The following SciLifeLab courses (spring 2018) are announced via NDPIA with the possibility to apply for co-funding of travel and accommodation costs:

Introduction to bioinformatics using NGS data
2 ECTS course in Uppsala 180212-16
Course fee 1800 SEK
Application deadline 15 December 2017

Single cell genomics – a practical and theoretical workshop
1 ECTS workshop/course in Uppsala 180313-15
Course fee 1300 SEK
Application deadline 31 January 2018

Opportunities with affinity proteomics
1 ECTS course in Stockholm 180410-11
Course fee 1100 SEK
Application deadline 25 February, 2018

RNA-seq
1 ECTS course in Uppsala 180514-16
Course fee TBA
Application period TBA

Introduction to Genome Annotation
1 ECTS course in Uppsala 180515-17
Course fee TBA
Application period TBA

After having been accepted to the course of interest, NDPIA participants can apply for co-funding of travel and accommodation costs (not for co-funding of course fees) via relevant event page at www.ndpia.se.

Information about upcoming courses provided by SciLifeLab can be accessed via https://www.scilifelab.se/education/courses/.

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

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/application button).

Application and abstrac submission deadline – 15 January 2018
Link to registration/application

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.

Information about the World Antibiotic Awareness Week, 13-19 November 2017 can be found via:

http://www.who.int/campaigns/world-antibiotic-awareness-week/en/

Related Twitter chat 14 November, 15:00 GMT:

http://email.id-hub.com/q/1HfawwzYo9VKhn2s21qTW/wv