Wednesday, 20th February
Lorne Infection and Immunity 2019
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Registration
11:30AM - 1:00PM
Wednesday, 20th February
CSL Lecture Theatre Foyer
Welcome
1:00PM - 1:10PM
Wednesday, 20th February
CSL Lecture Theatre
Chair: Paul Hertzog
Session 1: Host-Pathogen Interactions I
1:10PM - 3:15PM
Wednesday, 20th February
CSL Lecture Theatre
Chairs: James Fraser & Mark Walker
Exploring the host-pathogen arms race in systemic fungal pathogens
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Robin May
A new entry pathway for
Plasmodium vivax
into reticulocytes
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Wai-Hong Tham
Immune Modulation and Intracellular Persistence by
Enterococcus faecalis
during Biofilm-Associated Wound Infection
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Kimberly Kline
Drug addiction in the human malaria parasite
Plasmodium falciparum
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Christian Doerig
Complexity of interactions between uropathogenic
E. coli
strains and the innate immune system
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Ambika M V Murthy
Leptin signalling impairs macrophage defence against
Salmonella
Typhimurium
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Nirmal Robinson
The role of RIPK1 in controlling systemic and gastrointestinal bacterial infections
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Jaclyn Pearson
Afternoon Tea
3:15PM - 3:45PM
Wednesday, 20th February
Trade Area Level 2
Session 2: Infection and Inflammation
3:45PM - 5:20PM
Wednesday, 20th February
CSL Lecture Theatre
Chairs: Matt Sweet & Chris Tonkin
Holy immune balance, batman!
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Linfa Wang
Bacterial infection and cell intrinsic immunity
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Elizabeth Hartland
Norbin, a GPCR-adaptor protein and regulator of Prex1, suppresses neutrophil-dependent immunity
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Chiara Pantarelli
Intestinal colonisation by pandemic multidrug resistant
Escherichia coli
ST131
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Makrina Totsika
Is immune priming a major driver for rheumatic fever?
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Nicole J Moreland
Mini Break
5:20PM - 5:30PM
Wednesday, 20th February
Session 3: Science Bites I
5:30PM - 6:15PM
Wednesday, 20th February
CSL Lecture Theatre
Chairs: Kylie Boyce & Antje Blumenthal
Gfi1 is required for homeostasis of mature NK cells and protection against metastasis.
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Qiutong Huang
The role of HSP101 in the
P
lasmodium
translocon of exported proteins (PTEX)
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Kathryn Matthews
Identifying the transcriptional response of the opportunistic, dimorphic human pathogen
Talaromyces marneffei
to growth within macrophages
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Harshini Weerasinghe
Uncoupling the integrated stress response during Norovirus infection
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Turgut Esad Aktepe
Working towards next-generation diagnostics for viral encephalitis
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Ryan J Farr
A new role for MHC II and C3: MHCII-C3 complex forms immunological synapse between B lymphocytes and Dendritic Cells
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Patrick Schriek
Intracellular lipid droplet accumulation occurs early following viral infection and is required for an efficient antiviral response
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Ebony A Monson
House dust mite aeroallergen challenge suppresses pneumococcal lung clearance and exacerbates type-2 inflammation
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Angelica Papanicolaou
Mechanism of action of the small-molecule NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitor MCC950
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Rebecca C Coll
Baloxavir marboxil susceptibility of influenza viruses from the Asia-Pacific from 2012 to 2018
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Paulina Koszalka
The Role of Metabolic Genes in the Pathogenesis of
Coxiella burnetii
, the Causative Agent of the Zoonotic Disease Q fever
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Mebratu A. Bitew
Immunoregulatory gene expression and histopathological changes in a murine model of epididymitis and vasitis
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Rukmali Wijayarathna
The pathway to a candidate Zika vaccine
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Julio Carrera
Unifying the antiviral activity of the host protein viperin
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Keaton Crosse
Mechanism of TRIM21 catalytic activity in Trim-Away and antiviral immunity
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Jingwei Zeng
Festival of Food
6:30PM - 8:00PM
Wednesday, 20th February
Umisango, Jashn & Lorne Central
Poster Session I
8:00PM - 9:30PM
Wednesday, 20th February
Trade Area Level 2
Prevalence of brucellosis in Hawtat Sudair city, Riyadh province, Saudi Arabia
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Mohammed Alaidarous
Oral HPV infection and past sexual behaviour – Findings from Queensland
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Annika Antonsson
Functional characterisation of a stage-specific
Plasmodium falciparum
protein and its role in erythrocyte invasion
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Juan M Balbin
Genetic basis of Group A
Streptococcus
cotrimoxazole resistance
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Tim Barnett
Expression of immunoinhibitory molecules PD-L1 and PD-L2
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Annabelle B Blum
An inhibitor of WNT production improves host cell control of
Listeria monocytogenes
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Antje Blumenthal
Export of malaria effector proteins to the hepatocyte is critical during liver infection
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Justin Boddey
DNA replication errors contribute to the emergence of drug resistance in fungal pathogens
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Kylie J Boyce
The pentose phosphate pathway in
Plasmodium falciparum
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Michaela Bulloch
Naturally derived Heme-Oxygenase 1 inducers attenuate inflammatory responses and regulate metabolic reprogramming in human dendritic cells.
