WACI 2020 Program

About the workshop

The virtual workshop will take place from:

8 December 2020 to 11 December 2020 (Australian Eastern Time = UTC +11)

7 December 2020 to 10 December 2020 (Greenwich Mean Time = UTC )

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Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) = Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

Day 1

Date and Time (GMT)

Australia Eastern Daylight Time (+11 UTC)

Central African Time (+2 UTC)

Central European Time (+1 UTC)

Greenwich Mean Time (+0 UTC)

Eastern Standard Time (-5 UTC)

Central Standard Time (-6 UTC)

Mountain Standard Time (-7 UTC)

Pacific Standard Time (-8 UTC)

New Zealand Daylight Time (+13 UTC)

Session

Session chair

Duration (minutes)

Speaker

Organisation

Topic

7/12/2020 21:00

8/12/2020 8:00

7/12/2020 23:00

7/12/2020 22:00

7/12/2020 21:00

7/12/2020 16:00

7/12/2020 15:00

7/12/2020 14:00

7/12/2020 13:00

8/12/2020 10:00

Real-world immunology 1

Travis Beddoe

10

Travis Bedoe and Andrew Flies

WACI

Welcome to WACI 2020

7/12/2020 21:10

8/12/2020 8:10

7/12/2020 23:10

7/12/2020 22:10

7/12/2020 21:10

7/12/2020 16:10

7/12/2020 15:10

7/12/2020 14:10

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8/12/2020 10:10

Real-world immunology 1

Andrew Flies

30

Andrea Graham

Princeton University

Where the Wild Things Are: Naturalizing mouse models for immunology

7/12/2020 21:40

8/12/2020 8:40

7/12/2020 23:40

7/12/2020 22:40

7/12/2020 21:40

7/12/2020 16:40

7/12/2020 15:40

7/12/2020 14:40

7/12/2020 13:40

8/12/2020 10:40

Real-world immunology 1

Travis Beddoe

15

Alex Bennett

The University of Manchester

Investigating the intestinal mucus barrier in wild mice

7/12/2020 21:55

8/12/2020 8:55

7/12/2020 23:55

7/12/2020 22:55

7/12/2020 21:55

7/12/2020 16:55

7/12/2020 15:55

7/12/2020 14:55

7/12/2020 13:55

8/12/2020 10:55

Real-world immunology 1

Travis Beddoe

10

Saudamini Venkatesan

University of Edinburgh

Variation in antibody response to vaccine in captive-bred and wild wood mice

7/12/2020 22:05

8/12/2020 9:05

8/12/2020 0:05

7/12/2020 23:05

7/12/2020 22:05

7/12/2020 17:05

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7/12/2020 14:05

8/12/2020 11:05

Real-world immunology 1

Travis Beddoe

10

Gábor Á. Czirják

Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research

Sick bats stay home alone: social distancing during the acute phase response in Egyptian fruit bats

7/12/2020 22:15

8/12/2020 9:15

8/12/2020 0:15

7/12/2020 23:15

7/12/2020 22:15

7/12/2020 17:15

7/12/2020 16:15

7/12/2020 15:15

7/12/2020 14:15

8/12/2020 11:15

Real-world immunology 1

Travis Beddoe

10

Breakout session

Zoom small groups

Get WACI

7/12/2020 22:25

8/12/2020 9:25

8/12/2020 0:25

7/12/2020 23:25

7/12/2020 22:25

7/12/2020 17:25

7/12/2020 16:25

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7/12/2020 14:25

8/12/2020 11:25

Real-world immunology 1

Travis Beddoe

15

Amanda Patchett

Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania

Mesenchymal plasticity of Tasmanian devil facial tumour cells during in vivo vaccine trials

7/12/2020 22:40

8/12/2020 9:40

8/12/2020 0:40

7/12/2020 23:40

7/12/2020 22:40

7/12/2020 17:40

7/12/2020 16:40

7/12/2020 15:40

7/12/2020 14:40

8/12/2020 11:40

Real-world immunology 1

Travis Beddoe

10

Ken Field

Bucknell University

Whole-transcriptome gene expression in African fruit bats: life history and parasitic infection

7/12/2020 22:50

8/12/2020 9:50

8/12/2020 0:50

7/12/2020 23:50

7/12/2020 22:50

7/12/2020 17:50

7/12/2020 16:50

7/12/2020 15:50

7/12/2020 14:50

8/12/2020 11:50

Real-world immunology 1

Travis Beddoe

10

Mauricio Seguel

University of Guelph

Anthelmintic treatment dampens immunosenescence in a wild mammal with consequences for survival

