Emerging Infectious Disease Threats (and/or Antimicrobial Resistance)
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 8: Emerging Infectious Disease Threats
3:15PM - 5:00PM
Thursday, 19th February
Heritage Dining Room
Chairs: Rhea Longley & Erin Brazel
Structural and Antigenic Diversity of Emerging Japanese Encephalitis Virus Genotypes
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Naphak Modhiran
Microbial metabolites against the apicomplexan parasites;
Plasmodium falciparum
and
Toxoplasma gondii
.
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Maria Gancheva
Stopping the next pandemic: combining novel model systems and new target identification systems to fast track drug development
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Lara Herrero
Bacterial membrane vesicles promote horizontal gene transfer in
Helicobacter pylori
.
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Christopher McCrory
Australia's new incubator for vaccine and infectious disease innovation
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Premila Paiva
Genomic surveillance to inform anti-
Klebsiella pneumoniae
vaccines
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Kelly L Wyres
Immune Escape by Tunnelling Nanotubes and Unconventional Secretion of SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease (3CLpro) by Activation of Gasdermin D Pore Formation
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Christopher M Overall