Weekly round-up #269
Upcoming VALIDATE Online Events
We thought we would remind members of four upcoming VALIDATE Events that we will be delivering via Zoom:
VALIDATE Seminar: Development of recombinant BCG vaccine for tuberculosis utilizing Major Membrane Protein-II (MMP-II) antigen - 29 June 2023, 13:00 BST
Dr Tsukamoto will discuss her work identifying an immunogenic Major Membrane Protein-II (MMP-II) antigen from Mycobacterium leprae, which led to the development of a new recombinant BCG vaccine.
VALIDATE Seminar: Spore-FP1 mucosal vaccine candidate for TB - 4 July 2023, 15:00 BST
Two talks from members at St George's, University London discusses the challenges of reconciling outcomes from different animal models in testing the Spore-FP1 mucosal vaccine candidate for TB.
VALIDATE Workshop - Resources & Strategies for Improving English - 26 July 2023, 15:00 BST
Following requests from VALIDATE members, we've teamed up with University of Oxford's Language Centre to support members for whom English is a second language with essential tips and resources to help you enhance your written and spoken English for the research environment.
VALIDATE PhD Showcase Series - 12 September 2023, 15:00 BST
Join us for the VALIDATE PhD Showcase Series, where our post-graduate members will have the opportunity to present their research to VALIDATE members worldwide. This is a great chance for them to share their work, raise their profile internationally, and practice giving an online presentation - and for everyone else to hear about their interesting research.
We always value input from our members on how we can improve and expand our events. Please feel free to reach out to us at VALIDATE@ndm.ox.ac.uk if...
- ...you would like to present an area of your research to your peers in the VALIDATE Network.
- ...you possess a particular skill set and are interested in conducting a training workshop to support your fellow members in their careers and research.
- ...you have suggestions for future seminar or training workshop topics you would be interested in attending.
We look forward to seeing you at these upcoming events!
- AfOx Fellowship - provides fellows with an opportunity to work on a project of their choice in collaboration with Oxford-based scholars, while benefiting from the resources available at Oxford University for research - ongoing scheme
- BSI Connect Immune Research Lab Placement Grants - Grants designed to fund researchers to undertake a formal placement at a selected laboratory to learn a new skill and/or technique, or to carry out experiments essential to a project - deadline 22 June 2023
- MRC Developmental Pathway Funding Scheme - Funding to develop and test novel therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics and other interventions - deadline 19 July
Find a full list of all relevant external funding on our external funding page.
Training Opportunities and Events:
- BSI - Command-line omics, Linux and Python, Online, 7 Aug
- FOCIS European Advanced Course and Conference on Immunology, Rouen, France, 27- 31 August 2023
- World Vaccine Congress Europe, Hilton Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland, 17 - 19 October 2023
- Airway T cells are a correlate of i.v. Bacille Calmette-Guerin-mediated protection against tuberculosis in rhesus macaques, Zeppa JJ Et al, in Cell Host & Microbe
- Advances in intranasal vaccine delivery: A promising non-invasive route of immunization, Kehagia E et al, in Vaccine
Check out our Publications Page for members' publications and email VALIDATE@ndm.ox.ac.uk if you want us to include a paper.
Highlights on Twitter this week:
TB hit the UK newspaper front page with the Daily Mirror interviewing VALIDATE member Prof Rob Wilkinson "Ancient deadly disease overtaking COVID as experts say UK faces ticking timebomb", Novavax has partnered with the BMGF MRI to work on TB vaccines, while melioidosis is potentially now epidemic in the USA's Mississippi area. Academic Chatter discussed surprises for first-year PhD students, and the challenges of finding a job while finishing your PhD thesis, and the 11th EDCTP Forum is open for submissions. Gavi reported on how 96% of the Vihiga Community in Kenya is now vaccinated, the BBC reported a new study that showed that cattle-to-cattle transmission of TB is more common than badger-to-cattle transmission, and IFL Science discussed BCG as a potential vaccine for Alzheimer's.
Keep up to date with all the relevant news and opportunities by following @NetworkVALIDATE on Twitter.
Published: 7 June 2023