7/12/2020 23:00

8/12/2020 10:00

8/12/2020 1:00

8/12/2020 0:00

7/12/2020 23:00

7/12/2020 18:00

7/12/2020 17:00

7/12/2020 16:00

7/12/2020 15:00

8/12/2020 12:00

Real-world immunology 1

WACI organising committee

30

Group discussions

WACI

Summary and planning

7/12/2020 23:30

8/12/2020 10:30

8/12/2020 1:30

8/12/2020 0:30

7/12/2020 23:30

7/12/2020 18:30

7/12/2020 17:30

7/12/2020 16:30

7/12/2020 15:30

8/12/2020 12:30

End day 1

Day 2

Date and Time (GMT)

Australia Eastern Daylight Time (+11 UTC)

Central African Time (+2 UTC)

Central European Time (+1 UTC)

Greenwich Mean Time (+0 UTC)

Eastern Standard Time (-5 UTC)

Central Standard Time (-6 UTC)

Mountain Standard Time (-7 UTC)

Pacific Standard Time (-8 UTC)

New Zealand Daylight Time (+13 UTC)

Session

Session chair

Duration (minutes)

Speaker

Organisation

Topic

8/12/2020 21:00

9/12/2020 8:00

8/12/2020 23:00

8/12/2020 22:00

8/12/2020 21:00

8/12/2020 16:00

8/12/2020 15:00

8/12/2020 14:00

8/12/2020 13:00

9/12/2020 10:00

Real-world immunology 2

Andy Flies

5

WACI organising committee

WACI

Welcome to WACI 2020

8/12/2020 21:05

9/12/2020 8:05

8/12/2020 23:05

8/12/2020 22:05

8/12/2020 21:05

8/12/2020 16:05

8/12/2020 15:05

8/12/2020 14:05

8/12/2020 13:05

9/12/2020 10:05

Real-world immunology 2

Andy Flies

30

Simon Babayan

University of Glasgow

Structure & variability: retracing immune pathways from noisy estimates

8/12/2020 21:35

9/12/2020 8:35

8/12/2020 23:35

8/12/2020 22:35

8/12/2020 21:35

8/12/2020 16:35

8/12/2020 15:35

8/12/2020 14:35

8/12/2020 13:35

9/12/2020 10:35

Real-world immunology 2

Andy Flies

10

Orsolya Vincze

Université de Montpellier

High innate immune cell concentrations predict elevated cancer risk across mammals and birds

8/12/2020 21:45

9/12/2020 8:45

8/12/2020 23:45

8/12/2020 22:45

8/12/2020 21:45

8/12/2020 16:45

8/12/2020 15:45

8/12/2020 14:45

8/12/2020 13:45

9/12/2020 10:45

Real-world immunology 2

Andy Flies

10

Rachel Owen

University of Southampton

The immunopeptidomes of two transmissible cancers and their host have a common, dominant peptide motif

8/12/2020 21:55

9/12/2020 8:55

8/12/2020 23:55

8/12/2020 22:55

8/12/2020 21:55

8/12/2020 16:55

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8/12/2020 14:55

8/12/2020 13:55

9/12/2020 10:55

Real-world immunology 2

Andy Flies

10

Michael Roast

Monash University

Fitness outcomes in relation to individual variation in constitutive innate immune function

8/12/2020 22:05

9/12/2020 9:05

9/12/2020 0:05

8/12/2020 23:05

8/12/2020 22:05

8/12/2020 17:05

8/12/2020 16:05

8/12/2020 15:05

8/12/2020 14:05

9/12/2020 11:05

Real-world immunology 2

Andy Flies

10

Breakout session

Zoom small groups

Get WACI

8/12/2020 22:15

9/12/2020 9:15

9/12/2020 0:15

8/12/2020 23:15

8/12/2020 22:15

8/12/2020 17:15

8/12/2020 16:15

8/12/2020 15:15

8/12/2020 14:15

9/12/2020 11:15

Real-world immunology 2

Andy Flies

15

Alexander Downie

Princeton University

Epidemiological context and life history interact to influence optimal immune strategies

8/12/2020 22:30

9/12/2020 9:30

9/12/2020 0:30

8/12/2020 23:30

8/12/2020 22:30

8/12/2020 17:30

8/12/2020 16:30

8/12/2020 15:30

8/12/2020 14:30

9/12/2020 11:30

Real-world immunology 2

Andy Flies

10

Emily Cornelius Ruhs

University of South Florida

Evolutionary potential and body mass shape leukocyte proportions in wild bird species

