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14th October 2024

 
 
 
 
Latest news
 
 
Typhoid vaccine trial confirms sustained protection
 
A single dose of typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) offers safe, effective protection against typhoid two years after vaccination in all children, and sustained protection for older children at three to five years post immunisation, according to a report by researchers at the Oxford Vaccine Group and icddr,b. But it also shows a decline in protection at the later timepoints among children vaccinated at younger ages.
 
Read the full story here
 
 
Last chance to sign up
 
 
EDI workshop with Arun Verma
 
16 October 2024 | Seminar 11-12pm; Workshop 13.30 to 15.00
The workshop will focus on research culture and is open to anyone interested including researchers and professional services staff. More detail available in the event section below. Sign up for
Workshop: https://forms.office.com/e/6Td37hfaqB.
Networking Lunch: https://forms.office.com/e/unzLYATmDx 
Seminar: https://forms.office.com/e/zVfKy0Dxte
 
Click here for more detail
 
 
Notices
 
 
Portrait Photographer at JR – Do you need a portrait taken?
 
New staff are welcome to have their portrait photos taken (for professional use only, e.g. website biography page) on Wednesday 6 November, from 9.30am to 12:30pm. The portrait photographer, Nasir Hamid, will be at the JR Level 3 Entrance Foyer (the corridor between the academic wing and the Women’s Hospital) taking staff portrait photos. Please let hr@paediatrics.ox.ac.uk know if you would like to have your portrait taken that day.
 
Email HR
 
 
Diagnostics in Tropical and Infectious Diseases (DiTi) funding call
 
The Translational Research Office (TRO) is excited to announce the return of the Diagnostics in Tropical and Infectious Diseases funding call. Oxford employed PIs based in Oxford (UK), MORU Tropical Health Network (Thailand), [including SMRU, CCRU, LOMRU, COMRU, MOCRU], or OUCRU (based either in Vietnam, Nepal, or Indonesia) are encouraged to apply with at least one PI being based in Oxford. Up to £100K is available per project and project should be in the region of 6-12 months in duration. We are looking to fund up to 3 projects in this scheme for this round.  Project must commence by 1 January 2025. It is mandatory for interested Oxford, MORU, or OUCRU based investigators to contact the TRO in the first instance prior to submitting a full application on IRAMS.
 
Read more about the call here
 
 
BBSRC Pre-announcement: Mid-range equipment for biosciences
 
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have announced the 2024 round of their ALERT ‘mid-range equipment for biosciences research’ scheme. This funds equipment between £200k - £1.5m that underpins capability across all scientific areas within BBSRC remit.
Deadline: submit expression of interest through IRAMS by 12 noon on Monday, 11 November.
 
Click here for more information on the internal EOI process
 
 
ERSC Festival of Social Science: 19 October to 9 November
 
Join us for events happening around Oxford. Find out about the creative, diverse, and inspiring work that social science researchers do to help us understand and positively influence the world around us. To kick off the festival: Half term Museum Day. Free and family-friendly event with all sorts of brilliant, hands-on activities exploring our digital lives. With everything from online challenges to family crafts and unusual objects to handle, there is something for curious minds of all ages. Just pop-in, no need to book!
Date: Friday, 1 November
Venue: Pitt Rivers Museum
 
Explore the full programme here
 
 
MSD Bridging Salary Scheme Round 4
 
Providing bridging salary for researchers on fixed term or open-ended externally-funded contracts while they seek longer-term salary support (match funding from the department is required). Researchers up to Grade 8.10 (or equivalent) can apply for up to 6 months’ of salary costs. Next deadline: Wednesday, 4 December.
 
MSD Bridging Salary Scheme
 
 
New Oxford Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Network website
 
A new website for the Oxford AMR Network is now live and includes over 50 AMR-related projects across the University, categorised into six key themes, as well as a researcher database of over 100 experts working on AMR across the University. You can join the database by filling in this form: Academic Researcher Form |Ineos Oxford Institute.
 
View the website here
 
 
Unlocking the future of fair access
 
Colleagues are invited to a policy-practice dialogue event on Wednesday 23 October to explore how student voices can inform Access and Participation Plans. Hosted by the Department of Education and the Centre for Teaching and Learning, the full-day public event features a keynote address by John Blake (Director for Fair Access and Participation, Office for Students). It will be held at the Jesus College Cheng Kar Shun Digital Hub and online.
 
Find out more and register here
 
 
Call for supervisors for Academic Special Interest Project work
 
Students in Years 1 & 2 of the 4-year Graduate Entry Medicine programme have the opportunity to pursue an area of academic special interest. We are seeking academic supervisors to support this work. We are looking for potential supervisors (ideally to supervise across both Years 1 & 2). If you are willing to be added to a list of potential supervisors for Graduate-entry students to contact, please follow the link below to complete a form. 
 
