Edinburgh Infectious Diseases 15th Annual Symposium We are delighted to be hosting our annual symposium at Edinburgh Futures Institute. As always we have an excellent programme with speakers from across Edinburgh.We will hear from the winner of this year's Ker Memorial Prize winners Dr Ocean Chau and Dr Nelly Mak and the Ker Memorial Lecture delivered by Professor Emma Thomson.2026 Ker Memorial Prize awarded for work on CoronavirusesAbout Professor Emma Thomson Vote for best student poster here Vote for best staff/postdoc poster here Document Information about poster presenters (29.91 KB / DOCX) Programme Speaker bios 9.00 amArrival and poster set up, Coffee and tea9.30 amDavid Dockrell and Sarah ReeceEID DirectorsWelcome and introduction9.40 amKer Memorial Prize Winners 2026Nelly Mak, Inst. Regeneration and Repair Comparative Study of Antiviral IFITM Proteins in Reservoir Bat SpeciesOcean Chau, Roslin InstituteZoonotic Barriers: Defining Species-specific Porcine Restriction Factors against Coronaviruses10.05 amFernando MardonesGlobal Agriculture and Food SystemsInfectious diseases and aquaculture10.30 amLesley SmithScotland's Rural CollegeA systems understanding of antimicrobial resistance genes from livestock production to the environment and wildlife10.55 amIain PageRoyal Infirmary of EdinburghManagement of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis11.20 amCoffee and posters11.50amECR Short talksMarie-Louise WöhrleSchool of Social and Political ScienceMicrobial gardens? Conservation, biodiversity, and infectious diseases in ScotlandGrant HendersonBioinformatics and Statistics ScotlandQuantifying Spread and Control of UK HPAI OutbreaksMatin MahmoudiRoslin InstitutecGAS activation during human cytomegalovirus infection is driven by exogenous DNALiqi ChenSchool of Physics and AstronomyPhages cooperate with ribosome-targeting antibiotics to kill bacteriaGermander SoothillUsher InstitutePharmacokinetic variability and mutational flexibility promote resistance to dolutegravir-based therapy12.10 pmRute PintoRoslin InstituteMolecular biology of influenza virus12.35 pmLaura McCullochInstitute for Regeneration and RepairInfection in acute and chronic stroke recovery1:00 pmLunch and posters2.00 pmPanel discussion - Chair: Jamie Garcia IglesiasPanellists: Matthew Silk and Tracy JacksonCo-creating research - Why you should do it, and how to go about it2.30 pmValentina BusinMoredun Research InstituteTick Borne Disease surveillance2.55 pmAndrew MacleanSchool of Biological SciencesToxoplasma - how parasites feed themselves3.20 pmLaurie Denyer-WillisSchool of Social and Political ScienceWho Gets Called Irrational? Farming, Antibiotics, and AMR3.45 pmCoffee and posters4.15 pm2026 Ker Memorial LectureEmma Thomson, University of GlasgowThe diagnoses that we miss: new approaches to detecting emerging viruses5.00 pmCloseDrinks reception May 27 2026 09.00 - 17.00 Edinburgh Infectious Diseases 15th Annual Symposium 27 May 2026: Please join us at the Edinburgh Futures Institute for our 15th annual symposium. Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI) Google map link Register on Eventbrite
Edinburgh Infectious Diseases 15th Annual Symposium We are delighted to be hosting our annual symposium at Edinburgh Futures Institute. As always we have an excellent programme with speakers from across Edinburgh.We will hear from the winner of this year's Ker Memorial Prize winners Dr Ocean Chau and Dr Nelly Mak and the Ker Memorial Lecture delivered by Professor Emma Thomson.2026 Ker Memorial Prize awarded for work on CoronavirusesAbout Professor Emma Thomson Vote for best student poster here Vote for best staff/postdoc poster here Document Information about poster presenters (29.91 KB / DOCX) Programme Speaker bios 9.00 amArrival and poster set up, Coffee and tea9.30 amDavid Dockrell and Sarah ReeceEID DirectorsWelcome and introduction9.40 amKer Memorial Prize Winners 2026Nelly Mak, Inst. Regeneration and Repair Comparative Study of Antiviral IFITM Proteins in Reservoir Bat SpeciesOcean Chau, Roslin InstituteZoonotic Barriers: Defining Species-specific Porcine Restriction Factors against Coronaviruses10.05 amFernando MardonesGlobal Agriculture and Food SystemsInfectious diseases and aquaculture10.30 amLesley SmithScotland's Rural CollegeA systems understanding of antimicrobial resistance genes from livestock production to the environment and wildlife10.55 amIain PageRoyal Infirmary of EdinburghManagement of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis11.20 amCoffee and posters11.50amECR Short talksMarie-Louise WöhrleSchool of Social and Political ScienceMicrobial gardens? Conservation, biodiversity, and infectious diseases in ScotlandGrant HendersonBioinformatics and Statistics ScotlandQuantifying Spread and Control of UK HPAI OutbreaksMatin MahmoudiRoslin InstitutecGAS activation during human cytomegalovirus infection is driven by exogenous DNALiqi ChenSchool of Physics and AstronomyPhages cooperate with ribosome-targeting antibiotics to kill bacteriaGermander SoothillUsher InstitutePharmacokinetic variability and mutational flexibility promote resistance to dolutegravir-based therapy12.10 pmRute PintoRoslin InstituteMolecular biology of influenza virus12.35 pmLaura McCullochInstitute for Regeneration and RepairInfection in acute and chronic stroke recovery1:00 pmLunch and posters2.00 pmPanel discussion - Chair: Jamie Garcia IglesiasPanellists: Matthew Silk and Tracy JacksonCo-creating research - Why you should do it, and how to go about it2.30 pmValentina BusinMoredun Research InstituteTick Borne Disease surveillance2.55 pmAndrew MacleanSchool of Biological SciencesToxoplasma - how parasites feed themselves3.20 pmLaurie Denyer-WillisSchool of Social and Political ScienceWho Gets Called Irrational? Farming, Antibiotics, and AMR3.45 pmCoffee and posters4.15 pm2026 Ker Memorial LectureEmma Thomson, University of GlasgowThe diagnoses that we miss: new approaches to detecting emerging viruses5.00 pmCloseDrinks reception May 27 2026 09.00 - 17.00 Edinburgh Infectious Diseases 15th Annual Symposium 27 May 2026: Please join us at the Edinburgh Futures Institute for our 15th annual symposium. Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI) Google map link Register on Eventbrite
May 27 2026 09.00 - 17.00 Edinburgh Infectious Diseases 15th Annual Symposium 27 May 2026: Please join us at the Edinburgh Futures Institute for our 15th annual symposium.
