AHH / Animal Diseases / ILRI / Vaccines

Keystone Symposia meeting: New approaches to vaccines for human and veterinary tropical diseases

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

Animal Diseases / Vaccines

Keystone Symposia conference on immunity to veterinary pathogens: informing vaccine development

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

AHH / Animal Diseases / ILRI / Tick Unit

ILRI to hold special session on tick research at upcoming TTP and STVM conference in South Africa

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

Africa / AHH / Capacity strengthening / East Africa / ILRI / Vaccines

Vaccinology in Africa: Five-day Master’s level course open for applications from East and Central Africa

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