Our international collaborators, the Helmholtz Graduate School for Infection Research (HZI Grad School/GS FIRE) in Braunschweig, Germany, is inviting NDPIA PhD students to their 9^th annual retreat 10-12 April 2018 in Quedlinburg. The retreat is mandatory for HZI Grad School PhD students and 3 NDPIA PhD students are invited to the retreat – the retreat and accommodation in Germany 9-13 April (in shared double rooms) are free of charge.

At the retreat all participants will present their research either via a poster or via an oral presentation and there will be many opportunities for networking both during the scientific parts of the retreat and during social events.

Additional information will be posted in due time at https://www.helmholtz-hzi.de/en/career/graduate_school/events/

If you are interested in joining the retreat, please fill out the HZI application form found here and send it to hzigrad.school@helmholtz-hzi.de as soon as possible. 

Registration deadline – 10 March 2018

The first three NDPIA PhD students who apply to the event will be admitted and can apply for a maximum of 4 500 SEK for NDPIA co-funding of travel costs (see below).

Admitted NDPIA PhD students are strongly encouraged to promote NDPIA at the retreat (link to NDPIA promotion material) and will be asked to provide a short summary of their learning outcomes after the retreat.

Airports in Hannover or Berlin are the best options for reaching Braunschweig. Accommodation in the Quedlinburg and the bus rides are free for everybody. NDPIA participants will receive free accommodation in Braunschweig 9-10 and 12-13 April.

If you have any questions regarding the retreat, please send an e-mail to hzigrad.school@helmholtz-hzi.de

If you are admitted to the retreat, please send an e-mail to anna.holmstrom@umu.se to request NDPIA co-funding for travel costs to participate in the activity (co-funding will be paid after the retreat has taken place).

The Helmholtz Graduate School for Infection Research (HZI Grad School/GS FIRE) in Braunschweig, Germany, is inviting three NDPIA PhD students to their summer school on infection research 27-31 May 2018 in Wernigerode. The summer school features:

• Lectures by invited speakers
• Workshops
• Poster Session
• Networking

and will cover:

• Virology
• Bacteriology
• Immunity
• Clinical aspects
• New antiinfective concepts

At the retreat all participants will present their research either via a poster or via an oral presentation and there will be many opportunities for networking both during the scientific parts of the retreat and during social events.

The first three NDPIA PhD students who register to the event will receive a maximum of 5000 SEK for NDPIA co-funding of travel costs. The summer school and accommodation in Germany 26-31 May are free of charge.

Registration deadline 15 March 2018

Link to additional information and registration

If you are admitted to the summer school, please send an e-mail to anna.holmstrom@umu.se and request NDPIA co-funding for travel costs to participate in the activity (co-funding will be paid after the summer school has taken place).

NDPIA members are invited to participate in the symposium "Bacterial Membrane Vesicles – Function and Implications" 15-16 February, 2018 in Tromsö, Norway. The symposium is offered within the framework of the Norwegian Graduate School in Infection Biology and Antimicrobials (IBA).

Link to information about the symposium (including program)

All NDPIA members who want to participate in the symposium are required to submit an abstract to bvm@uit.no and present their research orally (if selected) or at the poster session.
Please use the abstract template found via the link above (under the green registration button).

Registration and abstrac submission deadline – 15 January 2018
Link to registration

NDPIA members are offered free accommodation in Tromsö 14-16 February (via IBA) and NDPIA co-funding of travel costs up to a maximum of SEK 3000.

Questions related to the symposium can be addressed to bvm@uit.no.

If you are admitted to the symposium, please contact Anna Mazzarella (a.v.b.mazzarella@ibv.uio.no) as soon as possible and she will book accommodation for NDPIA members in Tromsö.

For application of NDPIA co-funding of travel costs, please send an e-mail to anna.holmstrom@umu.se after having been admitted to the symposium.

A 2 ECTS course provided by the Laboratories for Chemical Biology Umeå 5-9 February 2018 will provide a practical basis for assay development in high throughput screening.

Link to additional information about the course and how to apply

Application deadline 21 January 2018