Weekly round-up #242
VALIDATE Members Publish Important Study in Nature
VALIDATE members were part of a team at the University of Oxford. The paper, published in Nature Communications, identified that some correlates of protection, inflammation and activation of the immune system, were associated with the likelihood of becoming infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. You can find the paper in Nature Communications.
Authors include VALIDATE Members Iman Satti, Shuailin Li, Steph Harris, Rachel Tanner, Deniz Cizmeci, Helen Fletcher, and VALIDATE Network Director Helen McShane.
- Purchase mid-range equipment for biosciences research: ALERT 2022 - Advanced research equipment and the development of capability in this area is a key component in maintaining the competitiveness of the UK research base - deadline: 29 November 2022
- MRC African Research Leader scheme 2023 - Supports clinicians to undertake a PhD or other higher research degree - deadline 1 December 2022
- MRC - Better methods, better research - Funding to improve the methods used by others in biomedical and health research.
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BSI Regional And Affinity Groups Conference Travel Grant - The British Society for Immunology (BSI) is delighted to offer these travel grants to eligible members to support their attendance at in-person BSI Regional & Affinity Group conferences - ongoing scheme Daphne Jackson Fellowships - Fellowships for those looking to return to a research career after a break of two or more years for family, health or caring reasons. The aim is to give participants the confidence and skills they need to make a successful return to research - ongoing scheme
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 Clinical Immunology and Immunotoxicology 2023 (London), London, UK, 16 - 17 March 2
- International Conference on Infectious Diseases 2023, Hotel Isola Sacra Rome Airport, Rome, Italy, 20 - 21 March 2023
- Microbiology Society Annual Conference 2023, Birmingham, UK, 17 - 20 April 2023
Find more training and events opportunities on our Training and Events pages.
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Edinburgh - Bio-Quarter (Royal Infirmary), Midlothian, United Kingdom, deadline 21 November 20
- Postdoctoral Fellowship in Single Cell Clinical Immunology, South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative (SATVI), University of Cape Town, deadline 30 November 2022
- Postdoctoral Fellowship in Tuberculosis Immunology, South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative (SATVI), University of Cape Town, deadline 15 December 2022
Other relevant career opportunities are on our jobs page.
- Inflammation and immune activation are associated with risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in BCG-vaccinated infants, Authors include VALIDATE Members Iman Satti, Shuailin Li, Steph Harris, Rachel Tanner, Deniz Cizmeci, Helen Fletcher, and VALIDATENetwork Director Helen McShane, in Nature
- Autophagy protects against high-dose Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, Feng S 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 Cambodian Government has started giving BCG to infants, and we celebrated VALIDATE member Rachel Tanner’s new role. Nature reported on the impact of inflation on PhD students, gave some evidence for why researchers should say no to early morning meetings, reported that their recent survey shows that stress is a major issue for graduate students worldwide, released some useful resources for mid-career scientists, and, on their podcast, discussed picking the right job. Oxford Immunotec shared the WHO’s Global TB Report, TB News Daily shared Roundbound’s guide to BCG, Rachel Tanner celebrated #OneHealthDay2022 week and Kashmir Life shared a discussion about the limitations of BCG in fighting TB in India. Keep up to date with all the relevant news and opportunities by following @NetworkVALIDATE on Twitter.
Published: 9 November 2022
