Weekly round-up #45
We've had plenty of new members over the last few weeks, so welcome to VALIDATE to:
New Investigators: Professor Robert Wilkinson (ICL, UK and UCT, South Africa)
New Associates: Dr Hua Wang (The Francis Crick Institute, UK); Professor Moizur Rahman (University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh); Dr Achut Barakoti (Nepal Medical College Teaching Hospital); Dr Shraddha Siwakoti (B. P Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Nepal); Dr Taniya Kaewarpai (Mahidol University, Thailand); and Dr Sineenart Sengyee (Mahidol University, Thailand)
New Affiliates: Nkemengo Francis Nongley (University of Buea, Cameroon); Rajan Kumar Pandey (Central University of Rajasthan); Nebangwa Derrick Neba (University of Buea, Cameroon); Sally Hayward (LSHTM, UK); Iyasu Angani Dereja (Animal Products, Veterinary Drug and Feed Quality Assessment Centre, Ethiopia); and Shahzeb Javed (Abbottabad University of Science and Technology, Pakistan).
You can read all about their research interests in our members' directory.
In other news this week:
We are excited to be attending the 9th EDCTP Forum. VALIDATE Network Manager Samantha Vermaak is giving a talk on Wed 19 Sep entitled: "The VALIDATE Network: exploiting synergies between complex intracellular neglected pathogens to expedite vaccine R&D for tuberculosis, leishmaniasis, leprosy and melioidosis" - we are looking forward to sharing information about VALIDATE with EDCTP members, and hope to bump into some VALIDATE members at the conference!