Thank you to everybody who attended the HIC-Vac Annual Meeting 2024, either in person or online.

Keep a look out for our newsletter for news of the 2025 Meeting. 👀

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It only gets better every year at the Human Infection Challenge Vaccine Development (HIC-Vac) Network meeting! Grateful to have met so many brilliant people, and already looking forward to next year.

⏰ Don’t forget you can still join the HIC-Vac Annual Meeting 2025 online! Register your details here to make sure you get the link: forms.office.com/e/b6PTuWHUTA

After selling out the initial run, extra capacity has been added to the HIC-Vac Annual Meeting 2025! Register to join us 29th and 30th September.

Can’t join in person? You can also register to join us online - just register your details.

hic-vac.org/events/hic-vac…

✈️ Travel Grants are open for the HIC-Vac Annual Meeting 2025! Make sure you apply by Friday 16th May.

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In our newest #VaccineVoices episode, Charlie Weller from @wellcometrust identifies existing gaps and priority actions to ensure vaccination can be used to its full potential to curb the spread of #AMR

#WIW #EIW #VaccinesSaveLives #EIW2025 #WorldImmunisationWeek

Not all #vaccines need a needle.

@ChrisChiuLab's latest research project—@MUSICCproject—is testing the potential of nasal and inhaled vaccines against #COVID19 and other viruses.

Read more, this #WorldImmunizationWeek 👉 imperial.ac.uk/Stories/the-po…

#VaccinesWork. But only if everyone can access them.

That's why, @p_openshaw, Co-Director of @hic_vac, is advancing the use of human challenge studies to help develop next-generation #vaccines in LMICs.

Discover his work, this #WorldImmunizationWeek 👉 imperial.ac.uk/Stories/the-po…

🔥 PhD opportunity 🔥

Interested in a @moderna_tx -funded PhD focused on deconvoluting the immunological mechanisms that protect against whooping cough to inform novel vaccine design with me, @afvallejop & @NoMoreMrNEISGuy?

Apply here before 18.06.25!

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🚨 HIC-Vac are delighted to share that our HIC-Vac Annual Meeting 2025 will be held on Monday 29th and Tuesday 30th September in Oxford, UK.

Registration is now open! hic-vac.org/events/hic-vac…

Want to present your Human Infection Challenge work to the community? Perhaps you have something exciting to share, or want an opportunity to put food for thought to the audience?

Abstracts are open for submission now: hic-vac.org/events/hic-vac…

🚨 Deadline is Tuesday 1st May 2025

📚Conference update!

The HIC-Vac Annual Meeting returns for 2025! Registration, Abstracts for presentation and Travel Grants will open w/c 24th February.

Make sure you’re a member to get the news! hic-vac.org/members/become…

🌍🔬 Today, on #IDWGIS, we celebrate and support all the incredible women making strides in #immunology and beyond!

Women in science continue to inspire and shape the future of health. Let’s continue to break barriers and champion equality in STEM! 💪🔬

📣Attention all IMPRINT members! 📣

Our IMPRINT Network Meeting 2025 will take place on 11-12 September in South Africa. Registration and a call for abstracts are now open!

Find out more▶️ lmy.de/kIFDe

Catalyst funding for pump-priming projects is now open.

@BactiVac provides funding for projects that catalyse research in bacterial vaccinology.

Applications are now open, see our website for full details: bit.ly/CatalystProject

Apply by 15 June 2025

#BactiVacFunding
@UKgovGHS
@unibirm_CMH

Researchers from @ImperialNHLI have reported encouraging results from the first phase of clinical trials for a new peanut allergy #vaccine.

Using virus-like particle technology, the vaccine aims to retrain the immune system.🥜

More 👇imperial.ac.uk/news/260753/no…

Upcoming webinar - Making good clinical trials easier & more equitable: Updated ICH GCP guidelines, with the @goodtrials.

Explore the updated guidelines and learn more about their influence on how #clinicaltrials are conducted.
📅 12 Feb - 12:00 GMT
🔗zoom.us/webinar/regist…

A scientist. A leader. A mentor. 👩‍🔬🌟

Prof @wendybarclay11 becomes @imperialcollege's first female Regius Professor of Infectious Disease—recognised for her pioneering research and global impact. 🎉

Discover her story ⤵️ #WomenInSTEM @ImperialInfect imperial.ac.uk/stories/Wendy-…

Calling all #postgrad students!📢

Explore the latest in #vaccine science, from novel platforms to emerging technologies & economics. Join experts from @imperialcollege & @UnivofGh for an engaging seminar + Q&A.

Register here: imperial.ac.uk/events/188425/…

A new frontier in #flu immunity? 🦠

Led by @ChrisChiuLab, the GERMINATE study will use human challenge studies to find out how #respiratory immunity is built, which could transform flu #vaccines and protect severe disease.

More ⤵️ imperial.ac.uk/news/260093/ne… @ImperialInfect

A rise in HMPV cases is 'what we would expect to see' in winter say health experts.

Prof John Tregoning (@DrTregoning) in @CNN says “It will present in the same way as flu, sars-cov-2, RSV, so the same advice applies for those affected."👇
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