Weekly round-up #208
VALIDATE Seminar - A Vaccine for ... Melioidosis? -
In last week's Weekly Round-up, we mentioned the first in our A Vaccine for" online seminar series, in which leading experts will provide an overview of the state of vaccine research for VAIDATE’s focus pathogens. We are excited to announce that you can now register for the second seminar in the series - A Vaccine for Melioidosis? taking place on 18 May 2022.
If you are a researcher focused on one of our other focus pathogens, this seminar will provide you with an amazing opportunity to learn about melioidosis and the current research that could lead to creating a vaccine for a disease that kills up to 89,000 people a year.
There is still plenty of time to register for - A Vaccine for Leishmaniasis? taking place on 6 April 2022!
- RSTMH Early Career Grants - To enable early career researchers in the field of tropical medicine or global health to undertake clinical or scientific research and/or fieldwork - deadline 29 April 2022
- BBSRC Discovery Fellowships, 2022 - For early post-doc researchers wishing to undertake independent research and gain leadership skills; open to all nationalities, to work in UK; research must be within BBSRC remit - deadline 5 May 2022
- 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 - Funding for research projects focused on infections and immunity - deadline 11 May 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:
- IVVN - Bovine Mycoplasma vaccines and immune responses, Online, 23 March 2022
- Microbiology Society Annual Conference 2022, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, 4 - 7 April 2022
- WorldLeish7: Leishmaniasis and Conflict, Cartagena, Colombia, 1 - 6 August 2022
Find more training and events opportunities on our Training and Events pages.
- Scientist - Immunology, UK Health Security Agency, Porton Down, UK, deadline 19 March 2022
- Project Manager - Clinical Trial Services, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, UK, deadline 1 April 2022
- Senior Immunologist, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, UK, deadline 8 April 2022
Many more relevant career opportunities on our jobs page.
- Peptide-Based Vaccines for Tuberculosis, Gong W et al, in Frontiers in Immunology
- Efficacy and Safety of BCG Revaccination with M. bovis BCG Moscow to Prevent COVID-19 Infection in Health Care Workers: A Randomized Phase II Clinical Trial, Anjos R et al, in Frontiers in Immunology
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 began promoting our next VALIDATE Seminar, Dr Anthony Fauci warned that the War in Ukraine could have a massive impact on TB research, and the National Center for the 3Rs encouraged researchers to apply for their 2022 prize. WriteThatPhD shared some sample chapters on planning a publication, research methods, research interviews, and qualitative research. Nature published a fascinating article visualizing DNA, and Nature Careers shared an interview debunking the academia-industry barrier myth. Stay up to date with all the relevant news and opportunities by following @NetworkVALIDATE on Twitter.
Published: 16 March 2022
