4:00–8:00 PM | Registration | Concourse |
6:00–8:00 PM | Welcome Mixer | Cava Santa Fe |
7:00–8:00 AM | Breakfast | Anasazi Ballroom |
7:30–8:00 AM | Poster Setup | Anasazi Ballroom |
7:45–7:00 PM | Poster Viewing | Anasazi Ballroom |
8:00–9:00 AM | Welcome and Keynote Address | Eldorado Ballroom |
* Silvia Portugal, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology |
* Marion Pepper, University of Washington |
* Melissa Chola Kapulu, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme |
Lars Hviid, University of Copenhagen Making Heads or Tails of it: Thoughts on Protective Immunity to Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria |
9:00–11:00 AM | Surviving Severe Malaria: The Quick Fix Protection | Eldorado Ballroom |
* Kattria van der Ploeg, Stanford University Session Chair |
Abdirahman I Abdi, Kenya Medical Research Institute(KEMRI)-Wellcome Trust Programme Plasmodium falciparum Extracellular Vesicles in Malaria Pathogenesis and Immunity |
Maria Bernabeu, European Molecular Biology Laboratory In vitro 3D Blood-Brain Barrier Model and Cerebral Malaria |
Sai Sundar Rajan Raghavan, The Scripps Research Institute Short Talk: Broadly Inhibitory Antibodies against Severe Malaria Associated PfEMP1 |
Joy Kabagenyi, University of Glasgow Short Talk: Innocent Residents or Drivers of Immune Reprogramming: Employing Single Cell and Spatial Transcriptomics to Elucidate Plasmodium Driven Immune Changes in the Bone Marrow and Spleen of Mice |
Cecilia E Lekpor, Morehouse School of Medicine Short Talk: Neuregulin-1 Mitigates Heme-Induced Vascular Injury in iPSC-Derived Endothelial Cells Generated from Children with Various Hemoglobin Genotypes |
9:30–9:50 AM | Coffee Break | Concourse |
11:15–12:30 PM | Lunch | Anasazi Ballroom |
12:00–2:30 PM | Poster Session 1 | Anasazi Ballroom |
2:30–4:30 PM | Symposia Spotlight 1: Research presentations selected from abstract submissions | Eldorado Ballroom |
* Maria del Pilar Crespo-Ortiz, Universidad del Valle Session Chair |
* Oscar K Kai, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Program Session Chair |
Lauren Holz, University of Melbourne Development of a Tissue-targeted Malaria mRNA Vaccine |
Lauren Jatt, University of Washington Cytokines Associated with Moderate and Severe Adverse Events and Parasitemia Following Vaccination with Chemo-attenuated Plasmodium Falciparum Sporozoite Vaccine |
Caroline Kijogi, Mount Kenya University Placental Malaria Infection is Associated with Downregulation of STAT-6 and ANG-1 in Decidual Macrophages |
Manish Tripathi, All India Institute of Medical sciences PvTRAg36.6 – CD71 along with Lipid Interaction Study - New Insight of Plasmodium Vivax Invasion into Human Reticulocyte |
Luis M Molinos-Albert, ISGlobal Potent Human Antibodies to the Major NANP Repeat Region of Plasmodium Falciparum Circumsporozoite Protein from RTS,S/AS01E Vaccinated African Children |
Courtney McDougal, University of Washington Memory B Cells Specific to the Plasmodium Circumsporozoite Protein have Limited Ability to Self-renew, Leading to Memory Depletion after Repeated Exposure |
Kaylee Norman, University of Iowa Metabolic Regulation of Atypical Memory B Cell Development and Affinity Maturation during Malaria |
4:30–5:00 PM | Coffee Available | Concourse |
5:00–7:00 PM | Slow Cooking Naturally Acquired Immunity & Repeated Malaria Cases | Eldorado Ballroom |
* Margaret Feeney, University of California, San Francisco Session Chair |
Gordon A Awandare, University of Ghana How the Immune System Develops Tolerance to Plasmodium falciparum |
Amy K Bei, Yale School of Public Health Low and Slow: Investigating Mechanisms of Strain-Specific and Strain-Transcendent Naturally-Acquired Immunity |
Marion Pepper, University of Washington Protective CSP-specific Memory B Cells Decline with Repeated Immunization or Infection in Humans and Mice |
Noah S. Butler, University of Iowa Function of Plasmodium Parasite-Specific B Cells and T Cells During Malaria |
7:00–8:00 PM | On Own for Dinner |
7:00–8:00 AM | Breakfast | Anasazi Ballroom |
8:00–11:00 AM | Upgrading Malaria Immunity: NextGenVaccine Approaches | Eldorado Ballroom |
* Stefan Kappe, Seattle Children's Research Institute Development of Genetically Engineered Whole Parasite Vaccines for Malaria |
Brandon Wilder, Oregon Health and Science University MHC and Malaria Immunity |
Melissa Chola Kapulu, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme Immunity and protection in CHMI |
Ashley M. Vaughan, Seattle Children's Research Institute Short Talk: Using Plasmodium Falciparum Experimental Genetic Crosses to Create Efficacious Pan-African Genetically Attenuated Parasite Vaccines |
Justin Boddey, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research Short Talk: Long-acting Antimalarials that Attenuate Very-late Liver-stages for Malaria Chemovaccination |
Bryce Chackerian, University of New Mexico School of Medicine Short Talk: Virus-like Particle Based Vaccines Targeting the L9 Epitope in CSP Provide Strong Sterilizing Protection for Malaria Infection in a Mouse Challenge Model |
