Malaria: Mechanisms of Immunity & Protection

March 30–April 02, 2025 | Eldorado Hotel & Spa, Santa Fe, NM, United States
Scientific Organizers: Silvia Portugal, Marion Pepper and Melissa Chola Kapulu

  In Person
  On Demand

March 30–April 02, 2025 | Eldorado Hotel & Spa, Santa Fe, NM, United States
Scientific Organizers: Silvia Portugal, Marion Pepper and Melissa Chola Kapulu

Available Formats:   = In Person     = On Demand
Sunday, March 30, 2025
Registration
4:00–8:00 PM
 Concourse
Welcome Mixer
6:00–8:00 PM
 Cava Santa Fe
Monday, March 31, 2025
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
 Anasazi Ballroom
Poster Setup
7:30–8:00 AM
 Anasazi Ballroom
Poster Viewing
7:45–7:00 PM
 Anasazi Ballroom
Welcome and Keynote Address
8:00–9:00 AM
 Eldorado Ballroom
Lars Hviid, University of Copenhagen
Making Heads or Tails of it: Thoughts on Protective Immunity to Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria
Surviving Severe Malaria: The Quick Fix Protection
9:00–11:15 AM
 Eldorado Ballroom
Abdirahman Issak Abdi, Kenya Medical Research Institute(KEMRI)-Wellcome Trust Programme
Plasmodium falciparum Extracellular Vesicles in Malaria Pathogenesis and Immunity
Brittany Riggle, NIAID, National Institutes of Health
Treating Cerebral Malaria: From Mechanistic Insights to Bedside Results
Maria Bernabeu, European Molecular Biology Laboratory
In vitro 3D Blood-Brain Barrier Model and Cerebral Malaria
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:30–9:50 AM
 Concourse
Lunch
11:15–12:30 PM
 Anasazi Ballroom
Posters
12:00–2:30 PM
 Anasazi Ballroom
Symposia Spotlight 1: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions
2:30–4:30 PM
 Eldorado Ballroom
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
 Concourse
Slow Cooking Naturally Acquired Immunity & Repeated Malaria Cases
5:00–7:00 PM
 Eldorado Ballroom
Gordon A. Awandare, University of Ghana
How the Immune System Develops Tolerance to Plasmodium falciparum
Amy Bei, Yale School of Public Health
Plasmodium Diversity and Malaria Immunity
Marion Pepper, University of Washington
P. Falciparum-Specific MBCs and Protection from Clinical Malaria
Noah S. Butler, University of Iowa
Function of Plasmodium Parasite-Specific B Cells and T Cells During Malaria
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
On Own for Dinner
7:00–8:00 PM
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
 Anasazi Ballroom
Upgrading Malaria Immunity: NextGenVaccine Approaches
8:00–11:00 AM
 Eldorado Ballroom
Ally Olotu, Ifakara Health Institute.
Talk Title to be Announced
Brandon Wilder, Oregon Health and Science University
MHC and Malaria Immunity
Melissa Chola Kapulu, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme
Blood-Stage Challenge with Malaria Parasites
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:00–9:20 AM
 Concourse
Poster Setup
11:00–1:00 PM
 Anasazi Ballroom
On Own for Lunch
11:00–5:00 PM
Poster Viewing
1:00–10:00 PM
 Anasazi Ballroom
Career Roundtable
3:00–4:30 PM
 Eldorado Ballroom
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
 Concourse
Bypassing the Development of Malaria Immunity and Then What?
5:00–7:00 PM
 Eldorado Ballroom
Kassoum Kayentao, University of Bamako
mAB Trials in Seasonal Settings
Azza Idris, Ragon Institute of Mass General Brigham, MIT, and Harvard
Development of New mAB Against Malaria
Hedda Wardemann, German Cancer Research Center
Molecular and Functional Properties of Human Plasmodium falciparum CSP C-terminus Antibodies
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Social Hour with Lite Bites
7:00–8:00 PM
 Anasazi Ballroom
Posters
7:30–10:00 PM
 Anasazi Ballroom
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
 Anasazi Ballroom
Shoot the Messenger: Blocking Mosquitos and Malaria Transmission
8:00–11:00 AM
 Eldorado Ballroom
Wai-Hong Tham, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Nanobodies Blocking Malaria Transmission
Issaka Sagara, Malaria Research and Training Center
Malaria: Transmission Blocking Vaccine (TBV), Field Results and the Combination of a TBV (Pfs230) with an Approved Anti-Infection Malaria Vaccine (R21)
Nirbhay Kumar, Milken Institute School of Public Health
Elimination of Malaria will Require Combination Vaccines Targeting Multiple Parasite Stages in Multiple Plasmodium Species
Priscilla wairimu Ngotho, University of Glasgow
Malaria Parasite Sexual Stage Immunity
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:00–9:20 AM
 Concourse
On Own for Lunch
11:00–5:00 PM
Symposia Spotlight 2: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions
11:00–5:00 PM
 Eldorado Ballroom
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
 Concourse
Systems Immunology Applied to Malaria
5:00–6:45 PM
 Eldorado Ballroom
Maria Yazdanbakhsh, Leiden University Medical Center
Systems Immunology and Innate Immunity to Malaria
Tuan M. Tran, Indiana University School of Medicine
Systems Immunology and RNAseq Integration Methods
Silvia Portugal, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology
Asymptomatic Persistence of Malaria Parasites
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Organizers)
6:45–7:00 PM
 Eldorado Ballroom
Social Hour with Lite Bites
7:00–8:00 PM
 Anasazi Ballroom
Entertainment
8:00–9:00 PM
 Eldorado Ballroom
Cash Bar
8:00–9:00 PM
 Anasazi Ballroom
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Departure
12:00–11:59 PM

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