Provisional Timetable
(Subject to change: The conference may finish slightly earlier or later than the advertised time)
Event type: Virtual/in-person hybrid
Presentation language: English
Venue: The Jarvis Doctorow Hall, St Edmund Hall, Queen’s Lane, Oxford, UK
Time zone: All times mentioned refer to British Standard/Summer Time (BST) – London/GMT+01:00.
Password and links: Registered conference delegates will be sent joining information and conference access links a few days before the conference.
World Time Converter: https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/
Wednesday 06th September
0915-0955: Registration
0955: Housekeeping
Pandemics – Past
1000-1030:
Professor John Oxford (Emeritus Lecture)
Queen Mary College London, UK
Revisiting the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918
Pandemics – Present
1030-1100:
Professor Danny Altmann (Keynote)
Imperial College London, UK
Immune phenotypes in acute COVID-19 and Long COVID
1100-1130: Coffee, networking and posters
1130-1200:
Dr Ashley Otter
UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), UK
Utilising serology to understand emerging pathogens
1200-1230:
Professor Nigel Temperton
University of Kent, UK
Pseudotyping the COVID pandemic
1230-1300:
Dr Giada Mattiuzzo
The National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC), UK
The Role and Importance of Reference Materials for Emerging Virus Outbreak
1300-1315:
Dr Lucy G Thorne
University College London, UK
Evolution of enhanced innate immune suppression by SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern
1315-1400: Lunch, networking and posters
Pandemics – Future
1400-1430:
Professor Ian Brown (Keynote)
Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), UK
Avian influenza: the next pandemic??
1430-1445:
Dr Kelly Da Costa
University of Kent, UK
An integrated serological platform for immunogenicity readouts and the elucidation of potential correlates of protection for influenza and haemagglutinin and neuraminidase-based vaccines
1445-1515:
Dr Simon Scott
University of Kent, UK
Genetic characterisation and pseudotyping strategies applied to a new candidate haemagglutinin subtype of influenza A viruses
1515-1545:
Dr Edward Wright
University of Sussex, UK
New Lyssavirus vaccines (title TBC)
1545-1600:
Dr Laura Martin-Sancho
Imperial College London, UK
Systems biology approaches reveal host defence mechanisms against Dengue virus
1600-1615: Coffee, networking and posters
1615-1645:
Dr Gabor Kemenesi
University of Pécs, Hungary
Lloviu virus in Schreiber’s bat in Europe: emerging or endemic?
1645-1700:
Ms Asmaa Nasr
Lancaster University, UK
Systematic bioinformatics and structural analysis of N6-methyladenosine (m6A) machinery of the black flying fox (Pteropus alecto) and the Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus)
1700-1730:
Professor Teresa Lambe OBE
University of Oxford, UK
Vaccines for Emerging Viruses including Disease X (TBC)
1730-1800:
Dr Rachael Tarlinton
University of Nottingham, UK
Update on Coronaviruses in European Wildlife
1800-Late:
Dinner and drinks for those interested at various watering holes around Oxford
