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We are very pleased to announce the call for the AII collaboration grant 2022! 
WHAT: A fixed budget of 20.000 euro
WHO: AII researchers holding a PhD degree 
AIM: Stimulate new collaborations with at least one research group outside your own department 
DEADLINE: October 24, 2022 
More information.
 
A vacant position in the PR & public outreach committee 
A great opportunity: We are looking for a staff member affiliated to AII who would like to join the PR & public outreach committee. Interested? Please send an email to: info@amsterdam-infection-and-immunity.org. 

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AII Prizes and Grants
Highlights
PhD defence ceremonies

 
Upcoming events, courses and webinars
Ammodo Science Award

AII Prizes and Grants 

Marjolein van Egmond, professor in Oncology and Inflammation has been awarded the Jon van Rood medal of the Dutch Society for Immunology (N.V.V.I.). She won this award for her outstanding contribution to COVID-19 public education. 

Reina Mebius, Director of the Amsterdam Institute of Infection and Immunity and Professor of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, has been awarded the van Loghem oeuvre award from the Dutch Society for Immunology (DSI N.V.V.I.) in recognition of her outstanding work.

A successful 5th Annual Symposium for AII! On 23 June 2022, we put the spotlight on ourselves at our 5th annual symposium. It was a great success. Read here which of our members have won prizes on this day.

Minuscule blood clots, an immune system that has been set adrift, a residual virus. Enough theories to explain long covid, but there is no proof yet. Michèle van Vugt, professor of infectious diseases: “And as long as you don't know the cause, you can't treat it properly”. 

To determine whether someone has lyme disease, doctors in the Netherlands often use antibody tests. For some time, so-called cellular tests have been on the market. These tests are not reliable, according to the VICTORY study by Amsterdam UMC, Radboudumc and RIVM. 
The group A streptococcus is the sixth most deadly microorganism worldwide. "Half a million people die worldwide each year from infections caused by the group A streptococcus" says Nina van Sorge, Professor of Translational Microbiology, who believes this pathogen is not receiving enough attention. 

PhD defence ceremonies

All defenses are hybrid. More info AMC and VUmc.
Sarah Girdwood, Optimising Infectious Disease Diagnostic Networks in Low-Resource Settings Improving Access and Costs, September 7th, 11.00 hrs, University Auditorium, University of Amsterdam. 
Jelle van Schooten, Fine-mapping HIV-1 antibody responses to guide vaccine design, September 9th, 10.00 hrs, Agnietenkapel. 
Wouter Bom, Diagnosis and treatment of complicated and uncomplicated appendicitis, September 9th, 13.00 hrs, Agnietenkapel. 
Cornelis de Pijper, Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? | Who guards our guardians? September 9th, 14.00 hrs, University Auditorium, University of Amsterdam. 
Mohammed Ghiboub, Targeting the Immune Epigenome in Crohn’s Disease, September 14th, 11.00 u, University Auditorium, University of Amsterdam. 
Stijn de Jonge, Prevention of surgical site infection | A unified effort across the drape divide, September 14th, 10.00 u, Agnietenkapel. 
Marlies van Haaren, Antiviral monoclonal antibodies inform vaccine design, September 14th, 13.00 u, Agnietenkapel. 
Floris de VoogdPoint-of-care ultrasonography for the monitoring of inflammatory bowel disease, September 21st, 16.00, Agnietenkapel. 
Merlijn Kaaij, Connecting inflammation, blood vessels and bone in spondyloarthritis, September 23rd, 16.00, Agnietenkapel. 

Upcoming events, courses and webinars

Symposium Breaking Barriers in Organoid Technology, August 26th, 09.30 hrs, Volkshotel, Wibaustraat 150, 1091 GR Amsterdam, register via this link. 

AII PhD Retreat 2022: A two-day event with a mixture of interactive social, scientific, career, and educational program components incl. hotel-stay. The PhD Retreat takes place at the van der Valk Hotel de Bilt, Utrecht, November 3rd and 4th. 

PhD Course Immunophenotyping by flow cytometry and multiplexed immunohistochemistry, a (5-day) postgraduate-level course, November 7th until 11th, O2 Lab Building, De Boelelaan 1108, 1081 HZ Amsterdam. 

ACE Incubation Program Fall '22, a 10-week program of training & support, November 14th (startdate), Startup Village, Science Park 608, 1098 XH Amsterdam, send an e-mail for more information. 

Translational Intensive Care Medicine Symposium, November 25th 2022, 09.00 - 18.00 hrs, West-Indisch Huis, Amsterdam. 

Symposium, Imaging meets immunology, on the occasion of the inauguration of Prof. Conny van der Laken, November 25th, 09.30 - 14.45 hrs, Amstelzaal of the Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, RSVP by mail

Inauguration Prof dr. Conny van der Laken, November 25th 2022, 15.45 -16.30 hrs, Auditorium of the Vrije Universiteit. 

IDSA 2022: Infectious Diseases Symposium, December 14th 2022, 09.00 - 18.00 hrs, Bimhuis Piet Heinkade 3 1019 BR Amsterdam

Ammodo Science Award

Nominate your candidate for the Ammodo Science Award!

The current nomination round for the Ammodo Science Award for fundamental research runs until 30 September 2022.

Candidates who qualify for the Ammodo Science Award for fundamental research are internationally recognised scientists with an appointment at a Dutch university or a Dutch research institute. They were awarded their PhD between five and fifteen years ago, and they clearly have the potential to explore new avenues in fundamental scientific research.

Researchers can be nominated for the Ammodo Science Award for fundamental research by:
- executive boards of all Dutch universities
- faculty deans of all Dutch universities
- directors of Dutch research institutes
- at least three professors affiliated with a Dutch university acting together
- the board of the National Network of Female Professors (LNVH)


Download the nomination form here. The completed form, together with the curriculum vitae, can be sent to: asa@ammodo.org. 

For more information about the award and the procedure click here

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