Annual Meeting 2024 Posters
Along with keynote talks, research presentations by VALIDATE-funded projects, and time for networking, we aim to hold a Poster Session at the Annual Meeting, so that more VALIDATE members can showcase their research.
We will be adding to the as we get closer to the Annual Meeting 2024.
![Kiran Afshan](https://validate.web.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mt_image_thumbnail/public/validate/images/media/dr.kiran_afshan.jpg?itok=UzM10p26)
Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan
Epidemiological Distribution of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Pakistan (abstract)
![Luciana Balboa](https://validate.web.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mt_image_thumbnail/public/validate/images/person/photo_balboa.jpg?itok=erlUXb6m)
Academia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires, Argentina
The Inhibition of HIF-1α Limits the Migration of Dendritic Cells to Lymph Nodes in BCG-Vaccinated Mice (abstract)
![Suraj Bhattarai](https://validate.web.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mt_image_thumbnail/public/validate/images/person/bhattarai_suraj_2.5x3.5_resized.jpg?itok=bl4H-SD2)
Global Health Research & Medical Interventions for Development (GLOHMED), Nepal
Burden of Melioidosis in Nepal: A Prospective Cross-Sectional Pilot Study in Two Provinces(abstract)
![Jelalu kemal](https://validate.web.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mt_image_thumbnail/public/validate/images/media/jelalu_kemal.jpg?itok=uVFCbWWZ)
Asst Prof Jelalu Kemal Birmeka
Haramaya University College of Vet Medicine, Ethiopia
The Effect of Ensete ventricosum (false banana) Corm Extract against Nephrotoxicity in Mice Caused by Anti-tuberculosis Drugs Administration (abstract)
![Suzzana buabeng](https://validate.web.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mt_image_thumbnail/public/validate/images/media/suzzana_buabeng.jpeg?itok=z-rckc6G)
Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Assessment of the Pharmacological Modulation of the Acute and Chronic Immune Response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection via the CaMK1δ Inhibitor CS0640 in a Diet-Induced Prediabetes Murine Model (abstract)
![Naomi Daniels](https://validate.web.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mt_image_thumbnail/public/validate/images/media/naomi_low_res_for_website.jpg?itok=w30L1e3q)
University of Otago, New Zealand
Evasion of BCG-mediated Immune Protection by Hypervirulent Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (abstract)
![Fatoumatta Darboe](https://validate.web.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mt_image_thumbnail/public/validate/images/media/picture_0.jpg?itok=cu2Fcsvw)
University of California San Francisco (UCSF), USA
Immune Pathogenesis of TB Disease and Impact of HIV Infection on risk of TB Disease Progression (abstract)
![Person icon](https://validate.web.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mt_image_thumbnail/public/validate/images/person/person_icon.jpg?itok=bla8-65E)
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, United States of America (USA)
A Novel Recombinant Herpes Simplex Virus -2 based Vaccine Against Tuberculosis (abstract)
![Nick de vrij](https://validate.web.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mt_image_thumbnail/public/validate/images/person/nick_de_vrij.jpg?itok=9UHkY3cV)
Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Belgium
The Human Immunopeptidome of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Across the Clinical Spectrum: New Targets for Vaccine Design? (abstract)
![Chyntia Diaz](https://validate.web.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mt_image_thumbnail/public/validate/images/person/chyntia_diaz.jpg?itok=XPvx6OB4)
National University of Asuncion (IICS-UNA), Paraguay
Exploring the Role of M. leprae PGL-I as a Lipid Droplet-inducing Molecule in Schwann cells. (abstract)
![Fatou Faal](https://validate.web.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mt_image_thumbnail/public/validate/images/person/fatou_faal.jpg?itok=2O88VILp)
MRC The Gambia at LSHTM, Gambia
Investigating West Africa Circulating Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Lineages Response to Anti-Tuberculosis Treatment Approaches (abstract)
![Wynand Johan Goosen](https://validate.web.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mt_image_thumbnail/public/validate/images/media/wynand_goosen.jpg?itok=SL8uHvzW)
Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Identification and Molecular Characterization of Mycobacterium bovis DNA in GeneXpert® MTB/RIF Ultra-Positive, Culture-Negative Sputum Samples from a Rural Community in South Africa (abstract)
![Nancy Hilda](https://validate.web.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mt_image_thumbnail/public/validate/images/media/replace_7.jpg?itok=-pmw7hoV)
ICMR-National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (ICMR-NIRT), India
Immunosenescence and Inflammation in Cured Tuberculosis Patients: Implications for Revaccination Program (abstract)
![Toheeb Jumah](https://validate.web.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mt_image_thumbnail/public/validate/images/person/1706985872085.jpg?itok=aolZG7JO)
University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P), Morocco
IMMET: A Machine Learning Model for Predicting Epitopes of New Strains of Mycobacterium TB and Aiding Immunogen Design Using Known and Current Mycobacterium tuberculosis Epitopes (abstract)
![Rajiv Kumar](https://validate.web.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mt_image_thumbnail/public/validate/images/person/rajiv_kumar.jpeg?itok=zK0IgHmH)
Banaras Hindu University, India
Persistence of Leishmania-specific T-cell Responses in People Cured of Visceral Leishmaniasis (abstract)
![Millicent Naa Koshie Lamptey](https://validate.web.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mt_image_thumbnail/public/validate/images/media/millicent_naa_koshie_lamptey.jpg?itok=5BtwPtej)
