Weekly round-up #206
The VALIDATE Hub 2.0 (Beta)
VALIDATE is aware that there are some issues with the current VALIDATE Hub and we have been working on a replacement service. We have moved all of the Hub content, which includes videos of past seminars as well as other resources, over to a Google drive.
Help us test the new VALIDATE Hub: We now need a few members to test out the service and check that it works. You will need a google account (which might mean a different email to the one VALIDATE holds for you) and have signed our CDA. If you are interested in helping us test the service, you can request access here.
Later today: Writing Research Grant Proposals - 15:00 GMT
There is still time to join VALIDATE Network Management Board Member Prof Rajko Reljic for a perspective on how to identify the most appropriate funding opportunities and write successful proposals to support their research. Online registration is closed, but you can email blakeley.nixon@ndm.ox.ac.uk and ask for the joining details (if you have signed our CDA).
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BSI Career Enhancing Grants - Funding is available for any type of career-related activity that will help you go a step further in building your skill set and advancing your professional development - deadline 21 March 2022
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MRC Developmental Pathway Funding Scheme - Apply for funding to develop and test novel therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics and other interventions - deadline 23 March 2022
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Wellcome Discovery Awards - Provides funding for established researchers and teams from any discipline who want to pursue bold and creative research ideas to deliver significant shifts in understanding that could improve human life, health and wellbeing - deadline 24 March 2022
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Lasker Foundation Essay Contest - engages early-career scientists and clinicians from the US and around the globe in a discussion about big questions in biology and medicine and the role of biomedical research in our society today - 30 March 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:
- International Conference on Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 28-29 March 2022
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Immunology2022, Portland, OR, USA, 6-10 May 2022
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19th World Congress on Immunology, Florida, USA, 1-2 June 2022
Find more training and events opportunities on our Training and Events pages.
- Fred Hutch Associate Director, HVTN/CoVPN Laboratory Research, Seattle, WA, USA, 16 March 2022
- Leprosy Research Initiative Coordinator, Amsterdam, Netherlands, deadline 16 March 2022
- Amsterdam, Netherlands, University of Michigan, USA, deadline 19 March 2022
There are many more relevant career opportunities on our jobs page.
- Worrying lack of funding for tuberculosis, Priya Venkatesan, in The Lancet
- Protease-Based Subunit Vaccine in Mice Boosts BCG Protection against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Junqueira-Kipnis AP et al, in Vaccines (Basel)
- Multiplexed strain phenotyping defines consequences of genetic diversity in Mycobacterium tuberculosis for infection and vaccination outcomes, Carey AF et al, in bioRxiv
- Intra-granuloma accumulation and inflammatory differentiation of neutrophils underlie mycobacterial ESX-1-mediated immunopathology, Lienard J et al, in bioRxiv
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:
The Global TB Forum started the #Unite4TBVax campaign, VALIDATE Member Rachel Tanner presented research at the Global Forum on TB Vaccines, and TB New Daily discussed the good and bad news about TB Vaccines and a cause for optimism. The Conversation argued that the TB Pandemic should be treated as an emergency, Advocacy Network Africa shared an infographic about TB vaccine research spending, and the Stop TB Partnership demanded a vaccine by 2025. VALIDATE member Sasha Larsen-Akins shared some promising on an RNA TB vaccine, the Stop TB Partnership spoke to Lucica Ditiu about the impact of Covid on TB research, and Mark Hatherill from Satvi presented data about "State of the field: TB vaccine clinical research". Stay up to date with all the relevant news and opportunities by following @NetworkVALIDATE on Twitter.
Published: 2 March 2022
