Weekly round-up #220

We are very happy to welcome 11 new VALIDATE members from 8 countries. When VALIDATE started almost exactly 5 years ago, we were a small network of 32 researchers in 8 countries. Today we are a growing community which boasts 533 members representing 254 institutes across 72 countries (44 of which are Lower and Middle-Income).

Investigator

Dr Andreas Kupz, James Cook University, Australia
Dr Ahmed Abd El Wahed, Leipzig University, Germany
Dr Dhafer-Laouini, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunisia
Dr Frank-Verreck, Biomedical Primate Research Centre (BPRC), Netherlands

Associates

Dr Munyaradzi Musvosvi, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Affiliates

Ms Su-Mari-Du-Plessis, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Dr Celia-Matyanga, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
Ms Millicent-Lamptey, KNUST, Ghana
Ms Sindhu-Sree-Baskarapantula, MAHE, India
Mr Ketan-Kumar, CURAJ, India
Mr Biswajit-Naik, CURAJ, India

Check out each of the profiles above and get in touch with the members if you think they could form your next research collaboration.

Funding:

MRC Experimental Medicine Funding Call – Funding to address gaps in our understanding of the causes, progression and treatment of human disease in humans - deadline 5 July 2022
BactiVac Catalyst Funding for Pump-Priming Projects - funding for pump-priming projects to support collaborations between Network members in bacterial vaccinology - deadline 10 July 2022
BMJ Global Health Grant - for LMIC ECRs - deadline 15 July 2022
MRC Developmental Pathway Funding Scheme - funding to develop and test novel therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics and other interventions - deadline 20 July 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:

Vaccination as a strategy to combat AMR (MRC/Bactivac), Virtual Webinar, 17 June 2022
Immune surveillance in the ageing microenvironment (BSI), Sheffield, UK, 3-4 October 2022
British Society for Immunology Congress 2022, Liverpool, UK, 5–8 December 2022

Find more training and events opportunities on our Training and Events pages.

Job Opportunities:

Postdoctoral Position for Immunity to TB Research, NEIDL, Boston University, No stated deadline
Postdoctoral Fellow-Dr. Liu's Lab, University of Saint Louis, USA, No stated deadline.
Post-doctoral trainees (TB), Behar Group, University of Massachusetts, USA. No stated deadline.

More relevant career opportunities on our jobs page.

Publications:

CD4 T cells are rapidly depleted from tuberculosis granulomas following acute SIV co-infection. Foreman TW et al. Cell Reports
On the Environmental Presence of Burkholderia pseudomallei in South-Central Ghana. Oduro G et al. Appl Environ Microbiol
Coughing is Not Required to Transmit Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Another Nail in the Coffin. Dowdy DW. Am J Resp Crit Care Med

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:

A fascinating in-depth article 'Tuberculosis Is the Oldest Pandemic, and Poverty Makes It Continue' by Scientific American, a discussion of 'Passport and visa privileges in Global Health' by Prof Madhukar Pai in Forbes, a call for WorldLeish7 poster submissions, an educational video on childhood TB by the Global TB Caucus, and practical writing advice by WriteThatPhD. Keep up to date with all the relevant news and opportunities by following @NetworkVALIDATE on Twitter.

Published: 8 June 2022