DEADLINE EXTENSION: Submission deadline 30 September for PanACEA Postgraduate Programme

We are pleased to announce the opening of our Postgraduate programme, which will offer candidates a unique opportunity to support PanACEA objectives and obtain a research degree. The research programmes will be sponsored by expertise core and other affiliated resources. Candidates will be matched to appropriate projects based on their scientific interests, experience and acumen.…

SAMRC interviews Andreas Diacon

The South African Medical Research Council interviewed Professor Andreas Diacon, founder and CEO at TASK Applied Science, on the future of TB treatment. TASK performs clinical trials in TB and has been a partner in the PanACEA consortium since the first EDCTP granting phase. New and improved drugs are necessary to increase the effectivity of treatment of TB, Professor…

MBLA Conference at St Andrews

Monday 11th June until Wednesday 13th June delegates from all over the world assembled for the MBLA Conference at the University of St Andrews, School of Medicine. The conference was organized and sponsored by the University of St Andrews and the Scottish Funding Council (SFC), in cooperation with the PanACEA Biomarkers Expertise Core. The conference…

EDCTP Workshop Johannesburg

From June 12-14th the EDCTP held a three-day competency training workshop in health research ethics, Good Clinical Practice and Good Clinical Laboratory Practice in Johannesburg, South Africa. The goal of the workshop was to improve the skills and capabilities of the participants to become a “Trainer-of-Trainers” or focal person within the research networks or regions…

New EDCTP Project Officer

As of June the PanACEA consortium welcomes Jean Marie Habarugira as the new EDCTP Project Officer. At the General Assembly meeting on June 11th the consortium had the first opportunity to get acquainted with him and an official visit will follow. Jean Marie Habarugira has been working for the EDCTP as Project Officer since 2010.…

GA Conference V

Building up to this quarterly General Assembly (GA) meeting on June 11th the Expertise Cores developed a comprehensive trial capacity development proposal. The Cores are eager to start and the General Assembly gave the final go-ahead for their plans. PanACEA is one year into the project now and an Annual Report was submitted to its…

Guide for EDCTP Grantees

Grantees of the EDCTP programme are obligated to acknowledge the EDCTP and EU as funders in all dissemination activities and publications. A guide on how to acknowledge EDCTP can be found in the EDCTP Media Kit, that also provides a brand manual. Go to: http://www.edctp.org/media-kit/

World TB Day at CERMEL

Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné (CERMEL) is a partner in the PanACEA Consortium. Over the years CERMEL has become increasingly involved in TB research. The institute has developed a research group and a laboratory specialized in TB. To honor World TB Day, CERMEL organized a day of lectures, discussions and lab tours to educate…

Site visits Johannesburg, South Africa

On the 4th of May the Coordinator of PanACEA, Martin Boeree, was welcomed at WITS Health Consortium in Johannesburg, South Africa, by Mohammed Rassool and his team. WITS was active as site during PanACEA I and will be again for the PanACEA STEP IIC trial. On the 7th of May the Coordinator also visited ,…

Site visit CoM, Blantyre, Malawi

College of Medicine (CoM) is one of the new partners of the PanACEA consortium. End of April a delegation from PanACEA traveled to Malawi for an assessment of the trial site. They were greeted with a warm welcome and a well organized visit. It was a good opportunity to get acquainted with our colleagues in the…