Keynote Speakers
Kanta Subbarao
Professor
University of Melbourne
Professor Kanta Subbarao is a virologist and a physician with specialty training in paediatrics and paediatric infectious diseases. She has worked on molecular virology and vaccine development for emerging viruses that pose a potential pandemic threat, including influenza viruses, SARS and MERS and now SARS-CoV-2 coronaviruses in a career spanning 30 years. Previously, she was Chief of the Molecular Genetics Section of the Influenza Branch at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta (1997-2002) and Chief of the Emerging Respiratory Viruses Section of the Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), NIH in the USA (2002-2016). In November 2016, she moved to Melbourne and the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity. She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences, American Academy of Microbiology and the Infectious Diseases Society of America. She serves on the Editorial Board of PLoS Pathogens, Cell Host and Microbe, Journal of Virology, Med, and Cell.
Nevan Krogan
Nevan Krogan, PhD, is a molecular biologist, UC San Francisco professor, and director of the intensely interdisciplinary Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI) under the UCSF School of Pharmacy. He is also a senior investigator at the Gladstone Institutes.
He led the work to create the SARS-CoV-2 interactome and assembled the QBI Coronavirus Research Group (QCRG), which includes hundreds of scientists from around the world. His research focuses on developing and using unbiased, quantitative systems approaches to study a wide variety of diseases with the ultimate goal of developing new therapeutics.
Nevan serves as Director of The HARC Center, an NIH-funded collaborative group that focuses on the structural characterization of HIV-human protein complexes. Dr. Krogan is also the co-Director of three Cell Mapping initiatives, the Cancer Cell Mapping Initiative (CCMI), the Host Pathogen Map Initiative (HPMI) and the Psychiatric Cell Map Initiative (PCMI). These initiatives map the gene and protein networks in healthy and diseased cells with these maps being used to better understand disease and provide novel therapies to fight them.
He has authored over 250 papers in the fields of genetics and molecular biology and has given over 350 lectures and seminars around the world. He is a Searle Scholar, a Keck Distinguished Scholar, and was recently awarded the Roddenberry Prize for Biomedical Research.
Oral Presentations
Speaker Type | First Name | Last Name | Company / Affiliation | Job Title | |
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Session Chair | Angela | Rasmussen | Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization/University of Saskatchewan | Research Scientist/Adjunct Professor | (not set) |
Session Chair | Mariana | Baz | Université Laval | Assistant Professor | (not set) |
Speaker | Ryan | Noyce | University of Alberta | Assistant Professor | Exploring novel virus-host interactions to emerging poxviruses and the development of next-generation virus-vectored vaccines |
Abstract Presenter | Kaushal | Baid | Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO), University of Saskatchewan | Postdoctoral researcher | SARS-CoV-2 induces a differential immune response in insectivorous bat cells relative to human cells. |
Abstract Presenter | Natacha | Ogando | University of Alberta | Postdoctoral Fellow | Discovering the molecular mechanisms driving neuropsychiatric post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (neuroPASC). |
Abstract Presenter | Yannick | Galipeau | University of Ottawa | PhD student | Autoantibodies Targeting Angiotensin Converting Enzyme 2 Are Not Induced Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection |
Abstract Presenter | Olus | Uyar | Institut national de la recherche scientifique | Postdoc | Spatio-temporal rewiring of the endolysosomal network by Zika virus and Dengue virus |
Abstract Presenter | Calvin | Ezeanyaegbu | Memorial University | Graduate student | Elucidating SARS-CoV-2 Inflammatory Responses: ORF3a-Induced Inflammasome Activation and Bystander Mechanisms in Lung Epithelial and Macrophage Cell Lines |
Speaker Type | First Name | Last Name | Company / Affiliation | Job Title | |
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Session Chair | Laurent | Chatel-Chaix | Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique | Associate Professor | (not set) |
Session Chair | Marceline | Côté | University of Ottawa | Associate Professor | (not set) |
Speaker | Trushar | Patel | University of Lethbridge | Canada Research Chair and Associate Professor | (not set) |
Abstract Presenter | Justine | Kniert | University of Alberta | Graduate Student | Reovirus core factories coalesce and obtain outercapsid proteins as infection progresses into perinuclear regions |
Abstract Presenter | Juliette | Bougon | Dalhousie University | Postdoctoral Fellow | Functional interplay between PA-X and NS1 in mediating host shutoff and nuclear PABPC1 accumulation during influenza A virus infection |
