Real-time tracking of seasonal influenza evolution
Trevor Bedford in joint work with Richard Neher has published a website to do real-time tracking and analysis of seasonal influenza evolution. This site is nextflu.org and shows what strains of influenza H3N2 are circulating and how they are genetically related. It also displays predictors of viral fitness that may be useful in forecasting strain dynamics.
Lancet Paper shows progress in containing Ebola outbreak in Liberia
The paper, written by members of CIDID and published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, characterizes the effect of treatment centers and safe burials in the containment Ebola outbreak in Liberia.
Ira Longini is part of the team developing Ebola vaccine trials at WHO
Ira Longini is at the WHO working on the design of Ebola vaccine trials in West Africa, along with other members of CIDID.
This article published in Science cites Longini's discussing the high hopes for Guinean vaccine trial.
Application open for Population Biology of Infectious Diseases REU Site
The Population Biology of Infectious Diseases REU Site is a nine-week NSF-funded University of Georgia program to train undergraduates in scientific methods at the intersections of quantitative and experimental studies in infectious disease biology.
Click here to apply for summer 2015. The deadline to apply is February 16!
AT A GLANCE
- 2015 program dates: Tuesday, May 26 – Friday, July 24
- Application deadline: February 16, 2015
- Stipend of $4500
- Housing provided
Website is live
The core Center website is up and running. We have details of our goals, our team and recent publications. We hope that the site will be a key tool to share research results with the community and we look forward to developing it further.