Weekly round-up #95

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Weekly round-up #95

 

We've been busy at VALIDATE this week reviewing all the pump-priming and training grant applications submitted to our latest rounds - news on these awards will be published shortly so keep your eye on our website!

Funding: 

  • PhD studentship - based at the Roslin Institute (UK) in 'Modelling bovine TB infection in stem cell-derived macrophages' - deadline 5 Jan 2020
  • MRC Confidence in Concept - flexible institutional awards for preliminary translational work - deadline 5 Feb 2020
  • EDCTP-TDR Clinical Research and Development Fellowships - funds fellows employed by a sub-Saharan African home organization to be placed in European-based host organizations for training and development - deadline 28 Feb 2020

 

Find all other funding opportunities on our external funding page.

 

Training Opportunities:

 

Visit our training opportunities page for further ideas to develop your career.

 

Events:

 

Visit our events page for all the other events coming up in our field.

 

Job Opportunities: 

To view any previously spotted vacancies, visit our job webpage.

Publications:

Our publications page highlights papers of interest by our members and in the fields of our focus pathogens. If you publish a relevant paper, let us know so that we can highlight it to our members.

 

Highlights on Twitter this week: an article on human infection challenge studies; IJTLD special TB and lung health content has been made open-access to mark the Union Conference; a CNN article discusses how France is persuading its citizens to get vaccinated; DFID announces an international vaccination conference on 3-4 June 2020 to raise funds for immunisations; learn how the MRC grant peer review process works; coverage by the BBC and The Guardian discussing new research that shows how measles wipes out immune system memory (paper above); a BSI video illustrating how vaccines work; a practical 9-point checklist to prepare journal submissions; and further coverage of the M72/AS01 trial results in The Hindu, Telegraph and Daily Mail. Follow us on Twitter @NetworkVALIDATE to easily stay up to date.

 

Published: 6 November 2019