Monthly Update, October 2023
Welcome to the VALIDATE Monthly Update for October 2023. In this issue, we have some exciting news from the UN General Assembly, we give you access to the VALIDATE Hub, and we report on a very successful showcase of VALIDATE’s PhD Students
VALIDATE Hub – Now available to all members
VALIDATE has officially launched the VALIDATE Hub, and it is great to see so many members using this valuable resource. This hub resource offers access to our event video archive and other useful materials. If you have signed the VALIDATE CDA, you should already have received details on how to log in to the Hub. However, please do get in touch if you need help: VALIDATE@ndm.ox.ac.uk
Find out more about the Hub - www.validate-network.org/validate-hub
United Nations General Assembly agrees plan to eliminate TB
On 22 September, the UN High-Level Meeting on TB, member states approved a plan to end tuberculosis worldwide within five years.
Led by the World Health Organization, the new initiative aims to reach 90% of the global population with TB prevention services and to license a new TB vaccine by 2027.
VALIDATE One Health Workshop – Event Report
As we have previously reported, the VALIDATE One Health in TB and Leishmaniasis Workshop in Paarl, South Africa, brought together 34 members and experts from around the world to explore the One Health approach in developing responses to TB and Leishmaniasis.
You can find a report on the event on the One Health Workshop webpage.
VALIDATE PhD Showcase
On 12 September, VALIDATE was excited to host 8 PhD students, each of whom gave a short 8-minute talk to over 35 attendees. After each talk, the audience grilled each speaker in a Q&A session. Once the presentations were over, speakers were placed into breakout rooms with VALIDATE Investigators who provided feedback on their short talks.
Present at the next PhD Showcase: The event was such a success, we plan to do another in the future. If you are a PhD student and would like to present at a future Showcase, please complete our PhD Showcase Presenter Application Form.
External Oppotunities
Funding Opportunities
- ERC Synergy Grants 2023- For researchers addressing the most ambitious problems in public health - deadline 8 November 2022
- UK-US Research: Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease – Supporting research on drivers that influence the transmission of infectious disease-deadline – 15 November 2023
- Royal Society - Career Development Fellowship – Support the retention of STEM researchers from underrepresented backgrounds – deadline 24 January 2024
Events and Training
- AREF: Grant Writing Skills Programme, Online, 9 October 2023
- World Vaccine Congress Europe, Barcelona, Spain, 17 - 19 October 2023
- Bactivac - 4th Annual Network Meeting 2023, Edgbaston Park Hotel & Conference Centre, Birmingham, UK, deadline 18 - 19 October 2023
Jobs
- Crick Africa Network Career Acceleration Fellowship, London, UK, deadline 10 October 2023
- Assoc Prof of Immunology, Banjul, The Gambia, Deadline 29 October 2023
Publications
- Adjuvantation of whole-killed Leishmania vaccine with anti-CD200 and anti-CD300a antibodies potentiates its efficacy and provides protection against wild-type parasites, Singh R et al, in Molecular Immunology
- Bibliometric analysis of parasite vaccine research from 1990 to 2019, Couvreur LA et al, in Vaccine
- MTBVAC: A Tuberculosis Vaccine Candidate Advancing Towards Clinical Efficacy Trials in TB Prevention, Lacámara S et al , including VALIDATE Member Carlos Martín, in Archivos de Bronconeumología
Have you published recently?
If you have published your research in the last few months, get in touch with us and we will share your work on our news items, social media and our Publications Page.
Present to VALIDATE Members: The VALIDATE Team is working on an extensive program of online and in-person events for 2024. If you have an area of your research you would like to present to your fellow VALIDATE members, get in touch, and we might be able to arrange a VALIDATE Seminar in 2024 - VALIDATE@ndm.ox.ac.uk
Get in touch if you have any questions, comments or ideas about VALIDATE.
