MESA - the malaria knowledge hub

Excited about genomics & malaria research? 🧬

Apply for a FREE 4-Day Workshop on Malaria Parasite Genomics & Bioinformatics

📍 KCCR, Kumasi | 🗓️ Nov 25–28
🎓 For postgraduate students in Ghana

Apply by Nov 15 👉 shorturl.at/Mdu8t

🚀 The European Innovation Council (EIC) invites proposals for Pathfinder Open & Challenges 2025 🌍💡

🔹 For multidisciplinary consortia under Horizon Europe
🔹 Supports early-stage deep-tech & disruptive innovations

📅 Info Day: Nov 13, 2025 (online)
👉 shorturl.at/lg4wh

📣 Attending #ASTMH2025? Don’t miss the in-person WANECAM 2 Symposium:

👉 Phase 3 trial results 📊
👉 Capacity building 🛠️
👉 Malaria therapies beyond artemisinin 💊

🗓️ Nov 13, 2025 | ⏰ 11:30 AM ET | 📍 Room 718A, ASTMH venue, Toronto (Canada)

🔗 shorturl.at/2e9mA

➡️ MESA Track:

🔹 Tracks who is doing what, where, why, and how in malaria research 🚩
🔹 Highlights which research questions are being addressed and where gaps remain 💬
🔹 Makes visible all usable knowledge 🧠
🔹 Enables synergy, resource optimization, and more 🤝

🔴🧾 #ASTMH2025 We present a poster on:

MESA Track: The Unique Open-Access Global Database of Malaria Research Projects 🗺️ shorturl.at/ZaGj6

🧩 Poster Ssion. A: Mon 10 | 12:30–2:15 pm
🧩 Poster Ssion. B: Tue 11 | noon–1:45 pm
🧩 Poster Ssion. C: Wed 12 | 11:00–12:45 pm

Excited for #ASTMH2025? 🧬

MESA is thrilled to share this compilation of the malaria sessions 👉 shorturl.at/0erMb

@astmh.bsky.social

🚨 Funding opportunity!

GLOPID-R & EDCTP launch a call to accelerate clinical trial site readiness in LMICs 🧪🌍

💰 €100k–€500k | ⏱️ Up to 24 months
👥 Consortium: 2–4 orgs incl. at least 1 LMIC partner
📅 Deadline: 14 Nov

🔗 shorturl.at/bK9tZ

🧑🏽‍🎓 Training opportunity from Bioinformatics.ca!

3-day online workshop on Pathogen Genomic Epidemiology 💻🦠

📅 Starts: 24 Nov 2025
💻 Online | Limited to 40 participants
📚 Bash + R/Python skills needed

📅 Apply by 12 Nov 2025
🔗 shorturl.at/DHOqp

🚀 Funding alert @wellcometrust.bsky.social

🧬 Emerging genomics & tech (incl. AI)
🌱 New cross-disciplinary directions
🤝 Community- & Indigenous-led genomics practice

💷 Up to £500,000 | ⏳ 12–24 months
📅 Deadline: 11 Nov 2025 — 15:00 GMT/BST

🔗 shorturl.at/go1TC

📣 Call for Proposals! UN Women & @ec.europa.eu

🌟 Leadership capacity & mentorship
🤝 Feminist movement building
🔄 Social norms change
📈 Increasing women’s political participation

💰 $45K–$150K | ⏳ 12–22 months
📅 Deadline: 10 Nov 2025

🔗 shorturl.at/knifB

📢 Last days to apply! @biologists.bsky.social

🔬 JCS–FocalPlane Training Grants: up to £1,000 for microscopy training

🎤 Scientific Meeting Grants: up to £6,000 to support meetings, workshops & conferences

📅 Deadline: 7 November 2025

🔗 shorturl.at/yZ3zn

🚨 Happening tomorrow: Webinar alert!

Join the RBM VCWG webinar for applied research in vector control & malaria prevention in humanitarian settings 🌍

🗓️ Nov 5 – Scaling spatial repellents in South Sudan
🗓️ Nov 19 – Permethrin-treated baby wraps

🔗 shorturl.at/MMfkL

🖥️ Webinar Alert! Join the Science for Africa Foundation, MESH, and The Global Health Network for:

👥 Next Level Community Engagement – From Ad-Hoc Efforts to Institutionalized Value

🗓️ 4 Nov 2025
🕚 11:00–12:30 GMT | 14:00–15:30 EAT
💻 Online

🧮 @ammnetwork.bsky.social Seminar on Malaria Dynamics 🖥️

🗓️ 4 Nov 2025 | 🕒 15:00 UTC
💻 Online (also in 🇫🇷 & 🇵🇹)
🎙️ Speaker: Walle Tilahun Alemu

Explore how ecological & hydrological factors shape malaria transmission 💧🦟

🔗 shorturl.at/p0gwy

📢 Join the @astmh.bsky.social Clinical Tropical Medicine and Traveler’s Health Update Course!

