Weekly round-up #221

ECR Summer Showcase Seminars - Session 1 - Online, Wednesday 22 June 2022

Next Week VALIDATE will host the first in our ECR Summer Showcase. Three VALIDATE Associates will each give a 15-minute presentation about their research, with a Q&A session afterwards. We hope this will be an excellent opportunity for the presenters to showcase their science to their fellow members worldwide and perhaps even inspire new collaborations.

Session 1 - Speakers and Topics

The Session will be chaired by VALIDATE Associate Dr Naomi Daniels (University of Otago, New Zealand).

Epidemiological characteristics of melioidosis in Southern Vietnam via the number of culture-confirmed cases at the largest referral general hospital

Dr Nguyen Ho Lam
University of Medicine & Pharmacy, Vietnam

Adjuvants for vaccine: receptor ligand-based molecular interaction to discover adjuvants for human toll-like receptors

Dr Nidhi Gupta
Central University of Rajasthan, India

Development and application of the mycobacterial growth inhibition assay (MGIA)

Dr Rachel Tanner
University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Find out about both Showcase sessions and register to attend via the ECR Showcase webpage: www.validate-network.org/event/ecr-summer-showcase

VALIDATE Training Grants - Round 13 is now open - deadline 20 June 2022

A quick reminder that the deadline for VALIDATE's next round of training grants is next week - Monday, 20 June 2022.

Grants of up to £3500 are available to help our post-doc researchers take advantage of training opportunities that will contribute to their continuing professional development. This can include attendance at courses or workshops, laboratory exchanges, and work shadowing. Attendance at an international conference to present a talk or poster is also eligible for LMIC members.

Funding:

Innovate UK Smart Grants, 2022 - Opportunity for UK registered organisations to apply for a share of up to £25 million from Innovate UK to deliver disruptive R&D innovations that can significantly impact the UK economy - deadline 27 July 2022
MRC Applied global health research - Funding to support research that will benefit the health of vulnerable global populations - deadline 28 July 2022
The British Academy: Researchers at Risk Fellowships - The British Academy with Cara (the Council for At-Risk Academics) is establishing a Researchers at Risk Fellowships Programme - deadline 29 July 2022
TWAS-CUI Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme - deadline 31 Aug 2022
TWAS-CUI Postgraduate Fellowship Programme - deadline 31 Aug 2022

You can find a list of all relevant external funding we've spotted for our members on our external funding page.

Training Opportunities and Events:

Critically reading a scientific paper, online webinar, 17 June 2022
FlowcytometryUK 2022, Birmingham, UK, 29 July 2022
AMS UK Young Academy, a 'new interdisciplinary organisation for UK-based early career researchers, innovators and professionals', deadline for applications 8 Sept

Find more training and events opportunities on our Training and Events pages.

Job Opportunities:

Postdoctoral Training Fellow - Gutierrez lab, the Francis Crick Institute, UK, deadline 28 June 2022
Junior Research Fellow - Wilkinson lab (TB), University of Cape Town, South Africa, deadline 29 June 2022

More relevant career opportunities on our jobs page.

Publications:

End-point definition and trial design to advance tuberculosis vaccine development. AL Garcia-Basteiro et al (including several VALIDATE members), European Resp Review
Epidemiology of Mycobacterium bovis infection in free-ranging rhinoceros in Kruger National Park, South Africa. R Dwyer et al (including VALIDATE member Wynand Goosen), PNAS

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:

Just one month to go till the deadline for the international Science & SciLifeLab prize for the best PhD thesis; and immunology educators are invited to join BSI's database. The CDC released a new TB poster, while NatureCareers wants PhD and master’s students to participate in a survey that will explore their experiences and career progression. And articles discussing how two scientists whose careers took them away from Africa share thoughts on how to support colleagues back home in NatureCareers - and how the world’s largest online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, mirrors society’s bias towards male achievements, and how to change this. Keep up to date with all the relevant news and opportunities by following @NetworkVALIDATE on Twitter.

Published: 15 June 2022