TRIPLE I NEWS

Triple I Clinical Academic Group: Infectious Disease, Immunity and Inflammation
Maridulu Budyari Gumal SPHERE: Sydney Partnership for Health, Education, Research and Enterprise 

30 OCTOBER 2020

News

Triple I Annual Meeting: Postponed until early March 2021
Please stay tuned for further details.
 

CIRCA Annual Symposium
The Clinical Immunogenomics Research Consortium of Australasia (CIRCA) invites you to attend their 3rd Annual Symposium. The symposium will be held over three half days, featuring international experts in the field and a pre-symposium educational event provides an introduction to immunogenomics. All events are free of charge. Please register for each session you would like to attend and see the Programme for further details. 
When: 17 - 20 November 2020 
Pre-symposium event registration 
Symposium registration
 

Australian research at the centre of landmark treatment trial for COVID-19
A clinical trial across 12 countries will test a potential COVID-19 treatment, using antibodies purified from plasma taken from people who have recovered from the disease.
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App analyses coronavirus genome on a smartphone
A team led by Dr Ira Deveson (Garvan Institute of Medical Research) developed the ‘Genopo’ app which can analyse the coronavirus genome on an Android device. The app uses nanopore sequencing technology to make it possible to analyse the genome of the SARS-CoV-2 virus on a smartphone in less than half an hour. 
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Experiences of discrimination drive distrust in digital health
Communities affected by blood-borne viruses and STIs are more likely to opt out of digital health services, says a new national study.
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Cancer-killing T cells ‘swarm’ to tumours, attracting others to the fight
Immune T cells swarm to tumours by following a chemical gradient left by other cancer-killing T cells, a pre-clinical study by UNSW Sydney medical researchers has shown.
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Bacteria from the mouth could hold clues to understanding – and potentially treating – severe ulcerative colitis, a painful bowel disease
Bacteria from the mouth could hold clues to understanding – and potentially treating – severe ulcerative colitis, a painful bowel disease.
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The AIATSIS Code 
AIATSIS recently published the Code of Ethics for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research (The AIATSIS Code), which ensures that research with and about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples follows a process of meaningful engagement and reciprocity between the researcher and the individuals and/or communities involved in the research. 
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Events & Opportunities 

PaCCSC and CST Annual Research Forum 2021
The online UTS Palliative Population Studies and Cancer Population Studies 2021 Research forum is open for registration. The 2021 theme is Clinical trials in a changing world.
When: 11 - 12 March 2021
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MedTech Workshop Recording
The Triple I and Cancer Clinical Academic Groups co-led an online Medical Technology Workshop in August 2020. Convened by A/Prof Phoebe Phillips (UNSW) and facilitated by Prof Joanne Tipper (UTS), this workshop brought together experts from government, industry, health and education sectors to discuss the development, clinical validation and funding models needed to bring medical technologies to the clinic and to improve health across the community. 

The four workshop sessions are now available to view: 
Session 1: Project Development to Proof of Concept
Session 2: Product Development, Clinical Validation, and Market Entry
Session 3: Partnerships and Funding
Session 4: Case Studies
 

Resource: Connected Papers
Connected papers is a tool that allows exploration and visual display of connections between papers from the Semantic Scholar database. 
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Funding

Australian Academy of Science - Regional Collaborations Programme COVID-19 Digital Grants
Grants of up to $10K are available for E/MC researchers to increase connectivity and engagement between Australian and Asia–Pacific economies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The grants support projects that utilise digital methods of collaboration to address shared regional challenges relating to response and recovery.
Deadline: 14 December 2020
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Ian Potter Foundation - Medical Research
Grants are available for the provision of equipment and capital infrastructure to support outstanding medical research groups. Minimum funding of $100K is available for institutions and organisations, with a maximum of two application submissions per organisation in a given grant round. 
Deadline: 22 January 2021
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MRFF Funding Opportunities

• 2021 Frontier Health and Medical Research Initiative Deadline: 11 Dec 2020
• 2020 Childhood Cancer Research Grant Opportunity Deadline: 3 Feb 2021
• 2020 Efficient Use of Existing Medicines Grant Opportunity Deadline: 3 Feb 2021
• 2020 Primary Health Care Research Data Infrastructure Grant Opportunity Deadline: 23 Feb 2020
• 2020 Quality, Safety and Effectiveness of Medicine Use and Medicine Intervention by Pharmacists Grant Opportunity Deadline: 23 Feb 2020
• 2020 International Clinical Trial Collaborations Grant Opportunity Round 2 Deadline: 3 Mar 2021
   

Triple I Vision: A world where human health is enriched by controlling infection, enhancing immunity and managing inflammation.