2021 Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics Conference

Keynotes

Keynote Speakers:

• Dr. Balaji Narasimhan – Overview of Nanoparticles/Nanovaccines
• Dr. Claire Andreasen – ONE HEALTH – Our Role

Day One

Human Vaccines and Cancer videos include:

• Dr. Steven Varga – Promising polyanhydride RSV nanovaccine candidates
• Dr. George Weiner – A novel diagnostic platform for quantifying receptor occupancy by ligand
• Dr. Kevin Legge – Polyanhydride nanoparticles as a platform for the design of effective and novel universal influenza virus vaccines
• Dr. Karin Allenspach – 3D organoids to streamline healthcare in bladder cancer; a ONE HEALTH approach
• Dr. Michael Cho – Receptor binding domain (RBD) – based subunit vaccines against SARS-COV2

Dr. Kevin Legge

Microbiome/Probiotics videos include:

• Dr. Mark Lyte – Microbial endocrinology as a platform for mechanistically designed probiotics and synbiotics
• Dr. Albert Jurgens – Ex vivo/in vivo testing of dietary and probiotic interventions in healthy dogs
• Dr. Gregory Phillips – Probiotic bacteria for improved human and animal health
• Dr. Melha Mellata – Novel prophylactics to improve gut immunity in chickens to increase resistance to bacteria and improve health

Dr. Gregory Phillips

Diagnostics, Pathogen Detection, and Biosensors videos include:

• Dr. Nigel Reuel – Cell-free synthetic biology and resonant sensors for infection disease and pathogen detection
• Dr. Carmen Gomes – Laser-induced graphene for pathogens and toxins in field sensing
• Dr. Nicole Hashemi – An advanced and reproducible 3D cell culture platform: mitigating risk in drug development and testing processes
• Dr. Pranav Shrotriya – Nanoporous Alumina-based Electrochemical Aptasensors for Biomarker Detection

Dr. Nicole Hashemi

Day Two

Veterinary Vaccines and Disease Prevention videos include:

• Dr. Jennifer Wilson-Welder – Bovine Leptospirosis infection and vaccination: antigen delivery in novel adjuvants and platforms
• Dr. Jodi McGill – Development of a novel vaccine for BRSV infection in calves
• Dr. David Verhoeven – Development and optimization of a novel universal influenza vaccine for multiple species
• Dr. Pat Halbur – New and Emerging Disease in Animal Health
• Dr. Douglas Jones – Vaccine Implants: a versatile approach
• Dr. Jonathan Mochel – Accelerating drug discovery in veterinary medicine with 3D canine organoids
• Dr. Richard Martin – Drugs and drug targets: Nematode Ion-Channels

Dr. David Verhoeven

Dr. Jonathan Mochel

Platform Technologies/Institutes videos include:

• Dr. Chris Tuggle – SCID Pigs as a large animal model for testing stem cell-based and cancer immunotherapies
• Dr. Jonathan Mochel – Pre-clinical screening of therapeutic drugs using 3D canine miniature organs
• Dr. Paul Plummer – NIAMRRE
• Dr. Jim Roth – Veterinary Biologics Training Program – what you need to know to get a veterinary biologic licensed
• Dr. Bryan Bellaire – BL III Laboratories service and technical capacities
• Rick Sanders – ISU Research Park – Bringing Biotechnology to Life

Dr. Paul Plummer

Rick Sanders

Startups videos include:

• Darin Heisterkamp – NanoSPY – Rapid Pathogen Detection Biosensor – Sampling to Detection in 20 minutes
• Dr. Wes Wierson – LEAH – A platform for translational immunotherapy modeling in spontaneous canine disease
• Dr. Nicole Hashemi – Nistron LLC – A new 3D cell culturing platform: Changing the future of customized immunotherapy
• Dr. Jonathan Mochel & Dr. Karin Allenspach – 3D – Accelerating drug discovery in veterinary medicine with 3D canine organoids

Dr. Nicole Hashemi