Download Friday, November 21st, 2014

Fudan-Melbourne
Infection and Immunity workshop 2014
Friday, November 21st, 2014
8:15-8:30
Welcome and introduction (Elizabeth HARTLAND and Zheng-Hong YUAN
or Yu-Mei WEN)
8:30-10:10
Session 1: Persistent infections: HIV and HBV
Moderator: Sharon LEWIN & Shi-Bo JIANG
8:30-8:55
Sharon LEWIN: Finding a cure for HIV – tackling HIV latency
8:55-9:20
Shi-Bo JIANG: HIV entry and entry inhibitors
9:20-9:45
Damian Purcell: Insights and methods for highly specific control of latent HIV
expression
9:45-10:10
You-Hua XIE: New approaches to inhibit HBV infection
10:10-10:30
Morning tea
10:30-12:10
Session 2: Microbial replication and pathogen biology
Moderator: Jason MACKENZIE & You-Hua XIE
10:30-10:55
Jason MACKENZIE: Oiling the wheels of flavivirus replication
10:55-11:20
Hayley NEWTON: Coxiella burnetii: Creating a comfortable home through
lysosomal renovation
11:20-11:45
Di QU: S. epidermidis Biofilm and two component transduction systems
11:45-12:10
Dick STRUGNELL: Role of fimbriae in the formation of biofilms by Klebsiella
pneumoniae
12:10-13:10
Lunch
13:10-15:10
Session 3: Immune responses to infection
Moderator: Katherine KEDZIERSKA & Jian-Qing XU
13:30-13.55
Katherine KEDZIERSKA：Universal immunity to human influenza viruses
13:55-14.20
Jian-Qing XU：Immune regulation during HIV infection
14:20-14:45
Elizabeth HARTLAND: Enteropathogenic E. coli teaches intestinal innate
immune defense
14:45-15:10
Jian WU：Leaky gut and immune reconstitution in HIV patients with antiretroviral therapy
15:10-15:30
Afternoon tea
15:30-17:10
Session 4: Hospital-acquired infections and epidemiology
Moderator: Ben HOWDEN & Ming-Gui WANG
15:30-16:55
Ming-Gui WANG：Prevalence of XDR gram-negative bacilli and treatment
options for their infections in China
15:55-16:20
Ben HOWDEN: Genomic approaches to understanding antimicrobial
resistance
16:20-16:45
Li CHEN：E. meningoseptica: infection and deglycosylation
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16:45-17:10
Qi-Liang CAI: Prevalence and correlation of Herpesvirus, Mycoplasma
infection among STD patients in Shanghai, China
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Saturday, November 22nd, 2014
8:30-10:35
Session 5: Persistent infections: HBV and TB
Moderator: Shu-Ping TONG & Peter Revill
8:30-8:55
Tim STINEAR: Genomic approaches to studying mycobacterial
pathogens
8:55-9:20
Qian GAO: Transmission of MDR-TB in Shanghai, China
9:20-9:45
Peter REVILL: HBV cure-the time is now!
9:45-10:10
Shu-Ping TONG: Hepatitis B virus vaccine escape mutants: how great is
their threat?
10:10-10:35
Marc PELLEGRINI: Therapeutics that kill infected cells and promote
cures for hepatitis B and tuberculosis
10:35-10:55
Morning tea
10:55-12:35
Session 6: Clinical and translational research
Moderator: Bing WANG & Stephen KENT
10:55-11:20
Stephen KENT：HIV vaccine and immunology research at the
University of Melbourne
11:20-11:45
Zheng-Hong YUAN：Exosome-mediated antiviral activity of IFN-α and
implications for novel therapeutic and diagnostic approaches
11:45-12:10
Cam SIMMONS: Dengue; pathogenesis and disease control
12:10-12:35
Bin WANG: GM-CSF as a vaccine adjuvant: one bird with three stones
12:35-13:30
Lunch
13:35-15:30
Small group discussions on strategic collaborations
Moderators: Elizabeth HARTLAND, Jian WU, Zheng-Hong YUAN.
The locations of group meeting will be the first and second conference
rooms on the 2nd floor, and 413 Conference room in Zhidao Building of
the same campus.
15:30-17:00
Report back from groups about new collaborative projects
17:00
Meeting Concludes
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Participants from Doherty Institute:
Presenters:
Professor Sharon Lewin, Director, Doherty Institute
Professor Elizabeth Hartland, Head of Department of Microbiology and Immunology,
University of Melbourne
Dr Peter Revill. Senior Scientist, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory
A/Prof Damian Purcell, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of
Melbourne
A/Prof Katherine Kedzierska, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of
Melbourne
Professor Marc Pellegrini, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
Professor Ben Howden, Director, Microbiological Diagnostic Unit, Department of
Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne
Professor Dick Strugnell, Pro Vice Chancellor, Graduate Research and International
A/Prof Tim Stinear, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne
A/Prof Jason McKenzie, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of
Melbourne
Professor Stephen Kent, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of
Melbourne
Professor Cameron Simmons, Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Nossal
Institute for Global Health, University of Melbourne
Dr Hayley Newton, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne
Participants
Dr Zhongfang Wang, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne
Professor Ian van Driel, Associate Dean Research Training, Faculty of Medicine Dentistry
and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne
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Participants from Fudan University:
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