Join us for this live 3-day symposium that brings together scientists from around the globe to discuss their COVID-19 research findings, ideas and technical expertise. Each day leading scientists will present their work, followed by an ask-the-expert panel discussion where the audience can pose their questions to the speakers.
PROGRAM
Moderator
Senior Manager, Field Marketing, Beckman Coulter Life Science
Physiological Aging and Immunological Erosion: Links to COVID-19
Principal Investigator, Singapore Immunology Network (A*STAR), Singapore
11:00 - 11:30 am (US EDT)
Recognizing the Immune Response to SARS-CoV-2
ISAC President & Professor, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
11:30 - 12:00 pm (US EDT)
The COVID Cytometry Project
Professor of Medical Genetics, UBC, and Distinguished Scientist at BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, Canada
12:00 - 12:30 pm (US EDT)
Ask-the-Expert Panel Discussion
12:30 - 1:00 pm (US EDT)
New ELISA Kit for Serological Testing for SARS COV-2 Infection
Bio Banks Manager, DIESSE Diagnostica Senese SpA, Siena, Italy
11:00 - 11:30 am (US EDT)
A Needle in a Haystack: Using Immune Repertoire and Single Cell VDJ Sequencing to Identify COVID-specific B-cell Responses
Director of R&D and Operation, i-Repertoire Inc, Huntsville, AL, USA
11:30 - 12:00 pm (US EDT)
Learnings from Single Particle Analysis of Moloney MLV: Insight into its Infectivity, Genome Packaging Efficiency, and Host Marker Acquisition
Professor and the Canada Research Chair in Molecular Virology and Intrinsic Immunity, University of Ottawa, Canada
12:00 - 12:30 pm (US EDT)
Ask-the-Expert Panel Discussion
12:30 - 1:00 pm (US EDT)
Development and Immune Assessment of a DNA Vaccine Against COVID-19
Vice President of Analytical Sciences, Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Philadelphia, PA, USA
11:00 - 11:30 am (US EDT)
Using drug repurposing to identify inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 cellular toxicity in vitro
Principal Scientist, at Fraunhofer Institute IME ScreeningPort in Hamburg, Germany
11:30 - 12:00 pm (US EDT)
Disruption of the CCL5/RANTES-CCR5 Pathway 1 Restores Immune Homeostasis and Reduces Plasma Viral Load in Critical COVID-19
CEO, IncellDx, California, USA
12:00 - 12:30 pm (US EDT)
Ask-the-Expert Panel Discussion
12:30 - 1:00 pm (US EDT)