🗓️ 9 Nov 2025
📍 InterContinental Toronto Centre (In person & livestream)

⏰ Apply by 1 Nov 2025

🔗 shorturl.at/Lz6Wn

📢 Calling biomedical researchers & data stewards! Free course @ecraid.bsky.social 💻

🗓️ Starts 3 Nov 2025 | 16:00 CET

💡FAIR principles, GDPR, & governance frameworks

🔗 shorturl.at/1xGEF

@escmid.bsky.social @cerclecoalition.bsky.social @iddonews.bsky.social @tghn-news.bsky.social

📢 Applications open for #AFRIBOP 2026 (16–20 Mar, Cape Town)

🦠 Theme: Immunobiology of parasites, pathogens & pathogenesis

🔬 Focus on HIV, TB, malaria, helminths, HPV & more

🎓 For early-career researchers & clinicians

⏳ Deadline: 31 Oct 2025

🔗 shorturl.at/PkI6U

🌍 Join leading experts at the 13th IDA Symposium: 27–31 Jan 2026, Stellenbosch, Cape Town.

🔬 Theme: Immune-based solutions to curb HIV, TB & Malaria

💡 Lectures, roundtables & grant writing

📅 Abstract deadline: 31 Oct 2025

🔗 shorturl.at/adLvo

🧬 Call for Applications: Roche African Genomics Program #MRCUganda

🔬 MSc, PhD students & early-career researchers
💰 £2,000 award | 🖥️ HPC & training access | 🤝 Mentorship & certification
📅 Apply by 31 Oct 2025
🔗 Learn more: shorturl.at/1UkMF

@globalhealthedctp3.bsky.social Call for Applications 💡

➡️ 3-month internship (Jun – Aug 2026) at Novartis, Basel

🧪 Gain research experience, mentorship & leadership training in global health & drug discovery

🌍 For scientists from LMIC

📅 Apply by 31 Oct

🔗 shorturl.at/B3LtO

📢 Call for Applications! #UniversityOfGhana

📍 Accra, Ghana | 🕐 Starts Jan 2026
💰 Covers travel, stipend & fieldwork
🌡️ Focus: Climate, AMR, One Health, Infectious Diseases

📅 Apply by 29 Sept at 17h GMT
🔗 shorturl.at/iLNGw

🤖 Learn how to use AI in proposal writing, literature review & collaboration, with a focus on LMIC contexts

🗓️ Starts 5 Nov 2025 | 📅 Every Wednesday
🕖 7 PM GMT+7 | 8 PM GMT+8 | 5:30 PM India | 🌐 Online
📅 Apply by 25 Oct
🔗 Register here: shorturl.at/lY2Qm

@who.int #TDRGlobalAsia

🦟 Join the #RBM Vector Control Working Group (VCWG) for a webinar on Novel Tools for Outdoor Malaria Control

🗓️ 30 Oct 2025 | ⏰ 2 PM CET | 💻 Online

🎙️ Speakers: Ellie Sherrard-Smith, Franck Langevin & Neil Lobo.

🔗 shorturl.at/cqMt2

📢 REDCap Africa Symposium 2025 @ahri-news.bsky.social

Join peers, experts & admins to advance research data management and collaboration across Africa 🌍

🗓️ 22–23 Oct 2025 | 📍 Durban

🔗 Submit your abstract & register here: shorturl.at/egVrq

📢 Online Grant Writing Workshop by The Global Health Network 🎓

For early & mid-career researchers aiming to boost their grant success!

🗓️ 21 Oct 2025 | ⏰ 10:00–14:00 UTC+1 | 🌐 Online

🔗 Register here: shorturl.at/iEaFa

🧬 #PennVet Global Parasitology Seminar

➡️ Exploring the Complexities of Sexual Development in Malaria Parasites

🗓️ 20 Oct 2025 | ⏰ 12 PM US ET
📍 Hybrid – Penn Vet, Hill 132 & Online

🔗 Join online: tinyurl.com/3metek98

📢 Applications for #AFROMoVE Vaccine Effectiveness (VE) Studies Course 🧪

🗓️ English: 18–20 Nov 2025 | 📍 WHO AFRO, Brazzaville

💬 Also in 🇵🇹 Portuguese (2–4 Dec) & 🇫🇷 French (17–19 Feb 2026)

💰 Travel support available

🔗 Apply by 24 Oct ➡️ shorturl.at/C2nxD

@who.int

📊 ASLM Workshop: Statistical Considerations for Study Design 🧠

Gain practical insights into how solid statistical principles ensure high-quality research 💡

🗓️ 20 Oct 2025 | ⏰ 4:00–5:15 PM EAT | 🌐 Online

🔗 Register here: shorturl.at/50rC8

📢 Join the #H3D Foundation webinar with Dr. Kirandeep Samby 🧪

🗓️ 16 Oct 2025 | ⏰ 12:00–13:00 CEST | 🌐 Online

📚 Discover how smarter library design boosts hit rates & accelerates lead discovery.

🔗 Register here: shorturl.at/Baqe8

🌍 Africa #CDC Webinar 🧬

Discover how genomics, data science & innovation are transforming disease prevention and care across Africa.

🗓️ 16 Oct 2025 | ⏰ 13:00–14:30 EAT | 🌐 Online

🔗 Register now: shorturl.at/FZRog