Conference 2021 Live Talk Talk title An Adenovirus-Vectored Vaccine Protects from Intestinal Schistosomiasis in a Pre-Clinical Model Authors and Affiliations Dilhan J Perera1,2, Adam S Hassan2,3, Christine Gadoury4, Mehdi Elahi4, Renald Gilbert4, Risini Weeratna5, Momar Ndao1,2,3 1. Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada 2. Program in Infectious Diseases and Immunity in [...]
Conference 2021 Live Talk Talk title Elucidating mechanisms by which mutations in Env contribute to broad, multi-class HIV-1 drug resistance Authors and Affiliations Rachel Van Duyne1, Phuong Pham1, Jon Spindler2, Mary Kearney2, Eric O. Freed1 1. Virus-Cell Interaction Section, HIV Dynamics and Replication Program, NCI-Frederick, Frederick, MD 2. Translational Research Unit, HIV Dynamics [...]
Conference 2021 Live Talk Talk title Concomitant infection of Leishmania Donovani and Plasmodium Berghei reduces disease severity in BALB/c mice Authors and Affiliations Rebeccah. M. Ayako1, 2, Joshua. M. Mutiso1, John. C. Macharia2, Lucy. Ochola2 1. Department of Zoological Sciences, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya 2. Department of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, Institute of [...]
Conference 2021 Live Talk Talk title Potential effects of treatment with Itolizumab for decreasing plasma IL-6 levels in severely ill patients with COVID-19 Authors and Affiliations Vityala Yethindra1, Tugolbai Tagaev2, Altynai Zhumabekova3, Datka Ysabaeva1 1. Department of Pathology, International Higher School of Medicine, International University of Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 2. Department of Public [...]
Conference 2021 Keynote speaker Galit Alter, Ph.D. Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School, U.S.A Talk title: Systems Serology to Define Correlates of Immunity to SARS-CoV-2 Dr. Galit Alter is a Professor of Medicine at the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard and [...]
Conference 2021 Keynote speaker Linda Z. Penn, Ph.D. Senior Scientist, University Health Network Professor, University of Toronto, Canada Talk title: How to Inhibit the Undruggable MYC Oncoprotein in Cancer Dr. Linda Penn is Senior Scientist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and a [...]
Conference 2021 Keynote speaker Tom Kariuki, Ph.D. Director of Programmes/AESA Platform African Academy of Sciences Talk title: The Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa Tom Kariuki is the Director of Programmes/AESA Platform at the African Academy of Sciences (AAS). He leads [...]
Conference 2021 Keynote speaker Tom Wilkinson, Ph.D. Professor & Honorary Consultant Respiratory Medicine Clinical and Experimental Sciences Southampton University Faculty of Medicine Talk title: Developing New Treatments for COVID-19: Focus on Inhaled Interferon-ß Professor Tom Wilkinson is Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the [...]