Thursday 16 September 2021
Deadline for registration: Monday 13 September 2021
The theme of the virtual 2021 edition will be Vaccines and pathogen adaptation.
Previous editions covered topics like 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 2021
| 08.45 | Participants log in |
| 09.00 |
Cécile van Els (RIVM & UU Faculty of Veterinary Medicine) "Welcome" |
| 09.05 |
Dimitri Diavatopoulos (Radboud UMC, Nijmegen) "Circulation of B. pertussis in vaccinated populations: bacterial adaptation and the need for new vaccines" |
| 10.05 | Break & switch to next session |
| 10.15 | Mathilde Richard (Erasmus MC, Rotterdam) |
| "H5 avian influenza viruses antigenic evolution and challenges for vaccine design" | |
| 11.15 | Break & switch to next sesstion |
| 11.30 |
Marion Koopmans (Erasmus MC, Rotterdam) "Dancing with SARS-CoV-2" |
| 12.30 | End of Symposium |