IVVN and IDRC Fellowship Programme dissemination event
In 2020, the IVVN, in partnership with the Canadian government’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), launched a fellowship programme for women postdoctoral researchers from low- and middle-income countries. Funding was awarded to six projects focusing on the development of vaccines for livestock and zoonotic diseases.
Join us on Tuesday 21 June at 13:00 UK time to hear about each of these exciting projects and the impact each fellowship has had on the professional development of the fellows. Audience members will be able to ask the fellows questions about their projects during a question-and-answer session and there will also be a panel discussion after the presentations to focus on broader themes such as supporting women early career researchers in veterinary vaccinology. The event will be chaired by Dr Timothy Connelley, IVVN Director, and Wendy Manchur, Senior Program Specialist at IDRC.
You can watch the webinar on demand here. An edited recording will be available soon.
Programme
| Time | Item | |
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| 13:00 − 13:10 | Welcome and introduction | |
| 13:10 − 13:30 | Identification and characterization of circulating coronaviruses and host receptor diversity in non-human primates Dr Mercy Yvonne Akinyi, Institute of Primate Research, Kenya |
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| 13:30 − 13:50 | Use of immunopeptidomics to inform development of the next generation of tropical theileriosis vaccines Dr Amany Hassan, Alexandria University, Egypt |
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| 13:50 − 14:10 | Development of a nanoparticle Aeromonas hydrophila vaccine for tilapia aquaculture in India Dr Sreeja Preetham, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, India |
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| 14:10 − 14:30 | Surveying Salmonella antigens for use in a bacteriophage-based vaccine enabling homologous and heterologous protection and colonization-inhibition effect in poultry Dr Angela Makumi, International Livestock Research Institute, Kenya |
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| 14:30 − 14:35 | Break | |
| 14:35 − 14:55 | Use of molecular epidemiology of bovine Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus agalactiae to guide vaccine development and improved control measures for contagious mastitis in Brazil Dr Laura Oliveira, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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| 14:55 − 15:15 | The production of plant produced Newcastle disease virus like particles for poultry and other avian species Dr Tanja Smith, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa |
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| 15:15 − 15:50 | Panel discussion | |
| 15:50 − 16:00 | Closing remarks |