Weekly round-up #163
VALIDATE keeps growing and this week we welcome another five new members to our network. Check out their profiles and get in touch if you think they could be part of your next collaboration.
- Mr Nick de Vrij is a PhD Researcher at the Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Belgium
- Ms Ursule Demaël is an Undergraduate Student at the University of Oxford, UK
- Mr Anshu Raj Dahal is a scientist and Evidence-based Science Communicator based in Nepal
- Mr James Webb is a Quality Manager at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK
- Ms Susana Flores Villalva is a PhD Student at the University College Dublin, Ireland
New VALIDATE Events Page
VALIDATE has so many upcoming events that we thought we would revamp our events page so you can find all you need to know about upcoming public lectures, seminars, school talks, and workshops in one place - www.validate-network.org/events.
- MRC Molecular & Cellular Medicine Board (MCMB) Partnership Grants - Core funds to support partnerships between diverse groupings of researchers for 1-5 years – deadline 5 May 2021
- MRC Molecular & Cellular Medicine Board (MCMB) New Investigator Research Grants - To support researchers in becoming PIs – deadline 5 May 2021
- Wellcome Early-Career Awards - This scheme provides funding for early-career researchers from any discipline who are ready to develop their research identity - deadline November 2021
- Wellcome Career Development Awards - This scheme provides funding for mid-career researchers from any discipline who have the potential to be international research leaders – deadline November 2021
- Wellcome Discovery Awards - This scheme provides funding for established researchers and teams from any discipline who want to pursue bold and creative research ideas - deadline November 2021
You can find all other funding opportunities on our external funding page.
Training Opportunities and Events:
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Global Forum on TB Vaccines 2021, Online Conference, 20-22 April 2021
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IVVN Ethics, Experimental Design and the 3Rs in Animal Infectious Disease Research, University of Nottingham, UK 8 June 2021
More opportunities can be found on our Training and Events pages.
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Programme Manager, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, UK, deadline 21 April 2021
There are many more relevant career opportunities on our jobs page.
- Resistance to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among household contacts: a multinational study, Baliashvili D et al, in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Genomic and RT-qPCR analysis of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and meropenem resistance in Burkholderia pseudomallei clinical isolates, Schnetterle M et al, in Plos NTD
Check out our Publications Page for members' publications and email VALIDATE@ndm.ox.ac.uk if you have a paper you would like us to include.
Highlights on Twitter this week:
We continued our #BCG100Facts infographics which included fascinating information about TB in the Stone age, ancient Babylon, ancient Greece, and the bible. We also promoted our BCG100 for Schools event. Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases has partnered with the Global Youth Storytelling Festival and the Stop TB Partnership celebrated the role played by TB healthcare workers in responding to COVID-19. The UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Group on Vaccinations for All wrote to the government there to express their dismay at the proposed cuts to the global vaccine Initiatives. The British Society for Immunology tweeted an infographic explaining herd immunity and shared the video of a webinar where Dr Alison Whitelegg discussed her journey from academia into clinical science. Alfredo D Torres celebrated editing another VALIDATE Publication.
Following @NetworkVALIDATE on Twitter is the best way to keep up to date. You can also take part in BCG100 by using the hashtag #BG100.
Published: 14 April 2021
