March 2023

Dear All,

I am sending some information about the ongoing and forthcoming activities of the network. Then you will receive detailed information.

From March 1st 2023 the STSM applications has started. These are open to all researchers. The research visiting period can be performed up to the end of August.
The first training school is opening shortly. The announcement will be sent soon to all network participants. 1st Training School Drug discovery against parasitic vector borne diseases in Europe and beyond. 8-10/05/2023 - 3days school. Hamburg-Germany. Sheraz Gul Sheraz.Gul@itmp.fraunhofer.de, HG5 leader, is responsible for the training schools. Therefore if you (your younger Collaborators) are planning to attend, please start organizing your forthcoming May and registering through the COST webplatform.
Grant awarding is also open for: Conference participation (contact Elisabeth Davioud Charvet elisabeth.davioud@unistra.fr), mariapaola.costi@unimore.it.
Workshops are being organized by the different WGs and HGs. You will receive invitations by e-mail first. If you want to participate, register through the registration sheet included in the invitation (or in case it is not working, by email). After that, you will receive the official e-mail invitation through the e-cost web platform. Respond to the e-cost invitation, if you want to participate. Please remember to join the workshops and give your contribution. Your active participation, not only as participants but also as Speaker is needed and enriches the research sharing.
Our website will be finally published shortly at the beginning of April. I will send you the announcement when ready!

SURVEYS

You are going to receive one entry SURVEY entitled "WG6 - Survey on research perspectives for drug development targeting vector-borne diseases and environmental impact" by Clara Lima

Description.

This questionnaire is being conducted under COST Action 21111 on “One Health drugs for Vector-Borne Diseases”, aiming to survey the current trends and status of the research and drug development for the treatment of Vector-Borne Diseases. In addition, we intend to assess the level of awareness about the sustainability and environmental impact of the process of developing drugs for parasitic Vector-Borne Diseases (PVBDs). To answer each question, please select one or more options to reply to each question. The questionnaire is composed of 33 questions and shouldn't take more than 20 min to reply. The answers will be summarised and analysed. From the results of this survey, we aim to develop training opportunities and guidelines to help researchers and their institutes produce more sustainable and environmentally safe compounds for the treatment of Parasitic Vector-Borne diseases.

This survey has to be filled by each COST participant as an entry document.

Thank you for responding!

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EVENTS Calendar -APRIL

Finally, please stay connected with the events organized in April. Be alerted that for technical reasons the real events hours are different from those of the invitations sent through the COST webplatform:

3 April hrs 9:00-12:30: WG4 Workshop 1 (WG4-WS1) “Environmental impact of pharmaceuticals and International Organizations monitoring". Event Organizer Rolf-Alexander Düring (Announcement enclosed).

Please consider to register to this event by connecting ti the forme reported below

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScFlJCuzJQzBClhzoFYFAiBUzrBgcr_B2YHYoMrYAFdbgBMmA/viewform?usp=sharing

The e-cost web platform is blocked in this moment therefore it cannot be used for the invitation.

Within this Monday!

18 April hrs 4:00pm-6:00pm: WG5 Workshop 1 - HG5 “Young innovators’ workshop on vector borne diseases drug discovery" (VIRTUAL) Event Organizers Alfonso Taiotani, Črtomir Podlipnik and Elisa Uliassi. (Announcement enclosed)

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Recording of the past events can be found at the project TEAMS platform Unimore. Ask to watch these again, if interested!

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EXTERNAL GRANT application:

please find the OneHealth as worldwide call initiative at the following link: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240059139