Weekly round-up #261
Ebook - Vaccines for Neglected Pathogens: Strategies, Achievements and Challenges
We are excited to announce the publication of the book, "Vaccines for Neglected Pathogens: Strategies, Achievements and Challenges," an open-access e-publication which focuses on VALIDATE's focus Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) of Leprosy, Leishmaniasis, Melioidosis and Tuberculosis. This publication, which is edited by VALIDATE Network Investigator Prof Myron Christodoulides and mostly written by VALIDATE members, provides a comprehensive overview of the successes and remaining challenges in vaccine development for these diseases, which continue to be a significant burden for millions of people worldwide.
The book delves into different vaccine strategies, providing biotechnological background information and tackling animal models in NTD therapeutics research. By bringing together state-of-the-art expert knowledge, the publication contributes to the aim of ultimately ending the epidemics of neglected tropical diseases.
The book will be of great interest and relevance to VALIDATE members and other researchers and clinicians working on vaccines for NTDs. We encourage our members to read and share this valuable resource, which highlights the critical work being done by the VALIDATE Network and its members.
- UKRI Policy Fellowships - Funding to collaborate on research activity to address pressing national and global challenges - 20 April 2023
- RSTMH Early Career Grants 2023 - To enable early career researchers and global health professionals in the field of tropical medicine or global health to undertake clinical or scientific research and/or fieldwork - deadline 28 April 2023
- SRC Discovery Fellowships, 2023 - Fellowship to carry out independent research within a host laboratory and gain leadership skills - deadline 25 May 2023
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:
- The New York Academy of Sciences – Frontiers in Immunology symposium, New York, USA, 11- 12 April 2023
- Microbiology Society Annual Conference 2023, Birmingham, UK, 17 - 20 April 2023
- 17th Vaccine Congress, Hilton Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland, 24 - 27 September 2023
- Research Fellow in Bioinformatics, University of Southampton, UK, Deadline 17 April 2023
- Professor in Infectious Diseases, University of Keele, UK, Deadline 23 May 2023
Other relevant career opportunities are on our jobs page.
- NLRP12-expressing dendritic cells mediate both dissemination of infection and adaptive immune responses in visceral leishmaniasis, Valadares DG et al, in iScience
- Cost-effectiveness of incorporating Mycobacterium indicus pranii vaccine to multidrug therapy in newly diagnosed leprosy cases for better treatment outcomes & immunoprophylaxis in contacts as leprosy control measures for National Leprosy Eradication Programme in India, Muniyandi M et al, in
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:
VALIDATE Fellow Rachel Tanner celebrated her contribution to Vaccines for Neglected pathogens and received congratulations from Paul Ogongo. Precision Vaccines released their April report on TB Vaccines, Agriland reported on the UK vaccinating 7k badgers, and Drug Discovery News reported on new TB Vaccines. Medical News Net discussed the effect of BCG on COVID, Gulf Today called for urgently needed new TB Vaccines, and Biological Sciences reported on the two cells that can keep TB in check for 2 billion people. TB incidents are increasing in the US and Bio Process International reported on the forgotten epidemic of leishmaniasis. Keep up to date with all the relevant news and opportunities by following @NetworkVALIDATE on Twitter.
Published: 5 April 2023
