News
March 2018
CoDEV officially came to an end in March 2018, however, we hope that the collaborations formed will continue.
January 2018
CoDEV partners Dr Janet Daly and Dr Suresh Kuchipudi were invited to speak at GARAD 2018 in Vietnam.
September 2017
CoDEV partner Dr Edward Wright has moved to the University of Sussex - we wish Ed all the best in his new position.
July 2017
CoDEV partners met at the Emerging Viruses of Zoonotic and Veterinary Importance held in Cambridge from 24th - 26th July.
May 2017
Unfortunately, Zika virus has arrived in India - on 15 May 2017, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare-Government of India (MoHFW) reported three laboratory-confirmed cases of Zika virus disease in the state of Gujarat, India.
December 2016
New manuscript from CoDEV partners:
- Scott SD, Kinsley R, Temperton N, Daly JM (2016) The optimisation of pseudotyped viruses for the characterisation of immune responses to equine influenza virus. Pathogens 5:68.
November 2016
New manuscript from CoDEV partners:
- Gujjar N, Chothe SK, Gawai S, Nissly R, Bhushan G, Kanagaraj V, Jayarao BM, Kathaperumal K, Subbiah M, Kuchipudi SV (2017) Co-expression of sialic acid receptors compatible with avian and human influenza virus binding in emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae). Virology 500:114-121.
September 2016
Emerging Viruses 2016, organised by CoDEV partners at the Viral Pseudotype Unit, took place on 12 September 2016 in Oxford UK. The symposium was co-hosted with the annual influenza conference - Influenza 2016 - and focussed on applied research on surveillance and control strategies for emerging viruses.
August 2016
The International Workshop on Sustainable Animal Production - Recent Trends and Future Challenges in Disease Diagnosis held on 11-13 July 2016 is featured in the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University August newsletter. The workshop was a great success with morning lectures and afternoon practical sessions allowing plenty of interaction for the 20 attendees.
July 2016
Newton Bhabha PhD Placement – Applications Open for 2016-17. Deadline is Friday 16th August 2016.
Wellcome Trust India Alliance Senior and Intermediate Fellowships in Biomedical Research launched 1 July 2016
June 2016
CoDEV partners interviewed at ISNTD Bites meeting in May - video available on YouTube
May 2016
Wellcome Trust Early-career fellowships for researchers in India: These enable postdoctoral researchers to carry out biomedical research in India. Fellowships are tenable for five years and provide personal support of up to INR13.44 million per year. Closing date: 06 Jun 16
April 2016
University Nottingham announces that CoDEV partner awarded Zika diagnostic funding
New manuscript from CoDEV partners:
- Kinsley R, Scott SD, Daly JM (2016) Controlling equine influenza: traditional to next generation serological assays. Vet Microbiol 187:15–20.
December 2015
New manuscript from CoDEV partners:
- King B, Temperton NJ, Grehan K, Scott SD, Wright E, Tarr AW, Daly JM (2015) Technical considerations for the generation of novel pseudotyped viruses. Future Virology, Vol. 11, No. 1, Pages 47-59.
October 2015
Funding announcement from the British Council:
The Newton-Bhabha PhD placements programme will sponsor UK and Indian PhD scholars to spend a period of their study (3 to 6 months) in Indian and UK higher education institutions taking place between April 2016 and December 2016.
The deadline for applications is 7th December 2015. More information
Respiratory Viruses 2015 (organised by CoDEV partners) was held on 7th October 2015 in Oxford, UK.
September 2015
It is with great sadness that members of the CoDEV team pass on the news of the untimely death of our collaborator Dr Elankumaran. His University have posted a memorium message on their website. Our thoughts are with his family, friends and close colleagues.
August 2015
New manuscript from CoDEV partner:
- King B, O'Shea Brown T, Tarlinton R, Daly JM (2015) Seroprevalence of Schmallenberg virus in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland: 2011-2013. Vet Microbiol 180:36-40.
July 2015
Emerging Viruses 2015 was attended by around 50 researchers from the UK, India, Africa, the USA, Croatia, Italy and Spain.
June 2015
Emerging Viruses 2015 (a conference organised by CoDEV partners) will be held at the University of Nottingham's School of Veterinary Medicine and Science on 27th-29th July, 2015. This promises to be a friendly forum for sharing the latest developments in the field of veterinary and zoonotic emerging viruses. We look forward to seeing many of our colleagues next month!
New manuscript from CoDEV partner:
May 2015
Funding announcement from the British Council:
The Newton-Bhabha PhD placements programme will sponsor UK and Indian PhD scholars to spend a period of their study (3 to 6 months) in Indian and UK higher education institutions taking place between January 2016 and October 2016.
Deadline for applications is 31st July 2015. More information
New manuscripts from CoDEV partners:
- Carnell GW, Ferrara F, Grehan K, Thompson CP, Temperton NJ. (2015) Pseudotype-based neutralization assays for influenza: a systematic analysis. Front Immunol. 6:161.
- Bentley EM, Mather ST, Temperton NJ. (2015) The use of pseudotypes to study viruses, virus sero-epidemiology and vaccination.Vaccine. S0264
- Daly JM, King B, Tarlinton RA, Gough KC, Maddison BC, Blowey R. (2015) Comparison of Schmallenberg virus antibody levels detected in milk and serum from individual cows.BMC Vet Res. 11:56.
January 2015
CoDEV are delighted to announce that Dr Rathnapraba Sambandam, Assistant Professor at Madras Veterinary College (TANUVAS) has been awarded a University of Nottingham Visiting Fellowship to spend 3 months at the University of Nottingham conducting research with Dr Suresh Kuchipudi and Dr Janet Daly.
November 2014
October 2014
September 2014
The Schlumberger Foundation is accepting new applications for the 2015–2016 Faculty for the Future Fellowships from September 10th to November 14th, 2014.
August 2014
- The International Conference on Host-Pathogen Interactions was held in Hyderabad on 12–15 July, 2014. CoDEV partners Nigel Temperton and Simon Scott both won prizes for their presentations. The organisers have posted lots of photographs of speakers on their website.
- The conference on Livestock Diseases Affecting Livelihood Options and Global Trade - Strategies and Solutions was held in Chennai from 17–19 July, 2014. For a brief summary of the meeting, see the TANUVAS August newsletter.
June 2014
New manuscript from CoDEV partner