Weekly round-up #141
Weekly Round-up #141
VALIDATE for Schools
In December, we will be holding an online event for young people in what we hope will be the first of many VALIDATE for Schools events. This is an exciting opportunity for students to engage with VALIDATE's world-class scientists and discuss fascinating aspects of vaccine research and what it's like pursuing a career in science.
The first event will take place at 10am GMT, 9 December 2020 and will feature Prof Helen McShane and Dr Rachel Tanner and you can find out more about the event and our speakers on the VALIDATE for Schools page. The first event will be UK-based but we welcome attendees from around the world.
You can also help us in two ways:
- Spread the word: If you know any science teachers or careers advisors please encourage them to register their interest in the event for their students.
- Do your own talk: If you would like to do a similar event, VALIDATE can help organise and promote it. Get in touch - validate@ndm.ox.ac.uk.
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Global Partnering Awards - The Global Partnering Awards will provide funding to support the development of long-term collaborations with overseas scientists in countries not currently offered through our existing partnering award schemes - deadline 12 November 2020
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Innovate UK Smart Grants - Opportunity for UK registered organisations to apply for a share of up to £25 million from Innovate UK to deliver disruptive R&D innovations that can significantly impact the UK economy – deadline 25 November 2020
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UKRI-FNR bilateral agreement - UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and Fonds National de la Recherche (FNR), Luxembourg, have signed a Statement of Intent (SoI) to encourage and support proposals that involve international collaborative teams - 30 November 2020
- FAPESP Pump-Priming Awards (FAPPA) - A call for international partnerships involving researchers from the UK, and US, China and/or Israel under the Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases programme (EEID) – apply at any time
Our funding page is continually updated with any calls we think are relevant to our members.
Training Opportunities and Events:
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BSI Congress 2020, Online Event, 28 November – 1 December 2020
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Vaccine Confidence Project Webinars:
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COVID-19 and influenza vaccine confidence, Online, 29 October 2020
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COVID-19 and the role of emotions in global health, Online, 12 November 2020
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More opportunities are to be found on our Training and Events pages.
Job Opportunities:
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Scientific Editor, Elsevier, Cambridge MA, USA, no stated deadline
- Bioinformatician, St Georges University London, UK. deadline 28 October 2020
- Postdoctoral Training Fellow, The Francis Crick Institute, UK, deadline 8 November 2020
There are many more relevant career opportunities on our jobs page.
- Burkholderia pseudomallei as an enteric pathogen: identification of virulence factors mediating gastrointestinal infection, by VALIDATE members Javier Sanchez Villamil , Daniel Tapia, Alfredo Torres et al, in American Society for Microbiology
- Multinucleated giant cell formation as a portal to chronic bacterial infections, Jacob Stockton & VALIDATE Member Alfredo Torres , in MDPI
- Molecular epidemiology of leprosy: an update, Avanzi C et al, in Infection, Genetics and Evolution
- Vaccination with intradermal Bacillus Calmette-Guérin provides robust protection against extrapulmonary tuberculosis but not pulmonary infection in cynomolgus macaques, Tsujimura Y et al including VALIDATE member Yasuhiro Yasutomi, in Journal of Immunology
- Detecting antibodies to leishmania infantum in horses from areas with different epizooticity levels of canine leishmaniosis and a retrospective revision of Italian data, Gazzonis AL et al, in Parasites and Vectors
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Building a tuberculosis-free world while responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, Reid MJA et al, in The Lancet
Find more articles by our members on our publications page.
Highlights on Twitter this week:
Member Dr Rachel Tanner talked about her VALIDATE Fellowship research at The Union’s Conference, we shared our leishmaniasis, tuberculosis and melioidosis pathogen pages and added new profiles to VALIDating, our collaborator-finding hub. The UCL TB Unit reported a new 4 month treatment for TB at the Union Conference where VALIDATE member Prof Rob Wilkinson won The Union Scientific Prize. The chronic disease coalition shared an MSN article discussing how the COVID-19 pandemic is making the threat of TB worse, while WriteThatPhD tweeted 7 common challenges and their solutions for writing research and tips for delivering presentations. Follow us on Twitter to keep up to date - @NetworkVALIDATE.
Published: 28 October 2020
