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This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits applications to establish Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (CARB) Interdisciplinary Research Units (CARBIRUs) focused on improving our understanding of bacterial and host factors important for antibacterial resistance and infection to inform development of new approaches to prevent, diagnose, and treat antibacterial-resistant infections.

The MIDAS Network Coordination Center has launched a Flickr account!

Since early December 2019, 61 new MIDAS members joined, 26 faculty, 30 students, and 5 postdocs from the US and other countries.

Brent Allman, a fourth-year student at Emory University in the Population Biology, Ecology and Evolution doctoral program, has been named the Laney Graduate School’s 2019-20 Kharen Fulton Diversity Awardee.

NIAID has established the Emerging Leaders in Data Science Fellowship Program to develop a cadre of talented data scientists who have a strong interest in applying their bioinformatics and data science expertise to advance research on infectious and immune-mediated diseases. Application deadline is February 8, 2020.

On behalf of the non-profit Outbreak Science, Mike Johansson enlists help to improve the way epidemiological data are shared during outbreaks.

Natalie Dean and Ira Longini from University of Florida talk about the value of a licensed Ebola vaccine and how it relates to their research on a local news station WCJB in Gainesville, FA

The 16th MIDAS Annual Network Meeting will take place on April 15-17, 2020, in the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Downtown Seattle. The theme will be “Envisioning the future of infectious disease modeling”.

Betz Halloran is one of the 100 new members elected to the United States National Academy of Medicine (NAM).

The new MIDAS website replaces an outdated previous version and includes a wide range of information about the people and projects involved in MIDAS. The website improves the visibility of MIDAS and enables new members to join.