Weekly round-up #188
Tomorrow: VALIDATE Annual Meeting Days Two!
We had a very successful Day One of the VALIDATE Annual Meeting 2021, which you can watch our website and the Hub. We are looking forward to following up that success with another round of interesting talks from our pump priming grant recipients and a talk from a special guest (see below). There is still time to register - www.validate-network.org/annual-meeting-2021.
Annual Meeting Special Guest - Mr Antony Phillipson. UK High Commissioner Designate to South Africa
We are delighted that Mr Phllipson will open on day two of the annual meeting. Antony joined the Civil Service in 1993 and began his career in the Department of Trade. In his career he has worked in many roles including First Secretary Trade Policy at the UK in Embassy in Washington; Prime Minister’s Private Secretary for Foreign Affairs; Head of the Iran Co-ordination Group at the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office; High Commissioner to Singapore; and Director, Trade and Partnerships at the Department for Exiting the European Union. In June 2021 Antony was appointed High Commissioner-designate to South Africa taking up the post in July 2021.
Antony will give a short address discussing the importance of international collaboration for vaccine researchers.
- BBSRC Researching zoonotic pathogen emergence, detection and protection - The ‘International Coordination of Research on Infectious Animal Diseases (ICRAD) ‘one health’ approach to zoonoses’ opportunity covers the major groups of infectious diseases of animals, caused by viral, bacterial, parasitic, prions and fungal pathogens – deadline 15 December 2021
- One Health Approach to Zoonoses Research and Innovation - The overall goal of the ICRAD call is to support cross-cutting research and innovation to better understand zoonoses – deadline 15 December 2021
- MRC Clinical research training fellowship - Apply for funding to undertake a PhD or to reacquire research skills. Your research can focus on any area of MRC’s remit to improve human health – deadline 12 January 2022
- MRC Infections and Immunity Programme Grant, 2022 UK-based research into infectious human disease and disorders of the human immune system - 12 January 2022
- NIH Mechanisms of Mycobacterial-Induced Immunity in HIV-Infected and/or Uninfected Individuals to Inform Innovative Tuberculosis Vaccine Design - 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 2022
You can find a list of all relevant external funding we've spotted for our members on our external funding page.
Training Opportunities and Events:
- How to plan your career as a scientist, Online event from Nature Research, 4 November 2021 - 8AM PDT | 11AM EDT | 3PM GMT | 4PM CETT
- Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, US, No stated deadline
- Scientist/Civil Service: Higher Executive Officer, UK Health Secuity Agency, Porton Down, UK, deadline 26 Oxtober 2021
There are many more relevant career opportunities on our jobs page.
- Determinants of Innate Immunity in Visceral Leishmaniasis and Their Implication in Vaccine Development, Greta Volpedo G et al, in Frontiers in Immunology
- Live attenuated Leishmania major p27 gene knockout as a novel vaccine candidate: A study on safety, protective immunity and efficacy against canine leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania infantum, Elikaee S et al, in Acta Tropical
- Effects of Bacille Calmette Guerin (BCG) vaccination during COVID-19 infection, Chowdhury N et al, in Computers and Medicine
Check out our Publications Page for members' publications and email VALIDATE@ndm.ox.ac.uk if you have a paper you would like us to include.
Highlights on Twitter this week:
ISNTD shared details of a new DxConnect Virtual Biobank, Grow Futher discussed scaling up One Health in the livestock sector and Senegal Senegal passed the torch to Burkina Faso marking 20th anniversary of the Global Fund. We helped the MRC dispel some common myths about applying for their fellowships, and the ERC shared an interview with someone who joined one of their funded projects. WriteThatPhd were sharing tips for writing a PhD thesis including 11 things examiners want, key assessment criteria and writing a literature review. Nature Careers emphasised the importance of defining success when seeking promotion and discussed the ableism experienced by scientists with disabilities. Stay up to date with all the relevant news and opportunities by following @NetworkVALIDATE on Twitter.
Published: 13 October 2021
