The Infection and Immunity Research Network is delighted to confirm the programme for its next Early Career Researchers' (ECRs) symposium in January 2020. 

Programme:

09:30		Arrival refreshments
09:45		Welcome
09:50	Adelina Artenie	Bristol Medical School: Population Health Sciences	High risk of hepatitis C virus acquisition linked to any recent detention episode among people who inject drugs: Implications for Hepatitis C prevention
10:05	Antoine Barreaux	School of Biological Sciences	Integrating vector ecology into disease transmission models: the unusual case of the tsetse fly
10:20	Hannah Serrage	Bristol Dental School	Characterising the role of extracellular DNA in oral biofilm formation
10:35	Keynote: Dr Selinda Orr	Senior Lecturer, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, Queen's University Belfast	C-type lectin-like receptors and anti-fungal immunity
11:05		Refreshments and Poster Session
12:00	Aaron Lim	Bristol Medical School: Population Health Sciences	Estimating the Impact and Costs of Scaling-Up Screening and Treatment for Hepatitis C Virus in Pakistan: Working Towards Elimination
12:15	Catherine Tooke	School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine	Structural basis for KPC variant activity against third-generation oxyimino-cephalosporins
12:30	Aaron Scott	School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience	In vivo characterisation of endogenous cardiovascular extracellular vesicles in larval and adult zebrafish
12:45	Sylviane Yoba	Bristol Dental School	Deciphering the molecular interactions of Streptococcus gordonii with human platelets and endothelial cells in the context of infective endocarditis
13:00	Keynote: Dr Maisem Laabei	Lecturer, Department of Biology & Biochemistry, University of Bath	Cigarette smoke modifies Staphylococcus aureus virulence
13:30		Q&A and discussions
13:40		Lunch, prizes and networking

Confirmed Keynote Speakers:

• Dr Selinda Orr, Senior Lecturer, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, Queen's University Belfast
• Dr Maisem Laabei, Lecturer, Department of Biology & Biochemistry, University of Bath 

Abstract Submission is now closed.

The Infection and Immunity Research Network's Early Career Researchers' event is a fantastic opportunity for Early Career Researchers, junior and senior staff to hear about all the different research taking place across the wider Infection and Immunity community. 

PhD students and post-docs are invited to share their methodologies, results, frustrations and skills to a wider audience in the expectation that discussions could lead to greater inter- and multidisciplinary understanding of the research in question and its potential relevance to other research areas.  

Encouraging dialogue between researchers can reveals pools of experience and knowledge that can be applied elsewhere. This fosters not just the creation of new research directions but new ways of working, new ways to support and enable our academic community, and new learning experiences. 

ALL staff and students across the University, in all Schools, Units and Faculties, are very welcome to participate.

The Infection and Immunity Research Network is grateful to the Elizabeth Blackwell Institute for Health Research for supporting this event, and to Qiagen and Abcam for sponsoring best oral and poster presentation prizes.