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Nicole Campbell
Packed red blood cells modulate LPS-induced IL1β and caspase-1 production in monocytes
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Fenny Chong
Antifungal surface coatings incorporating pharmaceuticals: drug targets and new mechanisms of action
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Bryan R Coad
Smooth Criminal: Presence of inhibitory antibodies to smooth phenotype O-antigen in patients with
Escherichia coli
urosepsis.
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Carrie F Coggon
Regulation of humoral immune memory in response to acute or chronic viral infection
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Lucy Cooper
Mechanisms of doxycycline resistance in
Plasmodium falciparum
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Emily M Crisafulli
Identification of novel bacterial species associated with paediatric inflammatory bowel disease (PIBD) through direct mucosal sampling
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Gemma L D'Adamo
Substrate binding by the second sialic acid-binding site of influenza A virus N1 neuraminidase contributes to enzymatic activity
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Meiling Dai
Identifying inhibitors that target egress and invasion of
Plasmodium falciparum
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Madeline G Dans
Interferon epsilon (IFNε) is a unique type I interferon: defining its biochemical similarities and functional differences
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Nicole A De Weerd
Investigating the epitranscriptome of
Plasmodium
parasites
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Amy J Distiller
Fungal signalling and dissemination - a study focused on the intersection of nutrient and inositol pyrophosphate signalling
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Julianne T Djordjevic
Rp105 promotes mycobacteria-induced type I interferon responses
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Meg L Donovan
The role of necroptosis in bacterial gut infection
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Vik Ven Eng
Acetamidase as a superior genetic marker in the fungal pathogen
Cryptococcus neoformans
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Paige E Erpf
Organ-specific fatty acid binding protein expression in resident memory T cells
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Raissa Fonseca
The effects of heat and heat shock proteins in mosquitoes infected with alphavirus
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Isabelle Foo
Adjuvanted solid lipid nanoparticles for DNA vaccine delivery
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Jasmine Francis
Amino acid motifs present in effector proteins exported into the host erythrocytes of malaria parasites may be specifically recognised by the
Plasmodium
translocon for exported of proteins (PTEX)
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Mikha Gabriela
Characterisation of the Arg-GlcNAc glycosyltransferase effectors from
Salmonella enterica
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Jiyao Gan
Gap-junction dependant trans-activation of monocytes and macrophages by cGAMP
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Michael P Gantier
A 4-cyano-3-methylisoquinoline inhibitor of
Plasmodium falciparu
m
growth targets the sodium efflux pump PfATP4.
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Paul Gilson
Stem Cell-Derived Human Neuronal Models to Study Neurotropic Viruses
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Nathan Godde
The role of the RNA chaperone ProQ in the Gram-negative bacterium
Pasteurella multocida.
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Emily Gulliver
A new role for macrophage migration inhibitory factor in NLRP3 inflammasome activation
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James Harris
Characterising novel metabolic pathways in
Coxiella burnetii
, the causative agent of the zoonotic disease Q fever
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Janine Hofmann
New links between mitochondrial DNA and the NLRP3 inflammasome
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Caroline L Holley
Analysis of variable immune cell phenotypes in avian and mammalian hosts following infection with avian influenza viruses
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William S.J. Horman
Investigation of a novel non-canonical pathway in type I interferon signalling & its implications in disease
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Stephanie Huang
Targeting host factors in infections
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Yusun Jeon
Outer membrane vesicles mediate DNA transfer in Gram-negative bacteria.
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Ella L Johnston
Elucidating the essential role of PTEX in the asexual blood-stage of
Plasmodium falciparum
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Thorey Jonsdottir
Sugar & Spice – insights into the ‘diet’ of
Haemophilus influenzae
in the host
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Ulrike Kappler
Th1 cells are dispensable for the mucosal immune response the enteric pathogen
Citrobacter rodentium
.
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Catherine L Kennedy
Role of lipids in replication complex formation during Mouse Norovirus infection
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Nathan D Kenney
Gr1
int/high
Cells Dominate the Early Phagocyte Response to Mycobacterial Lung Infection in Mice
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Joanna R Kirman
Functional antibody mechanisms induced by the RTS,S malaria vaccine
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Liriye Kurtovic
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