Third Wellcome Trust/EMBO Workshop on HIV/AIDS and TB
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30th November - 8th December, 2004
Cape Town, South Africa
"AIDS & TB: The Way Ahead"
HIV/AIDS and TB present an enormous challenge to the public
health of sub-Saharan Africa. A 9-day workshop, which aims to
highlight the research issues around these diseases, will be
held at the University of Cape Town from November 30th to Decem-
ber 8th 2004. This will include overviews on epidemiology, immu-
nology and pathogenesis, virology and bacteriology as well as
treatment issues and prospects for vaccination. It will also be
an excellent opportunity to meet other researchers in the field.
A number of prominent international and local speakers have been
invited.
The Workshop is supported by Grants from the Wellcome Trust and
the European Molecular Biology Organization and is sponsored by
the South African Medical Research Council and the newly estab-
lished infectious diseases institute of the University of Cape
Town.
Travel, accommodation and subsistence costs will be covered. Ap-
plicants must be currently and actively involved in laboratory-
based research into HIV/AIDS or TB. Preference will be given to
applications from Africa and from those outside Africa involved
in projects in Africa. The workshop is aimed at pre-doctoral
students and recent post-doctoral fellows and is limited to 30
participants.
Please send a copy of your CV including publications, a motiva-
tion for why you wish to participate in the Workshop, a brief
account of your research as well as 2 sealed referees' reports
to:
Carole Roberts
Medical Research Council
PO Box 19070
Tygerberg 7505
South Africa
(Street address: Francie van Zijl Drive, Parow Valley 7500,
South Africa)
Tel: +27-21-938-0359
Fax: +27-21-938-0239
mailto:carole.roberts@mrc.ac.za
http://www.mrc.ac.za
Closing date for application is 30th June 2004.