Wednesday, 20th February Lorne Infection and Immunity 2013
Registration and Lunch
12:00PM - 1:00PM
Wednesday, 20th February
Mantra Lobby
Welcome & Opening Remarks
1:00PM - 1:10PM
Wednesday, 20th February
Lecture Theatre
Session 1: Pathogenesis of infection
1:10PM - 3:00PM
Wednesday, 20th February
Lecture Theatre
Chair: Dena Lyras
Sponsored by:
- Probing the Host-Pathogen Interface for New Therapeutic Targets - Victor Nizet
- New insights into the structure and function of a major virulence protein translocon in Plasmodium falciparum - Brendan S Crabb
- Dual pili post-translational modifications synergize to mediate meningococcal adherence to platelet activating factor receptor on human airway cells - Michael Jennings
- Bacterial Factors Required for the Establishment of the Coxiella burnetii Replicative Vacuole - Hayley J Newton
- A novel NOD1- and CagA-independent pathway of interleukin-8 induction mediated by the Helicobacter pylori type IV secretion system - Rebecca J Gorrell
Afternoon tea
3:00PM - 3:30PM
Wednesday, 20th February
Exhibition Hall
Session 2: Innate immunity to infection
3:30PM - 5:20PM
Wednesday, 20th February
Lecture Theatre
Chair: Cameron Stewart
Sponsored by:
- Argonautes in the mammalian antiviral defense - Kate Jeffrey
- Cellular players in inflammasome-dependent anti-microbial defence - Kate Schroder
- Severe Immunopathology Induced by Influenza A Virus is Due to PB1-F2-Mediated Activation of the NLRP3 Inflammasome - Ashley Mansell
- Exploring the patterns of viral restriction of IFITM proteins across primate species - Sarah E Smith
- Fine structural and functional characterization of a unique IFNβ-Ifnar1 signaling axis that contributes to lethality in sepsis - Nicole Deweerd
Break
5:30PM - 6:30PM
Wednesday, 20th February
Exhibition Hall
Dinner
6:30PM - 8:00PM
Wednesday, 20th February
Mantra Dining Room
Poster Session
8:00PM - 9:30PM
Wednesday, 20th February
Exhibition Hall
- The TLR family member RP105 mediates mycobacteria-induced macrophage cytokine responses independent of canonical TLR signalling - Antje Blumenthal
- The In-silico Identification of Epitopes Capable of inducing CD4 and CD8 responses in multiple mouse species. - Kristin Kirk
- Identification of Enterovirus 71 (EV71) Promiscuous T-helper Cell Epitopes Through In-Silico Analysis - Lara Grollo
- Helicobacter pylori abrogates Lactobacillus acidophilus induced IFN-β signaling in macrophages via GTPases and VacA dependent alterations of the endocytic pathway - Gudrun Weiss
- HIV infection and age alters monocyte subset proportion and response to LPS. - Thomas A Angelovich
- PneuCarriage project: identifying the best method(s) to detect carriage of multiple pneumococcal serotypes - Catherine Satzke
- Analysis of inflammasome related molecules in the response to H5N1 Avian Influenza - Sarah J Fardy
- The orientation of the T helper and target epitope alters the immunogenicity of modular lipopeptide-based vaccines - Kylie J Horrocks
- Enhancing immunogenicity of soluble protein antigens using branched and charged lipopeptide structures that target TLR2 - Toshiki Sekiya
- Novel insights into the in vivo regulation of IFN-γ secretion during Salmonella Typhimurium infection - Andreas Kupz
- Necrotising enterocolitis – a review of an evolving paradigm. - Steven SC Cho
- Detection of group A streptococcus pharyngitis by quantitative PCR - Eileen M Dunne
- Interleukin (IL)-37 exerts its anti-inflammatory functions by complexing with SIGIRR and IL-18Rα - Ina Rudloff
- HBV splicing promotes development of hepatocellular carcinoma through increased viral replication - Peter Revill
- The type III effector EspL of EPEC: RIPping through the host inflammatory response - Sabrina Mühlen
- The future of medicine with Stem cells - Melissa Kowalski
- Blimp-1 triggers the formation of immunoregulatory IL-10 producing Th1 cells during chronic viral infection - Ian A Parish
- Functional analysis and characterisation of the Plasmodium translocon of exported proteins (PTEX) in rodent malaria parasites - Tania de Koning-Ward
- Characterising a hypothetical component of the Plasmodium translocon of exported proteins (PTEX) in malaria parasites - Scott Chisholm
- A hierarchy of three distinct receptor-ligand interaction steps in malaria parasite invasion of human erythrocytes and their association with calcium influx and dehydration of host erythrocytes. - Paul R Gilson
- IL-32 promotes angiogenesis - Claudia A Nold-Petry
- Characterization of a unique and novel type I IFN, IFN ε, which protects the female reproductive tract from Chlamydia infection - Ka Yee Fung
- POTENTIAL USE OF CHICKEN INTERFERON LAMBDA AS A NOVEL VACCINE ADJUVANT - Tamara Gough
- Modulation of T helper type 1-mediated autoimmunity via interactomic inhibition of T-bet - JAE SEUNG MOON
- THE INFLUENCE OF PROTECTIVE HETEROLOGOUS ANTIBODIES ON THE HOST IMMUNE RESPONSE IN A MOUSE MODEL OF INFLUENZA VIRUS INFECTION - Catherine Rinaldi
- Mapping of the substrate binding domains of the type III effector NleD - Kristina Creuzburg
- Interferon stimulated genes, Viperin and ZAP - Andrew G. D. Bean
- In vitro response of PBMCs to IFN-α predicts Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) genotype 1 infected patients who will not require additional protease inhibitors - Nollaig Bourke
- Novel virus-responsive microRNAs identified from the Black flying fox transcriptome - Cameron Stewart
- The Role of Interferon Epsilon in the Female Reproductive Tract. - Niamh Mangan
- Antibody modulation of innate immune responses to blood stage malaria - Jingling Zhou
- Diversity of Plasmodium falciparum var genes: Implications for understanding patterns of antibody acquisition to PfEMP1, the major surface antigen of malaria - Sofonias Tessema
- Molecular epidemiology of the two recently described subspecies of Plasmodium ovale in Papua New Guinea - Charlie Jennison