To be held 22-26 May 2016 in Cape Town, an important component of this Keystone Symposia meeting will be to stimulate crosstalk between the human and veterinary vaccine communities by highlighting cross-cutting technical advances and new science and knowledge from laboratory and field research. Continue reading
Vish Nene reflects on the recent ECF Consortium meeting to review and assess progress with the project “Improved vaccines for the control of ECF in cattle in Africa.” Continue reading
Announcing Keystone Symposia’s 2015 Conference on “Immunity to Veterinary Pathogens: Informing Vaccine Development” . Submit an abstract and register today for Keystone Symposia’s conference on “Immunity to Veterinary Pathogens: Informing Vaccine Development,” taking place January 20–25, 2015 at Keystone Resort in Keystone, Colorado, USA. Continue reading
ILRI is a sponsor of the 12th Biennial Conference of the Society for Tropical Veterinary Medicine (STVM) and the VIII International Conference on Ticks and Tick-borne Pathogens (TTP8) to be held from 24 to 29 August 2014 in Cape Town, South Africa. ILRI will be hosting a special session on tick research on the morning of 24 August. After a temporary absence from the tick research field, ILRI is actively exploring opportunities to re-enter this research arena. Continue reading
The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) and ILRI are at an advanced stage of initiating a joint laboratory for research on ruminant diseases, building on a CAAS-ILRI joint laboratory on livestock and forage genetic resources in Beijing that was established in 2005. Continue reading
Applications are open for the The next ‘Vaccinology in Africa Master’s Level Course’ will take place 13-17 Oct 2014 at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), in Nairobi, Kenya. The course is aimed exclusively at students, researchers and professionals currently resident in Eastern and Central Africa. Continue reading
