Weekly round-up #68

This week we've had a number of Affiliate members joining VALIDATE, so a big welcome to:

Affiliates: Rupal Ojha (Central University of Rajasthan, India), Alexander Lewis Marffy (St George's University of London, UK), Rejoice Arthur (Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research, Ghana), Stephen Lockhart (Pfizer Vaccine Clinical R&D), Debora Charles Kajeguka (Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Tanzania) and Kumari Dipti (Banasthali Vidyapith University, India).

You can find out about their research on their biography pages on our member's online directory, along with all our other members.

A reminder that round 6 of our training grants for Associates is ongoing! Deadline is 24 June 2019. For more information click here. Huge congratulations to our latest two awardees, Dr Eduardo Ramos Sanchez (USP, Brazil) and Dr Amanda Gibson (RVC, UK), who will both be going on laboratory exchanges to learn new techniques and assays for their research. You can read more about our previous grantees here.

Funding:

Newton Fund Prize - Opportunity for past or existing recipients of Newton funding, for applicants from China, Indonesia and the Philippines - closes 19 Apr 2019
Sanger International Fellows Programme - Opportunity for early career scientists who hold faculty positions in LMIC, in four different areas of research - closes 15 May 2019
Future Leaders - African Independent Research (FLAIR) - Fellowship opportunity for sub-Saharan nationals with a PhD - closes 15 May 2019
The Royal Society - Research Grants - UK based post-doc funding of up to £20k for equipment, consumables, travel expenses and subsistence - closes 16 May 2019
Academy of Medical Sciences Professorship Scheme - Flexible support for researchers currently on their first full time Professorship in the UK - closes 17 May 2019
Public Health Intervention Development Scheme (PHIND) - Funding up to £150k for new interventions relating to UK or global public health issues - closes 18 Jul 2019
MSCA Cofund: Funding for Training Programmes - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) call for various funding including doctoral and post-doctoral candidates - closes 26 Sep 2019

Find other funding opportunities on our external funding page.

Training Opportunities:

Nothing new this week, so visit our training opportunities page for lots of ideas to develop your career.

Events

Mathematical Modelling in Immunology Workshop - 'Immunology and infection in public health' - Cambridge, UK, 9-10 May 2019
EMBO Workshop CD1-MR1: Beyond MHC-restricted lymphocytes - Oxford, UK, 1-5 Sep 2019
The British Society for Immunology Annual Meeting 'Barrier Immunity' - Meeting focusing on the immune system specialities, with early career delegates invited to submit own abstracts to present - London, UK, 18 Sep 2019

Visit our events page for all the events coming up in our field.

Job Opportunities:

VALIDATE Research Data Analyst, Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, UK - closes 1 May 2019

To view all the vacancies in our field visit our job webpage.

Publications:

Optimisation, harmonisation and standardisation of the direct mycobacterial growth inhibition assay using cryopreserved human periphera blood mononuclear cells in Journal of Immunological Methods, by VALIDATE members Rachel Tanner, Steven G. Smith, Hazel M. Dockrell, Helen McShane and collaborators
HIV, HCMV and mycobacterial antibody levels: a cross-secontioal study in a rural Ugandan cohort in Tropical Medicine & International Health, by VALIDATE members Lisa Stockdale, Helen Fletcher and collaborators
Review of Matrix Metalloproteinases in Pulmonary and Central Nervous System Tuberculosis in International Journal of Molecular Sciences, by VALIDATE members Robert J.Wilkinson and Katalin A. Wilkinson and collaborators
Novel multi-component vaccine approaches for Burkholderia pseudomallei in Journal of Translational Immunology, by VALIDATE member Alfredo Torres and collaborators
Prevention of tuberculosis infection and disease by local BCG in repeatedly exposed rhesus macaques in Nature Medicine

Our publications page highlights papers of interest by our members and in the fields of our focus pathogens.

Highlights on Twitter this week: Congratulations to VALIDATE member Dr Leopold Tientcheu who has won the Future Leaders – African Independent Research (FLAIR) Award; sister network 'BactiVac' awarded £1m in funding; Rare combination of TB and leprosy being found in India; latest round of pump-priming projects awarded by BactiVac. Follow @NetworkVALIDATE for more interesting news and information regarding our field.

Published: 10 April 2019