TB Research Day 2024 - Zoom Recording

Event Details:
Date: Friday, March 22, 2024
Theme: "Vaccination for TB – where are we?"

McGill TB Research Day Recording:
00:01:00 – 00:01:43 – Welcome with Dr. Divangahi (volume on and off)

00:01:44 – Welcome with Dr. Touyz

00:05:00 – Poster presentations

00:05:52 – Poster 1: Mina Sadeghi
Investigating the regulation of bone marrow iron metabolism in hematopoiesis and host defence against TB

00:09:08 – Poster 2: Elias Jabbour
Evaluating the costs of tuberculosis activities in Brazil

00:14:40 – Poster 3: Kim Tran
Cross-protection of BCG vaccination in influenza infection: A new role for T cells in trained immunity

00:19:48 – Poster 4: Luke Harrison
MTBC0: an imputed ancestral genome of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex for reference-based alignment and its application to the classification of animal-associated strains

00:25:01 – Poster 5: Oscar Tsai
Mycobacterium tuberculosis dysregulates erythropoiesis and renal erythropoietin production

00:29:12 – Poster 6: Sihem Belhocine
Mycobacterial peptidoglycan and BCG vaccination

00:34:30 – Poster 7: Kristina Nikolaou
The mystery of BCG vaccine in protection against SARS-CoV-2

00:39:41 – Poster 8: Harsimren Sidhu
Evaluating the acceptability of a hypothetical MDR TPT regimen among household contacts from high-burden countries: A qualitative study

00:45:23 – Invited Speakers:

00:45:30 – Dr. Joanne Langley - Dalhousie University
Topic: "Lessons learned from clinical trials of vaccines."

01:20:18 – Dr. Nick Menzies - Harvard University
Topic: "Using mathematical and economic modeling to understand the global benefits of a novel TB vaccine."

02:12:40 – Dr. Maziar Divangahi - McGill University
Topic: "How to harness the power of innate immunity in TB vaccine development."

02:54:40 – Award Ceremony

02:59:23 – Closing Remarks

Thank you!!