Travel reimbursement limit has been increased for intercontinental observerships. Hurry up and don’t miss your chance to apply for an outstanding learning experience. Deadline is 20 October 2022.

CMI, the official journal of ESCMID, is hosting a survey to better address the needs of readers. This short survey allows us to create a journal which best fits audience expectations, making CMI more beneficial for everyone.

Applications for the ESCMID awards are closing next week on 12 October at 17:00 CEST. Don’t miss your chance to nominate yourself or your outstanding colleague for the ESCMID Excellence Award, Young Investigator Awards and/or TAE Outstanding Trainee Award!

This online education course is organised by the EIAS and will cover the collateral damage that COVID-19 had on healthcare services in LMICs. Be sure to register today and apply for an attendance grant before October 9^th.

ESGMAC invite you for the first conference for Early Career Mycoplasma and Chlamydia Researchers – ECMCR 2022, taking place virtually on Tuesday 18th October 2022. The programme is now available online to review and registration is FREE.

Register now for the next GARDP live webinar, ‘Drug discovery strategies: Focusing on synthetic compounds and natural products’, taking place next week. Join Man-Wah Tan and Heike Brötz-Oesterhelt, who will discuss drug discovery strategies including both synthetic and natural products.

This study aimed to assess the diagnostic accuracy of rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) for Ebola Virus Disease. The authors found that RDTs possess both a high sensitivity and specificity compared to RT-PCR amongst symptomatic patients presenting to Ebola Treatment Units and support the use of RDTs.