March 06,2015

GI-CoRE Global Station for Zoonosis Control organised an open seminar on March 4, 2015. It was attended by over 80 graduate students and faculty members at the Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine and the Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University.

Title: GI-CoRE Young Researchers Seminar for the Control of Zoonoses

Date: Wednesday March 4, 2015

Time: 13:00-15:30

Venue: Lecture Hall, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University (Kita 18, Nishi 9, Kita-ku, Sapporo)

Language: English

Programme:

Opening Remarks by Professor Ichiro Uyeda, Vice President & Deputy Director of GI-CoRE, Hokkaido University

Regulatory mechanism of RIG-I-like receptors in antiviral innate immune response
Hiroyuki Oshiumi, Hokkaido University

(Re)discovery and molecular characterisation of novel tick-borne phleboviruses
Keita Matsuno, Hokkaido University

PEGylation of a TLR2-agonist-based vaccine delivery system improves its ability to induce effective anti-viral and anti-tumour CD8⁺ T cell responses
Toshiki Sekiya, The University of Melbourne

How to stop influenza and its sequelae
Edin Mifsud, The University of Melbourne

Identifying transmissible Influenza A viruses
Kathryn Edenborough, CSIRO Australian Animal Health Laboratory

Closing Remarks by Professor Kazunori Yasuda, Vice President, Hokkaido University

For details, please contact:

GI-CoRE Global Station for Zoonosis Control

TEL: +81-11-706-9555
Mail: gsz@oia.hokudai.ac.jp