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

IVVN partners with AWARD to host a webinar on women in science and leadership

The webinar, co-organised with African Women in Agricultural Research and Development, saw four panellists discussing their own experiences and the challenges and opportunities for women in science.

01 Apr 2021

Mentoring fellowships for women in low-and-middle income countries awarded

Six fellowship projects have been funded as part of our female fellowship programme jointly awarded by Canada’s International Development Research Centre.

08 Mar 2021

Virtual symposium on poultry vaccines sees IVVN partnering with GCRF One Health Poultry Hub

Seven speakers presented their research on vaccines for poultry in a half-day symposium that also included a poster session.

26 Feb 2021

Events

13 May 2021

Tropical poultry production: research towards sustainable systems

Online

18 May 2021

Experiences with supporting rinderpest vaccination delivery in South Sudan and lessons learned for control of other diseases

Online

More events

Blog

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

Towards a vaccine for animal African trypanosomiasis

Animal African trypanosomiasis is one of the most significant infectious disease threats to livestock across sub-Saharan Africa, and is also important across Asia and South America. This workshop, hosted at the Roslin Institute, Edinburgh, UK, brought together representatives from a wide reange of disciplines and expertise to discuss recent advances and how to facilitate vaccination research.

15 Jun 2020

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

Funding and job opportunities

Closing date: 30 April 2021

Vaccine Development Scientist

£35,000-£40,000

baseimmune

Vacancy

Closing date: 30 April 2021

Research Associate - Leverhulme Trust (fixed term)

£32,816-£35,845

University of Cambridge

Vacancy

Deadline: 6 May 2021

BBSRC Discovery Fellowship 2021

BBSRC, United Kingdom

Funding

Deadline: 16 May 2021

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

BactiVac, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

Funding

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View all funding opportunities

Publications

19 Mar 2021

Inside-out chicken enteroids with leukocyte component as a model to study host-pathogen interactions

Communications Biology

Peer-reviewed article

17 Mar 2021

Bovine neutrophils release extracellular traps and cooperate with macrophages in Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis clearance in vitro

Frontiers in Immunology

Peer-reviewed article

16 Mar 2021

Gut microbe-derived outer membrane vesicles: a potential platform to control cecal load of Campylobacter jejuni

ACS Infectious Diseases

Peer-reviewed article

16 Mar 2021

The influence of intranasal peste des petits ruminants (PPR) vaccine administration alone or with phytogenic mucoadhesive delivery system on PPR outbreak outcomes in goats

Journal of Immunoassay and Immunochemistry

Peer-reviewed article

Publications

@IntVetVaccNet on Twitter

RT @EBSOClab: Today the @roslininstitute Public Engagement Team ran researcher training for @IntVetVaccNet members from a host of different countries including Nigeria , Pakistan , Nepal Kenya , South Africa & Uganda . Discussing the what, why, who & where of #publicengagement https://t.co/Yx4blI6QG6

1 day 1 hour ago

⏰ Just one week to go until our next IVVN #webinar, where @bryonyajones from @RoyalVetCollege will discuss her experiences supporting rinderpest vaccination delivery in South Sudan. Register now https://t.co/NSAxK2fldI https://t.co/uQvdF8K0JK

1 day 4 hours ago

RT @BBSRC: Our longer and larger grants scheme is now open for applications. Get support for research projects in excess of £2 million that address significant fundamental questions in bioscience. https://t.co/QDD5C7r2ql

1 day 4 hours ago

RT @Pirbright_Inst: Finding a PRRS #vaccine which offers protection against multiple #virus strains could be the turning point in preventing the disease from spreading – and these antibodies could pave the way https://t.co/y6fqH70BEW @FrontImmunol @PRRS_Immunol

2 days 6 hours ago

RT @Scriptoria: Funding to research and develop livestock vaccines is key to stop the spread of diseases in developing countries. We’ve been delivering training in proposal writing to @IntVetVaccNet researchers from LMICs during our #grantwriting course: https://t.co/sAaqjx0roM #researchfunding https://t.co/vRTVUl7bzv

5 days 1 hour ago

Congratulations to IVVN board member, Professor Adrian Hill, on being elected a Fellow of the Royal Society https://t.co/GuWUQPdJSy

5 days 22 hours ago

RT @StarIdaz: Looking forward to Current Efforts in African Swine Fever Vaccines: Virtual Seminar & Discussion, today (9.00 EST) https://t.co/T7DTeDgXNW @StarIdaz

6 days 2 hours ago

RT @ctlgh_info: Are you an early career researcher working in livestock genomics in Africa? Last few days to register your interest for the FREE online Bioinformatics course we are offering in partnership with @ILRI and @_SLU. More info and link to registration here ⬇️https://t.co/fHBk3VdKnN

6 days 3 hours ago

RT @Pirbright_Inst: NEWS: Pirbright scientists will progress pig and cattle health through two projects worth €3.5 million. They will tackle the pig diseases #PRRSV and #ASFV as well as #BSRV which affects cattle. Find out more: https://t.co/amODtzCsbD @BBSRC @DefraGovUK @PRRS_Immunol @ASFVacc

1 week 3 hours ago

RT @PoultryHub: We’ve not one but TWO chief vets for our next Roadmap event! Join @ChiefVetUK Christine Middlemiss and @MarkSchipp Chief Veterinary Officer of Australia to discuss #OneHealth #biosecurity governance at 9am UK time (8am GMT) on 12 May https://t.co/7RXPdFTu6F @GCRF @UKRI_news https://t.co/npb467JQb0

1 week 1 day ago

RT @WerlingLab: Sign up for this! Bryony really knows what she is talking about https://t.co/L8MddvMsBD

1 week 2 days ago

RT @AWARDFellowship: Bridging the gender gap in #STEM calls for bold and transformative steps and implementing holistic approaches, including the right policies to address women’s underrepresentation in science leadership. Read more https://t.co/uuspoWBNMk @IntVetVaccNet @BecAHub @roslininstitute https://t.co/YJv42Jm2SP

1 week 2 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

IVVN partners with AWARD to host a webinar on women in science and leadership

Mentoring fellowships for women in low-and-middle income countries awarded

Virtual symposium on poultry vaccines sees IVVN partnering with GCRF One Health Poultry Hub

Events

Tropical poultry production: research towards sustainable systems

Experiences with supporting rinderpest vaccination delivery in South Sudan and lessons learned for control of other diseases

Blog

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

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

Towards a vaccine for animal African trypanosomiasis

COVID-19 vaccine: the eight technologies being tested

Funding and job opportunities

Vaccine Development Scientist

Research Associate - Leverhulme Trust (fixed term)

BBSRC Discovery Fellowship 2021

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

View all job vacancies

View all funding opportunities

Publications

Inside-out chicken enteroids with leukocyte component as a model to study host-pathogen interactions

Bovine neutrophils release extracellular traps and cooperate with macrophages in Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis clearance in vitro

Gut microbe-derived outer membrane vesicles: a potential platform to control cecal load of Campylobacter jejuni

The influence of intranasal peste des petits ruminants (PPR) vaccine administration alone or with phytogenic mucoadhesive delivery system on PPR outbreak outcomes in goats

@IntVetVaccNet on Twitter

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