Weekly round-up #201
World NTD Day and World Leprosy Day 2022 – This Sunday, 30 January 2022
VALIDATE is a partner of World NTD Day, a global movement to end Neglected Tropical Diseases. This year, World NTD day and World Leprosy day coincide so, with our work on developing vaccines for the NTDs leishmaniasis and leprosy, VALIDATE will be marking the day with a series of infographics on Twitter.
We’d love you, our members, to get involved in highlighting these important world days:
- Follow @NetworkValidate on Twitter and retweet our videos and infographics and use the hashtag #100percentCommitted.
- Share our videos "A Vaccine for Leprosy?” and A few things you might not know about leishmaniasis.
- Visit https://worldntdday.org/, to find all the ideas and resources you need to get involved.
- Email us to flag any of your own activities so that we can promote them.
VALIDATE Workshop: Writing Research Grant Proposals - 2 March 2022 - 15:00 GMT
Prof Rajko Reljic will provide attendees with a perspective on how to identify the most appropriate funding opportunities and write successful proposals to support their research. This seminar is open to VALIDATE members and is of particular relevance to Early Career Researchers. Register online.
- Molecular Cellular Medicine New investigator Grant - The new investigator research grant is aimed at researchers who are capable of becoming independent principal investigators and are now ready to take the next step towards that goal, deadline 16 February 2022
- Microbiology Society - Harry Smith Vacation Studentships - To enable undergraduates to work on microbiological research projects tackling antimicrobial resistance during summer – deadline 20 February 2022
- Identification and Characterization of Persistence Mechanisms of Select Protozoan Pathogens - Funding to expand our understanding of protozoan parasite persistence mechanisms and provide research tools and strategies to enable identification and credentialing of novel treatments for persistent protozoan pathogens – deadline 22 February
- MRC Developmental Pathway Funding Scheme, 2022 - Apply for funding to develop and test novel therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics and other interventions - deadline 23 March 2022
Training Opportunities and Events:
Find more training and events opportunities on our Training and Events pages.
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Single Cell Genomics Day: A (Virtual) Practical Workshop, Online, March 4, 2022
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UK Cellular Microbiology Network: Exploring The Host-Pathogen Interface, University of Warwick, UK, 21-22 April 2022
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European Melioidosis Congress 2022, Graz, Austria, 16 -18 May 2022
- Assistant Professor without Tenure, Department of Pediatrics,The Center for Global Infectious Disease Research, University of Washington, Seattle WA, USA, deadline 31 January 2022
- Associate Professor or Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, LSHTM, London UK, 31 January 2022
There are many more relevant career opportunities on our jobs page.
- Single-cell immune profiling reveals functional diversity of T cells in tuberculous pleural effusion, Cai Y et al, in the Journal of Experimental Medicine
- Identification of Novel Chemical Scaffolds that Inhibit the Growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Macrophages, Ahmed S et al, in Frontiers in Pharmacology
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BCG vaccination induces cross-protective immunity against pathogenic microorganisms, Soto JA et a, in Trends in Immunology
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The search for a Buruli Ulcer vaccine and the effectiveness of the Bacillus Calmette–Guérin vaccine, Ishwarlall TZ el al, in Acta Tropica
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:
We congratulated our new Fellows, NRF South Africa announced the recipients SOSAL Scholarships, and TB News Daily shared a visual summary of HIV, TB and Malaria inequality. The Immunology Podcast talked to Fiona Smaill about aerosol TB vaccines, The Dopasi Foundation talked about the first TB vaccine for adults, Richard Hyderman talked about the importance of vaccines in light of antibiotic resistance, and the BSI shared their Immunology Education Database. We reminded people of the benefits of VALIDATE membership. Stay up to date with all the relevant news and opportunities by following @NetworkVALIDATE on Twitter.
Published: 26 January 2022
