III Annual Symposia

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III Annual Symposium 

Thursday 22nd May 2025 10.00am - 4.00pm

Venue: GOS, Institute of Child Health, Kennedy Lecture Theatre 

10.00am-10.10am Welcome from III HoD, Prof Claire Booth – III: The Year Ahead 

SESSION 1: III ECR Showcase. Co-Chaired by HoD, Prof Claire Booth & Dr Max Woodall 

  • 10.10am-10.25am Dr Hiie Soeorg – Infection section - Title: "Agent-based model predictions of polymyxin B activity on Acinetobacter baumannii"  
  • 10.25am-10.40am Dr Tom Whittaker – Molecular and Cellular Immunology section - Title: Twin-Prime exon replacement for X-CGD 
  • 10.40am-10.55am Fiona Price-Kuehne – Inflammation and Rheumatology section - Title: Novel genetic causes of autoinflammation 
  • 10.55am-11.10am Dr Alex Brown – Infection section - Title: A BEACON to Predict Acute Deterioration 
  • 11.10am -11.25am Krishshan Gobalakrishnan - Molecular and Cellular Immunology section  - Title: Development of Gene-Editing Platform for Rare Genetic Disease Keratitis Ichthyosis Deafness Syndrome 
  • 11.25am-11.40am Dr Polly Livermore - Inflammation and Rheumatology section - Title: The impact of IMPACT 
  • 11.40am-11.55am Dr Nathalie Karaky - Infection section - Title: Safety and Immunogenicity of a Klebsiella pneumoniae Tetravalent Bioconjugate: A First in Human Phase I/II trial 
  • 11.55am-12.10pm Aris Syntakas - Inflammation and Rheumatology section - Title: Uncovering Mitochondrial Abnormalities in Juvenile Dermatomyositis using Spatial Transcriptomics 
  • 12.10pm-12.25pm Dr Samuel Ellis - Infection section - Title: "Combining repurposed antivirals to inhibit respiratory RNA viruses" 
  • 12:25pm – 2:00pm Lunch, tea and coffee & III posters presentation in the Winter Garden 

SESSION 2: A focus on: Infection. Chaired by Dr Claire Smith & Prof Louis Grandjean 

  • 2:00pm-2:30pm Dr Thomas Peacock, Pirbright Institute and Imperial College London - Title: Risk of highly pathogenic avian influenza to children - Host: Dr Claire Smith, UCL GOS Institute of Child Health 
  • 2:30pm-3:00pm Dr Ioannis Baltas, UCL GOS Institute of Child Health - Title: A country's battle with carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae: Insights into epidemiology and novel treatment options from Greek ICUs - Host: Prof Louis Grandjean, UCL GOS Institute of Child Health  
  • 3:00pm-3:45pm Otto Wolff Lecture - Speaker: Davey Jones, Professor of Environmental Science and Public Health at Bangor University - Title: “Wastewater-based public health surveillance” - Host: Prof Louis Grandjean, UCL GOS Institute of Child Health 

3.45-4:00pm OW Q&A and ECR and Posters Prize announcement.