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