Schedule
Day 1 – Monday, 19 June 2017
Time |
Activity |
08:00-09:00 |
Registration |
Moderators: Prof Ben Cowling & Prof James Nokes |
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09:00-09:10 |
Opening remarks – Prof Gabriel Leung & Prof Malik Peiris |
09:10-09:40 |
I16 – A historical perspective of influenza transmissibility – Dr Robert Webster |
09:40-10:10 |
I2 – Transmission of influenza and rhinovirus infections: How traditional concepts developed and changed - Prof Arnold Monto |
10:10-10:40 |
I3 – Quantifying human and animal interactions in South East Asia – Prof John Edmunds |
10:40-11:00 |
Refreshment break |
Moderators: Dr Robert Webster & Prof John Edmunds |
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11:00-11:30 |
I4 – Aerosol spread of RSV & models to investigate the earliest time points of infection – Prof Christopher O’Callaghan |
11:30-12:00 |
I5 – RSV transmission in the community: uncovering the pathway to infant infection – Prof James Nokes |
12:00-12:15 |
O1 – Identifying household transmission of RSV through subtyping and sequencing – Dr Emily Martin |
12:15-12:30 |
O2 – The genomic and epidemiological dynamics of respiratory syncytial virus in New South Wales, Australia between 2010-2016 – Dr John-Sebastian Eden |
12:30-12:45 |
O3 – Household transmission of seasonal influenza from HIV-infected and -uninfected individuals in South Africa, 2013-2014 – Prof Cheryl Cohen |
12:45-13:00 |
O4 – Community burden of acute respiratory viruses: Results from the Flu Watch study – Dr Nancy Leung |
13:00-14:00 |
Lunch |
Moderators: Prof Christopher O’Callaghan & Dr Kanta Subbarao |
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14:00-14:15 |
O5– Uncovering the epidemiological dynamics of influenza from serological data – Dr Adam Kucharski |
14:15-14:30 |
O6 – Construction of the influenza A virus transmission tree in a college-based population: co-transmission and interactions between influenza A viruses – Dr Xu-Sheng Zhang |
14:30-14:45 |
O7 – Influenza virus transmission modulated by ambient humidity along with other seasonal forces in Hong Kong – Dr Sheikh Taslim Ali |
14:45-15:15 |
I6 – Towards improved animal models for transmission of human and zoonotic respiratory viruses – Prof Ron Fouchier |
15:15-15:35 |
Refreshment break |
Moderators: Prof Arnold Monto & Prof Ron Fouchier |
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15:35-16:05 |
I7 – Applying aerobiological techniques to improve models of influenza virus infection – Dr Jessica Belser |
16:05-16:20 |
O8 – Detection of infectious influenza virus in airborne droplets – Dr Wendy Barclay |
16:20-16:35 |
O9 – Seasonal, pandemic, and emerging influenza viruses transmit with similar efficiency over sequential rounds of airborne contact in ferrets – Dr Kanta Subbarao |
16:35-16:50 |
O10 – Airborne-transmissible influenza A viruses are expelled from the upper respiratory tract of ferrets – Dr Sander Herfst |
Day 2 – Tuesday, 20 June 2017
Time |
Activity |
Moderators: Prof Malik Peiris & Prof Yoshihiro Kawaoka |
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09:00-09:30 |
I8 – Morbillivirus transmission determinants: learning from the best – Dr Veronika von Messling |
09:30-10:00 |
I9 – Defining particle sizes that mediate airborne transmission of influenza A virus in ferrets – Dr Hui-ling Yen |
10:00-10:30 |
I10 – Insights into influenza virus biology, host-pathogen interactions and interventions from airborne transmission studies in ferrets – Dr Kanta Subbarao |
10:30-10:50 |
Refreshment break |
Moderators: Prof Raul Andino & Dr Veronika von Messling |
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10:50-11:05 |
O11 – Impact of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus Strain on Generation and Transmission of Bioaerosols during Slaughter Processing of Infected Chickens and Ducks – Dr David Swayne |
11:05-11:20 |
O12 – Restricted MERS-CoV replication in the upper respiratory tract is associated with limited receptor expression – Dr W. Widagdo |
11:20-11:35 |
O13 – Evaluation of bioaerosol samplers in a ferret model of influenza virus infection – Dr Christian Bekking |
11:35-11:50 |
O14 – Transmission of Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Ferrets – Dr Koert Stittelaar |
11:50-12:20 |
I11 – Flu-vision: total imaging systems for analyzing influenza virus infection – Prof Yoshihiro Kawaoka |
12:20-12:50 |
I12 – The emergence, evolution and spread of the H3N8 and H3N2 canine influenza viruses as models for host range variant respiratory pathogens – Prof Colin Parrish |
12:50-14:00 |
Lunch |
Moderators: Prof Colin Parrish & Dr Charles Russell |
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14:00-14:30 |
I13 – Mechanisms of RNA virus evolution affecting epidemics and virulence – Prof Raul Andino |
14:30-15:00 |
I14 – Quantifying influenza virus transmission bottlenecks in humans – Prof Leo Poon |
15:00-15:15 |
O15 – Next generation sequencing of influenza viruses in a household cohort reveals an effective transmission bottleneck of close to one – Dr Adam Lauring |
15:15-15:40 |
Refreshment break |
Moderators: Prof Leo Poon & Dr Jessica Belser |
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15:40-16:10 |
I15 – Ortho- and para-myxovirus transmission: from bioluminescence imaging to pandemic potential – Dr Charles Russell |
16:10-16:25 |
O16 – The molecular basis of mammalian transmissibility of avian H1N1 influenza viruses and their pandemic potential – Dr Robert Webster |
16:25-16:40 |
O17 – Genomic variations and underrepresented mutations in seasonal influenza A viruses obtained from infected individuals – Dr Rafael Medina |
16:40-16:55 |
O18 – Mammalian pathogenesis and transmission of novel H1 swine-origin influenza viruses recently isolated from humans – Dr Joanna A. Pulit-Penaloza |
