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Life science courses at Lund University autumn 2016 – application deadline 31 May

The Center for Molecular Protein Science (CMPS) at Lund University is presenting a package of postgraduate courses in life science during the autumn of 2016. The 3 ECTS courses within the package are intensive full-time hands-on courses with a limited number of participants. The courses are given annually and are usually very popular. Priority is given to PhD students at Lund University, but also external applicants are welcome. Information about the courses can be found via http://www.cmps.lu.se/life-sciences/courses/ and after having been admitted to any of the courses NDPIA participants can apply for NDPIA co-funding of travel and accommodation costs by filling out the form at the bottom of https://ndpia.se/events/life-science-courses-at-lund-university-autumn-2016/  .

Please note that the course application deadline is 31 May 2016 (link to application) and that application for NDPIA co-funding shall be made after having been admitted to the course(es).

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Alternative infection models – a lecture course and experimental workshop in Umeå 22-25 August with registration deadline 10 June

A 1 ECTS combined lecture course and experimental workshop on model systems for studying microbial infections will be organized via the Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS) at Umeå University 22-25 August, 2016.

A series of lectures will describe and discuss the use of: C. elegans; zebrafish; chicken embryos; cell cultures, including organotypic models – organoids; mice; as well as in vivo imaging methodology, for studies of infections and host responses.

The experimental workshop will include laboratory work demonstrating the use of C. elegans, zebrafish and chicken embryos for studies of bacterial infections.

A maximum of 18 participants will be admitted for the complete course and experimental workshop. Additional participants may register for the lecture course only.

Registration deadline: 10 June, 2016.

Link to additional information and registration
(for both NDPIA and non-NDPIA members)

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New courses at Karolinska Institutet – application deadline 16 May

The following new courses in line with the focus of NDPIA are open for application at Karolinska Institutet until 16 May 2016:

Infectious Disease Epidemiology 24 – 28 October, 2016

Biomedical Ecology – The microbiota in health and disease
21-25 November, 2016

Malaria, TB and HIV: from bench to bedside 21-25 November, 2016

Doctoral students in KI collaboration programmes such as the National Doctoral Programme in Infections and Antibiotics are considered equal to KI doctoral students when selecting participants if the activities are oversubscribed.

Additional information about eligibility.

Link to additional doctoral courses at Karolinska Institutet autumn 2016

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New opportunity to participate in appreciated NDPIA course on protein structure and drug design at LU

The 1 ECTS NDPIA course “Protein structure and drug design” focusing on the use of structural information and computational chemistry in drug design was held 18-19 January 2016 at Lund University. The course was organised by Salam Al-Karadaghi, Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, Centre for Molecular Protein Science (CMPS). The overall feed-back of the course was very positive and next year a slightly modified version of the course will be held. Information about this will be provided as soon as posible.

At the course in January, participants were provided with an introduction to the use of structure-based drug design followed by hands-on exercise on the use of graphics program to analyse protein-ligand interactions. The case of COX-1/COX-2 inhibitor design was presented as an example of how structural information can be used in the design of specific inhibitors. This was followed by a lecture on the structural basis of protein synthesis and antibiotics action in inhibition of protein synthesis. Practical exercises where followed by a tutorial on the overall principles of ligand docking and the use of Internet-based tools for protein docking and screening.

Useful links:
General information on protein structures: www.proteinstructures.com
Software for download of SwissPDB viewer and tutorial: http://spdbv.vital-it.ch/.

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NDPIA co-funding for participation in Dundee symposium on prokaryotic molecular microbiology 29-30 June

The Young Microbiologists Symposium (YMS) will provide an excellent opportunity for junior scientists to present their work and receive constructive feedback, to network with other students, post-docs and young PIs in the field, and hopefully to facilitate future collaborations. YMS will include three keynote addresses, eight "hot-spot" poster talks and a poster session, and opportunities for social interaction. There will be four seminar sessions, covering the following highly topical areas of prokaryotic molecular microbiology:

  • Gene regulation and intracellular signalling;
  • Host-microbe interactions;
  • Structure, biogenesis and transport across membranes;
  • Microbe-microbe interactions.

The symposium will be held 29-30 June, 2016 at the University of Dundee, Scotland.

Link to additional information and registration

After registration, submission of poster abstract and payment of symposium fee (via the link above) NDPIA members can apply for co-funding of registration, travel and accommodation costs via: https://ndpia.se/events/young-microbiologists-symposium-on-microbe-signalling-organisation-and-pathogenesis/ . The maximum co-funding amount is 7000 SEK.