Weekly round-up #146

Weekly Round-up #145

We are excited to bring you yet another packed VALIDATE Weekly Round-up this week.

VALIDATE Now Ends November 2021!

In excellent news, VALIDATE has been awarded a six month no-cost extension by our funders, the MRC & BBSRC, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our activities and projects. With this extension, VALIDATE will be able to support its members until 30 November 2021, which is fantastic.

If you have any thoughts about what activities VALIDATE should host in 2021, or how Team VALIDATE can support you over the next 12 months, get in touch at validate@ndm.ox.ac.uk.

Upcoming VALIDATE Events

A quick reminder that although there are only a few weeks to go in 2020, we have a packed events schedule. Our December talks are all open access and online, making them accessible from around the world, so do please spread the word to colleagues, collaborators and even school kids - anyone interested in our members and their research is welcome:

3 December 2020 (2pm GMT) - Computational approaches in structural vaccinology/Structural biology for antigen-based therapeutics & diagnostics with Prof Giorgio Colombo and Asst Prof Louise Gourlay
9 December 2020 (10am GMT) - VALIDATE for Schools with Prof Helen McShane and Rachel Tanner
15 December 2020 (3pm GMT) - Immune profiles of healing in cutaneous leishmaniasis, what to target and when? with Dr Maria Adelaida Gomez

Funding:

Wellcome Multi-User Equipment Grants - Provide support for multi-user items of equipment for UK/LMIC researchers – deadline 12 January 2021
Wellcome Research Enrichment – Diversity and Inclusion - For Wellcome grant holders to identify and tackle barriers to diversity and inclusion in their work – deadline 12 January 2021
NIH Mechanisms of Mycobacterial-Induced Immunity in HIV - To support innovative studies to identify and understand the immune responses that mediate protection from M.tb infection or progression to active TB disease – deadline 14 January 2021
NIH Characterisation of Mycobacterial Induced Immunity in HIV - To support innovative studies to identify the immunological responses that mediate protection from M.tb – deadline 14 January 2021
UKRI Innovation Scholars secondments: Biomedical Sciences, 2021 - UKRI invites applications for individuals from any discipline wishing to spend up to 36 months (full or part-time) on secondment in the biomedical sciences sector – deadline 21 January 2021

Training Opportunities and Events:

6th European Congress of Immunology (ECI), Belgrade, Serbia, 1 - 4 September 2021
British Society for Immunology Congress 2021, UK Location TBC, 28 November - 1 December 2021

Job Opportunities:

Research Associate in Mycobacterial Structural Biology, University of York UK, deadline 11 December 2020

There are many more relevant career opportunities on our jobs page.

Publications:

BCG vaccination of infants confers Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain-specific immune responses by leukocytes, Subbian S et al, in ACS Infectious Diseases
Leishmanial CpG DNA nanovesicles: A propitious prophylactic approach against visceral leishmaniasis, Tiwari RK et al, in International Immunopharmacology
Overexpression of the celA1 gene in BCG modifies surface pellicle, glucosamine content in biofilms, and affects in vivo replication, Vaca-González A et al, including VALIDATE member Mario Alberto Flores-Valde, in Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis vaccination needs to avoid ‘decoy’ immune reactions, Ivanyi J, in Tuberculosis

Highlights on Twitter this week:

Write that PhD hosted a webinar on how to transform information from journal articles into research models (you can watch the webinar here) and shared some free resources to help you plan, progress and finish your PhD. The British Society for Immunology hosted their Virtual Conference and shared a great infographic 'What is a Vaccine?'. The Vaccine Confidence Project warned about the COVID-19 vaccine disinformation on Facebook, and our sister GCRF network The Gnatwork published their latest Newsletter. The Scientist shared a great infographic on innate immunity and The Global TB Caucus tweeted an interview with Lord Herbert about TB and HIV.

Published: 02 December 2020