Edinburgh Infectious Diseases 12th Annual Symposium We are delighted to be hosting our 12th Annual Symposium back in the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh on Thursday 22 June 2023. This is an opportunity for our community to come together and hear about infectious diseases research from across Edinburgh, celebrate our achievements, and to meet with colleagues old and new. The event will start at 9.30 am, and will close at 5 pm with a drinks reception to which everyone is warmly invited. Please register on Eventbrite Speakers Provisional programme Who Where Title Session 1 09:30 - 10:50 David Dockrell Centre for Inflammation Research, co-Director of Edinburgh Infectious Diseases Welcome and Introduction Steve Sinkins University of Glasgow Mosquito symbionts for pathogen transmission-blocking Clara Calvert Usher Institute Leveraging Scottish pregnancy, maternal and baby data in a pandemic: the COVID-19 in pregnancy in Scotland (COPS) study Stella Mazeri* and Till Bachmann* Roslin Institute and Centre for Inflammation Research Fleming Fund: Capacity building to tackle AMR Chihku Chimwaza* Fleming Fund Fellow, Ministry of HealthMalawi Surveillence of AMR in poultry production in Malawi COFFEE AND POSTERS Session 2 11:20 - 12:40 Meghan Perry NHS Lothian Clinical Infection Research Group Thamarai Schneiders Centre for Inflammation Research Data Integrity & Ethics in infection research Rennos Fragkoudis Genome Foundry The Edinburgh Genome Foundry: A Robotic Setup for High-throughput Bioengineering Javier Santoyo Lopez Edinburgh Genomics TBC Eleanor Watson Moredun Research Institute Detection of zoonotic bacteria and AMR in grey seal populations CJ Anderson Centre for Inflammation Research Symptom or participant? How death-induced dysbiosis influences intestinal repair LUNCH AND POSTERS Session 3 13:55 - 15:25 Ker Memorial Prize winner: Verity Hill School of Biological Sciences From epidemics to pandemics: Elucidating the dynamics of Ebola Virus and SARS-CoV-2 Andy Leigh Brown School of Biological Sciences Analysing HIV outbreaks in Scotland using viral sequencing Sudeepa Abeysinghe School of Social and Political Science Global Health Governance and Pandemics Jane Redford* Edinburgh Innovations Routes to Translation: Support from EI Kiran Wadhawan* School of Biological Sciences How applicable is the Independent Action Hypothesis to various host-pathogen systems? Matthew Burgess* Centre for Inflammation Research Helminth induced monocytosis conveys protection from respiratory syncytial virus infection James Broughton* School of Biological Sciences Single-cell physiological response of E. coli to suppressive antibiotic combinations Laura Confalonieri* School of Physics and Astronomy Assessment of pH changes for detection of bacterial growth and biofilm formation James Baxter* Usher Institute Reconciling the Probability that HIV-1 Infection Is Initiated by Multiple Variants with the Rate of CD4+ Decline COFFEE Session 4 16:05 - 17:00 Ker Memorial Lecture: Prof Carmen Buchrieser Pasteur Institute Pathogenicity related genomic features of Legionella * short talks Poster sessions There will also be poster sessions, and we very much encourage all students and postdocs to present their work. Prizes will be awarded for the best presentations in each category. Ker Memorial Lecture and Prize Winner We are particularly pleased that the Ker Memorial Lecture will be given by Professor Carmen Buchrieser from the Institut Pasteur, who will speak about her research to understand how bacteria cause disease. About Carmen And as is customary we will also hear from the winner of the Ker Memorial Prize, awarded for the best PhD thesis in infectious diseases submitted in 2022. Update 2 June 2023: This year we are delighted to announce that the 2023 prize has been awarded to Dr Verity Hill, who carried out her PhD with Prof Andrew Rambaut in the School of Biological Sciences. She is now a postdoc in Nathan Grubaugh's lab in the Yale Schoool of Medicine. About Verity Congratulations to all nominees for Ker Memorial Prize Contact us If you have any questions about the event please contact us by email Email Edinburgh Infectious Diseases Jun 22 2023 09.30 - 17.00 Edinburgh Infectious Diseases 12th Annual Symposium We are back for our 12th Annual Symposium on 22 June 2023. We hope you can join us! Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh) 9 Queen Street Edinburgh EH2 1JQ Venue location Register here