8/12/2020 22:40

9/12/2020 9:40

9/12/2020 0:40

8/12/2020 23:40

8/12/2020 22:40

8/12/2020 17:40

8/12/2020 16:40

8/12/2020 15:40

8/12/2020 14:40

9/12/2020 11:40

Real-world immunology 2

Andy Flies

10

James Adelman

The University of Memphis

Tolerance of infection in a wild songbird: population-level patterns and potential mechanisms

8/12/2020 22:50

9/12/2020 9:50

9/12/2020 0:50

8/12/2020 23:50

8/12/2020 22:50

8/12/2020 17:50

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8/12/2020 14:50

9/12/2020 11:50

Real-world immunology 2

Andy Flies

10

Terry Pinfold

University of Tasmania

RNAScope® facilitates immunology research without antibodies

8/12/2020 23:00

9/12/2020 10:00

9/12/2020 1:00

9/12/2020 0:00

8/12/2020 23:00

8/12/2020 18:00

8/12/2020 17:00

8/12/2020 16:00

8/12/2020 15:00

9/12/2020 12:00

Real-world immunology 2

WACI organising committee

30

Group discussion

WACI

Summary and planning

8/12/2020 23:30

9/12/2020 10:30

9/12/2020 1:30

9/12/2020 0:30

8/12/2020 23:30

8/12/2020 18:30

8/12/2020 17:30

8/12/2020 16:30

8/12/2020 15:30

9/12/2020 12:30

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Day 3

Date and Time (GMT)

Australia Eastern Daylight Time (+11 UTC)

Central African Time (+2 UTC)

Central European Time (+1 UTC)

Greenwich Mean Time (+0 UTC)

Eastern Standard Time (-5 UTC)

Central Standard Time (-6 UTC)

Mountain Standard Time (-7 UTC)

Pacific Standard Time (-8 UTC)

New Zealand Daylight Time (+13 UTC)

Session

Session chair

Duration (minutes)

Speaker

Organisation

Topic

9/12/2020 21:00

10/12/2020 8:00

9/12/2020 23:00

9/12/2020 22:00

9/12/2020 21:00

9/12/2020 16:00

9/12/2020 15:00

9/12/2020 14:00

9/12/2020 13:00

10/12/2020 10:00

Comparative immunogenetics

Jerome Le Nours

5

Jerome Le Nours

WACI

Welcome to WACI 2020

9/12/2020 21:05

10/12/2020 8:05

9/12/2020 23:05

9/12/2020 22:05

9/12/2020 21:05

9/12/2020 16:05

9/12/2020 15:05

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9/12/2020 13:05

10/12/2020 10:05

Comparative immunogenetics

Jerome Le Nours

30

Irene Salinas

University of New Mexico

What it takes to live on land: the amazing adaptations of the African lungfish immune system

9/12/2020 21:35

10/12/2020 8:35

9/12/2020 23:35

9/12/2020 22:35

9/12/2020 21:35

9/12/2020 16:35

9/12/2020 15:35

9/12/2020 14:35

9/12/2020 13:35

10/12/2020 10:35

Comparative immunogenetics

Jerome Le Nours

10

Kathryn Hussey

University of Southampton

Expression of non-classical MHC class I in the transmissible cancer Devil Facial Tumour Disease

9/12/2020 21:45

10/12/2020 8:45

9/12/2020 23:45

9/12/2020 22:45

9/12/2020 21:45

9/12/2020 16:45

9/12/2020 15:45

9/12/2020 14:45

9/12/2020 13:45

10/12/2020 10:45

Comparative immunogenetics

Jerome Le Nours

10

Michelle Power

Macquarie University

Weeds in wildlife microbiomes: ecology and impact of antimicrobial resistant bacteria in wildlife

