VALIDATE 5th Annual Meeting

Registration Closed

7 - 8 March 2023

BMA House, London, UK

The 5th VALIDATE Annual Meeting was held on 7-8 March 2023 at the historic BMA House in London, UK. As always, our Annual Meeting gave our members talks from world-leading scientists in our research field, updates from our funded projects on their cutting-edge research, and the chance to meet members from across the globe.

2023 was the first in-person VALIDATE event since 2019, and it was a pleasure to meet members in person. The Annual Meeting is open to all VALIDATE members, with members from academia, industry, government bodies, and non-governmental agencies all welcome.

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The Venue - BMA House

The BMA's Memorial fountain built in honour of the medical men and women of the Commonwealth who gave their lives in the Second World War. The fountain is guarded by Greek style statues representing Sacrifice, Cure, Prevention and Aspiration.

The 5th VALIDATE Annual Meeting took place at BMA House, a stunning, Grade II listed building that is home to the British Medical Association and is an inspiring and interesting venue for our event. You can find out more about BMA House and take a virtual tour on the BMA House Website.

Travel and Accommodation

Travel Guide

To help members navigate the city during their stay in London, we created this helpful Travel Guide.

Poster Session

Along with keynote talks, research presentations by VALIDATE-funded projects, and time for networking, we held a Poster Session at the Annual Meeting that allowed VALIDATE members to publicise their research. You can find a full list of presenters, and their titles and abstracts, on the Annual Meeting 2023 Poster Page

Agenda

VALIDATE ECR Workshop: Showcasing Your Science - 6 March 2023

1000 - 1700 Kat Arney & Sarah Hazell, First Create the Media

Following on from the very successful "Storytelling for Scientists" workshop, VALIDATE has once again asked First Create The Media to provide our members with an in-person, full-day interactive workshop that will help build skills and confidence to talk about your research to the audiences that matter.

Find out more about the workshop here.

Day One - 7 March 2023 - In The Grand Hall - All delegates

0900 - 1000 Closed Network Management Board Meeting

0915 - 1000 Registration and tea/coffee

1000 - 1010 Prof Helen McShane

VALIDATE Director, University of Oxford

A welcome and introduction from our Network Director

1010 - 1030 Mrs Samantha Vermaak

Co-Investigator & Executive Manager, University of Oxford

VALIDATE Update: an update on VALIDATE's activities to date and future plans

1030 - 1050 Dr Nastassja Kriel (VALIDATE Fellow)

Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Identifying persister Mycobacterium tuberculosis biosignatures

1050 - 1120 Break

1120 - 1140 Dr Ana Valencia Hernandez

James Cook University, Australia

Evaluation of BCGΔBCG1419c::ESAT6-PE25SS in immunocompetent and immunocompromised mouse models of TB

1140 - 1200 Dr Diane Lee

University of Surrey, UK

Alvacc: A human in vitro alveolus model to study aerogenic TB vaccine binding and translocation

1200 - 1300 Lunch

A step forward to establish a national research network for surveillance of melioidosis in Vietnam

1300 - 1400 Dr Trinh Thanh Trung,

Vietnam National University

Keynote Address: A step forward to establish a national research network for surveillance of melioidosis in Vietnam

1400 - 1420 Prof Jayne Hope

University of Edinburgh, UK

Investigating the BCG-induced Natural Killer (NK) cell response in cattle and humans

1420 - 1440 Dr Gabriele Pollara

University College London, UK

T cell receptor sequencing to identify correlates of protection in human tuberculosis vaccine studies

1440 - 1500 Prof Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay

Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India

Characterising the cellular immunity and metabolic response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Burkholderia pseudomallei in Indian patients for vaccine design

1500 - 1530 Break

1530 - 1550 Dr Munyaradzi Musvosvi

University of Cape Town, South Africa

Towards a T cell subset that can control Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

1550 - 1610 Assoc Prof Hao Li

China Agricultural University, China

Isolation of protective monoclonal antibodies recognising BCG and development of novel fusion protein vaccines against tuberculosis

1610 - 1700 Mrs Samantha Vermaak

VALIDATE Collaboration Clinic: As part of the Annual Meeting, VALIDATE will host a Collaboration Clinic, where delegates can be partnered with new potential collaborators – or use this time to hold in-person meetings with current collaborators also at the VALIDATE meeting.