Weekly round-up #59

Weekly round-up #59

First this week, we would like to welcome to the network some new members:

Associates:

Dr Lemu Golassa (Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia)

Affiliates:

Dr Narayan Gyawali (QIMR Berghofer Research Institute, Australia); Dr Vivak Parkash (Hully York Medical School,UK); and John Benest (LSHTM,UK)

In other news, Ellie Mottram is leaving her role as VALIDATE Network Assistant - from now on please direct all queries to Sam (Network Manager) at validate@ndm.ox.ac.uk.

We would also like to highlight the new Resources section of our website - here we have listed websites that members may find useful, covering career advice, tools to help with research, more detailed information about some of our focus pathogens, other relevant Networks and groups, and methods for non-native English-speakers to improve their language skills.

Funding:

Royal Society Africa Prize - deadline 28 Jan 2019

More funding opportunities are listed on our website. The call for VALIDATE Training Grants (up to £3000 for training opportunities, Associate post-doctoral researchers only) and Pump-priming grants (up to £50,000 for relevant research projects) is also now open - application deadline 12 Feb 2019 for both.

Training Opportunities:

LSHTM Course: Epidemiological evaluation of vaccines: efficacy, safety and policy, 12-12 July 2019 - fee deadline 5 Apr 2019
Ghanaian Women's Social Leadership Program - for Ghanaian women in mid-level positions in Ghanaian civil society organisations - deadline 2 Feb 2019

Find further training opportunities on our webpage.

Events

Synthetic and Systems Immunology Conference, Switzerland, 5-8 May 2019 - abstract submission deadline 1 Feb 2019

Our external events page lists even more opportunities.

Job Opportunities:

USAMRIID Postdoctoral position - for those interested in Burkholderia pseudomallei secretion systems, molecular pathogenesis and vaccine development - rolling deadline
Hull York Medical School 3-year PhD scholarship in Immunology - deadline 29 Jan 2019
WACCBIP PhD Fellowships - for aspiring African scientists. Based at the University of Ghana - deadline 15 Feb 2019

Take a look at our job opportunities webpage for even more options.

Publications:

Mycobacterium leprae Recombinant Antigen Induces High Expression of Multifunction T Lymphocytes and Is Promising as a Specific Vaccine for Leprosy in Frontiers in immunology

Clinical utility of existing and second-generation interferon-γ release assays for diagnostic evaluation of tuberculosis: an observational cohort study in Lancet Infectious Diseases

Elevated circulating levels of monocyte activation markers among tuberculosis patients with diabetes co‐morbidity in Immunology

Mycobacterial Lipoprotein Z Triggers Efficient Innate and Adaptive Immunity for Protection Against Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in Frontiers in Immunology

Our publications page lists many publications written by and that are relevant to our members.

On Twitter this week: read about one family's experience of the devastating impact of measles complications and why vaccination is so important; Nature has published 6 tips to help project manage your PhD; take a look at how New York's worst outbreak of measles in decades is progressing; to find out more about research in the field of leprosy take a look at Infolep's monthly publications overview; listen to a new podcast on TB and the UNHLM commitment; and the Global Fund has announced a target of $14billion to continue the fight against AIDS, TB and Malaria.

Our twitter feed @NetworkVALIDATE is updated daily with the latest news from the network and vaccine development fields.

Published: 16 January 2019