Abstract Presenter | Rory | Mulloy | University of Calgary | PhD student | SARS-CoV-2 produces a truncated nucleocapsid proteoform that enhances virus fitness and immune evasion |
Abstract Presenter | Megha | Rohamare | University of Saskatchewan | Student | Development of SARS-Coronavirus-2 replication tools to study emerging variants |
Abstract Presenter | Breanna | Landry | University of British Columbia | Graduate Student | Exploring NS2A?: Characterization and Roles in Flaviviral Replication and Virion Assembly |
Abstract Presenter | Nazia Yasin | Thakur | The Pirbright Institute | PhD Student | Understanding the risk of bat sarbecovirus spillover into humans � correlating host range, affinity and antigenicity. |
Abstract Presenter | Redaet | Daniel | University of Ottawa | PhD Candidate | Impacts of Arl8b-dependent lysosome positioning on Ebola virus entry |
Abstract Presenter | Kathryn | Rozen-Gagnon | University of Toronto | Assistant Professor | Chikungunya virus relies on mosquito-specific miRNAs for efficient salivary gland secretion |
Speaker Type | First Name | Last Name | Company / Affiliation | Job Title | |
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Session Chair | Joyce | Wilson | University of Saskatchewan | Professor | (not set) |
Session Chair | Kathryn | Rozen-Gagnon | University of Toronto | Principal Investigator | (not set) |
Speaker | Selena | Sagan | University of British Columbia | Professor | (not set) |
Abstract Presenter | Cassandra | Edgar | Western University | Graduate Student | The Regulation of the Checkpoint Receptor Tim-3 by the HIV-1 Accessory Protein Vpu |
Abstract Presenter | Mariel | Kleer | University of Calgary | PhD Student | The kaposin RNA transcript is the architect of a successful KSHV infection |
Abstract Presenter | Yuhang | Luo | MCGILL UNIVERSITY | PhD candidate | IFITM1 inhibits the entry of Nipah and Hendra viruses by sequestering the ephrinB2 receptor in rigid membrane nanodomains. |
Abstract Presenter | Michael | Norris | University of Toronto | Assistant Professor | The Critical Role of Lipids in Measles and Nipah Virus Assembly: Insights for Antiviral Design |
Speaker Type | First Name | Last Name | Company / Affiliation | Job Title | |
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Session Chair | Joyce | Wilson | University of Saskatchewan | Professor | (not set) |
Session Chair | Kathryn | Rozen-Gagnon | University of Toronto | Principal Investigator | (not set) |
Abstract Presenter | Juveriya Qamar | Khan | University of Saskatchewan | Graduate Student | Genome-wide CRISPR screens reveals unique host-directed inhibitor drugs and a pro-viral signaling pathway for SARS-CoV-2 |
Abstract Presenter | Eric | Pringle | Dalhousie Universitiy | Postdoctoral Fellow | KSHV lytic replication requires eIF3D |
Abstract Presenter | Roger | Lippé | University of Montreal | Principal Investigator | HSV-1 and Alzheimer's disease. A molecular link |
Abstract Presenter | Jonathan | Owen | Emory University | PhD Student | Membrane tethering by the host GTPase Atlastin-2 is critical for flavivirus replication |
Abstract Presenter | Nicholas | Denniston | Queens University | Graduate Student | The Role of HSV pUL16 in Altering Host Mitochondrial Physiology |
Speaker Type | First Name | Last Name | Company / Affiliation | Job Title | |
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Session Chair | Finlay | Maguire | Dalhousie University | Assistant Professor | (not set) |
Session Chair | Jeff | Joy | University of British Columbia/BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS | Professor/Senior Scientist | (not set) |
Speaker | Francois | Cholette | Public Health Agency of Canada | Biologist | (not set) |
Abstract Presenter | Stephen | Lee | University of Alberta | Graduate Student | Evolution by exclusion: wildtype poxviruses interfere with selection for cidofovir-resistant mutants in coinfected cells |
Abstract Presenter | Candice | Lemaille | University of Manitoba | Master's Student | Monkeypox surveillance in GBMSM, sex workers and PLWH in Kenya |
Abstract Presenter | Sophie | Gobeil | Université Laval | Assistant professor | Evolution of the S protein over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic |
Speaker Type | First Name | Last Name | Company / Affiliation | Job Title | |
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Session Chair | Samira | Mubareka | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Microbiologist | (not set) |
Session Chair | Katharine | Magor | University of Alberta | Professor | (not set) |
Speaker | Arinjay | Banerjee | Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, University of Saskatchewan | Prinicpal Scientist | A field-to-lab approach to investigate the drivers of bat borne zoonotic viruses |
Abstract Presenter | Victoria | Gonzalez | Vaccine Infectious Disease Organization, University of Saskatchewan | PhD Student | Canonical and non-canonical features of the bat interferon response against coronaviruses |
