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📢Attention University of Toronto graduate students, want to know how to use social media to promote your research and build your brand as a researcher? Attend our next workshop online on Dec 16th at 2 pm ET! Details here: bit.ly/4hUXJSW

Two exciting funding opportunities from U of T Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium! To learn more about the eligibility for the Researcher Mobility Awards and Future Leaders Prizes and apply please visit our website: epic.utoronto.ca/opportunities/ #InfectiousDiseases #FundingOpportunities

Hosted by U of T Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium TAC, Trainee Pizza Talks is a seminar series for trainees to present their research, practice presentation skills, and mingle with peers in a trainee-only space. This month, Desmond van den Berg (Hatton lab) and James Pollock (Kaul lab) are our presenters!

Congratulations to the eleven teams awarded Phase 2 Catalyst & Research Development grants! The lead applicants represent eight different divisions across University of Toronto. Read about their projects here: bit.ly/4ih8nnd

From all of us at U of T Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium, we wish you a healthy, happy and restful holiday season and a Happy New Year! We thank you for your support and engagement with us this year, and we will be back in the new year with an amazing lineup of programs and events.

The U of T Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium is excited to announce 2025’s Doctoral awardees!🎉🎖️A core mandate at EPIC is to empower young leaders to tackle the burden associated with infectious diseases. We welcome the new recipients and look forward to seeing them become engaged members of our community!

U of T Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium is excited to announce the launch of the Career Transitions Awards and Convergence Postdoctoral Awards. These awards are for senior trainees looking to start their independent research or involved in cross-disciplinary research. Know more at: epic.utoronto.ca/opportunities/

A true scientist in the lab and on the ice! 🧪 Read all about Juliette Blais-Savoie’s journey in this week’s instalment of Student-Athlete Stories, brought to you by the Egg Farmers of Ontario. 🗞️: tinyurl.com/ms2ntvf

U of T Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium launches the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Rapid Research Response to inform and support influenza pandemic readiness. Learn more: epic.utoronto.ca/epic-launches-…

U of T Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium has launched two funding programs! Ignite Grants provide seed funding for early-stage and pilot-level projects in infectious diseases and/or pandemic preparedness. New Connections Grants foster cross-disciplinary research. To know more: epic.utoronto.ca/opportunities/

To mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, U of T Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium is sharing the stories of four young infectious disease researchers from the EPIC community. To learn more: epic.utoronto.ca/highlighting-d…

If you want to travel for your research in the summer of 2025, apply NOW to the Researcher Mobility Awards. Upto $4000 is available for travel within North America and $6000 for travel outside North America. Visit: epic.utoronto.ca/opportunities/…

U of T Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium members have discovered new genes that bacteria use to protect themselves from viral attacks. The findings have profound implications for developing new antibacterial treatments. To learn more, visit our webpage: epic.utoronto.ca/newly-identifi…

@uotepic is thrilled to welcome the recipients of the 2025 Future Leaders Prizes. Congratulations to Patrick Budylowski, Ashley Campbell, Julien Couture-Senecal and James Zhu! We are excited to support you in the next steps in your careers. Learn more: epic.utoronto.ca/epic-recognize…

University of Toronto Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Research Day is back on May 26 and May 27! Join us at the Medical Sciences Building, St. George campus to learn about the latest infectious diseases research and network with peers. Register here- eventbrite.com/e/2025-microbi…

U of T researchers have developed a new vaccine formulation targeting an essential surface protein on Neisseria gonorrheae and shown that it provides protection against most gonococcal strains and extends cross-protection to Neisseria meningitidis. epic.utoronto.ca/a-new-bivalent…

Sumiha is a U of T Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium Doctoral Awards recipient and a PhD student at Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology. Her research uncovers a new role for pleural immune cells in bacterial infections of the lungs, paving the path for new therapeutic strategies: epic.utoronto.ca/targeting-pleu…

MID Days are on May 26 and 27. Rishi Chanderraj is the keynote speaker. Other talks include spotlight talks by Aereas Aung, Greg German, Michelle Science, Sharon Sukhdeo and Tin Vo, and the Future Leaders Prize recipients. And, stop by the posters. shorturl.at/izTbo

U of T Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium welcomes the 2025 Inspire Summer Studentship recipients! This year, we harmonized with Temerty Medicine and are investing $50,000 to support the awardees. We also thank PRECISE for awarding an extra placement: epic.utoronto.ca/epic-congratul…

@uoftepic with The Centre for Vaccine Preventable Diseases (CVPD), is hosting Ben Cowling from The University of Hong Kong for a special seminar. Prof Cowling will share clinical findings on the effectiveness of influenza vaccinations in protecting against infections: shorturl.at/K12oN