Author: Mike Skinner
New in Avian Pathology: “Spotlight on Avian Pathology: Fowlpox virus”
Spotlight on Avian Pathology: Fowlpox virus (doi.org/10.1080/03079457.2018.1554893) [Disclaimer – we wrote this].
It will be Open Access but the “Accepted Author Version” is already available to those who have paid or institutional access.
It is the 4th paper in Avian Pathology‘s “Spotlight on Avian…” series. This was the 1st: “Spotlight on avian pathology: Marek’s disease“, by Venugopal Nair
Avian Influenza H5 news
UPDATED (9-Mar-18): H5N6 outbreaks
Dates for your diary
Avian Virus and Avian Immunology meetings will be held, back-to-back, in Oxford in September next year (2018).
Block the dates in your diaries, bookmark these webpages and make sure you’re on the mailing lists!
Microbiology Society Focused Meeting: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS OF AVIAN VIRUSES 2018. (3-4 Sept 2018)
Avian Immunology Research Group (AIRG) 2018. (5-7 Sept 2018)
The meetings will be held consecutively at St Catherine’s College, University of Oxford, UK.
New Section Tab – selected journal articles
We have added a new high level tab (below “News” in the side menu bar), entitled “Selected Journal Articles“.
We’ll be posting articles that interest us, our authors or other avian virologists who contact us. They’ll also be added to the most relevant top level tag(s) (e.g. “Birnaviruses” for one just added)
Houghton Trust Grants
International Travel and Subsistence
Next Application deadline: 15th June 2017.
Grants for young avian diseases research workers, of any nationality, aged 35 or under, to undertake the following, in countries other than their own:
- Attendance and participation in scientific meetings.
- Short visits to appropriate laboratories for discussions and/or learning specific techniques (maximum duration 14 days).
- Appropriate training courses (not exceeding 14 days).
Deadlines: 15th Feb, 15th June or 15th Nov annually.
Small Project Research Grants (UK-based researchers ONLY)
Next Application deadline: 31st July 2017.
Small Grants (currently max. £10,000) for research into diseases of poultry.
Grants must be used in furtherance of research on avian diseases.
Vacation Studentships
Applications now closed for 2017. Deadline: 1st April 2017.
Vacation Studentships to enable undergraduate veterinary students in the UK to work on research projects related to avian and particularly poultry diseases during the summer vacation of that year
WVPA XXth Congress 2017
World Veterinary Poultry Association XXth Congress 2017
Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC), Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
4-8 September 2017
Chicken interferome
Chicken responses to type I interferon (IFN) have now been defined both in vitro and in vivo.
Migratory spread of EurAsian H5N8
Emerging Viruses of Zoonotic and Veterinary Importance
Meeting announcement:
“Emerging Viruses of Zoonotic and Veterinary Importance”
24–26 July 2017. Churchill College, Cambridge UK
This meeting, building on the success of Emerging Viruses 2015 held in Nottingham, will bring together international researchers with an interest in tackling emerging viruses that affect all species, whether human, pet, production or wild. This will allow cross-fertilisation of ideas and common trends to be identified, as well as discussion of methodologies and prospects going forward.