Abstract Presenter | Jordan | Wight | Memorial University of Newfoundland | PhD Candidate | Avian influenza virus circulation and immunity in a wild urban duck population prior to and during a highly pathogenic H5N1 outbreak |
Abstract Presenter | Giulia | Gallo | The Pirbright Institute | Postdoctoral Fellow | Insight into the scope of alphacoronavirus receptor usage |
Speaker Type | First Name | Last Name | Company / Affiliation | Job Title | |
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Session Chair | Matthias | Gotte | University of Alberta | Professor | (not set) |
Session Chair | Alyson | Kelvin | Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization International Vaccine Centre | Scientist | (not set) |
Speaker | Andrés | Finzi | Université de Montréal and researcher at the Centre de Recherche du CHUM (CRCHUM) | Professor | An asymmetric opening of HIV-1 Env sensitizes HIV-1-infected cells to ADCC |
Abstract Presenter | Corby | Fink | Robarts Research Institute, Western University | Postdoctoral Fellow | Pheophorbide is a potent in vivo antiviral during SARS-CoV-2 infection |
Abstract Presenter | Melanie | Goens | University of Guelph | Graduate Student | Development of Newcastle disease virus vectored vaccine against Nipah virus |
Abstract Presenter | Josh | Wu | Defence Research and Development Canada | Defence Sceintist | A single administration of interferon alpha expressed from an adenovirus vector protects mice from the lethal challenge of eastern equine encephalitis virus |
Abstract Presenter | Stephanie | DeWitte-Orr | Wilfrid Laurier University | Associate Professor | Using long, sequence specific dsRNA to knockdown viral and host proteins with antiviral effects via RNAi |
Abstract Presenter | Wenguang | Cao | National Microbiology Laboratory, PHAC | Lab Biologist | Comparative Analysis of Atypical and Acute Ebola Virus Disease in Ferrets Treated with Monoclonal Antibody |
Speaker Type | First Name | Last Name | Company / Affiliation | Job Title | |
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Session Chair | Maya | Shmulevitz | University of Alberta | Prinicipal Investigator | (not set) |
Session Chair | Sarah | Wootton | University of Guelph | Associate Professor | (not set) |
Speaker | Sam | Workenhe | University of Guelph | Assistant Professor | (not set) |
Abstract Presenter | Suzy (Jun Li) | Wang | University of Alberta | Graduate Student | Turning cold tumours hot: utilizing engineered vaccinia virus to increase tumour immunogenicity |
Abstract Presenter | Tommy | Alain | CHEO RI, uOTTAWA | Senior Scientist, Associate Professor | Reovirus as a novel platform for orally available cancer vaccine |
Abstract Presenter | Amy | Gillgrass | McMaster University | Assistant Professor | Combating the HIV/TB co-infection syndemic: Testing a novel mucosal adenoviral TB vaccine in na�ve and HIV-infected humanized mice |
Abstract Presenter | Aida | Said | University of Ottawa | PhD student | Deciphering translation dynamics during oncolysis: translatome of glioblastoma cells undergoing Maraba virus MG1 infection |
Speaker Type | First Name | Last Name | Company / Affiliation | Job Title | |
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HPAI Update | Matthew | Miller | McMaster University | Executive Director, M.G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research | (not set) |
HPAI Update | Yan | Zhou | VIDO | Principal Scientist | (not set) |
HPAI Update | Jeff | Joy | University of British Columbia/BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS | Professor/Senior Scientist | (not set) |
HPAI Update | Samira | Mubareka | Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Microbiologist | (not set) |
HPAI Update | Frank | van der Meer | University of Calgary Veterinary Medicine | Professor | (not set) |
Session Chair | Qiang | Liu | University of Saskatchewan | Senior Scientist | (not set) |
Session Chair | Suresh | Tikoo | School of Public Health/VIDO, University of Saskatchewan | Professor/Senior Scientist | (not set) |
Session Chair | Frank | van der Meer | University of Calgary Veterinary Medicine | Professor | (not set) |
Abstract Presenter | Mirzabek | Kazbekov | University of Alberta | Graduate Student | Influenza NS1 inhibits RIPLET activated RIG-I signaling in avian cells. |
Abstract Presenter | Rita Maria | Quintela Tizon | Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) / University of Saskatchewan | PhD student | Evolution of Interferon beta specificity in humans and bats may be responsible for differences in viral pathogenesis. |
Abstract Presenter | Ulises | Barron-Castillo | University of Saskatchewan | PhD Student | Intranasal vaccination of an elastase-dependent replication defective influenza virus vaccine provides protection against drifted IAV H3N2 infection in swine |
Abstract Presenter | Ayumi | Matsuyama | Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan | Post-Doctoral Fellowship | Characterization of immune cell subsets in broiler chickens following challenge with variant infectious bursal disease virus |