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Future Medicine PhD fellowships 2026 | Edinburgh Infectious Diseases | Edinburgh Infectious Diseases New PhD opportunity to explore the role of infectious agents in chronic disease. 4 fully-funded PhD places are available for UK/home fee students. Apply by 16 January 2026 for entry in October 2026.

Find a great project with the @uoe-eid.bsky.social Future Medicine PhD fellowships 2026, including with #IGC's @cgatist.bsky.social, @aryback.bsky.social, Sara Brown and Liz Patton, and IGC affiliates Kelly Blacklock, @avakhamseh.bsky.social and @sjoerdvbeentjes.bsky.social 👇
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Today, we hosted a #WorldAIDSDay roundtable w/ @kenworthy.bsky.social, Justin Perez, Mandisa Mbali & @javierpadillab.bsky.social on "end of AIDS".

Some fascinating historical, political and social conversations--summary will be available soon!

Thanks to CBSS & @uoe-eid.bsky.social for hosting!

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Roslin Reels - The Roslin Institute's Finn Grey talks about his team's work on understanding viral infections.

For more information on our research, check out our website:
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As Mariah would say, it's (almost) time 🎶

Less than a week to our roundtable on "The End of AIDS" with key speakers!

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EastBio: A host-directed approach to identify novel therapeutic targets of infectious reproductive diseases at Moredun Research Institute on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - EastBio: A host-directed approach to identify novel therapeutic targets of infectious reproductive diseases at Moredun Research Institute, listed on FindAPhD.com

🎓 Funded #PhD studentships in pathogen biology and parasitology

*Cell and Molecular Biology*; *Host-pathogen interactions*

Part of the EastBio Doctoral Landscape Award

Based in the Edinburgh area of Scotland

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Only two weeks until the roundtable "The End of AIDS: Pasts, Presents and Futures"

Today meet @javierpadillab.bsky.social, Secretary of State for Health in Spain. He has been a tireless advocate for global health.

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AMR work within the Edinburgh Infectious Diseases network | Edinburgh Infectious Diseases | Edinburgh Infectious Diseases World AMR Awareness Week 2025: Higlighting some of the work and activities across the network that are addressing antimicrobial resistance.

Higlighting some of the work and activities across the network that are addressing antimicrobial resistance.

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New drug target identified in fight against resistant infections | Edinburgh Infectious Diseases | Edinburgh Infectious Diseases World AMR Awareness Week 2025: A study led by researchers from the School of Biological Sciences has suggested the discovery of a new mechanism of resistance to common antibiotics could pave the way f...

New drug target identified in fight against resistant infections 💊

A new study suggests the discovery of a new mechanism of resistance to common antibiotics could pave the way for improved treatments for harmful bacterial infections.

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Research Focus: World AMR Awareness Week 💊 🥼 🧫

Special edition of our monthly Research Focus to mark AMR Awareness Week - featuring papers on the topic of AMR from members of Edinburgh Infectious Diseases.

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18-24 November marks World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week (WAAW).

Throughout the week, we will be sharing stories, research and activities relating to AMR to showcase the incredible work happening in and around The University of Edinburgh.

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A reminder to please register for our annual Winter Lecture to mark World Aids Day!

This event is strictly in person.

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Winter Lecture 2025 - Professor Graham Hart!

Join us on December 4, in person only, for our 2025 Winter Lecture to mark World Aids Day on December 1.

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Protocol for a Group-Sequential Two-Stratum Multicenter Open-Label Randomized Clinical Trial of Respiratory Support in Infants With Acute Bronchiolitis: Breathing Assistance in Children With Bronchiol... Trial findings will be disseminated in national and international conferences, in peer-reviewed journals and through social media.

Protocol for a Group-Sequential Two-Stratum Multicenter Open-Label Randomized Clinical Trial of Respiratory Support in Infants With Acute Bronchiolitis: Breathing Assistance in Children With Bronchiolitis (BACHb)

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Study protocol for an open-label, single-arm, mixed methods feasibility study of the MWIQ AI-powered decision support tool for diabetes management in GP practices - PubMed ISRCTN17422256.

Study protocol for an open-label, single-arm, mixed methods feasibility study of the MWIQ AI-powered decision support tool for diabetes management in GP practices

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Aberrant Growth in 5-Year-Old Children After Antibiotics in the First Week of Life - PubMed International Clinical Trial Registry Platform (https://trialsearch.who.int/): NL4882 and NL3821.

Aberrant Growth in 5-Year-Old Children After Antibiotics in the First Week of Life

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Neuroimmunology beyond the CNS: Nerve-macrophage interactions in peripheral tissues - PubMed Macrophages are now recognised to be highly heterogeneous, with diverse ontogenies, anatomical locations and characteristics, all of which inform their function. Nerve-associated macrophage subpopulat...

Neuroimmunology beyond the CNS: Nerve-macrophage interactions in peripheral tissues

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The effect of different inhaled corticosteroid and long-acting bronchodilator combinations on the airway microbiome in patients with severe COPD: a randomised trial (MUSIC) - PubMed FS500 increased sputum but not upper airway bacterial loads. ICS withdrawal was poorly tolerated in severe COPD.

The effect of different inhaled corticosteroid and long-acting bronchodilator combinations on the airway microbiome in patients with severe COPD: a randomised trial (MUSIC)

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Impact of particle-size polydispersity on the quality of thin-film colloidal crystals - PubMed Size polydispersity in colloidal particles can disrupt order in their self-assembly, ultimately leading to a complete suppression of crystallization. In contrast to various computational studies, few ...

Impact of particle-size polydispersity on the quality of thin-film colloidal crystals

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European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Clinical Practice Guideline on fluid therapy in adult critically ill patients: Part 3-fluid removal at de-escalation phase - PubMed This ESICM guideline provides three recommendations to inform clinicians on fluid removal during the de-escalation phase in critically ill patients with shock who no longer need fluid resuscitation.

European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Clinical Practice Guideline on fluid therapy in adult critically ill patients: Part 3-fluid removal at de-escalation phase

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Evaluation of a strategy to enhance the efficacy and ease of application of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus vaccines - PubMed Control of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome viruses (PRRSV) is sometimes hindered by the suboptimal immunogenicity and efficacy of existing vaccines. In addition, not following vaccine st...

Evaluation of a strategy to enhance the efficacy and ease of application of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus vaccines

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Persistent maternal age effects on male offspring fitness traits in a wild mammal population - PubMed Effects of parental age on juvenile survival are well documented, but whether parental age has long-term consequences for the fitness of surviving offspring remains poorly understood. This is particul...

Persistent maternal age effects on male offspring fitness traits in a wild mammal population

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mGem: Guides or triggers? Extracellular RNAs beyond vesicular miRNAs - PubMed Despite a huge expansion in the last decades, several assumptions have directed, and perhaps pigeonholed, the evolution of the extracellular RNA (exRNA) field. For example, extracellular vesicles (EVs...

mGem: Guides or triggers? Extracellular RNAs beyond vesicular miRNAs

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This week in papers from the EID community:

Full-Length Hybrid Transcriptome of the Olfactory Rosette in Senegalese Sole (Solea senegalensis): An Essential Genomic Resource for Improving Reproduction on Farms

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