Thursday, 20th February Lorne Infection and Immunity 2020

• AhR:micro-biome cross talk in the tumor micro environment. - Tracy McGaha
• The non-canonical inflammasome provides host defense by launching neutrophil extracellular traps - Kate Schroder
• The dendritic cell receptor Clec9A: receptor regulation and immune modulation - Mireille H Lahoud
• Perivascular macrophages: Development and Function - Rohit Jain
• Tetraspanin CD82 integrates macrophage differentiation, morphology and metabolism - Mark Wright
• STING-associated vasculopathy with onset in infancy (SAVI) caused by the point mutation Arg284Ser in STING - Katherine R Balka

• Plugging the Leak: Is severe dengue a case of “aseptic” shock? - Paul Young
• Defining Correlates of Protection Against Reinfection - Rowena Bull
• Vertical transmission of antiviral immunity in mosquito vectors - Julio Rodriguez
• Dengue virus defective interfering particles in mosquitoes - Leon E Hugo

• The Biology of the intestinal parasite Cryptosporidium - Boris Striepen
• Dissecting the dark metabolome of microbial pathogens - Malcolm McConville
• Semi-quantitative super-resolution imaging unlocks the role of a novel malaria protein required for host-cell invasion. - Danny Wilson
• The role of glutathione in copper resistance at the host-pneumococcal interface - Stephanie L Neville

• Understanding the role of endothelial cell-derived apoptotic bodies in inflammatory signaling and cell clearance in an atherosclerosis model of inflammation. - Amy A Baxter
• Application of activity-based probes to interrogate the contribution of cathepsin X to dendritic cell function - Bangyan Xu
• Pre-diabetes increases tuberculosis disease severity, while high body fat without impaired glucose tolerance is protective - Minh Dao NGO
• Characterization of a new Coxiella burnetii effector that blocks cell death at host mitochondria  - Robson Kriiger Loterio
• Combating pathogenic infections and cancer by using defensins to target phosphoinositides - Guneet Bindra
• Unexpected role of ion channels in apoptotic body formation and cell clearance - Thanh Kha Phan
• Dendritic cells paralysis after systemic inflammation; towards diagnosis and therapy - Mitra Ashayeripanah
• Targeting host cell death pathways to promote clearance of Leishmania donovani - Michelle P Clark
• The contribution of membrane vesicles derived from pathogenic bacteria and the human gut microbiome to mediating horizontal gene transfer and the spread of antimicrobial resistance. - Ella L Johnston
• Inflammatory serum markers and antibodies  in patients with end-stage renal disease co-infected with latent tuberculosis - Milla R McLean

• The double-edged sword of monocyte apoptotic cell disassembly - Georgia Atkin-Smith
• Lethality due to DPP9 deficiency is rescued by deletion of the NLRP1 inflammasome - Cassandra R Harapas
• A novel glycosyltransferase effector from enteropathogenic Escherichia coli that targets innate immune signalling proteins - Cristina Giogha
• The physiological role of RNAse Zc3h12c in lymphoid tissues architecture and inflammatory responses - Elise Clayer
• Host macrophage omega-3 and -6 fatty acid metabolism is important for intracellular survival of Leishmania parasites    - Erin NS McGowan
• RP105 regulates LPS-induced TLR4 endocytosis and type I IFN responses - Thomas E Schultz
• A novel therapeutic target for preventing H. pylori associated diseases - Sohinee Sarkar
• All roads lead to Rome: CD40-CD40L and BAFF/APRIL-TACI signaling pathways as potential therapeutic targets in Helicobacter-induced gastric MALT lymphoma - Le Ying
• A genome-wide RNAi study identified host factors important in Legionella pneumophila pathogenesis - Sze Ying Ong
• A role for heparanase in natural killer cell cytotoxicity, activation, and MCP-1 expression  - Alyce J Mayfosh

• Vaccine development for Neisseria gonorrhoeae superbugs - Kate L Seib
• A novel Binjari virus chimeric vaccine platform protects against West Nile, Zika and dengue viruses in mice - Laura J Vet
• Human plasminogen remodels Clostridioides difficile spores and exacerbates disease - Dena Lyras
• Pushing the boundaries of lateral flow immunochromatography in diagnostics - David Anderson
• Opportunities & lessons in commercialising, translating research in infection & immunity - Glenn Begley

Q&A with David Anderson, Burnett Institute, Glenn Begley, Biocurate and Dena Lyras, Monash University

Immunology and Cell Biology will be hosting a “Meet the Editors” session at Lorne Infection and Immunity 2020, in which Deputy editors Justine Mintern and Jim Harris will do their best to answer your questions about the journal and academic publishing in general.

