work shadowing. The deadline to apply is 24 Feb 2020, so click here to find out more and apply.
We would also like to welcome our newest members who joined VALIDATE this week: Wim Adriaensen (Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Belgium) who joined as an Associate member, and Jacent Nassuuna (MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit, Uganda) who joined as an Affiliate member.
- Queens University Belfast - PhD Programme: Bovine TB 'Reconstructing the Molecular Evolution of Mycobacterium bovis' - To work in the BTBGENIE (Bovine TuBerculosis GENomics IrEland) project - deadline 21 Feb 2020
- Editing Press - Laura Bassi Scholarship (Spring) - Aims to provide editorial assistance to postgraduates and junior academics whose research focuses on neglected topics of study - deadline 25 Mar 2020
- DEFRA UK - Funding for Innovative TB Diagnostics Research Project - UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is seeking proof of concept research into innovative TB diagnostic tools - deadline 30 May 2020
- Editing Press - Laura Bassi Scholarship (Summer) - Aims to provide editorial assistance to postgraduates and junior academics whose research focuses on neglected topics of study - deadline 25 Jul 2020
You can see any opportunities we've spotted previously on our funding opportunities page.
- LSHTM Introductory Course in Epidemiology & Medical Statistics - During the three weeks students will learn about the design and interpretation of epidemiological studies and the statistical methods that underpin many of the founding principles - fee deadline 10 May 2020
- LSHTM Online Programme - Epidemiology by Distance Learning - Online epidemiology training for professionals in academic departments, research modules or in the health services, starts in October 2020 - deadline 31 Aug 2020
- LSHTM Online Programme - Infectious Diseases by Distance Learning - Online training for a broad understanding of infectious diseases through the core modules in public health, biostatistics and epidemiology, and the biology and control of infectious disease, starts in October 2020 - deadline 31 Aug 2020
Take a look at our training opportunities page for more information about further opportunities.
- BSI Symposium 'Immunology without borders: Innate and adaptive immunity cross-talk' - Belfast, Northern Ireland, 18-19 Jun 2020 (registration to open soon)
Visit our events page for all the other events that we've spotted.
- PhD Programme: Bovine TB 'Reconstructing the Molecular Evolution of Mycobacterium bovis' - Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland, deadline 21 Feb 2020
Take a look at our job webpage for further jobs are opportunities that are currently available.
- Series: Practical guidance to qualitative research. Part two: Context, research questions and designs in European Journal of General Practice
- The status of tuberculosis vaccine development in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
Our publications page lists all of the papers that we have spotted that could be relevant to or have been published by our members.
Highlights on Twitter this week: Deepti Chavan's article 'What My Journey With TB And Its Associated Stigma Taught Me'; inaugural lecture by Professor Jayne Hope 'TB or not TB? The fight for immunity' now available to watch online; Nature discusses why a kinder research culture will build stronger and deeper support for research; read The Union's statement on ending TB at the 146th Session of the WHO Executive Board; watch The MRC's New Investigator Research Grant (NIRG) application advice video; a nine-chapter guide on how to develop an interdisciplinary research project, programme or strategy; read the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 2020 Annual Letter; as the chair of many grant panels, Prof Philippa Saunders gives her 10 top tips for grant applications; Bill Gates gives a brief explanation for Gavi of the how vaccines work and their importance; advice on how to write a Wellcome grant application; and the TB Alliance are celebrating their 20th anniversary. @NetworkVALIDATE is a hub of information about VALIDATE and what we support - follow our feed to find out more.
Published: 12 February 2020