Workshop: Role of infectious agents in chronic disease

Half day in person workshop to launch a new doctoral studentship programme that will explore the role of infectious agents in chronic disease.

Programme

Registration from 14:45 in Foyer

3:15: Introduction by David Argyle - Head of College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine

Session one on pathogen associated with infection and chronic disease.

3:25: David Hunt (Institute of Genetics and Cancer) - Is multiple sclerosis a late complication of EBV infection?

3:35: Paul Digard (the Roslin Institute) - Zoonotic influenza A virus – an acute infection that’s a chronic problem

3:45: Ting Shi (Usher Institute) - Untangling early-life respiratory viruses and childhood lung disease using national health data

3:55: Andrew Macdonald (School of Biological Sciences) - Inflammation, immunopathology and immunoregulation during chronic helminth infection

Break time.

Session two on genetics, bioinformatics in disease and aging.

4:10: Sara Clohisey Hendry (Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies) - Pathogens and the preterm lung

4:20: Jenny Regan (School of Biological Sciences) - Harnessing genetic variation in Drosophila to model infection susceptibility over age and sex-specific connection with lifespan

4:30: Ian Simpson (School of Informatics) - Harnessing AI for Better Health

4:40: Chris Ponting (Institute of Genetics and Cancer) - The genetics of ME/CFS

Closing remarks and next steps for the CMVM Future Medicine PhD Fellowship

5:10: Drinks reception