“Nutrient Competition in the Gut: From Molecular Principles to Novel Therapies” Prof. Till Strowig Head, Department of Microbial Immune Regulation, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI)
Sponsored by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Institute for Global Infectious Disease Research and The Maurice R. and Corinne P. Greenberg Center for the Study of Inflammation, Microbiome, and Metabolism On October 15-16, 2024, the retreat took place at the Edith Macy Center in Briarcliff Manor, NY. Twenty-Four University laboratories gathered in an informal setting to […]
“Bioethical Implications of Prenatal Testing” Vardit Ravitsky, Ph.D.President and CEO, The Hastings Center
“A Tale of Betrayal: Host Proteins and Their Complex Role in Facilitating Viral infection” Hans-Heinrich Hoffmann, Ph.D.Research Associate, Laboratory of Virology and Infectious Disease, Rockefeller University
In a new publication, SNF Institute investigators Jeff Ravetch and Stylianos Bournazos found that in humans, the antibodies elicited by their new vaccine candidate rely on interactions with specific immune receptors known to give protection against viral diseases. These findings are consistent with their previous findings. Knowing this helps us get closer to designing universal flu […]
“Is a Functional Cure a Possibility for Chronic Hepatitis B? Key Learnings from Bepirovirsen Clinical and Preclinical Studies” Shihyun You, PhD Executive Director, GSK
Chaired by SNF Institute Director Charles M. Rice, PhD – 30 seminars and 16 posters representing the full range of SNF-funded infectious disease research and global partnerships at the Rockefeller University.
“Nuclear cGAS: from detection of viruses to cancer immunotherapy” Nicolas Manel, PhD Institut Curie and INSERM
“Leveraging International Cohort Studies for HIV Therapeutic Research” Sandhya Vasan, MD Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
The SNF Institute for Global Infectious Disease Research announces new advisory board
“Liver Cancer in African Americans: From a Clinical Observation to Genomics“ Andrea D. Branch, PhD Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Chagas Disease Educational Series kick-off
“Autophagy as a Non-Redundant Activity in Antiviral Defense in Humans” Trine Mogense, MD, PhD, DMSc Aarhus University
“Identification of Zika Virus Genes Involved in Mosquito Transmissibility” Shiho Torii, PhD Institut Pasteur “Mosquito Resistance to Dengue Virus Revealed by Single-cell Gene Expression and Metabolomic Profiling of Midgut and Fat Body” Thomas Vial, PhD Institut Pasteur
“Discovery and development of novel antimalarials and their use as chemical tools to discover new biology of the malaria parasite – Pharma/Academic collaboration” Alan Cowman, PhD The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
“The Vacuole Guard Hypothesis and Evolutionarily-Conserved Restriction of Pathogens” Ralph Isberg, PhD Rockefeller University
“The Deadly Rise of Anti-Science” Peter Jay Hotez, MD, PhD Baylor University
“Accelerating Academic Drug Discovery” Leigh Baxt, PhD Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute
“Emerging Technologies, Emerging Infectious Diseases, and the Role of Bioethics” Marguerite Lederberg Lecture Jeffrey Khan, PhD, MPH Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and Michael Parker, PhD University of Oxford
“Vaccines 2050” Rino Rapuoli, PhD National Institue for Pandemic Preparedness Fondazione Biotecnopolo di Sien
