International Veterinary Vaccinology Network Meeting 2017
The International Veterinary Vaccinology Network (IVVN) Meeting 2017 will take place at the Ole Sereni Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya on the 30-31 October 2017. The meeting aims to: bring together UK and low-and-middle income country partners to form collaborations; introduce other networks that IVVN members should be aware of and bring together academic with industrial and other non-academic partners. The meeting will be composed of 4 themes: Vaccines for Zoonotic Diseases, Veterinary Vaccine Production in Africa, Synthetic Biology in Vaccine Development and Livestock Vaccines Here & Now. The programme for the meeting is:
Welcome & Introduction Dr Vish Nene (ILRI) & Dr Bryan Charleston (The Pirbright Institute)
The International Veterinary Vaccinology Network Dr Tim Connelley (The Roslin Institute)
Theme 1: Vaccines for Zoonotic Diseases
Chair: Prof Fiona Tomley
Unravelling the pathogenesis of visceral leishmaniasis: a one-health, interdisciplinary research agendaProf Paul Kaye (The University of York)
Rift Valley Fever Dr George Warimwe (KEMRI – Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya)
Brucellosis and the BactiVac Network Dr John McGiven (Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA))
RSV Dr Patrick Munywoki (KEMRI – Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya)
Vaccine needs for zoonotic diseases in humans and animals Dr Baptiste Dungu (MCI Sante Animale)
Theme 2: Veterinary Vaccine Production in Africa
Chair: Prof Brian Perry
The current economic burdens of livestock infectious diseases in tropical regions/LMICs/Africa Prof Jonathon Rushton (University of Liverpool)
Veterinary vaccine production in Africa – capacity and limitations AU PANVAC
Afrigen
Kenya Veterinary Vaccines Production Institute (KEVEVAPI) Dr Jane Wachira (KEVEVAPI)
Botswana Vaccine Institute (BVI) Dr Matlho (Botswana Vaccine Institute)
Day 2 – 31st October 2017
Theme 3: Synthetic Biology in Vaccine Development
Chair: Dr Pip Beard
Development of synthetic self-replicating mRNA platforms for vaccines and therapeutics
Dr Nathanial Wang (Synthetic Genomics Institute)
SpyTag – Vaccine Delivery
Prof Sumi Biswas (The Jenner Institute)
VLP for delivery of vaccines for East Coast Fever
Dr Anna Lacasta-Marin (ILRI)
Theme 4: Livestock Vaccines Here & Now
Chair: Prof Sandra Adams
The Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa (AESA) – facilitating capacity development Dr Tom Kariuki (AESA)
Livestock Vaccine Innovation Fund
The efforts to eradicate peste des petits ruminants (PPR) Dr Bouna Diop (FAO)
Brucellosis Vaccine Prize Prof Brian Perry (Afrique One Aspire)
Livestock vaccination as a driver to achieve the Sustainability Development Goals Prof Guy Palmer (Washington State University)
Concluding comments Dr George Warimwe (KEMRI – Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya)