Symposium poster sessions
List of poster titles, authors and affiliations presented at the 9th Annual Edinburgh Infectious Diseases Symposium on Tuesday 10 and Wednesday 11 November 2020.
Poster session 1
Tuesday 10 November 2020: 3.20 – 4 pm
View the posters from session 1 online (University of Edinburgh login required) (secured)
| 01 | Boromycin has potent anti-Toxoplasma and anti-Cryptosporidium Activity |
| Jaypee Abenoja and Roberta O'Connor | |
| Washington State University, Pullman, USA | |
| 02 | RNAi Screening of the Human Druggable Genome for effects on Respiratory Syncytial Virus |
| Alison Daniels, Jürgen Schwarze, Harish. Nair, Jürgen Haas | |
| Infection Medicine, Center for Inflammation Research, Usher Institute, Infection Medicine | |
| 03 | Examining the potential role of CMTR1 in infuenza A virus infection |
| Susana Keane, Christine Tait-Burkard, Paul Digard | |
| The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh | |
| 04 | Two purine salvage enzymes used as drug target in Leishmania donovani |
| Jigneshkumar Mochi, Anju Pappachan | |
| Central University of Gujarat | |
| 05 | Unconventional rabies contact tracing in rural India: When epidemiology and medical anthropology meet at the temple |
| Deborah Nadal | |
| University of Glasgow | |
| 06 | Developmental competence in selected and naturally occurring African trypanosome isolates |
| Guy Oldrieve | |
| School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh | |
| 07 | Role of Riboregulators in Virulence |
| Pujitha Raja, Arede Rei, Sander Granneman, Thamarai Schneiders | |
| College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, School of Biological Sciences | |
| 08 | A genome-wide RNAi screen to identify markers of isometamidium resistance in livestock trypanosomes |
| Pieter Steketee, E. Paxton, E.A. Dickie, R. Ritchie, J. Iremonger, C. Gadelha, B. Wickstead, M.P Barrett, L. J. Morrison | |
| Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh; Wellcome Centre for Integrative Parasitology, University of Glasgow; School of Life Science, University of Nottingham | |
| 09 | Modelling optimally to the treatment of Tuberculosis patients for enhance medical knowledge |
| Syahrul Tuba | |
| Indonesia Defense University |
Poster session 2
Wednesday 11 November 2020: 11.20 am - 12 pm
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| 10 | Structural Differences between m6A Machineries Against Zoonotic Influenza Viruses |
| Mahmoud Bayoumi and Muhammad Munir | |
| Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom | |
| 11 | SYBR-Green based RT-qPCR for detection of SARS-CoV2 Receptor binding domain in the swab samples collected from COVID-19 suspected individuals |
| Jitendra K. Biswal | |
| ICAR-International Centre for FMD, Odisha, India | |
| 12 | Investigating the role of Mce proteins expressed by MAP in host cell invasion |
| Rosemary Blake, Dr. Jo Stevens and Prof. Jayne Hope | |
| The Roslin Institute | |
| 13 | Characterisation of a host receptor for Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocyte rosette formation |
| Molly Carlier, J. Alex Rowe | |
| Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, University of Edinburgh | |
| 14 | DGCR8-dependent control of antiviral immunity in human cells |
| Priscilla Chin & Sara Macias | |
| Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK | |
| 15 | The effect of health status at the start of treatment on adherence to tuberculosis medication |
| Mary Flook, Helen Stagg | |
| Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh | |
| 16 | Correlating metagenomic analysis of resistance genes in municipal sewage with national surveillance of phenotypic resistance in clinical isolates |
| Hannah C Lepper, Mark EJ Woolhouse, Bram AD van Bunnik | |
| Usher Institute | |
| 17 | Inside-Out Chicken Enteroids with Leukocyte Component as a Model to Study Host-Pathogen Interactions |
| Tessa J. Nash, Katrina M. Morris, Neil A. Mabbott, Lonneke Vervelde | |
| Division of Infection and Immunity, The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, UK | |
| 18 | Characterising HIV-1 Infections in the East Africa SEARCH Trial |
| Emma Pujol Hodge, Andrew Leigh Brown | |
| Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK | |
| 19 | An overview of Canine Adeno Virus type 2 |
| Nitin Sharma | |
| Ibt, Patwadangar Nainital | |
| 20 | Landscape genomics of Escherichia coli in livestock-keeping households across a rapidly developing urban city |
| Dishon M. Muloi1,2,3*, Bryan A. Wee1*, Deirdre M. H. McClean1, Melissa E. Ward3,4, Louise Pankhurst4, Hang Phan4, Alistair Ivens3, Velma Kivali2, Alice Kiyonga2, Christine Ndinda2, Nduhiu Gitahi5, Tom Ouko6, James Hassell2,7, Titus Imboma8, James Akoko2, Maurice Karani2, Samuel Njoroge6, Patrick Muinde2, Yukiko Nakamura9, Lorren Alumasa2, Erin Furmaga10, Titus Kaitho11, Elin Öhgren12, Fredrick Amanya2, Allan Ogendo2, Daniel Wilson13, Judy Bettridge 14, John Kiiru6, Catherine Kyobutungi15, Cecila Tacoli16, Erastus Kang’ethe5, Julio Davila17, Sam Kariuki6, Timothy Robinson18, Jonathan Rushton7, Mark E. J. Woolhouse1, Eric Fèvre2,7 | |
| Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Neston, United Kingdom National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Japan Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, United States Veterinary Services Department, Kenya Wildlife Service, Kenya Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden Big Data Institute, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, United Kingdom African Population Health Research Centre, Nairobi, Kenya International Institute for Environment and Development, London, United Kingdom The Bartlett Development Planning Unit, Faculty of the Built Environment, University College London, London, United Kingdom Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy |