Molecular Basis of Infectious Diseases
16th Lorne Infection and Immunity 2026
Days
Wednesday, 18th February
Thursday, 19th February
Friday, 20th February
Tracks
Adaptive Immunity
Advances in Treatment for Infectious Diseases
Emerging Infectious Disease Threats (and/or Antimicrobial Resistance)
Host-Pathogen Interactions
Innate Immunity
Microbiota and Mucosal Infections
Molecular Basis of Infectious Diseases
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Speakers
Session 11: Molecular Basis of Infectious Disease
9:00AM - 10:40AM
Friday, 20th February
Heritage Ballroom
Chair: Stephen Scally
Understanding erythrocyte invasion using zoonotic malaria parasites: New biology and new tools for
P. vivax
vaccine development
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Robert Moon
Retrovirus capsids – the multifunctional orchestrators of infection
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David Jacques
PfPTRAMP-CSS as a multi-stage malaria vaccine target
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Pailene S Lim
Hijacking and tissue destruction, the story of a novel bacterial toxin.
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Jason J Paxman
Caspase-1 self-terminates protease activity to enforce homeostasis and prevent inflammasome-driven diseases
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Sabrina Sofia Burgener