Miss Millicent Naa Koshie Lamptey
KCCR & KNUST, Ghana
BCG-Vaccinated Children with Contact to Tuberculosis Patients Show Delayed Conversion of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Specific IFN-γ Release (abstract)
![Shamsuddeen Yusuf Ma’aruf](https://validate.web.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mt_image_thumbnail/public/validate/images/person/shamsuddeen_yusuf_maaruf.jpg?itok=m7166Hcg)
Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Anti-mycobacterial Efficacy of Curdlan-Functionalized Nanoparticles and their Influence on Macrophage Phenotype in vitro (abstract)
![Suzie Madaki](https://validate.web.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mt_image_thumbnail/public/validate/images/person/photo_3.jpg?itok=smP69HKs)
Bayero University, Nigeria
Influence of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism of INF-γ (rs.2430561, +874 A/T) on the Risk of Tuberculosis and Susceptibility to Treatment in Kaduna State, Nigeria (abstract)
![Ugochukwu Madubueze](https://validate.web.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mt_image_thumbnail/public/validate/images/person/ugochukwu_resized.jpg?itok=BP7eID7C)
Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki Ebonyi State, Nigeria
Perception of Household Heads Towards Newer Vaccines: A Qualitative Study in Rural Nigeria (abstract)
![Daniel Mekonnen](https://validate.web.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mt_image_thumbnail/public/validate/images/person/daniel_mekonnen.jpg?itok=DE5mxuTQ)
Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia
Comparative Whole Genome Sequence Analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolated from Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Tuberculous Lymphadenitis Cases in Northwest Ethiopia Genomic Diversity, Transmission Dynamics and In-Silico Molecular Drug Resistance (abstract)
![Lydia Mosi](https://validate.web.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mt_image_thumbnail/public/validate/images/person/poster_pic.jpg?itok=sZS9HXYU)
University of Ghana, Ghana
Pseudogenomic Insights Into the Evolution of Mycobacterium ulcerans Suggests Environmental Niche Adaptation (abstract)
![Zaynab Mousavian](https://validate.web.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mt_image_thumbnail/public/validate/images/person/zaynab_nousavian.jpg?itok=LbbdTBz6)
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Protein-based Biomarker Discovery in Tuberculosis (abstract)
![Sarah Nyangu](https://validate.web.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mt_image_thumbnail/public/validate/images/person/sarah_nyangu_photo_.jpg?itok=6AhWnWg8)
Zambart, Zambia
"Ubumi Bwandi” (My health, my choice): Integrated wellness screening and prevention in Zambia (abstract)
![Zimvo Obasa](https://validate.web.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mt_image_thumbnail/public/validate/images/person/zimvo_obasa.jpg?itok=288hoJCZ)
Stellenbosch University, South Africa
An Ex Vivo Model for Understanding the Impact of Vaccination on Mycobacterial Persister Populations (abstract)
![Niaina rakotosamimanana](https://validate.web.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mt_image_thumbnail/public/validate/images/media/niaina-rakotosamimanana.jpg?itok=JYLaK0nH)
Pasteur Institute of Madagascar, Madagascar
RISK6 and Sweeney3 Human Blood Transcriptomic Signatures Evaluation for Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Treatment Monitoring (abstract)
![Javier Salguero Bodes](https://validate.web.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mt_image_thumbnail/public/validate/images/person/javier_200x200.jpg?itok=kxygqiCP)
UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), United Kingdom (UK)
Histopathology and Cellular Profiles of Experimental TB Granulomas in Guinea Pigs (abstract)
![Person icon](https://validate.web.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mt_image_thumbnail/public/validate/images/person/person_icon.jpg?itok=bla8-65E)
TB Vaccine Ddevelopment: Considerations for Production in Low-and middle-income Countries (abstract)
![Garima K Shekhawat](https://validate.web.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mt_image_thumbnail/public/validate/images/media/garima.jpg?itok=x01osxpw)
Central University of Rajasthan (CURAJ), India
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase B as Vaccine Candidate against Tuberculosis (abstract)
![Alondra Tapia](https://validate.web.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mt_image_thumbnail/public/validate/images/person/foto_de_perfil.jpg?itok=hShBZYbN)
ENCB - Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas Unidad Santo Tomás IPN, Mexico
Developing Nanoparticle-Based Vaccines Against Burkholderia pseudomallei (abstract)
![Naffie Top](https://validate.web.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mt_image_thumbnail/public/validate/images/media/naffie_top.jpg?itok=M9hs3yyY)
MRC The Gambia at LSHTM, Gambia
Macrophages Differentiation and Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Lineages Influence the Response to Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Erlotinib (abstract)
![Jessica williams](https://validate.web.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mt_image_thumbnail/public/validate/images/media/jessica_williams.jpeg?itok=zQKyfclC)
UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), United Kingdom (UK)
Identifying Immune Signatures Associated with Inherent Resistance to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (abstract)
![Endalew Yizengaw](https://validate.web.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/mt_image_thumbnail/public/validate/images/media/endalew_yizengaw.jpg?itok=Xnxebdab)
Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia
Clinical Presentations, Parasite Genotypes, Gene Expression and Immunological Profiles of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Patients in Lay Gayint, Northwest Ethiopia (abstract)