Complete the form here
 
 
Events
 
 
Nucleate UK Activator Info Session
 
15 October 2024 | St. Hilda's College | 6pm
The Nucleate Activator supports academic trainees (PhD, Postdoc, MBA, MD, JD, or MS) building groundbreaking life science companies based on their research, with our alumni having raised more than $370 million in the last 6 years. We offer mentorship from experienced founders and biotech leaders, provide legal support on IP and spinning out, and much more—all at no cost and without taking any equity.

Event Highlights:
  • Engage with Nucleate UK Leadership, scientists, entrepreneurs, investors and other stakeholders in the UK life sciences ecosystem
  • Hear about founder journeys from our previous Activator cohorts
  • Gain insights into our plan for 2025
Do you know any other academics (MD, MSc, PhD, Postdoc, PI) who are interested in building or have built a life science startup or who are just passionate about therapeutics, diagnostics, medtech, synthetic biology, or biotech? Make sure they sign up here too.
 
Applications for the 2025 Activator can be accessed here
 
 
 
 
Reflecting on who we are in the research environment
 
16 October 2024 | Hybrid | Seminar 11-12pm; Workshop 13.30 to 15.00
Inclusion, Intersectionality and Impact Specialist Dr Arun Verma, will be sharing his story and experiences as a queer person of colour, who has moved between and beyond categories and characteristics. He will be hosting both a seminar and a workshop at the IDRM on 16 October.
The Seminar will:
  • Build confidence with what intersectionality is and how it applies to your everyday work
  • Understand how equality issues are interconnected
  • Develop small acts of kindness that can transform daily interactions
The workshop will explore intersectionality in more depth and focus on the following:
  • Reflecting on where intersectionality comes from and why it matters
  • Space to explore your own characteristics and stories
  • Co-creating the big picture of an optimal research culture
We have 15 spaces available and registration is open now. There will also be a networking lunch in the IDRM Cafe after the seminar to which all are invited. Please reserve your place at lunch here. 
 
Click here for more information on the event
 
 
 
 
ECR Seminar: Careers outside academia
 
17 October 2024 | Teams | 2pm
Dr Thomas Foulkes, Director of Research Strategy & Performance and Dr Deniz Gursul, Campaigns and Policy Manager, will share their career journeys after undertaking PhDs in Science. There will be plenty of time for questions and discussion. If you have any questions before the seminar please contact caroline.hartley@paediatrics.ox.ac.uk
 
Email Caroline Hartley for more information
 
 
 
 
Staff Scientist Network Social
 
23 October 2024 | In Person | 12pm
The Department of Paediatrics is pleased to support Staff Scientists (anyone interested in staying in academia without aiming to become a ‘Head of Lab’) through the recent formation of the Staff Scientist Network. The Network aims to provide networking opportunities, peer-to-peer support and to hear your voice on how the Department can better support you. Please join us for lunch and networking if you feel you fall into this role, you are considering whether you might want to follow this career route, or you are interested in hearing more.
For further details please contact luke.baxter@paediatrics.ox.ac.uk
 
Please complete this form to register for the event
 
 
 
 
Michelmas Town Hall meeting with Dr. Simon Drysdale
 
21 November 2024 | In Person, CCVTM | 12pm
Join staff, students and academics from across the department for the Michelmas Town Hall meeting which will feature updates from the Senior Leadership Team and a presentation from Dr. Simon Drysdale on his research into RSV. Lunch will be available after the meeting. 
 
Please complete this form to register for lunch at the event
 
 
Join our Bootcamp!
 
 
 
Come and join colleagues from across the Churchill site for fun, free, fitness sessions with Jim's Fitness every Wednesday at 12pm. Designed to push you to your limits in a friendly and encouraging environment, the sessions last one hour and are tailored for all fitness levels: from athletes keeping fit and mixing-up their training, to those who wish to start or returning to exercise. Jim uses equipment such as tyres, sand bags, cargo nets and more. Meeting point is outside the IDRM reception at midday. 
 
Join the whatsapp group to secure your place at each session
 
 
Can you help these trials?
 
 
Help us learn more about the immune response to vaccination
 
You are invited to take part in a study examining lymph node cells to assess how age affects immune responses to a new vaccine. The study is taking place at the Oxford Vaccine Group. Please visit the website for more information Oxford Vaccine Group - LEGACY02 . Here you can access the Participant Information Sheet and register your interest in joining the study.
 
Click here to find out more about the trial
 
 
 
 
We need volunteers for a new vaccine against Marburg virus
 
If you are aged 18 to 55 years old and in good health, then you may be eligible to take part in a study investigating a new vaccine against Marburg virus. All participants will be reimbursed up to £1470 for their time, inconvenience, and travel. For further information please click on the link below. Here is a link to pre-screening questionnaire: Pre-screening Questionnaire or contact Oxford Vaccine Group with any questions: Email: info@ovg.ox.ac.uk Tel: 01865611400.
 
Click here to find out more about the trial
 
 
Contact us: communications@paediatrics.ox.ac.uk
 
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