Weekly round-up #62

Weekly round-up #62

There's just one week to go until our latest Pump-priming and Training grant calls close - so make sure you get your ideas submitted by Tuesday 12th February.

Don't forget to tune into our 2nd VALIDATE seminar, which will be held at 12 noon (GMT) on Friday 15th February 2019 and will be live-streamed so that you can watch no matter where you are based in the world. A recording will also be available for those whose time-zone or diary don't align!

A big welcome this week to several new members:

Investigators: Prof Myron Christodoulides (University of Southampton, UK), Associate Prof Jayne Sutherland (MRC Unit, The Gambia), and Associate Prof Eduardo Coelho (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil)

Associate: Dr Lemu Golassa (Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia).

Affiliates: Dr Narayan Gyawali (QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Australia), Dr Viv Parkash (Hull York Medical School, UK), John Benest (LSHTM, UK), Zahira Manzoor (University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan), Ali Saeed (National University, Sudan). and Dr Paul Collini (University of Sheffield Medical School).

Finally, congratulations to two members who have upgraded their membership level, based on their increased expertise in our field!

Titular Prof Javier Sánchez-García (Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexcio) - now an Investigator

Dr Nawamin Pinpathomrat (University of Oxford, UK) - congrats on completing your PhD and your upgrade to Associate!

It's easy to request to upgrade your membership level, or to update your contact details - just submit the form on our website members tab.

Funding:

University of Oxford MSc/undergrad Summer Internships 2019 - for students from Japan, China, Mexico, Brazil and Africa - deadline 28 Feb 2019

Don't forget to apply for our Pump-priming and Training grants by 12 Feb 2019! Our website has information about all funding opportunities that we have spotted.

Training Opportunities:

Internships at University of Oxford for MSc/undergraduate students (more info above, under 'funding')

Go to our training opportunities page for even more opportunities.

Events

Lancet Advancing Women in Science, Medicine & Global Health Launch - talks livestreamed 8 Feb 2018
World TB Day Symposium - collaborative event by LSHTM, UCL and the Crick Institute - London (plus live-stream), 22 Mar 2019
RSTMH Annual Meeting 2019 - Liverpool, UK 17-18 Sept 2019

Check out our events page for further events.

Job Opportunities:

Find out about vacancies in our field on our website.

Publications:

Oxidized carbon nanosphere-based subunit vaccine delivery system elicited robust Th1 and cytotoxic T cell responses by VALIDATE member Greg Bancroft and collaborators
New assay to diagnose and differentiate between Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and nontuberculous mycobacteria in Tuberculosis

Have a look at our publications page for publications by our members and in the fields of our focus pathogens.

Highlights on Twitter this week: how to bridge the gap between research and policy; a guide to avoiding predatory conferences; help the Global Partnership for Zero Leprosy with WHO's 2030 leprosy targets by completing their survey; an update from the Global TB Caucus; the new Fellowship program between NIH Fogarty and African scientists; the launch of the 'New Face of Leprosy Project' aiming to give leprosy patients hope; Wellcome's funding data for 2017/18; and a Nature study that suggests 'researchers who incorporate ideas and techniques from mulitiple mentors while still forging their own paths are the most likely to succeed in Academia.' All this and much more at @NetworkVALIDATE.

Published: 6 February 2019