Weekly round-up #190
Updates to the Management Team, NMB and SAB
It's an exciting time for VALIDATE as we welcome new members of our team and thank those who are moving on.
The Management Team
VALIDATE would like to offer a huge thank you to Prof Helen Fletcher for all her work making VALIDATE what it is today as Co-Director since 2017. Helen will remain an integral part of VALIDATE as an Investigator.
- You can find out more about the VALIDATE Management Team here.
The Network Management Board
We would like to welcome new members to the NMB Dr Manabu Ato, Assoc Prof Narisara Chantratita, Dr Adelaida Gomez, and Assoc Prof Siobhán McClean.
A big thank you to our outgoing members who have contributed hugely to VALIDATE’s success: Prof Tracy Hussell, Dr Jomien Mouton, Prof Jo Prior, and Dr Rachel Tanner
- You can find more about the NMB here.
The Scientific Advisory Board
A warm welcome to Prof Jenefer Blackwell and Prof Allan Saul, who will be joining Dr Jelle Thole on our SAB.
A further big thank you to departing SAB members Profs Tom Solomon and Nicolas Fasel for all their work and stellar advice on our SAB since 2017.
- You can find more about the SAB here.
- Wellcome - Four-year PhD Studentships in Science, 2021 - This scheme offers graduates outstanding training in scientific research – deadline 31 October 2021
- 20ALERT: Mid-range equipment funding, 2021 - The minimum value is £200,000 (inc. VAT) at 100% full economic costing over 12 months. The call budget is approximately £10 million – deadline 26 November 2021
- MRC Infections and Immunity Programme Grant - UK-based research into infectious human disease and disorders of the human immune system - deadline 12 January 2022
- MRC Infections Immunity Research - Apply for funding for research projects focused on infections and immunity - deadline 12 January 2021
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:
- British Society for Immunology Congress 2021, London, United Kingdom, 28 November 2021
- ALIVE 2022, Meliá Costa del Sol, Málaga, Spain, 31 March 2022
- 2nd International Congress of Micro-Immunotherapy, Mallorca, Spain, 2 June 2022
- 13th Latin American and Caribbean Congress of Immunology, 2021, Varadero, Cuba, 6 June 2022
- Laboratory Technician, Medical Science & Computing (MSC), Bethesda MA, USA, no stated deadline
There are many more relevant career opportunities on our jobs page.
- Recent Progress in Shigella and Burkholderia pseudomallei Vaccines, Chapartegui-González I et al, in Pathogens
- In silico comparisons of lipid-related genes between Mycobacterium tuberculosis and BCG vaccine strains, VALIDATE Members Alice Sarno and Julia Bitencourt et al, in Genetics and Molecular Biology
- A T-Cell Epitope-Based Multi-Epitope Vaccine Designed Using Human HLA Specific T Cell Epitopes Induces a Near-Sterile Immunity against Experimental Visceral Leishmaniasis in Hamsters, Aryandra Arya A & Arora SK, in Vaccines (Basel)
Highlights on Twitter this week:
In light of the recent increase in global tuberculosis deaths, we shared an important article about the need for an ambitious TB recovery plan and a piece about a recent US Melioidosis outbreak tied to scent bottles (another piece being shared by member Alfredo Torres). Oxford Immunotech shared a video about how vaccines work, Nature careers continued their All About Mentoring series with a podcast episode “How COVID-19 changed scientific mentoring”, and WritethatPhD shared a framework to help doctoral students understand examiner expectations. Stay up to date with all the relevant news and opportunities by following @NetworkVALIDATE on Twitter.
Published: 27 October 2021