9/12/2020 21:55

10/12/2020 8:55

9/12/2020 23:55

9/12/2020 22:55

9/12/2020 21:55

9/12/2020 16:55

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9/12/2020 13:55

10/12/2020 10:55

Comparative immunogenetics

Jerome Le Nours

10

Jacques Robert

University of Rochester Medical Center

TLR5 mediated reactivation of quiescent ranavirus FV3 in Xenopus

9/12/2020 22:05

10/12/2020 9:05

10/12/2020 0:05

9/12/2020 23:05

9/12/2020 22:05

9/12/2020 17:05

9/12/2020 16:05

9/12/2020 15:05

9/12/2020 14:05

10/12/2020 11:05

Comparative immunogenetics

Jerome Le Nours

10

Breakout session

Zoom small groups

Get WACI

9/12/2020 22:15

10/12/2020 9:15

10/12/2020 0:15

9/12/2020 23:15

9/12/2020 22:15

9/12/2020 17:15

9/12/2020 16:15

9/12/2020 15:15

9/12/2020 14:15

10/12/2020 11:15

Comparative immunogenetics

Jerome Le Nours

15

Kimberly Morrissey

University of New Mexico Albuquerque

The third domain of T cells: Defining the uniquely mammalian γµ T cell

9/12/2020 22:30

10/12/2020 9:30

10/12/2020 0:30

9/12/2020 23:30

9/12/2020 22:30

9/12/2020 17:30

9/12/2020 16:30

9/12/2020 15:30

9/12/2020 14:30

10/12/2020 11:30

Comparative immunogenetics

Jerome Le Nours

10

Marcin Wegrecki

Monash University

Structural characterization of the marsupial γμ T cell receptor

9/12/2020 22:40

10/12/2020 9:40

10/12/2020 0:40

9/12/2020 23:40

9/12/2020 22:40

9/12/2020 17:40

9/12/2020 16:40

9/12/2020 15:40

9/12/2020 14:40

10/12/2020 11:40

Comparative immunogenetics

Jerome Le Nours

10

Jordan Sampson

University of New Mexico Albuquerque

Olfactory receptors on lymphocytes in a marsupial

9/12/2020 22:50

10/12/2020 9:50

10/12/2020 0:50

9/12/2020 23:50

9/12/2020 22:50

9/12/2020 17:50

9/12/2020 16:50

9/12/2020 15:50

9/12/2020 14:50

10/12/2020 11:50

Comparative immunogenetics

Jerome Le Nours

10

Brian Dolan

Oregon State University

Immunogenetic variation at MHC class I loci reflects natural and anthropogenic fragmentation

9/12/2020 23:00

10/12/2020 10:00

10/12/2020 1:00

10/12/2020 0:00

9/12/2020 23:00

9/12/2020 18:00

9/12/2020 17:00

9/12/2020 16:00

9/12/2020 15:00

10/12/2020 12:00

Comparative immunogenetics

Jerome Le Nours

10

Karen Kadamani

University of Ottawa

Effects of acute hypoxia on the immune response in naked mole‐rats

9/12/2020 23:10

10/12/2020 10:10

10/12/2020 1:10

10/12/2020 0:10

9/12/2020 23:10

9/12/2020 18:10

9/12/2020 17:10

9/12/2020 16:10

9/12/2020 15:10

10/12/2020 12:10

Comparative immunogenetics

Jerome Le Nours

20

Group discussion

WACI

Summary and planning

9/12/2020 23:30

10/12/2020 10:30

10/12/2020 1:30

10/12/2020 0:30

9/12/2020 23:30

9/12/2020 18:30

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End day 3

Day 4

Date and Time (GMT)

Australia Eastern Daylight Time (+11 UTC)

Central African Time (+2 UTC)

Central European Time (+1 UTC)

Greenwich Mean Time (+0 UTC)

Eastern Standard Time (-5 UTC)

Central Standard Time (-6 UTC)

Mountain Standard Time (-7 UTC)

Pacific Standard Time (-8 UTC)

New Zealand Daylight Time (+13 UTC)

Session

Session chair

Duration (minutes)

Speaker

Organisation

Topic

10/12/2020 21:00

11/12/2020 8:00

10/12/2020 23:00

10/12/2020 22:00

10/12/2020 21:00

10/12/2020 16:00

10/12/2020 15:00

10/12/2020 14:00

10/12/2020 13:00

11/12/2020 10:00

Translation and application of WACI

Jerome Le Nours

5

WACI organising committee

WACI

Summary and planning

10/12/2020 21:05

11/12/2020 8:05

10/12/2020 23:05

10/12/2020 22:05

10/12/2020 21:05

10/12/2020 16:05

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10/12/2020 13:05

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Translation and application of WACI

Jerome Le Nours

20

Tony Purcell

Monash University

Strategies to study host-pathogen interactions and antigen presentation in exotic species

10/12/2020 21:25

11/12/2020 8:25

10/12/2020 23:25

10/12/2020 22:25

10/12/2020 21:25

10/12/2020 16:25

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10/12/2020 13:25

11/12/2020 10:25

Translation and application of WACI

Jerome Le Nours

15

Phil Askenase

Yale University

Exosomes that are both antigen-specific and carry a selected gene-regulating miRNA act at the immune synapse to induce APC-derived secondary suppressive exosomes

