Weekly round-up #247
VALIDATE Training Grant Round 14 Open
A quick reminder that the 14th round of our Training Grants is open. Grants of up to £3500 are available to help Early Career Researchers take advantage of training opportunities that will contribute to their CPD. This can include (but is not limited to) attendance at courses or workshops, laboratory exchanges, and work shadowing. Applications will be reviewed as they are submitted and the scheme will run until this funding is spent, so find out more online and apply.
- TB Vaccine Advocacy Fellowship - A program to help cultivate a new generation of TB vaccine R&D advocates - 31 December 2022
- Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) - Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) accelerate business innovation by supporting knowledge exchange with academic institutions - deadline 15 January 2022
- MRC New Unit Funding Opportunity - Apply for MRC new unit funding to tackle complex and interdisciplinary health challenges - deadline 23 February 2023
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:
- Acid Fast Club Winter 2023, Birkbeck, University of London, UK, 6 January 2023
Find more event opportunities on our Training and Events pages.
- Postdoctoral Fellowship in Tuberculosis Immunology, South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative (SATVI), University of Cape Town, deadline 15 December 2022
Other relevant career opportunities are on our jobs page.
- The mechanisms and cross-protection of trained innate immunity, Hu S et al, in BMC Virology Journal
- Burden and Risk Factors of Melioidosis in Southeast Asia: A Scoping Review, Selvam K, in The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- The circadian clock influences T cell responses to vaccination by regulating dendritic cell antigen processing, Cervantes-Silva MP et al, in Nature Communications
- The Impact of COVID-19 on Supplies of Routine Childhood Immunization in Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia: A Mixed Method Study, Adilo TM et al, in Risk Management and Healthcase Policy
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:
Farmers Weekly reported on a new TB vaccine for cattle, Mirage News reported on James Cook university TB vaccine study, and the Indian Express cautiously celebrated global TB R&D funding surpassing $1 billion. James Cook University reported on a head-to-head TB vaccine tournament, the WHO made a case for investing in TB Vaccines, and Advac shared a video of their recent seminar on One Health. BobFM (Brazil) reported that the childhood BCG programme has already met its coverage target, Mirage News celebrated JCU "Kicking Goals" against TB with their vaccine research and Fred Hutch discussed the potential of using BCG as the basis for a new vaccine. Keep up to date with all the relevant news and opportunities by following @NetworkVALIDATE on Twitter.
Published: 14 December 2022