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 

9 APRIL 2021

News 

NHMRC funding of $1.2M enables researchers to continue to refine Australia's HIV response
UNSW Sydney’s longstanding partnership with state health departments and community HIV organisations will be extended to engage a broader range of people affected by HIV.
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World-first clinical trial targets immune molecule IL23 as potential treatment for sarcoma
Sydney researchers are testing whether an existing medication could be repurposed to treat sarcoma.
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Australia urgently needs mass COVID vaccination hubs. But we need more vaccines first
The Conversation article by Mary-Louise McLaws, Professor of Epidemiology Healthcare Infection and Infectious Diseases Control, UNSW.
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Scientists Reverse Engineer mRNA Sequence of Moderna Vaccine 
Stanford University researchers determined the code from spare drops in discarded vials of the COVID-19 vaccine and published it on GitHub.
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MRFF grant recipients
The Department of Health's latest update of MRFF grant recipients, as 25 March 2021.
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National Clinical Quality Registry Strategy released
The Department of Health has released the National Clinical Quality Registry and Virtual Registry Strategy 2020-2030.
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Lancet COVID Resource centre
COVID-19 research, reviews, commentary, news, and analysis from across the Lancet family of journals as it's published. Free access to all content.
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Events & Opportunities 

Cicada Innovation Challenge launch event
CSL Behring and Cicada Innovations are launching a healthcare Innovations Challenge to unearth solutions that will make an impact on the lives of patients around the world. Winners receive up to $40K and mentorship.
When: 14 April 2021
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Academy of Science Webinar: COVID-19 and indigenous populations
This webinar will focus on how COVID-19 is impacting indigenous populations around the world. Previous webinars in the series were Supercomputing to fight COVID-19, Testing and Tracing for COVID-19 and Genome Sequencing COVID-19.
When: 20 April 2021
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MRFF audit submissions
The objective of this audit is to assess whether the Department of Health is effectively managing the Medical Research Future Fund. Submissions are sought by the Australian National Audit Office, with the report tabled in September 2021.
Deadline: 30 May 2021
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Cancer Immunology Forum
This meeting will bring together the NSW-based pre-clinical, translational and clinical research community for presentation of work, scientific discussion and research brainstorming. This will be a day of collegiality and collaboration for those working on this frontier of medicine. It is our vision that there will be annual Cancer Immunology Ideas Fora in the future that will provide a framework for network-building and for large competitive grant applications.
When: 21 May 2021
In-person registration
Online registration
 

Funding

Open NHMRC and MRFF Funding Opportunities

• 2021 Synergy Grants Deadline: 21 April 2021
• 2021 Ideas Grants Deadline: 5 May 2021
• Partnership Project 2021 PRC2 Deadline: 12 August 2021
• MRFF 2021 International Clinical Trial Collaborations (ICTC) Grant Opportunity  Deadline: 8 September 2021
   

Upcoming NHMRC and MRFF Funding Opportunities

• 2021 Postgraduate Scholarships Deadline: 9 June 2021
• ​Development Grants Deadline: 16 June 2021
• 2021 Partnership Projects PRC2 Deadline: 1 December 2021
   

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