10/12/2020 21:40

11/12/2020 8:40

10/12/2020 23:40

10/12/2020 22:40

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10/12/2020 16:40

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11/12/2020 10:40

Translation and application of WACI

Jerome Le Nours

10

Stefania D’Alessio

University of Westminster

Deiminated proteins and extracellular vesicles profiling in reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)

10/12/2020 21:50

11/12/2020 8:50

10/12/2020 23:50

10/12/2020 22:50

10/12/2020 21:50

10/12/2020 16:50

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10/12/2020 14:50

10/12/2020 13:50

11/12/2020 10:50

Translation and application of WACI

Jerome Le Nours

10

Iris Mair

University of Manchester

Eosinophils gone wild: identification of an unusual eosinophil phenotype in wild mice

10/12/2020 22:00

11/12/2020 9:00

11/12/2020 0:00

10/12/2020 23:00

10/12/2020 22:00

10/12/2020 17:00

10/12/2020 16:00

10/12/2020 15:00

10/12/2020 14:00

11/12/2020 11:00

Translation and application of WACI

Jerome Le Nours

10

Sigrun Lange

University of Westminster

PADs, post-translational deimination and extracellular vesicle signatures in diverse taxa across phylogeny

10/12/2020 22:10

11/12/2020 9:10

11/12/2020 0:10

10/12/2020 23:10

10/12/2020 22:10

10/12/2020 17:10

10/12/2020 16:10

10/12/2020 15:10

10/12/2020 14:10

11/12/2020 11:10

Translation and application of WACI

Jerome Le Nours

10

Jonathan Fenn

University of Nottingham

Variation in Microbiome Structure and Diversity in Wild Field Voles and its Association with Gastrointestinal Immunity.

10/12/2020 22:20

11/12/2020 9:20

11/12/2020 0:20

10/12/2020 23:20

10/12/2020 22:20

10/12/2020 17:20

10/12/2020 16:20

10/12/2020 15:20

10/12/2020 14:20

11/12/2020 11:20

Translation and application of WACI

Jerome Le Nours

10

Breakout session

Zoom small groups

Get WACI

10/12/2020 22:30

11/12/2020 9:30

11/12/2020 0:30

10/12/2020 23:30

10/12/2020 22:30

10/12/2020 17:30

10/12/2020 16:30

10/12/2020 15:30

10/12/2020 14:30

11/12/2020 11:30

Translation and application of WACI

Jerome Le Nours

10

Matthieu Paiola

University of Rochester Medical Center

Role of the MHC class I-like XNC4 in host-pathogen interaction during Mycobacteria infection in Xenopus laevis

10/12/2020 22:40

11/12/2020 9:40

11/12/2020 0:40

10/12/2020 23:40

10/12/2020 22:40

10/12/2020 17:40

10/12/2020 16:40

10/12/2020 15:40

10/12/2020 14:40

11/12/2020 11:40

Translation and application of WACI

Jerome Le Nours

10

Tiffany Kosch

Massey University

Applied Immunology: How genomic selection can be applied to increase disease resistance in threatened species

10/12/2020 22:50

11/12/2020 9:50

11/12/2020 0:50

10/12/2020 23:50

10/12/2020 22:50

10/12/2020 17:50

10/12/2020 16:50

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10/12/2020 14:50

11/12/2020 11:50

Translation and application of WACI

Jerome Le Nours

10

Nicholas Blackburn

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Tackling a turtle tumour threat in South Texas

10/12/2020 23:00

11/12/2020 10:00

11/12/2020 1:00

11/12/2020 0:00

10/12/2020 23:00

10/12/2020 18:00

10/12/2020 17:00

10/12/2020 16:00

10/12/2020 15:00

11/12/2020 12:00

Translation and application of WACI

WACI organising committee

30

Group discussion

WACI

Summary and planning

10/12/2020 23:30

11/12/2020 10:30

11/12/2020 1:30

11/12/2020 0:30

10/12/2020 23:30

10/12/2020 18:30

10/12/2020 17:30

10/12/2020 16:30

10/12/2020 15:30

11/12/2020 12:30

End day 4

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2020 Invited Speakers

Professor Andrea Graham, EEB; Co-Director, Program in Global Health, Immunity and disease ecology, Princeton University

Where the Wild Things Are: Naturalizing mouse models for immunology

Dr Simon Babayan, Lecturer (Institute of Biodiversity Animal Health & Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow

Associate Professor Irene Salinas,Center for Evolutionary and Theoretical Immunology, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico