Absolutely horrendous 💔

Great start to the SARS-CoV2 conference today - really enjoyed this avian influenza talk from wendybarclay

"This is sometimes said by people who have no understanding of health at all... and when they say it, it's usually because they want to make a political point." Prof. Chris Whitty responds to concerns that the NHS is prioritising Covid other serious health issues such as cancer.

After titrating 10 batches of omicron and finding it difficult to see decent amounts of infection in VERO E6 cells, it occurred to me to try titrating the FCS out of the media. Result!

Our first funding call is now out. Up to £10k for UK-based coronavirus research - BBSRC follow-on funding or ECR pump-priming projects. More info: liverpool.ac.uk/health-and-lif… Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Defra UK University of Liverpool News The Pirbright Institute The Roslin Institute The University of Edinburgh Cambridge University APHA

Not long left to apply for these two pots of money. ECR pump-priming: £5k/project (up to £10k for collaborative projects) Impact awards: £10k/project for BBSRC follow-on funding. Deadline 4pm (GMT) Friday 14th Jan 2022. More info: liverpool.ac.uk/health-and-lif…

The UK-ICN Travel Award Funding call is now open. Support available for travel/accommodation for ECRs giving oral presentations at major scientific meetings, or for attendance at workshops. Application/T&C available here: liverpool.ac.uk/health-and-lif… Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Defra UK Inst of Infection Veterinary & Ecological Sciences

Seen some alarming reports of Africans in Ukraine being denied safe passage into Poland and being threatened by Ukrainian officials. Even in war, our lives are not equal.

Reminder, we have a Dropbox at Inst of Systems, Molecular & Integrative Biology now for full length plasmid sequencing for $15/plasmid. Pickup Wednesdays 2pm.

Attending The Royal Society science of covid virtual conference today. An interesting and insightful opening keynote from Dr David Nabarro about social responsibility and behaviour during the pandemic 🦠

Thanks to Cohort 1 we've been able to develop Prosper for future postdocs. Our ability to achieve this lies in Prosper’s 3 pillars: 👉Co-creation with employers 👉Democratisation of access 👉Recognition of the role of Principal Investigators in postdoc career development

From last Friday (1 April), all Covid restrictions in England have been lifted as part of the UK Government’s ‘Living with Covid’ plan. Please take a moment to take a look at our ongoing guidance, including how to continue accessing free PCR tests: news.liverpool.ac.uk/2022/04/05/upd…

Courtesy of UK-ICN on Monday 9th @ 1pm The Roslin Institute is very excited to host Rebee Penrice-Randall @RebeeLou to talk to us about 'From viral genomes to the host response: using RNA sequencing to understand coronavirus disease'. Please join us/RT - all welcome! Zoom in thread

UK-ICN monthly virtual seminar kicks off THIS WEEK 4pm Thursday 26th May 2022 Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Defra UK University of Liverpool News #networking #scicomm #collaboration Join the network for access to the link! liverpool.ac.uk/health-and-lif…

We're delighted to welcome Prof Tom Solomon CBE as the new Director of The Pandemic Institute. Tom spoke about the increase in cases of monkeypox in the UK on BBC Breakfast earlier this week.

Our paper on co-administration of adjuvanted recombinant vaccines for onchocerciasis is now out! Thanks to all our collaborators for their hard work to make this happen mdpi.com/2076-393X/10/6… #filariasis #NTD #parasites Vaccines MDPI @DrJohnGB Tessa Walsh University of Liverpool News

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🚨 Save the Date! BSP 2024 in Liverpool! 🚨 - Dates: 𝟮-𝟱 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 (Tues-Fri) - Host: University of Liverpool (University of Liverpool) - Featuring: EDI & ECR sessions, in-person & remote attendance, Young Parasitologist's Party (YPP), Dinner & Cèilidh, & more