IVVN

Become a member of the International Veterinary Vaccinology Network

The IVVN is an international community of over 1,500 members working together to develop improved vaccines for livestock and zoonotic diseases.

About Us

The Network provides the opportunity to establish multi-partnered, international collaborations that bring together the diverse skills that can accelerate the development of vaccines.

Vaccines for Aquaculture, Vaccines for Poultry, Vaccines for Swine and Vaccines for Ruminants

IVVN Virtual Symposia

A series of half-day online meetings, featuring talks, posters and networking, with each symposium focused on efforts to develop vaccines for a different host group.

Funded pump-priming grants

The IVVN fund pump-priming projects to accelerate the development of vaccines for livestock diseases of importance in LMICs. Find out more about the ten exciting projects we have funded so far.

IVVN African Schools Outreach Programme

The IVVN African Schools Outreach Programme is a collaborative initiative which trains and supports women scientists working in Africa to deliver schools outreach workshops and inspire the next generation of African scientists.

News

KeAWARD-IVVN African schools outreach team deliver workshops in Kenya

The Kenyan outreach team visited Naivasha Girls Secondary School and St Loise Girls Secondary School in June.

21 Sep 2021

Securing our future: the value of veterinary vaccines

Urgent strategic investment in veterinary vaccinology is crucial to secure global health, wealth and security

A new joint report from the British Society for Immunology and the IVVN calls for investment to ensure we are prepared to respond to emerging disease threats in the future.

18 Aug 2021

IVVN African Schools Outreach Programme: United High School and Isanbi Comprehensive High School

The ASOP Team in Nigeria travelled to Ogun State to deliver outreach workshops on rabies vaccination at two high schools.

21 Jul 2021

Events

20 October 2021

Filling the knowledge gaps in animal disease control

Brussels, Belgium

20 October 2021

Development of a vaccine for malignant catarrhal fever – and potential consequences for the livestock-wildlife interface

Online

More events

Blog

Further funding to enable The Bloomsbury SET to extend its activities to combat infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance

With emerging disease at the forefront of global health priorities as never before, The Bloomsbury SET is developing new solutions to combat infectious disease and antimicrobial resistance.

16 Sep 2021

How Baseimmune's deep learning platform could help develop future-proof vaccines

The UK biotech startup is working on designing variant-proof vaccines against ASFV and PRRSV, based on their deep learning data-driven platform.

17 Jun 2021

Defining a novel immune cell in cattle – the power of meetings

Dr Matthew Edmans, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford, writes about his recent publication with other IVVN members that identified MAIT cells in cattle and characterised their response to bacterial infections.

15 Apr 2021

Bridging the career-advancement opportunity gap for women researchers in LMICs

A blog post from the IDRC's Livestock Vaccine Innovation Fund on the mentorship opportunity gap for women from LMICs and the opportunities offered by the IVVN Fellowship Programme.

08 Mar 2021

Opportunities

Closing date: 10 October 2021

Research Assistant or Research Fellow

£34,304 - £40,927

University of Stirling

Vacancy

Closing date: 8 October 2021

Research Scientist (Avian Influenza)

£27,629 - £29,374

The Pirbright Institute

Vacancy

Deadline: 15 December 2021

One Health Approach to Zoonoses Research and Innovation

International Coordination of Research on Infectious Animal Diseases

Funding

November 2021

BactiVac Online: Training Courses

BactiVac Online Training Courses in 'Communicating to Non-Specialist Audiences' and 'Advocacy and Communications'.

BactiVac Network

Training

Multiple dates

Fundamentals of Flow Cytometry

This interactive online course is aimed at those with little or no practical knowledge of flow cytometry.

Scottish Society of Cytomics

Training

Closing date: 29 September 2021

Laboratory Manager, Viral Immunology Group

£26,000 - £32,000

The Moredun Group, Scotland

Vacancy

Job vacancies

Funding opportunities

Training opportunities

Publications

01 Nov 2021

The moonlighting protein fructose 1,6-bisphosphate aldolase as a potential vaccine candidate against Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida in Asian sea bass (Lates calcarifer)

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Peer-reviewed article

01 Oct 2021

Long term immunity against peste des petits ruminants mediated by a recombinant Newcastle disease virus vaccine

Veterinary Microbiology

Peer-reviewed article

01 Oct 2021

Safety and efficacy of a bluetongue inactivated vaccine (serotypes 1 and 4) in sheep

Veterinary Microbiology

Peer-reviewed article

10 Sep 2021

CD4 T cell responses to Theileria parva in immune cattle recognize a diverse set of parasite antigens presented on the surface of infected lymphoblasts

Journal of Immunology

Peer-reviewed article

Publications

@IntVetVaccNet on Twitter

September's IVVN newsletter is out now! Highlights include: George Russell @MoredunComms webinar ▶ Adrian Hill @JennerInstitute recording Outreach in Kenya ➕ Blog from @BloomsburySET1, news, events, opportunities, publications and more! https://t.co/0KfxC2chou https://t.co/TqmXdRYQOd

2 days 9 hours ago

RT @estherkanduma: The COVID19 pandemic is breeding an equally disturbing pandemic affecting our young promising #WomenInScience #WomeninSTEM due to teenage pregnancy.. @IVVN @AWARDFellowship @Ke_AWARD we need more of these life changing mentorships now more than ever https://t.co/hyemAUUXm6

