Weekly round-up #262

VALIDATE Workshop - Resources & Strategies for Improving your English - Online, 26 July 2023 at 15:00 BST
The VALIDATE Network has partnered with the Language Centre at the University of Oxford to organize an online workshop that will provide essential tips and resources to enhance English language skills for vaccine researchers. The "Resources & Strategies for Improving English" workshop will cover various online resources to help researchers develop their written and spoken English proficiency in the research setting. This is especially important as English is the language of global research, and proficiency in English is crucial for vaccine researchers to effectively communicate their findings to a worldwide audience. Don't miss this opportunity to improve your English language skills and enhance your research communication abilities!
Sign up today – www.validate-network.org/event/resources-strategies-for-english
New Members Welcome
The above workshop is for members only, but there is plenty of time to join. If you think a colleague would benefit from the above course (or the many benefits of membership), tell them to get in touch and join VALIDATE today.
- China UK One Health research for epidemic preparedness and AMR - Funding opportunity to support China-UK research teams in the field of One Health research for epidemic preparedness and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) - deadline 7 June 2023
- UKRI cross research council responsive mode pilot scheme - Funding for interdisciplinary ideas that transcend, combine or significantly span disciplines - deadline 30 June 2023
- UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships - Round 8 - £900 million fund that is helping to establish the careers of world-class research and innovation leaders across UK business and academia - Deadline 4 July 2023
Find a full list of all relevant external funding on our external funding page.
Training Opportunities and Events:
- Transforming the immunology landscape, Royal College of Physicians, London, UK, -
- Inflammation at Barrier Sites, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, UK,26- 27 April 2023
Find more event opportunities on our Training and Events pages.
- Professor in Infectious Diseases, University of Keele, UK, Deadline 23 May 2023
Other relevant career opportunities are on our jobs page.
- Immunogenicity and protective efficacy of an inactivated Newcastle disease virus vaccine encapsulated in poly-(lactic-co-glycolic acid) nanoparticles: Immunology, Ananda Kumar BS et al, in ,in Poultry Science
- MicroRNA-21 and microRNA-148a affects PTEN, NO and ROS in canine leishmaniasis, De Freitas JH, in Frontiers in Genetics
- Historical advances in structural and molecular biology and how they impacted vaccine development Journal of Molecular Biology, Koff WC et al, in Journal of Molecular Biology
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Previous BCG vaccination is associated with less severe clinical progression of COVID-19, Martins Pereira S et al, in BMC Medicine
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 Hindu Business Line called TB vaccines to develop at the same pace as COVID-19, Times of India dispelled 11 myths about TB, and the WHO published its framework for new TB vaccines. VALIDATE member Alfredo Torres Melioidosis Americas (and asked VALIDATE to hold a similar Latin America event), Biopharma Reporter discussed temperature stable TB Vaccines, and the York Biomedical Research Institute celebrated the work of VALIDATE members Paul Kaye’s lab. The Birkbeck Mycobacteria Research Lab promoted VALIDATE’s recently released e-book, Gavi reported that Sri Lanka is winning its battle with leprosy, and VALIDATE Network Director discussed a new approach to TB Challenge trials. Nature Careers discussed a different take on life science careers, asked why female researchers are more likely to migrate, and gave advice for having two careers. Keep up to date with all the relevant news and opportunities by following @NetworkVALIDATE on Twitter.
Published: 19 April 2023