Please see below for detailed description of themes and programme timings.

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	5th January 2016
	Tea and Coffee on Arrival
10:30	Registration
11:00	Welcome and Introduction	Dr Bryan Charleston, Chairman of The Veterinary Vaccinology Network

 

Theme 1: Transcriptomics - Global Immune Responses

Theme 1 Transcriptomics - Global Immune Responses will provide talks from a variety of speakers focusing on the immunology of vaccines for different species and pathogens. The plenary talk given by Professor Oriol Sunyer will provide an overview of the research his lab focuses on regarding the basic and applied aspects of the fish mucosal immune system and how this aids in vaccine development. Further presentations from Professor Helen McShane and Professor Johnjoe McFadden will identify knowledge from both vaccine development in humans and bovine providing lessons to be learnt from a OneHealth perspective. Professor Damer Blake will discuss research in Eimeria - protozoan parasites which cause coccidiosis in livestock species most noteably poultry.  

11.15	"Recent advances in fish mucosal immunity: Implications for the development of effective fish vaccines".	Professor Oriol Sunyer, University of Pennsylvania
12:15	Aerosol Vaccination for TB	Professor Helen McShane, University of Oxford
12.45	Systems approach to new vaccines and diagnostics for bovine tuberculosis	Professor Johnjoe McFadden, University of Surrey
13:30	Lunch and Networking
14.30	Population, genetic and antigenic diversity of Eimeria: prospects for novel vaccines	Dr Damer  Blake, Royal Veterinary College

 

Theme 2: Novel Vaccines

Theme 2 Novel Vaccines will provide an update on the advancements in novel vaccines focusing on immunology, vector vaccines and glycoengineering. 

15.00	T cell Memory and Adenoviral vaccines	Professor Paul Klenerman, University of Oxford
16.00	Tea and Coffee
16.30	Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever Virus Vaccines	Dr Miles Caroll, Public Health England
17.15	Glycoengineering  Technology for Vaccine Development	Professor Brendan Wren, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
18.00	Summary of the day	Dr Bryan Charleston

6th January 2016

Theme 3: Funders, collaborations and priorities in animal health research

Theme 3 will focus on funders, collaborations and priorities in animal health research. This will include the plenary presentation from the Chief executive of the Biotechnology and Biosciences Research Council, Professor Jackie Hunter. Updates will be provided from two EU H2020 projects: SAPHIR Strengthening Animal Production and Health through the Immune Response and PARAGONE the development of subunit vaccines for multicellular parasites, identifying how international collaborations between institutes and commericial partners are working together on vaccine development.

The Wellcome trust have recently released its new strategy including a vaccine platform which will be discussed within this theme.

9.15	Understanding open innovation and its potential impact on vaccinology	Professor Jackie Hunter, BBSRC
9.45	IMI Horizon 2020 update: SAPHIR project	Dr  Marie-Helene Pinard-van der Laan
10.15	IMI Horizon 2020 update: PARAGONE project	Professor Jacqui Matthews, The Moredun Institute
10.45	Tea and Coffee
11.15	Funding Opportunities at the Wellcome Trust	Dr Mike Turner, The Wellcome Trust
11.45	Open Session: Funding, Collaboration and initiatives
12.15	Lunch

 

Theme 4: Working Effectively with Industry

A key aim of the network is to help develop smooth translation of veterinary vaccines from laboratory to field enabling collaborations between research and industry. This theme will illustrate case studies of successful collaborations between research and industry as well as understand priorities from industrial perspective.  

13.15	“Classical Swine Fever – Lessons from a Successful Collaboration"	Dr Mahesh Kumar, Zoetis
13.45	The Making of Bovela® - a vaccine against bovine viral diarrhea	Dr Konrad Stadler, Boehringer-ingelheim

Theme 5: One Health and Application of new technologies

The recent Ebola outbreak has brought together an international response with regard to Ebola virus understanding and vaccine research. As the virus itself can infect both humans and primates, and it has been established that bats may provide a reservoir role, a One Health approach has been adapted for research. Dr George Wariwme from The Jenner Institute will discuss this along with his current research developing a Rift Valley Fever Virus Vaccine. 

14.15	One Health Research: Ebola and RVF vaccines	Dr George Warimwe, The Jenner Institute
14.45	Conference Outputs, Recommendations and Conclusions	Dr Bryan Charleston
15.15	Tea and Coffee