Weekly round-up #71

Weekly round-up #71

Huge congratulations to our very own VALIDATE Director, Professor Helen McShane, on her appointment today as a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences - this is very exciting news, and thoroughly deserved recognition of Helen's continued contribution to the advancement of vaccinology research.

Our 2019 Annual Meeting registration is fast approaching being opened! Keep an eye on our Twitter and website meeting webpage to stay updated.

Funding:

RSTMH Annual Meeting - Travel bursaries - Funding available for abstract applicants to attend meeting - Deadline 5 Jun, meeting dates 17-18 Sep 2019
NRF South Africa: Doctoral funding - Doctoral scholarships for 2020 - Deadline 31 Jul 2019

Our website has information about all funding opportunities that we have spotted.

Training Opportunities:

Strengthening laboratory capacity for diagnosis of neglected tropical diseases: A training course - 10-21 Jun, Deadline for applicants - 24 May 2019
The Global Partnership for Zero Leprosy's Country Model Webinar - Online seminar - 29 May 2019

Visit our training opportunities page for opportunities you may have missed.

Publications:

Addressing critical needs in the fight to end tuberculosis with innovative tools and strategies in PLOS Medicine
Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection of host cells in space and time in FEMS Microbiology Reviews
Discovery and validation of a prognostic proteomic signature for tuberculosis progression: A prospective cohort study in PLOS Medicine by VALIDATE members Jayne Sutherland, Gerhard Walzl and collaborators

Our publications page highlights publications by our members and in the fields of our focus pathogens.

On Twitter this week: join the Women Speakers in Healthcare (WSH) online database of women speakers to help improve equal representation at scientific conferences; a conclusion of two final episodes in the vaccine podcast series by LSHTM; an interesting career story highlighting that taking a break is still effort well spent; read about how vaccines can have different effects beyond protecting against target diseases; scepticism over vaccines continues and this article 'getting a measles vaccination isn't a personal choice - it's a social responsibility' underlines reasons as to why they are so important; what you can expect at BSI Congress 2019, Liverpool; and science minister Chris Skidmore announces the first wave of future leaders fellowships.

Follow @NetworkVALIDATE for all the latest news and updates.

Published: 8 May 2019