9:00–9:20 AM | Coffee Break | Concourse |
9:20–9:25 AM | Award Recipient Acknowledgement | Eldorado Ballroom |
11:00–1:00 PM | Poster Setup | Anasazi Ballroom |
11:00–5:00 PM | On Own for Lunch |
1:00–10:00 PM | Poster Viewing | Anasazi Ballroom |
3:30–4:30 PM | Career Roundtable | Eldorado Ballroom |
Amy K Bei, Yale School of Public Health Associate Professor of Epidemiology |
Gordon A Awandare, University of Ghana Professor |
Aurelio Bonavia, Gates Medical Research Institute Vaccine/Monoclonal Development |
4:30–5:00 PM | Coffee Available | Concourse |
5:00–7:00 PM | Bypassing the Development of Malaria Immunity and Then What? | Eldorado Ballroom |
* James Huleatt, Gates Medical Research Institute Session Chair |
Kassoum Kayentao, University of Bamako Remote Presentation: mAB Trials in Seasonal Settings |
Azza Idris, Ragon Institute of Mass General Brigham, MIT, and Harvard Leveraging Potent Monoclonal Antibodies to Guide the Design of Next-Generation Malaria Vaccines |
Hedda Wardemann, German Cancer Research Center Molecular and Functional Properties of Human Plasmodium falciparum CSP C-terminus Antibodies |
Paul Heinrich Gerstenhöfer, Institute for Research in Biomedicine Bellinzona Short Talk: Exploration of the Infected RBC Immunosurfaceome as a Tool for Anti-Plasmodium Antibody Discovery |
7:00–8:00 PM | Social Hour with Lite Bites | Anasazi Ballroom |
7:30–10:00 PM | Poster Session 2 | Anasazi Ballroom |
7:00–8:00 AM | Breakfast | Anasazi Ballroom |
8:00–11:00 AM | Shoot the Messenger: Blocking Mosquitos and Malaria Transmission | Eldorado Ballroom |
* George O Ademowo, Institute for Advanced Medical Research and Training Session Chair |
Issaka Sagara, Malaria Research and Training Center Remote Presentation: Malaria: Transmission Blocking Vaccine (TBV), Field Results and the Combination of a TBV (Pfs230) with an Approved Anti-Infection Malaria Vaccine (R21) |
Wai-Hong Tham, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research Nanobodies Blocking Malaria Transmission |
Nirbhay Kumar, Milken Institute School of Public Health Elimination of Malaria will Require Combination Vaccines Targeting Multiple Parasite Stages in Multiple Plasmodium Species |
Priscilla W Ngotho, University of Glasgow Characterising the Dynamics of Malaria Parasite Sexual Stage Immunity |
Shehu S Awandu, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology Short Talk: The Melanization Response in Anopheles Coluzii Mosquitoes Impacts Malaria Transmission and Infectivity in Natural Settings |
9:00–9:20 AM | Coffee Break | Concourse |
11:00–2:30 PM | On Own for Lunch |
3:00–4:30 PM | Symposia Spotlight 2: Research presentations selected from abstract submissions | Eldorado Ballroom |
* David S Schneider, Stanford University Session Chair |
* Henk Schallig, Amsterdam University Medical Center Session Chair |
Ana Rodrigues, Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine Running for Protection: The Role of Cell Traversal in the Establishment of Sterile Immunity against Plasmodium |
Henrietta Esi Mensah-Brown, University of Ghana Blocking Plasmodium Merozoite Invasion of Red Blood Cells: Molecular Docking Analysis of Small Molecule Inhibitors of the RH5-CyRPA-RIPR Complex |
Daniel Neafsey, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health Insights into Malaria Immunity from Longitudinal Genotyping Studies that Reveal Complete Infection Dynamics |
Helena Nunes-Cabaço, Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine Age is a Major Determinant of the Efficacy of Whole-sporozoite Malaria Vaccination in MIce |
Alina Batzilla, EMBL Barcelona The Contribution of Leukocytes to Cerebral Malaria Vascular Pathogenesis in a 3D Blood-Brain Barrier Model |
Ann M Moormann, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School A Systems Serology Approach to Distinguish Divergent Exposures to Plasmodium Falciparum for Children Living in Malaria Endemic Regions |
4:30–5:00 PM | Coffee Available | Concourse |
5:00–6:45 PM | Systems Immunology Applied to Malaria | Eldorado Ballroom |
* Prasanna Jagannathan, Stanford University School of Medicine Session Chair |
Maria Yazdanbakhsh, Leiden University Medical Center Remote Presentation: Systems Immunology and Innate Immunity to Malaria |
Tuan M Tran, Indiana University School of Medicine Systems Immunology and RNAseq Integration Methods |
Silvia Portugal, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology Asymptomatic Persistence of Malaria Parasites |
Katarina DiLillo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Short Talk: Differential Network Analysis of Pediatric Immune Responses to Malaria Vaccination |
6:45–7:00 PM | Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Organizers) | Eldorado Ballroom |
7:00–8:00 PM | Social Hour with Lite Bites | Anasazi Ballroom |
8:00–9:00 PM | Entertainment | Eldorado Ballroom |
8:00–9:00 PM | Cash Bar | Anasazi Ballroom |
12:00–11:59 PM | Departure |