Weekly round-up #224
"A Vaccine for..?" Seminar Series: Watch now!
Last week VALIDATE hosted the final of our "A Vaccine for...?" seminars. We are now excited to let you know that you can watch the seminars, in full, on YouTube.
In "A Vaccine for Leishmaniasis?", Prof Mitali Chatterjee and Dr Mohamed Osman provided an overview of the current state of research into vaccines for a disease that causes up to 40,000 deaths annually.
In "A Vaccine for Leishmaniasis?", Prof Mitali Chatterjee and Dr Mohamed Osman provided an overview of the current state of research into vaccines for a disease that causes up to 40,000 deaths annually.
In "A Vaccine for Leprosy?", Dr Khushboo Borah Slater and Dr Chyntia Díaz Acosta discussed the prospects for a vaccine against leprosy, a disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae for which more than 200,000 new cases were still diagnosed each year.
Next week: VALIDATE ECR Summer Showcase Session 2
16:00 BST, 13 July 2022
One of the core aims of VALIDATE is to support its members in career progression. To this end, VALIDATE will host an ECR Summer Showcase series of seminars in June and July 2022. VALIDATE Associates will give a 15-minute presentation about their research followed by a Q&A. We hope this will be an excellent opportunity for the presenters to showcase their science to their fellow members worldwide and perhaps even inspire new collaborations.
Session 2: 13 July 2022 - 16:00 BST
Chair: Dr Cristian Alfredo Segura-Cerda
Speakers and Topics
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The underappreciated role of neonatal BCG vaccination in educating gut microbiota Asst Prof Nargis Khan |
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Using non-human primates for TB vaccine evaluation Dr Laura Sibley |
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Generating vaccines against tuberculosis based on our knowledge of mycobacterium biofilms Dr Cristian Alfredo Segura-Cerda |
International Times
| United Kingdom (BST) | US West (PDT) | US Mountain (MDT) | Colombia (COT) | US East (EST) | South Africa (SAST) | India (IST) |
| 16:00 | 08:00 | 09:00 | 10:00 | 11:00 | 17:00 | 20:30 |
- MRC Developmental Pathway Funding Scheme - Apply for funding to develop and test novel therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics and other interventions - deadline 20 July 2022
- Wellcome Career Development Awards - This scheme provides funding for mid-career researchers from any discipline who have the potential to be international research leaders - deadline 21 July 2022
- MRC Clinical research training fellowship - Apply for funding to undertake a PhD or to reacquire research skills. Your research can focus on any area of MRC's remit to improve human health - deadline: 22 July 2022
- Wellcome Discovery Awards - This scheme provides funding for established researchers and teams from any discipline who want to pursue bold and creative research ideas that could improve human wellbeing - deadline 26 July 2022
You can find a list of all relevant external funding we've spotted for our members on our external funding page.
Training Opportunities and Events:
- FlowcytometryUK 2022, Training course, Birmingham, UK, 20 July 2022
- AMS Young Academy 2022, UK, 8 September 2022
Find more training and events opportunities on our Training and Events pages.
- Communications Science Manager, NC3Rs, London, UK, deadline 25 July 2022
- Associate/Full Professor - Mycobacterial Research, Colorado State University, CO, USA, deadline 9 July 2022
More relevant career opportunities on our jobs page.
- Combined immunotherapeutic effect of Leishmania-derived recombinant Aldolase and Ambisome against experimental visceral leishmaniasis, Keerti NK et al, in Microbiology, Immunology and Infection
- Immunogenicity of a third dose of inactivated COVID-19 vaccine in people living with HIV-1, HBV, and tuberculosis during the Omicron variant epidemic: a cross-sectional study, Yan Y et al, in Journal of Infection
- Activation of TLR-pathway to induce host Th1 immune respons eagainst visceral leishmaniasis: Involvement of galactosylated-flavonoids, Pradhan S et al, in HELIYON
Check out our Publications Page for members' publications and email VALIDATE@ndm.ox.ac.uk if you have a paper you would like us to include.
Highlights on Twitter this week:
We were boasting about the publication of VALIDATE-supported research, Modern Ghana reported on the high death rate from TB in the country, and the Mail & Guardian discussed the importance of involving communities in vaccination programmes. The Hindustan Times called for an all-hands-on-deck approach to fighting TB, Plos discussed the "Old Boys Club" in modern academia, and Prof Glyn Hewinson spoke about Bovine TB at the Acid Fast Club. Gavi discussed the fight against TB in Papua New Guinea, The Straits Times asked if TB is more infectious than COVID, The National Research in TB institute is investigating BCG, Nature published information on supporting researchers with a stutter, and FAO Livestock celebrated World Zoonosis day. Keep up to date with all the relevant news and opportunities by following @NetworkVALIDATE on Twitter.
Published: 6 July 2022