The first conference of the Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research aims to harness cross-disciplinary and cross-disease learning to accelerate drug discovery and reduce drug candidate attrition rates for infectious diseases affecting low and middle income countries. Conference attendees will take home new ideas and technologies which have been demonstrated to work; applying them to diseases where challenges to drug discovery are hampering progress.

 

The organising committee encourage researchers working within disease endemic countries to attend and bring their first-hand knowledge of the impact of infectious diseases to the discussions. 20 travel bursaries worth up to £1,500 are available to those coming from low and middle income countries to assist with the costs of attending the conference. MMV, DNDi, Novartis BioMedical Research Institute and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are sponsoring the travel bursaries.

Conference date

Dundee, UK from 12-15 May 2019

Abstract Submission

Short-talks: 31st October 2018

Posters: 31st December 2018

Registration

Early Bird, closes 30th November 2018: £300

Registration from 1st December 2018: £375

Further information on registration, travel bursaries and abstract submission can be found on the conference website http://www.lifesci.dundee.ac.uk/research/events/wcair-conference-2019 .

The Royal Society of Chemistry is offering a number of bursaries for emerging career researchers to attend the next IUPAC World Chemistry Congress and General Assembly in Paris, from 5-12 July 2019.

Each bursary offers up to £2,000 towards the cost of travel, registration and accommodation. The deadline for applications is Monday 12 November 2018.To apply, you must be a Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry and resident in the UK or Ireland.

You can find more information here: http://www.rsc.org/news-events/articles/2018/sep/bursaries-iupac-paris/.

Today, four more elements in the Periodic Table of Younger Chemists were announced. This is an initiative in celebration of the 100th anniversary of IUPAC. We congratulate!

- Molybdenum: Mirabbos Hojamberdiev, Senior Researched, Uzbekistan-Japan Research Center of Youth, Uzbekistan

- Tungsten: Nir London, Senior Scientist, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

- Tellurium: Emden Sanganyado, PostDoc, Shantou University, Zimbabwe

- Strontium: Markita Landry, Assistant Professor, University of California, USA

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has opened a position for chemists and chemical engineers.

Futher information.