• Structural studies of human antibody responses against leading malaria vaccine antigen PfCSP - Stephen W Scally
• Novel tools reveal evasion of macrophage-mediated antimicrobial zinc toxicity by uropathogenic E. coli - Claudia J Stocks
• NETs – the second function of chromatin - Arturo Zychlinsky

• Clostridium perfringens: friend or foe? - Emily L Gulliver
• Using nanoparticles as vaccine delivery carrier - Devi Jenika
• Alternative antibiotics - predatory bacteria and the response of human cells - Wonsik Mun
• Bacterial Predation of Human Pathogens: Use of Surfactants to Control Unwanted Activities - Hyochan Jang
• All-In-One-Well AlphaLISA Assays for Direct Biomarker Quantification in Cell Cultures - Shima Hamidi
• Distance estimation methods for high-resolution analysis of metagenomic samples - Sean M. Solari
• Fas ligand-mediated fratricide limits NK cell expansion. - Robert J Hennessy
• Establishment of a VLP based Hepatitis C Virus Vaccine - Joey McGregor
• A novel role of apoptotic dendritic cells as antigen presenting entities within immune settings - Amy L Hodge
• Identification of molecular pathways involved in the dysfunction of early stage adoptively transferred T cells in a mouse lymphoma model - Zixuan ZD Dou
• Regulation of cell surface signalling systems involving exogenous siderophores for iron uptake in Pseudomonas aeruginosa - Georgina E Hampton
• Immunological analysis of New Zealand isolates of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae - Benjamin Bridgeman
• Interferon epsilon regulates lesion establishment and progression in a pre-clinical mouse model of endometriosis - Fiona L Cousins
• Identification and characterisation of crocodilian membrane-targeting host defence peptides - Scott Williams
• BCL-XL inhibition by BH3 mimetic drugs induces apoptosis in models of Epstein-Barr virus-associated T/NK cell lymphoma - Nenad Sejic
• EXPRESSION OF IMMUNOINHIBITORY MOLECULES PD-L1 AND PD-L2 BY DENDRITIC CELLS - Annabelle B Blum
• How tumour grows affects the outcome of adoptive T cell therapy - Toshihiro Nakamura
• Novel fluorescent TNF reporter systems for characterisation of TNF expression     - Destiny Dalseno
• Identification of novel bacterial species, associated with paediatric inflammatory bowel disease (PIBD), through direct mucosal sampling - Gemma D'Adamo
• Role of Neisseria gonorrhoeae secreted outer membrane vesicles in immune modulation - Subhash Dhital
• A novel family of mannan phosphorylases required for virulence of Leishmania parasites - Julie E. Ralton
• Characterising microbiota diversity across the Australian community - Remy Young
• Differential activation of host innate immune receptors by Bacteroides fragilis bacteria and their secreted Outer Membrane Vesicles. - William Gilmore
• TotalSeq^TM, Standardized oligonucleotide barcode antibody conjugates for multiplex immunophenotyping by single cell sequencing - Gerry Ma
• An integrated transcriptional atlas of human blood cells - Paul Angel
• iMAC: An interactive atlas to explore phenotypic differences between in vivo, ex vivo and in vitro-derived myeloid cells in the Stemformatics platform - Nadia Rajab
• Characterisation and inhibition of bacterial virulence factors - Lilian Hor
• Identifying Cells Expressing MR1 in Mice - Yuting Yan
• Heparanase modulates the immune response in atherosclerosis - Tien Nguyen
• Inhibitory effect of C1 compound on NLRP3 inflammasome activation - Xiao Sun
• Chemical compound 4-BP inhibits NLRP3 inflammasome activation by direct binding to NLRP3 - Xiao Sun
• Ginsenoside metabolite 20(S)-protopanaxatriol from Panax ginseng attenuates inflammation-mediated NLRP3 inflammasome activation - Xiao Sun
• Expanding the human bacterial repertoire: initial results from the Vaccine Immunomodulation Throughout the Aging Lifespan (VITAL) clinical trial. - Jennifer C Boer
• Generation of pan-reactive aptamers for hospital acquired infections - Mia Strom
• Interferon epsilon alters peritoneal immune cell populations in a murine model of ovarian cancer - Nicole K Campbell
• Characterising antimicrobial compounds from the human gastrointestinal microbiome - Marina Yakou
• Development and evaluation of a novel filter paper-based plasma separation device (VL-Plasma) for infectious diseases diagnosis - Berhan A Haile
• IMP-4-producing Enterobacter cloacae complex genome analysis: understanding their phylogeny and virulence - Hanna E. Sidjabat
• Understanding the mechanisms of nucleocytoplasmic transport of Henipavirus Matrix protein: a structural approach - Camilla Donnelly
• Reverse T Cell Receptor Docking on a Major Histocompatibility Class I Complex limits efficient signal transduction  - Carine Farenc
•   The importance of the schistosome insulin-like peptide in developmental stages of Schistosoma japonicum  - Xiaofeng Du
• Molecular mimicry between bacterial and gluten derived peptides implicates bacteria as environmental risk factor in Celiac disease - Jan Petersen
• Buruli Ulcer Disease: Investigating maggot debridement therapy in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo (pig model) - Michelle Harvey