IVVN | International Veterinary Vaccinology Network

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Welcome to the International Veterinary Vaccinology Network (IVVN).

The IVVN is an international community of over 2,000 members working together to develop improved vaccines for livestock and zoonotic diseases.

IVVN ECR Career Development Fellowship Scheme

This fellowship scheme aims to support the professional development of those working in veterinary vaccinology research and innovation over an 18-month period.

International Veterinary Vaccinology Network Conference 2024

The International Veterinary Vaccinology Network (IVVN) Conference 2024 will be hosted in partnership with the Biotechnology Center at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on 9 and 10 November.

Funded pump-priming grants

We have so far funded 13 exciting projects through our pump-priming catalyst funding scheme.

IVVN African Schools Outreach Programme

A collaborative initiative that trains and supports women scientists in Africa to deliver schools outreach workshops.

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News

Tackling Methane Emissions in Cattle: A Collaborative Global Effort for a Sustainable Future

A global research project, funded by the Bezos Earth Fund and the Global Methane Hub, is aiming to make a transformative impact on methane emissions from cattle. We spoke with Prof. Dirk Werling (Royal Veterinary College) to learn more about this promising project.

IVVN Awards Fifth Round of Pump-Priming Grants to Advance Livestock Vaccine Research in LMICs

We are delighted to announce the recipients of our fifth round of Pump-Priming Grant Funding. These grants, each worth up to £100,000, aim to accelerate vaccine research addressing critical challenges in livestock and zoonotic diseases across LMICs.

At CSARP+ launch, Chilean salmon industry leaders acknowledge failure to develop SRS vaccine has stymied antibiotic reduction effort

Seven Chilean firms have teamed with the Monterey Bay Aquarium to launch CSARP+, a program designed to renew efforts to reduce antibiotic usage across the South American country’s salmon-farming industry.

Events

19 January 2025

Next Generation Vaccinologists Webinar

This webinar is being hosted by the International Society for Vaccines (ISV).

16 January 2025

Q&A Webinar: IVVN ECR Career Development Fellowship Scheme

Join us for a Q&A session about the IVVN ECR Career Development Fellowship Scheme, which aims to support the professional development of those working in veterinary vaccinology research and innovation over an 18-month period.

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Jobs

Closes: 1 February 2025

PhD: Development of Wildlife Vaccines

The overarching goal of this project is to isolate marsupial adenoviruses and engineer them into vaccine vectors. The novel vaccine platforms will serve as the basis of our devil facial tumour disease vaccine..

University of Tasmania

Closes: 1 February 2025

PhD: Co-infection and Immunity in Wildlife

The project will generate highly-skilled student and researchers that are competitive in the international biotech, wildlife disease, and veterinary vaccines fields.

University of Tasmania

Closes: 11 December 2024

Chief Executive Officer

As the CEO, you are accountable for the leadership of APHA and delivery of its objectives. You are also a critical leader within Defra, working alongside other senior leaders and chief executives to deliver collectively across the entirety of the Department.

Animal & Plant Health Agency

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Funding

Closes: 25 February 2025

Wellcome Early-Career Awards

This scheme provides funding for early-career researchers from any discipline who are ready to develop their research identity.

Closes: 19 March 2025

Developmental Pathway Funding Scheme: Stage One

Apply for funding to develop and test novel therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics and other interventions.

Medical Research Council (MRC)

Closes: 15 January 2025

The Branco Weiss Fellowship

The fellowship is designed to support postdoctoral researchers after their PhD and before their first faculty appointment. Researchers who pursue unconventional projects outside the mainstream of science (including natural sciences, engineering, social sciences, and humanities) may apply.

The Branco Weiss Fellowship – Society in Science

Closes: 30 September 2025

International Travel Award Scheme for the Biological Sciences

Apply for funding to visit international partners, to initiate collaborations, prepare joint funding proposals, visit overseas facilities or attend European consortia-building events.

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)

Closes: 9 January 2025

Infections and Immunity: Programme: Responsive Mode

Apply for funding to support a programme of research focused on infections and immunity.

Medical Research Council (MRC)

MSD Animal Health Research Bursary

MSD Animal Health offers a range of research bursaries for veterinary students, veterinary surgeons and student & qualified veterinary nurses.

MSD Animal Health Hub

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Publications

The genetic diversity of Strongyloides papillosus in Pakistani goats revealed by whole genome sequencing.

Parasit Vectors

Peer-reviewed article

ASFV subunit vaccines: Strategies and prospects for future development.

Peer-reviewed article

Development and characterization of high-efficiency cell-adapted live attenuated vaccine candidate against African swine fever.

Emerg Microbes Infect

Peer-reviewed article

How mathematical modelling can inform outbreak response vaccination.

Peer-reviewed article

Publications

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Blog

Taking a One Health approach to tackling infectious diseases

One Health Day 2022: A One Health approach requires close collaboration across sectors and disciplines to balance animal, human and planetary health.

How technology platforms allow The Vaccine Group to address animal and human vaccine development gaps

The Vaccine Group aims to develop herpesvirus-based vaccines for use in animals to protect against infectious disease.

Amos Lucky Mhone selfie taken in a laboratory

Amos Lucky Mhone, graduate fellow at ILRI, Kenya

Amos is a graduate fellow at the International Livestock Research Institute in Nairobi, Kenya, and intends to pursue a PhD in immunology and vaccinology.

Online workshop on optimisation of the production of sporozoite stabilate for Theileria parva

This workshop brought together groups interested in sporozoite production for the parasite Theileria parva, which causes the disease East Coast fever.