Weekly round-up #100

Weekly round-up #100

We've made it to 100 round-ups! We hope that you, our members, find these weekly round-ups useful - do get in touch if you think there are other items we should include or something we could change to improve their usability for you.

Don't forget that the 4th round of the VALIDATE Mentoring Scheme is currently open, with the deadline for applications being 27 Jan 2020. For more details, or to apply, click here.

We'd also like to welcome our final new member of 2019, who will be joining VALIDATE as an Associate - welcome to Dr Sanjay Gautam (NIH, USA).

Funding:

AAS Grand Challenges Africa Innovation Seed Grants - Maternal Neonatal & Child Health (MNCH) - Focusing on the top priorities for MNCH in Africa, seeking solutions to meet the Sustainable Development Goal 3 targets for MNCH - deadline 14 Jan 2020
Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators - 20,000 EUR prize acknowledging outstanding contributions to biomedical research in Europe based on methods of molecular biology - deadline 15 Jan 2020
The Branco Weiss Fellowship - Society in Science - Awarding young researchers up to five years funding to work on whatever topic they choose around the world - deadline 15 Jan 2020
Soulsby Foundation One Health Fellowships - From £10,000 - £15,000 in supporting researchers to conduct a project overseas in a field related to 'One Health' - deadline 31 Jan 2020

Find all other funding opportunities on our external funding page.

Training Opportunities:

Nature Masterclasses 'Effective Collaboration in Research' - Online Course - For researchers in the natural sciences who wish to participate in or set up and lead collaborative projects, with subscriptions available to institutions, departments and labs (free sample available for individuals) - no deadline stated

Take a look at our training opportunities page for further ideas for your career development.

Publications:

Diabetes is associated with genotypically drug-resistant tuberculosis in European Respiratory Journal, by VALIDATE member Hazel Dockrell and collaborators
Melioidosis in Nature Reviews Disease Primers, by VALIDATE member Alfredo Torres and collaborators

Take a look at our publications page for papers of interest by our members and in the fields of our focus pathogens.

Highlights on Twitter this week: Advice for PhD applicants on how to write a research proposal; a Nature article discussing and defining 'predatory journals'; new podcast 'The Antigen' has its first episode on exploring the global impact of vaccines; promising news as an aerosolized melioidosis vaccine is in development; a 'financial crisis' hits IDRI's tuberculosis research, with approximately one third of their researchers being laid off; an article in The Economist addresses the problems we face with tuberculosis; WriteThatPhD suggestions for doctoral dissertations and PhD theses; ''eradication (of leprosy) without a vaccine is very difficult'' says WHO Team Leader Dr Erwin Cooreman; the Wellcome Trust give highlights from their 2018/2019 Annual Report; health officials in Kenya have reported dozens of new cases of leishmaniasis; and TAG release their report on tuberculosis research funding trends 2005-2018. All this and more @NetworkVALIDATE where you can easily keep up to date on news and opinions in our field.

We will be taking a two week break over the UK Christmas period, so a very Happy Christmas to those of you who celebrate it, and we look forward to a great year in 2020 for VALIDATE and our members.

Published: 18 December 2019