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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
The 26th Sigrid Jusélius International Symposium:
Emerging Infections
June 7-10, 2015, Hanasaari Congress Center, Espoo (Capital area), FINLAND
SUNDAY 7th of June
Welcome session
chair Antti Vaheri
18:00 Opening words Caj Haglund, Sigrid Jusélius Foundation
18:15 Welcome Speech Olli Vapalahti, University of Helsinki
18:30 Where do human viruses come from? Mark Woolhouse, University of Edinburgh
19:30 Ebola viral disease, a field view Pierre Rollin, CDC - Atlanta
20:30 GET-TOGETHER & SNACK
MONDAY 8th of June
Vector-borne infections
chair Olli Vapalahti
08:30 Arthropod viruses: diversity and emergence Sandra Junglen, University of Bonn
Medical Center
09:10 Emergence of novel zoonotic viruses in Brazil Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo,
University of São Paulo
09:50 – 10:20 COFFEE
Vector-borne infections
chair Olli Vapalahti
10:20 Arthropod vector-borne diseases: disentangling the spatial distribution
patterns of vectors and pathogens Guy Hendrickx, Avia-GIS
11:00 Immunobiology of re-emerging alphaviruses: from bench to bed and back
Lisa Ng, Singapore Immunology Network, A*STAR
11:40 – 12:40 LUNCH
Crossing the species barrier
chair Kalle Saksela
12:40 Zoonotic and pandemic influenza Ron Fouchier, Erasmus MC Rotterdam,
Department of Viroscience
13:25 3 years of MERS in review - news on ecology and epidemiology of a classical
zoonosis Christian Drosten, University of Bonn
14:10 Nephropathia epidemica caused by Puumala hantavirus Jukka Mustonen,
University of Tampere
14:50 – 15:20 COFFEE
Crossing the species barrier
chair Kalle Saksela
15:20 Primate lentivirus evolution and HIV emergence Frank Kirchhoff, Ulm University
Medical Center
16:00 Animal homologues of human hepatitis viruses Jan Felix Drexler, University of
Bonn Medical Centre, Institute of Virology
16:40 Modeling the evolutionary trajectories of an expanding Morbillivirus genus
Paul Duprex, Boston University School of Medicine
17:30 – 18:30 MODERATED POSTER SESSION 1 & WINE AND CHEESE
chairs Tarja Sironen and Jussi Hepojoki
19:30 ARCHIPELAGO DINNER CRUISE
TUESDAY 9th of June
Bright Minds Session
chair Satu Kurkela
08:45 Towards antivirals affecting chikungunya virus replication Tero Ahola,
University of Helsinki
08:57 Modern antimicrobial resistance surveillance on the national level in Finland
Antti Hakanen, Turku University Hospital
09:09 Emerging serodiagnostics for emerging viruses Satu Hepojoki, University of
Helsinki
09:21 Expression of Ebola and Marburg viral proteins and their effects on
activation of innate interferon responses Felix He, University of Turku
09:33 Quantitative analysis of 296 antibiotic resistance and related genes in
human impacted environments Marko Virta, University of Helsinki
09:48 Best abstract award
10:00 – 10:30 COFFEE
Bacterial and parasitic infections
chair Anu Kantele
10:30 Mycobacteria in animals and humans Christian Gortázar, SaBio-IREC Univ. Castilla La Mancha
11:05 Geographical dispersal of the zoonotic pathogen Francisella tularensis is
characterised by focal generation of genetic diversity and long range movement
Anders Johansson, Umeå University
11:40 New environmental reservoirs of Bartonella Arto Pulliainen, University of Helsinki
12:15 Complement regulation by mosquitoes – a basis for new transmission
blocking vaccines? Seppo Meri, University of Helsinki
12:50 – 13:50 LUNCH
Antibiotic resistance
chair Seppo Meri
13:50 Emerging antibiotic resistance Paul Tulkens, Université catholique de Louvain
14:25 Travelers and ESBL – reason to worry? Anu Kantele, Helsinki University Hospital
15:00 Shared populations of MRSA among pets and pet owners Mark Holmes,
University of Cambridge
15:35 – 16:05 COFFEE
Antibiotic resistance
chair Seppo Meri
16:05 Multidrug resistant tuberculosis Hanna Soini, National Institute for Health and
welfare
16:40 Bayesian modeling of tuberculosis transmission and population variation
Jukka Corander, University of Helsinki
17:30 – 18:30 MODERATED POSTER SESSION 2 AND REFRESHMENTS
chairs Tarja Sironen and Jussi Hepojoki
19:30 SYMPOSIUM DINNER
WEDNESDAY 10th of June
One Health
chairs Heikki Hentonen and Alex Plyusnin
08:30 One Health: introduction Marja-Liisa Hänninen, University of Helsinki
08:45 Policy introduction: Global Health Security Agenda Veli-Mikko Niemi, Ministry of
Social Affairs and Health
09:00 Ebola: the challenging road to recovery Michael Edelstein, Centre for Global Health
Security, Chatham House
09:35 Ebola and Rabies, Bats and Dogs: difference and similarities between two
zoonoses, applicability of the "One Health" concept Noël Tordo, Institut Pasteur, Paris
10:10 Epidemic intelligence of emerging infections Alastair Donachie, ECDC
10:45 – 11:15 COFFEE
One Health
chair Marja-Liisa Hänninen
11:15 Laboratory response for outbreak control and investigation: to prepare or
not to prepare? Chantal Reusken, Dept. Viroscience, Erasmus MC Rotterdam
11:50 Surveillance and control of Arboviruses in Europe: an ongoing challenge
Herve Zeller, ECDC
12:25 Virulence Evolution in Emerging Pathogens: Insights from a 20 year spillover
event Andrew Dobson, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University
13:00 Closing remarks Olli Vapalahti, University of Helsinki
13:10 END
16:00 STUDIA GENERALIA at University Building Porthania, auditorium p3
(Yliopistonkatu 3, HELSINKI), in Finnish