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

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/.