My lab at Pitt is looking for a Research Scientist to help us make phage therapy for patients with antibiotic-resistant infections. Please share and apply! cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...

A screenshot of the new Pathoplexus homepage showing all viruses now supported, including Dengue and Yellow Fever, which are circled in red

1/ 🦟 Big news: #Pathoplexus now supports Dengue virus & Yellow Fever virus - two arboviruses responsible for over 400 million infections and up to 94,000 deaths per year.
Here's what’s new in our latest update 👇🏻

Read the full update: pathoplexus.org/news/2026-03... 📰

Infectious Disease Clinical Trial Award: Optimising interventions for impact - Funding | Wellcome Funding call supporting transdisciplinary teams led from Africa, South Asia or South-East Asia to conduct clinical trials that optimise licensed pharmaceutical interventions for infectious diseases.

New funding for infectious disease clinical trials! 📣 

We’re funding randomised controlled trials to optimise existing vaccines and therapeutics for infectious diseases.

Delivered in partnership with @nihr.bsky.social and FCDO Research.

Learn more about eligibility and how to apply ⤵️

📢 Last call for the EMBL International PhD Programme summer recruitment!

This is a fully funded PhD programme fostering creative approaches to questions in the molecular life sciences.

Join us promoting scientific excellence throughout Europe. Apply now! www.embl.org/about/info/e...

Looking for a truly unique PhD programme on RNA drugs and therapeutics? We have just opened the call for the second cohort of RNAmed-Future leaders in RNA-based medicine. More details under www.rnamed.de Please spread the word.

Because of technical issues with the SciENcv website, NIH is extending a period of leniency accepting old format biosketches through May 2026 (see FAQ #5):

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Overview of the NIAID data ecosystem interface and example search. (A) The landing page provides access to the Discovery Portal’s basic search interface. (B) Example search results for “Zika virus” data sets filtered by species: “Homo sapiens” and variableMeasured: “Proteomics,” demonstrating how users can refine results using structured metadata filters to support targeted data discovery.

Valuable data sets are often overlooked because they are difficult to locate. The NIAID Data Ecosystem Discovery Portal provides a centralized, searchable interface that empowers users with varying technical expertise to find and reuse data. #mSystems: asm.social/2Lo

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A quote from Michael Dunn, Director of Discovery Research at Wellcome: "These awards will enable the power of early collaboration to drive innovative discovery research in genomics and other fields."

We’re funding teams to lay the foundations for discoveries at the intersection of genomics, humanities, social sciences and wider society.

Our Genomics in Context Awards are open now.

Read on to find out more about the call ⤵️

Genomics in Context Awards - Research Funding | Wellcome These awards will support transdisciplinary teams to catalyse research discoveries at the intersection of genomics, humanities, social sciences and bioethics.

How do I apply? ✍️

Applications close on 16 March 2026.

Learn more about the call: wellcome.org/research-fun...

How Federal Workers Can Find Financial Assistance as Shutdown Drags On

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BRC AI codeathon infographic

Join us for a three-day hands-on AI Codeathon uniting experts to tackle critical challenges in infectious disease research using artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs), sponsored by the NIAID BRCs.

Register: https://www.bv-brc.org/brc-niaid-ai-codeathon-2025

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RECOVER-TLC Workshop | FNIH The annual RECOVER-TLC Workshop unites the scientific and patient communities in finding new approaches to address Long COVID.

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UCSC Genome Browser User Satisfaction Survey | SurveyMars I have posted a survey titled 'UCSC Genome Browser User Satisfaction Survey' on SurveyMars. Please help me by filling it out. Thank you very much!

Please take a moment to tell us how you use the Genome Browser: surveymars.com/q/mnb...

Your feedback supports future improvements and our continued funding.

What Happens in Sierra Leone's Mpox Outbreak Affects Us All "Mpox, as a pandemic, could be brutal," write Pardis Sabeti and Christian Happi.

Sierra Leone is battling an mpox variant, G.1, that is rapidly spreading—25% hospitalized, thousands likely infected, cases doubling every two weeks, and now detected in the US & Europe. The country is responding. The world must join them. time.com/7291478/sier...

In case you missed it, NEW scholarship opportunities to attend GBCC2025 are now open! We are thrilled to offer this opportunity to our community and hope to see you there!

Apply now: forms.gle/WKoLb5NUR6FV...

March BRC Analytics infographic

Reminder: tomorrow (March 26, 1:00 EDT) is a BRC-Analytics/Galaxy webinar where we will update you on what's new in Galaxy and BRC-Analytics, including demonstrations of running transcriptomics and surveillance analysis workflows. Zoom link: https://psu.zoom.us/j/93960440173

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galaxyproject.org/events/2025-03-26-brc-ga... for more info.

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