Weekly round-up #205
ECR Career Development Network (ECDN)
As part of VALIDATE’s aim to encourage and support post-doctoral and early PI researchers' career progression amongst members, and to help address inequality in scientific career progression, we created a two-year-long ECR Career Development Network (ECDN) programme for members identifying as female.
On Monday the 21 February, 13 ECRs from VALIDATE joined Network Manager Sam Vermaak, VALIDATE Network Director Helen McShane and Co-Director Sam Sampson, for the ECDN kick-off meeting. Attendees discussed the future of the network and had separate discussions in their Accountability and Mentoring groups.
VALIDATE Workshop: Writing Research Grant Proposals - 2 March 2022, 15:00 GMT
Next week, VALIDATE Network Management Board Member 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 VALIDATE members and is of particular relevance to Early Career Researchers. Find out more, and register online - www.validate-network.org/grant-writing-workshop.
- Infections and Immunity New Investigator - The new investigator research grant is aimed at researchers who are capable of becoming independent principal investigators and who are now ready to take the next step towards that goal - deadline 11 May 2022
- MRC Infections and Immunity Programme, May 2022 - Apply for funding for research projects focused on infections and immunity - deadline - 11 May 2022
- Surveillance and diagnostics for antimicrobial resistance - This scheme provides funding for mid-career researchers from any discipline who have the potential to be international research leaders. - deadline 14 June 2022
Training Opportunities and Events:
- Single Cell Genomics Day: A (Virtual) Practical Workshop, Online , 4 March 2021
Find more training and events opportunities on our Training and Events pages.
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Postdoctoral Training Fellow - Gutierrez Lab, Francis Crick Institute, London, UK, deadline 8 April 2022
- Building the concept for WHO Evidence Considerations for Vaccine Policy (ECVP): Tuberculosis vaccines intended for adults and adolescents as a test case, Kochhar S et al, in Vaccine
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Chapter 7: The tuberculosis roller coaster: vaccines and antibiotics, Rees AR, in A New History of Vaccines for Infectious Diseases
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A candidate vaccine composed of live nonpathogenic Iranian Lizard Leishmania mixed with Chitin microparticles protects mice against Leishmania major infection, Haghdoust S et 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:
WriteThatPhD shared advice for how to write a materials & methods section, hundreds of people answered Academic Chatter’s question “What one tip would you give new-starting PhD students?”, and nature career talked about how the mindset of a Nobel Prize winner is similar to an Olympic athlete. We launched our ECDN Network, The Global Forum on TB Vaccines held another session of their 2022 event, and Hugh Kearns encouraged new PhD students to ask lots of questions. Global Health Advocates EU worry that we are not on track to eliminate TB by 2030, BSI gave a final warning to register for SIGNET 2022, the #United4TBVax campaign was launched and we were excited about the Global Forum on TB! Stay up to date with all the relevant news and opportunities by following @NetworkVALIDATE on Twitter.
Published: 23 February 2022
