VALIDATE continues to grow, and we're closing in on 100 members, welcoming Urudinachi Agbo from Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki Ebonyi State, Nigeria, and Eleanor Townsend from University of Leicester, UK, to our Affiliates this week, and Dr Gil Diogo from SGUL, UK, as an Associate.
There have been a couple of items of interest this week to note:
Funding:
This is a great opportunity for anyone wanting to set up a new collaboration - and there are plenty of other open grant calls for collaboration forming at the moment. See our funding page for a list of open calls.
Training / Events:
And, of course, don't forget we have an open Training Grant call for Associates (see our Training Opportunities page for more training ideas).
Paper spots this week include:
Do let us know if you publish a paper we should flag to our community.
As ever, we've been busy on Twitter, so follow us on @NetworkVALIDATE. This week has seen Nigeria beginning vaccine production; PLOS Biology stating saying they will potentially publish "scooped" research if your paper is within 6 months of the 'scooping'; the formation of a Global Partnership for Zero Leprosy on World Leprosy Day (last Sunday); the introduction of country-specific NTD profiles for 47 African countries; and 'tackling leprosy in the Philippines - in pictures'. Additionaly, if you're planning on attending the European Congress of Immunology in Sept, EFIS are offering travel scholarships.
Finally, a bit of humour to cheer up anyone having a tough day... scientists have been leaving amusing Amazon reviews for normal products they've used in surprising alternative ways as part of their research. My personal favourite is a zoologist's review of a painters' pole, normally used for, well, painting: "Do you need to collect whale snot? Are you tired of reaching and straining your back? Look no further! This extendable painters pole allows you to catch those hard to reach exhalations with ease!". Many of the scientists should have a second career in comedy so it's well worth a quick read; for those on Twitter they're all at #reviewforscience. Perhaps some of you could add your own reviews!
Published: 31 January 2018
