📢 New editorial out in BMJ Global Health: 'Stuck in ‘the field’: why applied epidemiology needs to go home’.👞🏠🧪

Reflections from my work participating in transnationanl outbreak investigations and reviewing other peoples' TL;DR below.👇

gh.bmj.com/content/9/4/e0…

Whether #organic , Red Tractor, or RSPCA assured, Dr Harriet Bartlett and team Oxford Smith School Cambridge Vet School say some farms are better than others for both pigs and planet.

And current pork labels don't help us make informed purchases.

Why this matters👇

bit.ly/4aNew6a

🐷New paper in Nature Food🐷

THE BAD NEWS: overall, we found trade-offs. Farms with lower GHGs had lower land use, but higher antimicrobial use and poorer welfare.

THE GOOD NEWS: trade-offs weren't inevitable. Several farms performed well in all four ways. 1/5

I am hiring ! As part of my European Research Council (ERC) Starter grant at APC Microbiome Ireland and Microbiology UCC at UCC Ireland I am looking for a Research Assistant microbiologist.
Apply here ucc.ie/en/hr/vacancie…
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You’re a Postdoc. What’s next?
Want to have an impact beyond publishing? Curious about career options outside of academia? Interested in a legit ‘side-hustle’ as you further your research?
Then this event is for you! eventbrite.co.uk/e/youre-a-post… Cambridge Enterprise The Postdoc Academy

The deadline for applications for this #postdoc position has been extended until the 15th of May. If you’re interested in #AMR and #microbialgenomics please get in touch! Info: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/193037

Are you a postgraduate student or researcher working on climate-related research? Present your work at the Cambridge Zero Postgraduate Academy student summer symposium on 28th May!

Sign up here: bit.ly/4aoGcy9

Very last chance to submit your abstract to the Heidelberg EMBO|@EMBL symposium 'Innate Immunity in Host-Pathogen Interactions'. More than 20 will be selected for talks. Deadline tomorrow, April 8th. Travel grants available. Be there or be square!
embl.org/about/info/cou…

Exciting event coming up 'Cambridge Life Science Network Symposium' 19 April for life science researchers across disciplines. Keynote speakers joining to share their fantastic scientific stories Giles Yeo Paola Bonfanti & Yan Shery Huang Yan Yan Shery Huang camls-committee.github.io/CamLS2024.gith…

I am hiring a research assistant for my lab working on host-pathogen interactions of bacterial infections.

Please send to anyone who might be interested.

jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/45921/

CLOSING !!!SUNDAY!!! 7th APRIL⭐️

Modelling and inference for pandemic preparedness - a focussed workshop,

📅5-9 August 2024
📍Isaac Newton Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge, UK
📈Statistical inference
⚖️modelling to inform policy making.
newton.ac.uk/event/mipw01/

Join our team!
We are looking for a Project Coordinator to join the #TrinityChallenge team to help us deliver the Trinity Challenge on #AMR and upcoming projects.
Take a look at the job description and please share with anyone who might be interested: drive.google.com/file/d/1EvI7UR…

Applications are now open for this year's C2D3 Early Career Researcher Seed Funding!

Open to University of Cambridge Early Career Researchers
Awards up to £5,000 per project
Deadline 8 May 2024, 5pm

Full details - bit.ly/seedfund2024

📢New vacancy alert!📢

We are seeking to appoint a post-doctoral Research Associate to contribute to the development of disease-resistant crops in the Patron Lab with Nicola J Patron 👩🏾‍🔬🌱⚙️ 🌱⚙️

Find out more👇
jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/45176/

Build your professional profile at the forefront of a #evolutionary research community at #AncientBio24 ! 

Submit an abstract for a chance to present your insights on  #biomolecules from ancient plants, animals, and microbes.

 ⏰Deadline: 9 April 2024
👉🏼bit.ly/45Au362

📣 New funding alert

We’re awarding up to £5 million each to multidisciplinary teams to improve our understanding of dengue and Zika – and help implement effective interventions. [1/6]

🗣️🗣️🗣️
Please Spread The Word !

Clinic on Meaningful Modelling of Epidemiological Data (MMED).

2 ‐week modelling clinic emphasizes use of data in understanding infectious disease dynamics

🗓️ 17th - 29th June, 2024, Muizenberg, South Africa.

Apply:
ici3d.org/mmed/apply

Delighted new in Science Magazine : BCG vaccination success in cattle in Ethiopia v bovine TB through significant transmission reduction. Great long term support from Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research FCDO Research Gates Foundation. Congrats @monkeymishkin & Abebe Fromsa.
#tbfree #BTB

We have now written up the paper for SKA2 (ska.rust):
biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh…
This is the successor to SKA, which uses split k-mers XXXX[-]XXXX to rapidly variant call microbial genomes, either reference-free or reference-based

Fully funded 4year PhD in our group Cambridge University Crop Science Centre studying dynamics of plant-parasitic nematodes

Interested in biology, AI, and/or making things? Please apply!

Truly regrettably, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research mandate means UK applicants only.

14th April

shorturl.at/norAH