Weekly round-up #69
In the run up to Easter, it's been a quieter week here at VALIDATE. Round 3 of our Mentoring Scheme closed, and the outcomes will be announced in late May. If you missed the deadline and are still interested in having a mentor, we will have a further call in 2020.
- American Leprosy Missions NTD Innovation Prize - Opportunity to support innovators with creative ideas to solve challenging issues posed by neglected tropical diseases worldwide - closes 31 May 2019
- MRC Health Systems Research Initiative Call 6 - Foundation grants to explore possible health care innovations and more - closes 30 May 2019
- BactiVac Catalyst Training Awards (open call) - Up to £6k for training visits expected to be 3 months in duration - open call till 2021
- TWAS Research Grants in basic sciences - Opportunity in some developing countries for equipment, consumable supplies and more - closes 22 Apr 2019
Take a look at more relevant external funding opportunities on our website.
- Massive open online course - Course on implementation research: infection diseases of poverty - applications close 3 May 2019, course begins 6 May 2019
- Australasian Society for Immunology - Advanced Immunology School - 3 day programme consisting of presentations from expert scientists alongside various other activities and workshops - 22-25 July 2019
Visit our training opportunities page for further ideas for your career development.
- British Society for Immunology's 'Oxford Symposium' - Oxford, UK, 23-24 Apr 2019
- Vaccine and Immunity Theme Day - A day in commemoration of World Immunisation Week - UVRI Campus, Uganda, 26 Apr 2019
- British Society for Immunology's Symposium ' From fundamental immunology to immunotherapy' - Birmingham, UK, 14 May 2019
- Microbiology Society Launch Event - Session about the opportunities and challenges in achieving UN sustainable development goals - London, UK, 2 May 2019
Visit our events page for all the events coming up in our field.
Nothing new this week, but all current job opportunities can be found on our website.
- Designing tuberculosis vaccine efficacy trials - lessons from recent studies in Expert Review of Vaccines
- The way forward for tuberculosis vaccines in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, by VALIDATE members Richard White, Rebecca Harris and collaborators
- Protection against tuberculosis by mucosal BCG administration in Nature Medicine
- Historical BCG vaccination combined with drug treatment enhances inhibition of mycobacterial growth ex vivo in human peripheral blood cells in Scientific Reports, by VALIDATE members Andrea Zelmer, Lisa Stockdale, Steven Smith, Karin Seifert, Helen Fletcher and collaborators
- Ten simple rules towards healthier research labs in PLOS Computational Biology
Our publications page has a list of papers that are relevant to our focus pathogens. Don't forget to let us know when you publish a paper and we will add it to our website.
On Twitter this week: an article on the yearly advancements towards an effective TB vaccine;19th April 2019 marks the deadline for abstracts for the 50th Union World Conference programme; remarkable step in technology as hand-held ultrasound scanners may be the future of easily diagnosing TB; a very informative blog post tackling the question of how funding and publication affect the time taken to complete a PhD; and congratulations to LSHTM who are celebrating their 120th anniversary this year. Follow us @NetworkVALIDATE for the latest news, updates and information.
With the UK Easter break looming, we will be back with our next weekly update on 1st May - Happy Easter to those who celebrate it!
Published: 17 April 2019