TBnet News September 2025
- anneoleischeck
- Sep 24
- 4 min read
Updated: Oct 23
The Next TBnet Webinar – "Community Engagement in TB Research: Best Practice, Reflections and Dealing With Challenges"
Join us tomorrow, on September 25, 2025, at 17:00 CET for the latest webinar, "Community Engagement in TB Research: Best Practice, Reflections and Dealing With Challenges"
More information and free registration: https://www.tbnet.eu/post/tbnet-webinar-community-engagement-in-tb-research-best-practice-reflections-and-dealing-with-chal
TBnet Annual Meeting 2025 – Programme online and registration open
Registration for the TBnet Annual Meeting 2025 in Copenhagen and the dinner afterwards is now available online. You can register here: https://www.tbnet.eu/details-registrierung/tbnet-annual-meeting-2025
Please make sure to register by October 26 if you wish to attend the meeting on-site, as capacity is limited to 60 participants. Alternatively, you can join online – the meeting will be live-streamed via Zoom.
This will be a half-day meeting held at the Statens Serum Institut (Artillerivej 5, 2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark). You can look forward to exciting TBnet project updates and announcements, a keynote lecture by Tony Hu, and a practical workshop.
You can find the preliminary agenda here.
We look forward to seeing you in Copenhagen.
Call for Applications for TBnet Steering Committee Positions – 2025 Elections
This year, we are searching for a Steering Committee member to take on the role of Database chair and two Early Career Candidates of the Steering Committee. Becoming a member of the TBnet Steering Committee is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the advancement of TB research, build up a collaborative network, and develop your leadership skills.
Applications will be accepted for the following positions:
TBnet Steering Committee Member Responsible for the TBnet Database
TBnet Steering Committee Candidate – TBnet
TBnet Steering Committee Candidate - NTMnet
Full details can be found on the TBnet website. The call for applications for the position will be open until 01OCT2025 and candidates are asked to send their CV and a one page motivation letter describing their aims for the given position (max. 300 words) to Anne Oleischeck, TBnet Admin (admin@tbnet.eu).
After 01OCT2025, the list of candidates will be finalized and sent to all TBnet members. Online voting will be open from 15OCT2025 to 01NOV2025, allowing all members to cast their votes for the candidates. The result of the election will be announced by 10NOV2025, and the respective candidates with the majority votes should aim at presenting themselves at the General Assembly on 18NOV2025.
Call for Research Proposals from TBnet Academy Alumni for TBnet Annual Meeting in Copenhagen
We are pleased to invite alumni of the TBnet Academy to contribute to the upcoming TBnet Annual Meeting, scheduled for 18 November 2025 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Submit your brief research idea or proposal for a chance to be featured in the dedicated session, “Research for the Future,” at the TBnet Annual Meeting 2025.
Submissions should be aligned with TBnet’s scientific priorities and fall within one of the following five thematic areas:
Epidemiology
Diagnostics / Microbiology
Pediatrics
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM)
Treatment
Each topic will be the focus of a discussion group co-moderated by a senior TBnet member and an early-career investigator. One proposal per topic will be selected and presented as the foundation for in-depth group discussion during the meeting. Successful applicants will recieve reimbursment for travel expenses and accomodation for one night in Copenhagen.
Applications should consist of a proposal (maximum 300 words) outlining the research project, a one-page motivation letter and an up-to-date CV (maximum two pages). Full details can be found here and the deadline for submissions is 30SEP2025. Applications are to be emailed to admin@tbnet.eu by the end of the day on the deadline.
Kharkiv Grand Rounds: Clinical Case Presentations on Tuberculosis and Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria Pulmonary Diseases
We invite you to join the KHARKIV GRAND ROUNDS which will take place on
October 10, 2025
November 28, 2025
December 5, 2025
at 13:00 WE(S)T, 14:00 CE(S)T and 15:00 EE(S)T.
Dr. Olha Konstantynovska and Dr. Tetiana Synenko will be presenting clinical cases for discussion towards an international panel of physicians with experience in the management of difficult-to-treat patients with tuberculosis and non tuberculous pulmonary diseases. Please find the flyer here.
For all Kharkiv Grand Rounds you can use the following ZOOM link:
Meeting-ID: 843 1220 2234
Code: 430015
NTMnet Symposium at ERS – Amsterdam
We are pleased to invite you to the upcoming NTMnet symposium at the ERS Annual Conference in Amsterdam.
When: Sunday, 28 September - 08:30–10:00 CEST
Where: Room 5A
The symposium, “Treatment decisions in non-tuberculous mycobacteria lung disease: when to start, when to (de)escalate and when to stop?”, will bring together four distinguished speakers: H. Kunst, K. Olivier, J.J. Yim, and R. Duarte.
They will take us beyond the 2020 NTM management guidelines to discuss:
When to initiate and discontinue antimicrobial therapy.
The latest advances in biomarker research for NTM disease activity and treatment response.
Insights into the host immune response to NTM and the potential for host-directed therapies.
We look forward to seeing you there!
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