Thursday, 19th February 16th Lorne Infection and Immunity 2026

• Towards elimination of Buruli ulcer, an emerging enzootic disease caused by infection with Mycobacterium ulcerans - Tim Stinear
• Structural basis of DNA sliding clamp-mediated long-range gene silencing on a multi-drug resistance plasmid - Thomas McLean
• Translating our ecological understanding of the vaginal microbiome into novel live biotherapeutic products - Jacques Ravel

• Host directed JAK/STAT therapy improves B cell quality in malaria - Julianne Hamelink
• Cut to the point: The RNA modification m⁶A facilitates 3’ formation in Plasmodium falciparum mRNA - Joshua Levendis
• The unusual TLR family member RP105 is the dominant TLR2 co-receptor for mycobacteria-induced macrophage IL-12p40 production - Leslie C. Domínguez Cadena
• Transcriptional and Morphological Profiling of Candida albicans Liquid-Suspension Biofilms - Francios Olivier
• Pregnancy impacts epitope-specific CD8+ T cells directed towards acute and chronic viruses - Jennifer Habel
• Combatting AMR bacteria by harnessing the pentose phosphate pathway in macrophages - Kimberley S Gunther
• The impact of age-related decline in the unfolded protein response on respiratory infection susceptibility and severity - Thishan Illankoon
• The cAMP Responsive Element Modulator (CREM) Transcription Factor Influences Susceptibility to Malnutrition and Infection in Bangladeshi Children - Audrey C Brown
• Genome based human informed development of a T cell based vaccine against malaria - Anouschka Akerman
• Can yesterday’s vaccines protect against the variant SARS-CoV-2 strains of today?  An investigation of cross-reactive SARS-CoV-2 central memory T cell interferon gamma responses in vaccine targeted SARS-CoV-2 variants within Australia. - Jack Jerome
• An archaic HLA class I receptor allele diversifies natural killer cell-driven immunity in First Nations peoples of Oceania - Camilla Faoro

• Clinically-relevant mouse models of sepsis utilising patient bacterial isolates reveal sustained immunological dysfunction - Cameron R Bastow
• Evolution of the interferon epsilon gene and its role in placentation - Eithne Cunney
• Loss of expression of the tumour surveillance protein NLRC5 in chief cells undergoing transdifferentiation in Helicobacter pylori-associated carcinogenesis - Xiaohu Zhao
• Inflammasome inhibitors in disease is there a therapeutic trade off of compromised host defence - Byron F Mobbs
• Galectin 3 and 9 homologues of gastrointestinal soil transmitted helminths and the search for anti-inflammatory molecules - Elizabeth A Mullens
•  Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of antibiotics decorated with a permanent charge - Lily P Kenchington-Evans
• Beyond asexual growth and artemisinin resistance: Investigating kelch-13 function during sexual and mosquito stages in plasmodium falciparum - Sophie Collier
• Development of a bat airway epithelial cell model reveals divergent innate immune responses to a Pteropine orthoreovirus compared to human  - Mithun Das
• scRNA-Seq uncovered species-specific differences of JEV cell tropism and antiviral responses in human and mouse neural tissues. - Michael ML Leitner
• Characterising the influence of bispecific IgG4 on SARS-CoV-2 vaccine-induced Fc effector functions - Carissa Aurelia
• Transcriptomic signatures of resilience and susceptibility in lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) infection - Shahana Ahmed

View all submitted posters with light snacks and drinks. 
This is included in the registration price. 

• Plasma protein biomarker discovery for high-impact communicable diseases: a case study of active tuberculosis - Renu Balyan
• Impact of Kelch13 mutations in Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte development and tranmission - Haowen Deng
• Bispeciffc antibodies targeting two glycoproteins on SFTSV exhibit synergistic neutralization and protection in a mouse model - Yan YW Wu
• Using One Stone to Kill Three Birds: RNAi Technology Showed Promising Antiviral Activity against Respiratory Viruses of Pandemic Potential - Victor Oti
• Developing a novel gamma irradiated whole-cell Streptococcus suis vaccine - Rachel WY Chin
• Cancer-related gene expression in bat retrovirus infection - Nancy Wilson
• Macrophage heterogeneity influences cellular response to HIV infection and latency modulation - Laura Rikard-Bell
• Inhibitory activity of lactic acid against L. iners and BV-associated vaginal bacteria - Paula Ellenberg
• Human Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite effector-memory CD8⁺ T cells exhibit epitope-specific activation and display distinct T cell receptor clustering   - Roos van Schuijlenburg
• The isolation and characterisation of ultrasmall parasitic bacteria lytic to Mycolic acid producing bacteria - Jed Chafer
• Investigating the role of EGFR signaling in FMT-mediated tissue repair - Hannah Rendulich
• Hepcidin links iron immunity, enteric infection, and fetal vulnerability in early pregnancy - Sara Young
• The role of UBE2T in stomach adenocarcinoma and its association with immune infiltration - Mengqi Zhang
• Integrated multiomics data platform for pandemic preparedness - Mathias Jönsson
• Evolution of a pyroptosis-apoptosis crosstalk drives non-canonical inflammasome signalling. - Seb Grant
• Naturally acquired IgG and IgM responses to Plasmodium vivax and association of protection from clinical malaria  - Janani Karunarathne
• Vδ2 T cell cytotoxic responses to malaria are innately mediated and enhanced in second infection - Nicholas Dooley
• Impacts of apicoplast-targeting antibiotics on dihydroartemisinin activation in Plasmodium falciparum - Zoe Tregloan-Dunn
• Towards a broad-spectrum vaccine against otitis media - Erin B Brazel
• Low antibody responses after monovalent XBB.1.5 or JN.1 COVID-19 booster vaccination in people with interstitial lung disease - Paul A Gill
• Asymptomatic exposure to Streptococcus pyogenes contributes to the development of long-lasting immunity - Ailin Lepletier
• The lifecycle of an mRNA vaccine; design, manufacture, delivery and action. - Tim R Mercer
• Characterising inflammasome biology in primary human renal proximal tubular epithelial cells - Sean A Barton
• Enhancing antibody-dependent killing of HIV+ target cells by NK cells to advance HIV elimination - Brianna Jesaveluk
• Sequence and structural diversity of the rifin variant surface antigen family in P. falciparum - Nicky Lauw
• Penetrating the barrier: stroke rapidly disrupts urothelial integrity within hours - Ashleigh Paschek

Buses leave from the Mantra Lorne Lobby to ferry delegates to The Peak for the conference dinner. 
This is a ticketed event, so please ensure you bring your name badge with you. 

Dinner includes a sit-down two-course meal, one drink and transfer to and from Mantra Lorne.
Additional drinks are available for purchase separately at the venue.

Buses leave from The Peak to ferry delegates back to Mantra Lorne Lobby. 

Join us at Pholklore for an afterparty.