The Vaccines@UQ symposium will take place at The University of Queensland (UQ) on Monday 25 November and Tuesday 26 November 2019.
The symposium will feature presentations by national and international researchers showcasing the latest scientific discoveries in vaccine research. The program will also highlight research being undertaken across South East Queensland.
Attendance numbers are limited therefore we encourage you to register your attendance as soon as possible.
The full program and presentation abstracts are available to download here.
Program
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| 2.20pm | Welcome Prof. Ian Henderson, Co-Chair of the Symposium Deputy Director (Research) - Institute of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland |
| 2.30pm | Group A Streptococcus vaccines - animal models and adjuvants Prof. Mark Walker, Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland |
| 3.00pm | Animal tick vaccines- realisTICK progress and challenges Prof. Ala Tabor, QAAFI, The University of Queensland |
| 3.30pm | Harnessing the Therapeutic Potential of Interleukin-22 in Neonatal Respiratory Viral Infection Dr Sumaira Hasnain, Group Leader - Mater Research Institute, The University of Queensland |
| 4.00pm | KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Features of protective antibody responses to Salmonella Prof. Adam Cunningham, University of Birmingham |
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| 9.00am | Welcome Prof. Paul Young, Co-Chair of the Symposium Head of School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland |
| 9.10am | KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Enhancing group A streptococcal vaccine design through global population genomics and nonhuman primate infection studies Dr Mark Davies, Doherty Institute, University of Melbourne |
| 10.00am | The development of single-dose vaccine technologies for large animals Prof. Timothy Mahony, QAAFI, The University of Queensland |
| 10.30am | Defined Semisynthetic Platforms for Producing Potent Semisynthetic Protein-TLR2 Agonist Fusion Vaccines Dr Peter Michael Moyle, Senior Lecturer - School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland |
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| 11.30am | Evaluation of a novel chimeric dengue vaccine candidate delivered to the skin by high-density microarray patches in an infectious challenge mouse model Dr David Muller, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland |
| 12.00pm | Self-assembling and self-adjuvanting lipopeptide nanoparticulate vaccine candidates for the induction of protective immune responses Prof. Istvan Toth, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland |
| 12.30pm | Vaccine development for gonococcal superbugs A/Prof. Kate Seib, Research Leader & Associate Director (Research) - Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University |
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| 2.00pm | Rapid response pipeline for stabilised subunit vaccines Dr Keith Chappell, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland |
| 2.30pm | The Chlamydia epidemic: What do we need from a vaccine? Prof. Kenneth Beagley, Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology |
| 3.00pm | Sementis Copenhagen Vector, a new vaccinia-based vaccine platform; application to ZIKA/CHIK vaccine development Prof. Andreas Suhrbier, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute |
| 3.30pm | Vaccine delivery to the skin: benefits and challenges Dr Angus Forster, Chief Development and Operating Officer, Vaxxas Pty Ltd |
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| 4.30pm | SKERMAN LECTURE: Novel technologies for discovery, design and development of new and effective vaccines Prof. Mariagrazia Pizza, Senior Scientific Director, Bacterial Vaccines, GSK VACCINES |
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Location
Level 3 Auditorium
Queensland Biosciences Precinct (Building 80)
St Lucia - The University of Queensland
Participants
- Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre
- Doherty Institute, University of Melbourne
- GSK Vaccines
- Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University
- Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham
- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland
- Mater Research Institute, The University of Queensland
- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland
- School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland
- Vaxxas Pty Ltd