🚨Deadline Extension!🚨 The deadline for the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust fully funded PhD studentships has been extended! Apply now and seize this opportunity to acquire valuable skills & mentorship to address Africa’s health challenges. 🔗 Apply here: [shorturl.at/4GaZm] 🗓️

Explore the OU's content for BBC Radio 4's Rare Earth! Delve into the effects of climate change on extreme weather and discover how you can make a difference for our planet. Begin your journey here: connect.open.ac.uk/nature-and-env…

🚨We have a "Scientist" position in my lab at St. Jude 👉This position is stable and not dependent on external funding. 🗒️Ideally, the candidate holds a PhD in Microbiology or related and +3 years exp. post PhD. See details in ad. Please kindly retweet! talent.stjude.org/careers/jobs/J…

Senior faculty (Wageningen, Netherlands) Faculty position Infectious Disease Epidemiology (Assistant/Associate/Full Professor) with @quirineTB @wimvanderpoel1 at WUR Animal Sciences Wageningen U&R More details: iddjobs.org/jobs/faculty-p…

The Open University and Bridgman & Bridgman LLP are creating a Living Roof Live Lab on campus! This cutting-edge project will explore how green roofs can combat urban heat, boost biodiversity, and support our Campus 2030 sustainability goals. research.open.ac.uk/news/living-ro…

OU grad Dr. James Doherty has created the world’s first AI platform to detect and map marine plastic pollution. Using skills from his astronomy studies, his Plastic-i Observatory helps tackle the 10M tonnes of plastic entering oceans yearly. Read more: ow.ly/V3iW50Ummyt

📚 Why choose the OU for your PhD? ✅ A vibrant research community. ✅ Expert supervisors and cutting-edge facilities. ✅ Opportunities to make an impact through innovative research. 🗓️ Application Deadline: January 2025 💻 Find out more & apply here: research.open.ac.uk/news/ou-phd-fu…

Did you finish your PhD but do not want to go through the insecure rollercoaster of academia? Apply to the "Lead Researcher" position in my lab at St. Jude. The position is stable and you'll get to do cool science in an amazing and unparalleled place! talent.stjude.org/careers/jobs/J…

How the #UK monitors invasive #mosquitoes and stops them spreading ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2024/12/03/how…

I wrote this nearly six years ago, and have repeated the message multiple times in various fora (Project Syndicate prosyn.org/SYqOYIW). But in my business, voices like mine do not count. Look where we are today with malaria control. A grand theater where the "powerful" play rounds and

New data show a rise in #mosquito-borne infections: as the holiday season approaches, the UK Health Security Agency UK Health Security Agency is reminding those heading abroad to take precautions against mosquito borne infections. gov.uk/government/new… #dengue #malaria #chikungunya #travel

A milestone in triatomine genomics! In collaboration with Wellcome Sanger Institute BCEI UdeA University of Glasgow we proudly present the genome of Triatoma dimidiata, a key vector of Trypanosoma cruzi in Central and South America.

Applications are now open for 2025 PhD projects with CENTA, a consortium of research-intensive universities and institutes, offering doctoral research training in Earth and Environmental Sciences. Find out what opportunities there are with the OU: centa.ac.uk/studentship/?_…

It's been an honour to take over from LSTM and keep this tsetse colony going at The Roslin Institute. The Liam Morrison group has some very exciting research plans for 2025!

Happy New Year from us all in the Faculty of STEM! We wish you a healthy and happy 2025 - let's hope it's a good one for us all! Who is on their final module and graduating this year? Anyone tempted to start studying with us? Let us know!

Applications open for the ILESLA #PhD program at Faculty of STEM, The Open University, in collaboration with University of Oxford Oxford Brookes. More informations in the link below. DM for questions or projects ideas on #vectorbornedisease #metagenomics #diseasevectors www5.open.ac.uk/employment/bbs…

Working in #genomics #wholegenomesequencing for tropical and (re-)emerging #viruses #parasites #fungi? Submit to this new special issue: frontiersin.org/research-topic… Manuscript deadlines: Summary 21/02/2025, Full 10/05/2025 Share widely #Pathogens #OneHealth

The Open University has secured funding to lead a major international research project tackling one of plant evolution’s biggest mysteries—the early origins of flowering plants. Read more here: research.open.ac.uk/news/500k-fund…

The first Moon rock samples in nearly 50 yrs have landed! Mahesh Anand is the only UK scientist with them, calling it "more precious than gold dust." Mahesh was a guest today on BBC Breakfast, Radio 5 Live, The Today Programme, and on BBC Radio 4! ow.ly/ZAYP50VPP4u

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