2nd Annual World TB Day NanoSymposium
Theme: Intervening along the spectrum of TB II
13:15 - 14:15 Keynote address: Prof Bryan Bryson, MIT/Harvard
Assistant Professor Bryan Bryson obtained an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering and a PhD in biological engineering at MIT. He then went on to pursue postdoctoral training with Sarah Fortune at the Harvard School of Public Health where he became interested in understanding how to leverage modern approaches in biological engineering to contribute to our understanding of tuberculosis pathogenesis. Bryan joined the Biological Engineering Faculty in July 2018.
Monday, 25th March, 2019, 9h00—16h00
Wolfson Pavilion Lecture Theatre, UCT Faculty of Health Science
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Time |
Thematic Area |
Speaker |
Time |
Thematic Area |
Speaker |
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09:00 |
Opening |
Hlumani Ndlovu |
12:00 |
Host Directed Therapies |
Suraj Parihar |
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09:10 |
Mtb metabolism |
Melissa Chengalroyen |
12:20 |
TB/HIV co-infections |
Catherine Riou |
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09:30 |
Host Directed Therapies |
Reto Guler |
12:45 |
Coffee break/Lunch |
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09:50 |
TB pathogenesis |
Kehilwe Nakedi |
13:15 |
Keynote address |
Bryan Bryson |
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10:10 |
New TB drugs |
Elissa Myrick/H3D |
14:15 |
Final Remarks: Where to from here |
Valerie Mizrahi |
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10:30 |
Coffee break |
14:20 |
Closing remarks |
Sabelo Hadebe |
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11:00 |
Mtb Whole Genome Sequencing |
Anastasia Koch |
14:30 |
Meet the speaker |
Early Career/Postdoc |
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11:20 |
TB/HIV co-infections |
Steven Makatsa |
15:00 - 16:00 |
Poster session and drinks |
Wolfson Foyer |
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11:40 |
TB/HIV in hospitals |
Muki Shey |
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