Weekly round-up #75
It's been a busy week for us at VALIDATE. We are delighted to announce that registration for the 3rd VALIDATE Annual Meeting, which will take place on the 1-2 October 2019, is now open. This year VALIDATE and the British Society for Immunology (BSI) are co-hosting an open conference entitled 'Vaccine Development for Neglected Intracellular Pathogens' that will run directly after the 3rd Annual Meeting, on the 2-3 October 2019 at the same venue, for which you can also now register.
Prior to the Annual Meeting (on 30th September), again at the same venue, we'll be hosting our 2nd Early Career Researchers' Workshop for VALIDATE Associate and student Affiliate members. For more information about all three of these consecutive events, including the draft programmes, venue details, and how to register, click here. We look forward to see many of you at each of these events!
- BSI Travel Grants to IUIS Beijing - Travel awards for BSI members to attend the International Congress of Immunology in China - closes 5 Jun 2019
- MRC Call for research to improve adolescent health in LMICs - Principle investigators encouraged to apply from LMICs or eligible UK based organisations - closes 16 Jul 2019
- EDCTP - New drugs and vaccines for priority pathogens in antimicrobial resistance - To support clinical trials that are to be conducted in sub-Saharan Africa which aim to develop new drugs and vaccines - closes 7 Nov 2019
- EDCTP - Strategic actions supporting large-scale clinical trials - To support clinical research activities with the potential to advance medical interventions - closes 7 Nov 2019
Find all other funding opportunities on our external funding page.
- VACFA 15th Annual African Vaccinology Course - 5 day course to build knowledge of human vaccines, 4-8 Nov 2019, Cape Town, South Africa
- Immunopaedia 2nd Regional West Africa Immunology course - An interactive forum with international faculty including lectures, discussion groups and more, 3-10 Nov 2019, Ouidah, Benin - closes 7 Jun 2019
Visit our training opportunities page for further ideas to develop your career.
- LSTM Equality in Science Symposium - Liverpool, UK, 4 Jun 2019
- LSHTM Mini-Symposium 'Understanding Impacts of Diabetes Mellitus on End TB Goals - London, UK, 26 Jun 2019
- Blizard/QMUL 1st International Tuberculosis Symposium - London, UK, 26-27 Jun 2019
- Irish Society for Immunology Annual Meeting - Dublin, Ireland, 19-20 Sep 2019
- 11th European Congress on Tropical Medicine & International Health - Liverpool, UK, 16-20 Sep 2019
Visit our events page for all the other events coming up in our field.
No new jobs this week; to view all vacancies visit our job webpage.
- Survival of Mycobacterium bovis BCG oral vaccine during transit through a dynamic in vitro model simulating the upper gastrointestinal tract of badgers in PloS ONE by VALIDATE member Mark Chambers and collaborators
- Tuberculosis: fighting the disease with a single vial in European Pharmaceutical Review
Our publications page highlights papers of interest by our members and in the fields of our focus pathogens.
Highlights on Twitter this week: read an interesting article on how cutaneous leishmaniasis is emerging among refugees in Lebanon; view an interesting graphic illustrating the changes in disease research popularity across the last 70 years using the number of papers published; take a look at a graphical representation of the various forms of drug-resistant TB; read about LSTM and partners' new project using drones to combat TB in some of Nepal's most rural areas; watch a video highlighting VALIDATE affiliate Enoka Corea's research into melioidosis; as well as a graph showing that the number of TB-related deaths among people living with HIV is falling. All this and more @NetworkVALIDATE.
We are taking a break next week due to Management Team annual leave, so we will return in 2 weeks' time with our next weekly round-up. Do, of course, contact VALIDATE@ndm.ox.ac.uk with any queries in the meantime.
Published: 5 June 2019