Welcome

The Malaria RCN is an international network of scientists established to promote research, communication, and training in the biology of malaria (Haemosporida) parasites of vertebrate wildlife populations. The Network is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation and is open to participation by anyone interested in aspects of malaria biology, including ecology, pathogenesis, host defenses, evolution, population genetics, systematics, biogeography, vector relationships, and community ecology. The RCN will promote its goals through meetings and workshops, supporting exchanges of researchers between laboratories, providing a source of information and techniques, and serving as a forum for discussion of research questions of general interest. To enter the site, please log in. If you are not a member, you can join the network by creating an account.

Announcements

RCN Grant Opportunity

Applications are welcomed for supporting visits of graduate students, postdocs, and investigators to established laboratories or research groups to learn new techniques for any aspect of haemosporidian research, or to support meetings of investigators to develop new collaborations. Grants for training will normally be limited to a maximum of $3,000 and will cover transportation (U.S. carrier) and reasonable living expenses for periods of up to two months.

Applications also will be considered to help investigators attend workshops or meetings at which they are making poster or oral presentations. Funds up to a maximum of $1,000 per meeting.

Application deadline: 1 April 2012, and future dates as announced.

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New Event - Second Annual International Workshop on Malaria and Related Haemosporidian Parasites of Wildlife

The NSF-sponsored Research Coordination Network for Haemosporida of Terrestrial Vertebrates (MalariaRCN) is pleased to announce our second annual workshop on the malaria parasites and closely related haemosporidians of natural populations of vertebrates. The four day workshop, which will be held August 6-9, 2012, at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, will include both field and laboratory exercises as well as lectures and discussions led by RCN members.

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