Invitation 5th Dutch Arbovirus Research Network Meeting
The 5th Dutch Arbovirus Research Network (DARN) meeting will facilitate sharing the latest findings in the arbovirology field and connecting arbovirologists in the Netherlands.
The DARN 2021 meeting will be held online on the mornings of Thursday May 20 and Friday May 21 from 9:00 to 12:00. Participation is free, but registration is required via the following form. The registration deadline is 17 May. A link for participation will be send closer to the meeting date.
Program
The DARN 2021 program includes two mornings of keynote speaker talks and oral presentations (15-20 min). Moreover, we like to offer a platform for young scientist to present their research proposal or early results in a 5 minute pitch.
| Day 1: Thursday 20 May | |||
| Session 1 (moderator: Gorben Pijlman) | |||
| 9.00 | Welcome | Gorben Pijlman (Wageningen University and Research) | |
| 9.05 | Keynote speaker presentation | Jody Peters (The University of Queensland) | Binjari: a chimeric mosquito-specific virus platform for the production of flaviviral vaccines |
| 9.50 | Presentation | Noreen Mumtaz (Erasmus University Medical Center) | ZIKA virus infection diminishes osteoclast function |
| 10.10 | Break | ||
| 10.15 | Presentation | Sebastian Lequime (University of Groningen) | Make more with your data: transform vector competence studies into epidemiological insights |
| 10.35 | Pitch | Tessa Nelemans (Leiden University Medical Center) | The interplay between Usutu virus and the host interferon response |
| Pitch | Fadel Muhammad Garishah(Radboud University Medical Center) | Increased plasma heparanase activity and dengue-associated plasma leakage | |
| Pitch | Eleanor Marshall (Erasmus University Medical Center) | Models to study and prioritize neuropathogenic arboviruses | |
| Pitch | Lanjiao Wang (KU Leuven) | Detection of bacteria and fungi in mosquito saliva: role in arbovirus infection? | |
| 11.00 | Break | ||
| Session 2 (moderator: Tessy Hick) | |||
| 11.15 | Presentation | Tatiana M. Shamorkina(University of Utrecht) | Glycan shielding on Dengue and Zika virus envelopes against broadly neutralizing E-dimer epitope (EDE) antibodies revealed by mass spectrometry |
| 11.35 | Presentation | Nilima Dinesh Kumar (University Medical Center Groningen) | An autophagy-specific siRNA screen reveals BNIP3 as a regulator of chikungunya virus infection |
| 11.55 | Presentation | Chantal Vogels (Yale School of Public Health) | Emergence and spread of Powassan virus in the northeastern United States |
| 12.15 | Final words | Tessy Hick (Wageningen University and Research) |
| Day 2: Friday 21 May | |||
| Session 3 (moderator: Julian Bakker) | |||
| 9.00 | Welcome | Julian Bakker (Wageningen University and Research) | |
| 9.05 | Keynote speaker presentation | Izabela Rodenhuis-Zybert(University of Groningen) | Understanding mechanisms of dengue virus-induced inflammation |
| 9.50 | Presentation | Samara Rosendo Machado(Radboud University Medical Center) | Characterization of novel genetic determinants of arbovirus vector competence in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes |
| 10.10 | Break | ||
| 10.15 | Presentation | Reina Sikkema (Erasmus University Medical Center) | One Health surveillance of emerging arboviruses in the Netherlands; the use for early warning and prediction |
| 10.35 | Pitch | Emmanuelle Münger (Erasmus University Medical Center) | Genomic monitoring to investigate emergence and transmission dynamics of arboviruses in the Netherlands |
| Pitch | Mariken de Wit (Wageningen University and Research) | Understanding arbovirus disease emergence and future outbreak risk to inform control strategies: a modelling approach | |
| Pitch | Ezgi Taskopru (Radboud University Medical Center) | Virus-derived small RNAs in Aedes aegyptitissues | |
| Pitch | Charlotte Linthout (Wageningen University and Research) | Vector competence of Dutch Aedes japonicusmosquitoes for WNV | |
| 11.00 | Break | ||
| Session 4 (moderator: Sander Koenraadt) | |||
| 11.15 | Presentation | Benoit Besson (Radboud University Medical Center) | An insect-specific flavivirus produces unique subgenomic RNAs correlated with high amounts of siRNAs |
| 11.35 | Presentation | Lana Langendries (KU Leuven) | Alphavirus and flavivirus infectivity is significantly reduced by components of the bacterial cell wall |
| 11.55 | Presentation | Erick Bermúdez-Méndez(Wageningen Bioveterinary Research) | Genome packaging of bunyaviruses and potential role of incomplete particles in within-host virus spread |
| 12.15 | Final words | Sander Koenraadt (Wageningen University and Research) |
Call for abstracts
If you like to present your work in an oral presentation (15-20 min) or pitch (5 min), please submit your abstract by email to darn2021@wur.nl. Indicate whether you like to present an oral presentation or pitch, your institute, the title of your talk and the authors of the abstract (maximum 300 words). The deadline for submission is 18 April.
The DARN2021 organizing committee
Julian Bakker, Tessy Hick, Gorben Pijlman, and Sander Koenraadt
Laboratory of Virology and Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University and Research