Weekly round-up #244
The Next VALIDATE Winter Seminar - Targeting Immunometabolism in Host Defence Against Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
In this talk, Dr Luciana Balboa will discuss how her team focused on unravelling the immunometabolic pathways that regulates leucocytes’ functions and their impact on the control of TB. The seminar will take place on Zoom on 14 December, 15:00 GMT and VALIDATE members can register online - www.validate-network.org/event/immunometabolism-host-defense-mtb
Watch Now - A flexible and efficient platform to develop a nanovaccine against Burkholderia pseudomallei
Last week, Prof Alfredo G Torres discussed the Torres Lab's latest research on nanovaccine for Burkholderia pseudomallei. You can watch the seminar right now. This is freely available on youtube, so spread the word - www.validate-network.org/event/seminar-nanovaccine-burkholderia
Welcome New Members!
We are very happy to welcome 7 new members to the VALIDATE Community, most of whom are from LMIC countries. Check out their profiles, get in touch and form your next research collaboration.
Associates
- Dr Edna Dzifa Doe is based at the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission’s Radiation Protection Institute (RAMSRI), Ghana.
Affiliates
- Ms Emmanuella Nyarko-Afriyie is a Research Assistant at the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Ghana.
- Ms Yetemwork Amsalu is a Lecturer and Research Associate at the University of Gondar, Ethiopia.
- Mr Abebaw Yeshambel Alemu is a PhD researcher and Lecturer at the University of Gondar, Ethiopia.
- Mr Chris De Voss is a student at the Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, UK.
- Ms Pooja is based in the Department of Microbial Sciences at the University of Surrey, UK.
- Ms Nancielle Mbiatong Tchatat is a PhD researcher at the University of Buea, Cameroon.
- BBSRC Pioneer awards: early-stage frontier bioscience research - Funding to pursue original, early-stage research with the potential to transform our fundamental understanding of biological systems - deadline 10 January 2023
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BBSRC: Diagnostics and Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAMR) - Funding for transnational research consortia to develop innovative strategies, tools, technologies and methods for diagnostics and surveillance of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) - dDeadline: 10 January 2023 - MRC New Unit Funding Opportunity - Apply for MRC new unit funding to tackle complex and interdisciplinary health challenges - deadline 23 February 2024
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:
- International Conference on Infectious Diseases 2023, Hotel Isola Sacra Rome Airport, Rome, Italy,20 - 21 March 2023
- Microbiology Society Annual Conference 2023, Birmingham, UK,17 - 20 April 2023
- Postdoctoral Fellowship in Tuberculosis Immunology, South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative (SATVI), University of Cape Town, deadline 15 December 2022
- Postdoctoral Fellow or Associate in Immunodeficiency or Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, MA, United States, deadline 26 December 2022
Other relevant career opportunities are on our jobs page.
- Blood Transcriptional Correlates of BCG-Induced Protection Against Tuberculosis in Rhesus Macaques, Liu Y E et al, in bioRxiv
- Systemic Bacillus Calmette-Guerin Infection One Year After Intravesical Immunotherapy Mimicking Sarcoidosis, Yashswee Kc et al, in Cureus
- VPM1002 as Prophylaxis Against Severe Respiratory Tract Infections Including COVID-19 in the Elderly: a phase III randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter clinical study, Blossey AM et al, in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Enhanced immunogenicity of Mycobacterium bovis BCG through CRISPRi mediated depletion of AftC, Madduri TSA et al, in The Cell Surface
- Characterization of Burkholderia pseudomallei O antigens in different clinical strains, Shengyuan H et al, in International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
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A comprehensive update to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv reference genome, Chitale P et al, in Nature Communication
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:
The BBC reported on the possibility that leprosy could regenerate organs (also reported in the Evening Standard), VALIDATE member Dr Munya Musvosvi gave a talk as part of Black Immuno Week, and the Stop TB Coalition asked for input to their “TB Accountability Report”. Nature Careers reported on how passion can impact your career, how graduate students question their career choices, and how saying “no” is not always enough. Researcher Rafiou Agoro discussed how African researchers can give back tot their home continent, News Asia discussed why TB is on the rise in Singapore despite BCG, and GCTN Africa reported on a 32% reduction in TB.
Keep up to date with all the relevant news and opportunities by following @NetworkVALIDATE on Twitter.
Published: 23 November 2022
