This page includes some of the recorded live presentations from the 2nd International Remote Conference: Science and Society
Day 1 (Saturday, January 28, 2017)
For further details, please view our abstract booklet
Opening Ceremony – Introduction and Welcome from BSI
Dr. Eleanor Fish
Toronto, Canada
Keynote – Antiretroviral Treatment of Acute HIV Infection and Prospects for a Functional Cure
Dr. Thumbi Ndung’u
University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
Choosing Wisely – A Global Initiative Addressing Resource Stewardship in Medicine
Anastasiya Muntyanu
Ottawa, Canada
Microbial Contaminants Isolated from Items and Work Surfaces in the Post-Operative Ward at Kawolo General Hospital, Uganda
Ivan Sserwadda
Kampala, Uganda
The Expression Analysis of N-Myristoyltansferase (NMT) Isozymes in the Pumwani Commercial Sex Worker Cohort, Nairobi, Kenya
Daniel Udenwobele
Winnipeg, Canada
Risk Factors of Periventricular Leukomalacia in Singleton Infants Born from 23 to 26 Weeks’ Gestation
Emilia Surzyn
Poznan, Poland
Intrinsic 4-1BB Signals are Indispensable for the Establishment of an Influenza-Specific Tissue-Resident Memory CD8 T Cell Population in the Lung
Angela Zhou
Toronto, Canada
Assessment of Antibodies Response Against Malaria Infection After Treatment with ACT in Children and Adults Living in Malaria Hyperendemic Area of Burkina Faso
Fatima Thiombiano
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Day 2 (Sunday, January 29, 2017)
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Keynote – From Bone Loss to Breast Cancer
Dr. Josef Penninger
Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Vienna, Austria
Mechanism of Transport and Intracellular Target of Gliostem: Novel Technology for Near-Immediate Detection of Glioblastoma-Derived Stem Cell-Like Cells
Aileen Gracias
Stockholm, Sweden
Targeted Photodynamic Pre-Treatment as a Novel Strategy to Enhance Tumour Nanoparticle Accumulation
Marta Overchuk
Toronto, Canada
Anticancer Mechanism of a Soybean Derived Phytoestrogen Revealed by Development of an Innovative Study Model
Swarnendra Singh
New Delhi, India
IKKbeta Kinase as a Therapeutic Target for Lung Tumour-Initiating Cells Induced by the KRAS Oncogene
Felipe Silva Rodrigues
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Low Prevalence of Laboratory-Confirmed Malaria in Clinically Diagnosed Adult Women in the Central Region of Uganda
Sergey Yagorov
University of Toronto, Canada
Assessing Community Health in Sugoi, Kenya: A Community Based Education/Services Descriptive Study
Pavanraj Chana
Eldoret, Kenya
Explaining the Unexplained: Neuronal Endogenous Retrovirus-K Protein Deposition in ALS
Mamneet Manghera
Winnipeg, Canada
INSL5 and RXFP4 in the Immune System
Brett Vahkal
Winnipeg, Canada
Case Study: Finding Out the Effect of Anti-Retroviral Therapy on Hematological Indices
Affecting HIV Adults Attending Immunosuppression Clinic in Entebbe
Gloria Ingabire
Entebbe, Uganda
Closing Ceremony – Awards and Acknowledgements
Dr. Eleanor Fish
Toronto, Canada