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Welcome to the International Veterinary Vaccinology Network (IVVN).

The IVVN is an international community of over 1,300 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. 

COVID-19 news

News from our members related to COVID-19 vaccine development, as well as a collection of useful publications, articles, trackers, webinars and other resources.

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.

 
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News

Webinar on catalysing elimination of dog-mediated human rabies by 2030 in Africa

Dr Thumbi Mwangi gave a webinar on rabies and vaccination's role in the goal to eliminate the disease from Africa by 2030.

28 Jan 2021

IVVN awarded funding to host a programme of online training courses

The new courses will be aimed at early career researchers in low- and middle-income countries and will cover a range of scientific and soft skills.

21 Jan 2021
Screenshots of six presentations shown at the symposium

IVVN hosts first virtual symposium on Vaccines for Swine

Seven speakers joined the symposium to present their work on the development of vaccines against swine pathogens.

18 Dec 2020

Events

18 March 2021

Frontiers in comparative immunology series: T cell biology

Online
27-28 April 2021

BactiVac Online: Virtual Network Conference 2021

Online
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Blog

COVID-19 vaccine: the eight technologies being tested

A vaccine is the most effective and safest way of ending the COVID-19 pandemic. But which vaccine types are being tested and how far have the projects progressed?

21 May 2020

Interview with Dr Volker Gerdts, Director and CEO of VIDO-InterVac

We spoke with Dr Volker Gerdts, Director and CEO of VIDO-InterVac, about his organisation’s work on developing and testing a subunit vaccine against SARS-CoV-2.

11 May 2020

COVID-19 vaccination: lessons to be learned from veterinary coronavirus vaccines

Dr Michael James Francis, IVVN board member and Managing Director of BioVacc Consulting Ltd, discusses vaccines against veterinary coronaviruses and how these could relate to the COVID-19 pandemic.

05 May 2020

National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), Thailand

Dr Peera Jaru-Ampornpan and Dr Vanvimon Saksmerprome introduce BIOTEC, a research centre in Thailand, and discuss the veterinary vaccinology research that happens at the institute.

01 May 2020
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Funding and job opportunities

Job opportunity at The Pirbright Institute
Closing date: 4 March 2021

Postdoctoral Researcher/Senior Postdoctoral Researcher (African swine fever vaccinology)

£32,684-£39,500

The Pirbright Institute, United Kingdom
Vacancy
PhD studentship at The Pirbright Institute
Closing date: 29 March 2021

B cell responses in protection against African swine fever virus

The Pirbright Institute, United Kingdom
Vacancy
PhD studentship at The Pirbright Institute
Closing date: 21 March 2021

Understanding the importance of the PI3K pathway in modulating influenza virus replication in chickens and ducks

The Pirbright Institute, United Kingdom
Vacancy
Deadline: 6 May 2021

BBSRC Discovery Fellowship 2021

BBSRC, United Kingdom
Funding
Closing date: unspecified

Postdoctoral Research Scholar - oral influenza vaccination

$48,500-$50,000

North Carolina State University, United States
Vacancy
Deadline: 16 March 2021

One Health interventions to prevent or reduce the development and transmission of AMR

Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance
Funding
Deadline: 16 May 2021

BactiVac catalyst funding for pump-priming projects (round 5)

BactiVac, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Publications

15 Feb 2021

Synergistic effect of two nanotechnologies enhances the protective capacity of the Theileria parva sporozoite p67C antigen in cattle

The Journal of Immunology
Peer-reviewed article
10 Feb 2021

Quantifying and modelling the acquisition and retention of lumpy skin disease virus by haematophagus insects reveals clinically but not subclinically-affected cattle are promoters of viral transmission and key targets for control of disease outbreaks

Journal of Virology
Peer-reviewed article
09 Feb 2021

Evaluation of oral phytogenic microbeaded Newcastle disease vaccine delivery in indigenous chicken

Journal of Immunoassay and Immunochemistry
Peer-reviewed article
08 Feb 2021

Spotlight on avian pathology: the importance of recombinant vector platform technologies in poultry vaccination

Avian Pathology
Peer-reviewed article
Publications

@IntVetVaccNet on Twitter

RT @PoultryHub: Don’t miss our discussion on Wednesday on #FoodSystems: prioritising people or poultry? with @RobynAlders of @CHGlobalHealth and Prof Mario Herrero of @GlobalFoodTeam https://t.co/Hn09tGwGyW #FoodSecurity #GlobalHealth #SustainableAg @GCRF @UKRI_news #SustainableDevelopment https://t.co/ySPchk7eZg
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RT @ctlgh_info: Calling all early year researchers in LMICs! Check out these fab free @IntVetVaccNet online training courses, including bioinformatics, grant writing and project management. More info here https://t.co/lLHOKTLkN3 https://t.co/R6yXG9kYax
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RT @ehpatel: @ILRI scientists @AngelaMakumi @NicholasSvitek surveying #salmonella antigens for use in #bacteriophage #vaccines with @IntVetVaccNet #kenya #polutryfarms https://t.co/tyy1IxMfhJ
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RT @edgenome: We're really excited to be involved in this training programme! https://t.co/6vu4qNHdsE
3 days 1 hour ago
RT @PoultryHub: Fantastic #IVVNsymposium today representing the cutting edge of vaccinology research! Well done @IntVetVaccnet and to all those involved! @FionaTomley @RoyalVetCollege https://t.co/H58tTicijw
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There were also four wonderful poster presentations from researchers in Kenya, Malaysia, China and Pakistan looking at vaccines for salmonellosis, fowlpox, H9N2 avian influenza and Newcastle disease https://t.co/DvjnZrucub
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The last presentation was from IVVN pump-priming grant awardee Dr Mariatulqabtiah Abdul Razak from Universiti Putra Malaysia, who outlined progress of an immunogenicity study to develop a universal vaccine against highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 https://t.co/DZ9LASeG1p
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Dr Kate Sutton, from @roslininstitute, then presented nice data from an IVVN grant showing a novel oil formulation induces immune responses to model antigens in chickens and could be used in edible vaccines to overcome challenges associated with cold chain facilities in LMICs https://t.co/cALm8IuQLB
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Melina Jonas, Head of R&D at Medion, gave a fantastic overview of methods used to identify H9N2 avian influenza virus from backyard and commercial farms across Indonesia https://t.co/j3bj1HD2Az
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Professor Susantha Gomis from @usask demonstrated that aerosol delivery of oligodeoxynucleotides containing CpG motifs protects neonatal broiler chickens against E. coli septicaemia and can be a promising alternative to antibiotics https://t.co/bUdPXIunTL
3 days 20 hours ago
We then moved onto presentations selected from abstract submissions, with Professor Munir Iqbal from @Pirbright_Inst presenting nice work illustrating that targeting vaccine antigens to CD83 receptors on chicken APCs induces immunity against H9N2 avian influenza https://t.co/jHk4RDEMhP
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Next, Professor Hualan Chen from Harbin Veterinary Research Institute gave a fantastic talk on the success of a H5/H7 bivalent inactivated vaccine for chickens to prevent and eliminate human H7N9 influenza in China https://t.co/pjjLUzH7UQ
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