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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 1 16:45-17:10 Qi-Liang CAI: Prevalence and correlation of Herpesvirus, Mycoplasma infection among STD patients in Shanghai, China 2 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 3 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 4 Participants from Fudan University: 5