The 6th Meeting of the Consortium for the Control of Zoonoses
Day 1 Thursday, July 19, 2018 Symposium Session 1
Lecture Hal, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
15:10 – 15:40
Registration……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………........................................................
15:40 – 15:45
Opening remarks
Hiroshi Kida Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………........................................................
15:45 – 15:50
General introduction of the GI-CoRE project
Hirofumi Sawa Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………........................................................
15:50 – 16:05
Role of microglia on the neuropathobiology of prion diseases
Motohiro Horiuchi Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University
16:05 – 16:20

Genetic analyses of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates collected in Asian andAfrican countries
Chie Nakajima, Yasuhiko Suzuki Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University

16:20 – 16:35

Development of anthrax vaccine based on structural information of anthrax toxins
Manabu Igarashi, Hideaki Higashi Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University

16:35 – 16:50

Screening of drug candidates against Ebola virus disease
Ayato Takada Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University

16:50 – 17:05

Antimicrobial resistant Escherichia coli and Salmonella from pigs and pork in Thailand
Norikazu Isoda Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University

Day 2 Friday, July 20, 2018 Symposium Session 2Lecture Hal, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
09:00 – 09:30Registration……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………........................................................
09:30 – 09:40
Welcome address
Masanori Kasahara Executive / Vice President /GI-CoRE Deputy Director, Hokkaido University……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………........................................................
09:40 – 10:25
Presentation by unit for pathogen genomics
Development of diagnosis-by-sequencing method for infectious diseases
Junya Yamagishi Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University
Genome-wide analysis of horizontal gene transfer in protozoan parasite genomes
Chihiro Sugimoto Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University
Towards our better understanding of zoonotic malaria parasites – using genomics-driven approaches
Arnab Pain King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
The impact of Legionella infection on host cell transcription
Elizabeth L. Hartland The University of Melbourne, Australia……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………........................................................
10:25 – 11:10
Presentation by unit for exploration of pathogens
GI-CoRE : progress and update on the internationalisation of the programmeWilliam W. Hall University College Dublin, Ireland
Virus discoveries in African nonhuman primates and bats and transcriptomic responses of human neuronalcells to Japanese encephalitis virus infection
Michael Carr University College Dublin, Ireland
Epidemiological and basic research activities for the control of viral zoonoses
Hirofumi Sawa Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University
Collaborative mycobacterial research and graduate student activities in GI-CoRE
Stephen V. Gordon University College Dublin, Ireland……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………........................................................
11:10 – 11:25
Coffee break……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………........................................................
11:25 – 11:30
Welcome address
Ronald D. GREEN Consul, Australian Consulate in Sapporo……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………........................................................
11:30 – 12:15
Presentation by unit for the development of vaccines and biologicals
Development of a safe and radically effectual seasonal influenza vaccine of global standard
Hiroshi Kida Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University
Immunomodulators : new trends in vaccine design and immunotherapeutics
David C. Jackson The University of Melbourne, Australia
Predicting the severity of influenza pandemics
Lorena E. Brown The University of Melbourne, Australia……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………........................................................
12:15 – 12:20
Closing remarks
Hiroshi Kida Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………........................................................