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Registration for the Visualize your Science winter course is now open to NDPIA members.
Only 5 spots available!
All NDPIA members who have taken the course improved their design skills and highly recommend it.
The 9th National Infection Biology/Swedish Microbiology Meeting will be a virtual meeting that aims to provide a broad vision on current state-of-the-art microbiology techniques and research in Sweden.
Keynote speakers are Swedish researchers working within the sub-disciplines of bacteriology, virology, parasitology, host response, clinical infection biology, environmental microbiology, zoonotics, and new methods.
Poster presentations will be organized as digital poster walks that allow participants to present and discuss their work with other participants. NDPIA encourages all members to use this opportunity to present your research.
The meeting is co-organized by the National Doctoral Programme in Infections and Antibiotics (NDPIA) and the Swedish Society for Microbiology (SFM) with the aims to enhance cross-disciplinary research in Sweden within the fields of infection biology and microbiology as well as to strengthen the Swedish network of scientists within these fields.
Infections due to certain viruses, bacteria, and parasites are strong risk factors for the development of specific cancers. Approximately 20% of cancers worldwide are attributed to infections. Conversely, a subset of pathogens preferentially lyse tumor cells, leading to tumor regression and improved anti-tumor immunity. In addition, the intestinal microbiota influences our response to anti-cancer therapy. This course was a combination of introductory lectures on infection and cancer, an international workshop on principles by which viruses and bacteria subvert the cellular micro-environment to cause cancer, poster presentations, and practical group assignments.
“Small group of participants to ensure participation and discussion and the atmosphere where one felt comfortable for discussion. Also, the fact that the course organisers attended all the sessions and gave us very useful feedback and participated in our discussions as well, it felt very fruitful from a scientific point of view.”-Anonymous participant
In the group assignment, students were asked to identify one relevant issue that is still poorly characterized within the field of infection and cancer and proposed how to address this problem experimentally. This exercise aimed to stimulate critical thinking and the process of identifying scientific questions, as well as designing hypothesis-driven experiments to address these issues.
“The practical assignment on designing our own research project was really interesting as it made us think outside of our own box and reflect on other research fields.”-Anonymous participant
To see the full course program, please visit: Infection and Cancer 2021 | NDPIA
All NDPIA members are invited by our Norwegian partner program, National Graduate School in Infection Biology and Antimicrobials (IBA) to participate in their Vaccinology course.
Registration deadline: August 17th
The course is intended for PhD-students and post-docs working in immunology or vaccine related projects. It will provide an introduction to the history of vaccines, vaccine development, immunological mechanisms of protection, clinical trials, adjuvants and mode of action of different types of vaccines. It will be held as a combination of lectures and student assignments.
