Our Speakers

MRC, Gambia and LSHTM, United Kingdom
Talk title: Outbreaks of pneumococcal disease in West Africa.

Tufts University School of Medicine, MA, USA
Talk title: Older but no wiser: Neutrophils, epithelium, and age-associated susceptibility to bacterial pneumonia

University of Maryland, MD, USA
Talk title: ClyX-1 and the Future of Endolysin Therapeutics Against S. pneumoniae

University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA
Talk title: What is hiding in the fringes of bacterial capsule variability?

Shenzhen University, China
Talk title: Genome-wide CRISPRi-seq identifies FprB as a synergistic target for gallium therapy in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

University of Maryland College Park, MD, USA
Talk title: Inter-kingdom interactions between influenza and pneumococci lead to bacterial reprogramming

Tsinghua University, China
Talk title: Capsule receptor-based capture of invasive pneumococci in the lungs and bloodstream

Marshall University, West Virginia, USA
Talk title: Carbon Utilization and Metabolic Adaptation of Streptococcus pneumoniae in the Dynamic Lung Microenvironment

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, AL, USA
Talk title: Discovery of a novel pneumococcal capsule type that may evade vaccine-induced immunity

National Administration of Laboratories and Health Institutes (ANLIS), Argentina
Talk title: The Impact of Vaccine Implementation on Circulating Serotypes in Argentina.