18:00-21:00 |
Contributed poster session & cocktail reception |
Day 3 – Wednesday, 21 June 2017
Time |
Activity |
Moderators: Prof Guan Yi & Prof Larry Anderson |
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09:00-09:30 |
I1 – Disease and Temporal and Geographic Patterns of Respiratory Virus Transmission – Prof Larry Anderson |
09:30-10:00 |
I17 – Transmission and evolution of the A(H7N9) influenza viruses in China – Dr Maria Zhu |
10:00-10:15 |
O19 – Risk assessing influenza A virus for tropism to the human respiratory tract using ex vivo explant cultures – Dr Michael Chan |
10:15-10:30 |
O20 – Environmental Sampling for the Surveillance of Swine Influenza Virus – Dr Karren Prost |
10:30-10:45 |
O21 – Differences in genetic and phenotypic characteristics of MERS coronaviruses may explain the lack of zoonotic MERS in West Africa – Prof Malik Peiris |
10:45-11:05 |
Refreshment break |
Moderators: Dr Edward Nardell & Dr Yen Hui Ling |
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11:05-11:35 |
I18 – Environment modeling studies of respiratory infection – Prof Yuguo Li |
11:35-12:05 |
I19 – Lessons for virus transmission from the human-to-guinea pig TB transmission model – Dr Edward Nardell |
12:05-12:35 |
I20 – Can we define a contagious phenotype? – Prof Donald Milton |
12:35-12:50 |
O22 – Optimization and comparison of different air-samplers to collect infectious aerosolized respiratory viruses from the air – Dr Jasmin Kutter |
12:50-14:00 |
Lunch |
Moderators: Prof Donald Milton & Prof Yuguo Li |
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14:00-14:15 |
O23 – Exhaled air leakage during application of a jet nebulizer in an isolation room with floor versus ceiling level exhaust – Prof David Hui |
14:15-14:30 |
O24 – Broadly reactive T cell activating vaccine does not provide sterilizing immunity enabling secondary transmission of influenza in ferrets – Dr Sophie Valkenburg |
14:30-15:00 |
I21 – Prevention of exhaled air leakage during aerosol-generating procedures – Prof David Hui |
15:00-15:15 |
O25 – Spread of avian influenza virus within and beyond a wholesale market in Guangzhou – Dr Jianjian Wei |
15:15-15:30 |
Discussion and Closing Remarks – Prof Malik Peiris |
15:30-16:00 |
Refreshments available |
Confirmed Speakers
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Professor Larry Anderson Professor and Marcus Chair of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, USA |
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Professor Raul Andino Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, USA |
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Dr Jessica Belser Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA |
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Professor Benjamin Cowling School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China |
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Professor John Edmunds Faculty of Epidemiology & Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK |
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Professor Ron Fouchier Department of Virology, The Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Netherlands |
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Professor David Hui Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China |
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Professor Yoshihiro Kawaoka School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA |
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Dr Maria Zhu School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China |
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Professor Yuguo Li Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China |
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Dr Veronika von Messling Veterinary Medicine, Paul Ehrlich Institute, Germany |
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Professor Donald Milton School of Public Health, University of Maryland, USA |
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Professor Arnold Monto School of Public Health, University of Michigan, USA |
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Professor James Nokes KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya and School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, UK |
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Dr Edward Nardell Department of Global Health & Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, USA |
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Professor Christopher O’Callaghan Respiratory and Paediatric Medicine Institute of Child Health, University College London, UK |
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Professor Colin Parrish College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, USA |
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Professor Malik Peiris School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China |
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Professor Leo Poon School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China |
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Dr Charles Russell Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, USA |
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Dr Kanta Subbarao WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Reference on Influenza (VIDRL), The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Australia |
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Dr Robert Webster Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, USA |
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Dr Hui-Ling Yen School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China |