Edinburgh Infectious Diseases 12th Annual Symposium We are delighted to be hosting our 12th Annual Symposium back in the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh on Thursday 22 June 2023. This is an opportunity for our community to come together and hear about infectious diseases research from across Edinburgh, celebrate our achievements, and to meet with colleagues old and new. The event will start at 9.30 am, and will close at 5 pm with a drinks reception to which everyone is warmly invited. Please register on Eventbrite Speakers Provisional programme Who Where Title Session 1 09:30 - 10:50 David Dockrell Centre for Inflammation Research, co-Director of Edinburgh Infectious Diseases Welcome and Introduction Steve Sinkins University of Glasgow Mosquito symbionts for pathogen transmission-blocking Clara Calvert Usher Institute Leveraging Scottish pregnancy, maternal and baby data in a pandemic: the COVID-19 in pregnancy in Scotland (COPS) study Stella Mazeri* and Till Bachmann* Roslin Institute and Centre for Inflammation Research Fleming Fund: Capacity building to tackle AMR Chihku Chimwaza* Fleming Fund Fellow, Ministry of HealthMalawi Surveillence of AMR in poultry production in Malawi COFFEE AND POSTERS Session 2 11:20 - 12:40 Meghan Perry NHS Lothian Clinical Infection Research Group Thamarai Schneiders Centre for Inflammation Research Data Integrity & Ethics in infection research Rennos Fragkoudis Genome Foundry The Edinburgh Genome Foundry: A Robotic Setup for High-throughput Bioengineering Javier Santoyo Lopez Edinburgh Genomics TBC Eleanor Watson Moredun Research Institute Detection of zoonotic bacteria and AMR in grey seal populations CJ Anderson Centre for Inflammation Research Symptom or participant? How death-induced dysbiosis influences intestinal repair LUNCH AND POSTERS Session 3 13:55 - 15:25 Ker Memorial Prize winner: Verity Hill School of Biological Sciences From epidemics to pandemics: Elucidating the dynamics of Ebola Virus and SARS-CoV-2 Andy Leigh Brown School of Biological Sciences Analysing HIV outbreaks in Scotland using viral sequencing Sudeepa Abeysinghe School of Social and Political Science Global Health Governance and Pandemics Jane Redford* Edinburgh Innovations Routes to Translation: Support from EI Kiran Wadhawan* School of Biological Sciences How applicable is the Independent Action Hypothesis to various host-pathogen systems? Matthew Burgess* Centre for Inflammation Research Helminth induced monocytosis conveys protection from respiratory syncytial virus infection James Broughton* School of Biological Sciences Single-cell physiological response of E. coli to suppressive antibiotic combinations Laura Confalonieri* School of Physics and Astronomy Assessment of pH changes for detection of bacterial growth and biofilm formation James Baxter* Usher Institute Reconciling the Probability that HIV-1 Infection Is Initiated by Multiple Variants with the Rate of CD4+ Decline COFFEE Session 4 16:05 - 17:00 Ker Memorial Lecture: Prof Carmen Buchrieser Pasteur Institute Pathogenicity related genomic features of Legionella * short talks Poster sessions There will also be poster sessions, and we very much encourage all students and postdocs to present their work. Prizes will be awarded for the best presentations in each category. Ker Memorial Lecture and Prize Winner We are particularly pleased that the Ker Memorial Lecture will be given by Professor Carmen Buchrieser from the Institut Pasteur, who will speak about her research to understand how bacteria cause disease. About Carmen And as is customary we will also hear from the winner of the Ker Memorial Prize, awarded for the best PhD thesis in infectious diseases submitted in 2022. Update 2 June 2023: This year we are delighted to announce that the 2023 prize has been awarded to Dr Verity Hill, who carried out her PhD with Prof Andrew Rambaut in the School of Biological Sciences. She is now a postdoc in Nathan Grubaugh's lab in the Yale Schoool of Medicine. About Verity Congratulations to all nominees for Ker Memorial Prize Contact us If you have any questions about the event please contact us by email Email Edinburgh Infectious Diseases Jun 22 2023 09.30 - 17.00 Edinburgh Infectious Diseases 12th Annual Symposium We are back for our 12th Annual Symposium on 22 June 2023. We hope you can join us! Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh) 9 Queen Street Edinburgh EH2 1JQ Venue location Register here
Jun 22 2023 09.30 - 17.00 Edinburgh Infectious Diseases 12th Annual Symposium We are back for our 12th Annual Symposium on 22 June 2023. We hope you can join us!