2 days 9 hours ago

RT @britsocimm: Are you an #ECR looking for advice on career planning, working with supervisors & getting grants? The #BSIMentoringScheme is your chance to be paired up with a senior #immunologist who’ll provide advice & support Apply by Mon 11 October ➡️https://t.co/WrEqrxTUbV #ECRchat https://t.co/WeHTrfwPGE

5 days 11 hours ago

RT @BactiVac: ⏰ There's just over ONE WEEK left to apply for our two FREE #OnlineTraining courses in #ScienceCommunications delivered by experts @ScriptoriaT! ❗️Places are limited, and applications are already coming through. Download your form now, and make sure you don't miss out! https://t.co/fScsXRzA6s

6 days 6 hours ago

RT @MadeleineAClark: HOT OFF THE PRESS: New Global #OneHealth collaborative network focused on research and innovation of #Coronaviruses in animals and humans to prevent future outbreaks lead by @LivUni co-funded by @DefraGovUK @BBSRC @UKRI_News https://t.co/Di0dmIteYm

6 days 10 hours ago

Our friends at The @BloomsburySET1 are extending their activities with follow-on funding from @ResEngland, and are developing new solutions to combat infectious disease and antimicrobial resistance #AMR. Read more in this new contributed blog post: https://t.co/7kPujae2hd

1 week 3 days ago

RT @VetBioNet: VetBioNet announces the launch of the Fall #Course on #biosafety and #biocontainment issues organized by @CReSA_r from 5th to 7th October. ⏰Hurry up! Event capacity is limited to 30 places, allocated on a first-come first-served basis! Info https://t.co/ISKI8E7WxR https://t.co/Nk0z25mzKh

1 week 3 days ago

RT @BBSRC: Call pre-announcement: UK researchers are invited to apply to OneHealth Approach to Zoonoses Research and Innovation, a new transnational funding opportunity from ICRAD #ERANet. Opening 1 October. Find out more: https://t.co/FshMqlZR0S #OneHealth #Zoonoses https://t.co/KCzDs7z314

1 week 4 days ago

Nice interview with Dr Sreeja Preetham on the Women in Scottish Aquaculture @ScottishAqua website. Sreeja was awarded an IVVN Fellowship earlier this year to work on tilapia lake virus vaccine development. Read the interview: https://t.co/3BP1z7yuAv https://t.co/ZTvcZxQXtS

1 week 5 days ago

RT @Pirbright_Inst: #Jobs We have a new vacancy for a #ResearchScientist to join our #AvianInfluenza group. Play a key role in developing and testing new multivalent #vaccines, protecting #poultry from major viral diseases https://t.co/NCQv4uY8wP Deadline to apply: 08.10.2021 (Job ref. 21P-115) https://t.co/Lm6BS66hPy

1 week 5 days ago

RT @DesDoesScience: Job alert! We are hiring a researcher for our ballan wrasse #vaccine project @IoAStirling with @MowiScotlandLtd & others inc. @sustain_aqua #immunology. Grade 6/7 (£27-41k p.a.), more details below. Please retweet far and wide :) https://t.co/UcuGLxaEfK

1 week 5 days ago

RT @AWARDFellowship: Did you miss our webinar on Envisioning Frameworks to Address Systemic Causes of the Persisting Gender Gap in Science? Listen to the recording here: https://t.co/qoOgMpktLD #womeninscience https://t.co/x24oMrruMu

2 weeks 3 days ago

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Welcome to the International Veterinary Vaccinology Network (IVVN).

The IVVN is an international community of over 1,500 members working together to develop improved vaccines for livestock and zoonotic diseases.

About Us

IVVN Virtual Symposia

Funded pump-priming grants

IVVN African Schools Outreach Programme

News

KeAWARD-IVVN African schools outreach team deliver workshops in Kenya

Urgent strategic investment in veterinary vaccinology is crucial to secure global health, wealth and security

IVVN African Schools Outreach Programme: United High School and Isanbi Comprehensive High School

Events

Filling the knowledge gaps in animal disease control

Development of a vaccine for malignant catarrhal fever – and potential consequences for the livestock-wildlife interface

Blog

Further funding to enable The Bloomsbury SET to extend its activities to combat infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance

How Baseimmune's deep learning platform could help develop future-proof vaccines

Defining a novel immune cell in cattle – the power of meetings

Bridging the career-advancement opportunity gap for women researchers in LMICs

Opportunities

Research Assistant or Research Fellow

Research Scientist (Avian Influenza)

One Health Approach to Zoonoses Research and Innovation

BactiVac Online: Training Courses

Fundamentals of Flow Cytometry

Laboratory Manager, Viral Immunology Group

Job vacancies

Funding opportunities

Training opportunities

Publications

The moonlighting protein fructose 1,6-bisphosphate aldolase as a potential vaccine candidate against Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida in Asian sea bass (Lates calcarifer)

Long term immunity against peste des petits ruminants mediated by a recombinant Newcastle disease virus vaccine

Safety and efficacy of a bluetongue inactivated vaccine (serotypes 1 and 4) in sheep

CD4 T cell responses to Theileria parva in immune cattle recognize a diverse set of parasite antigens presented on the surface of infected lymphoblasts

@IntVetVaccNet on Twitter

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