Thursday 15 September 2022
Deadline for registration: Thursday 1 September 2022
The theme of the 2022 edition will be Lessons learnt from COVID-19 Vaccination.
Previous editions covered topics like Vaccines and pathogen adaptation, Development of a COVID-19 vaccine, Structural Vaccinology, Novel Vaccine Platforms, The powerful contribution of vectors to vaccine-induced immunity, Vaccination in the Elderly, Maternal vaccination, Vector-borne diseases, Vaccines and re-emerging infections and Innovative vector approaches in vaccination.
The symposium will be open for all interested at no charge, it is however necessary to register below.
Program 2022
| 09.30 |
Cécile van Els, RIVM & Biomolecular Health Sciences, Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University "Welcome" |
| 09.40 |
Rogier Sanders, Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Amsterdam UMC "Structural Vaccine Design for Spike Protein-based vaccines" |
| 10.30 |
Rory de Vries, Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam “Humoral and cellular immune mechanisms induced by COVID-19 vaccines: cross-reactivity against Variants of Concern?” |
| 11.00 | Break |
| 11.20 |
Corine Geurts van Kessel, Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam “Switching of COVID-19 vaccines in prime-boost schedules; a practical solution or strategy to optimize effectiveness?” |
| 12.00 | Lunch break |
| 12.40 |
Dinja Oosterhoff, Intravacc, Bilthoven “Improving Covid-19 vaccination: vaccine candidates inducing Mucosal Immunity” |
| 13.20 |
Daniel L. Hurdiss, Biomolecular Health Sciences, Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University “Mapping vulnerable sites on the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein” |
| 14.00 | Break |
| 14.30 |
Short talks, open for abstracts Please send your abstract, related to the Symposium’s theme, to: VaccineSymposiumUtrecht@gmail.com |
| 15.30 | End of symposium |