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Tuesday, November 7 / Mardi 7 novembre
3:30 p.m.
Arrival and Registration
Posters set up
5:00 p.m.
Opening lecture
  Nicole Guiso Historical view of the disease and its agent
  Jim Cherry History ot the trials
  Erik Hewlett Historic of the pertussis meeting
6:00 p.m.
Welcome cocktail
 
Wednesday, November 8 / Mercredi 8 novembre
Morning
Session 1 - Functional genomics
Chairs : Louise Temple and Roy Gross
9:00-9:30 a.m.
Louise Temple Comparison of the genome sequence of the poultry pathogen Bordetella avium with those of B. bronchiseptica, B. pertussis and B. parapertussis reveals extensive diversity in surface structures associated with host interaction
9:30-10:00 a.m.
Mohammed Sebaihia Comparative analysis of the bordetellae genomes
10:00-10:30 a.m.
Craig Cummings Comparative global gene expression analysis of the Bordetella BvgAS regulon
10:30-11:00 a.m.
Coffee break
11:00-11:30 a.m.
Rudy Antoine Towards structural genomics : molecular and structural basis of small molecule uptake in Bordetella
11:30-12:00 a.m.
Roy Gross The genome sequence of B. petrii reveals features of environmental bacteria and of the pathogenic Bordetellae
12:00-12:30 a.m.
Short communications
12:30-12:40 a.m.
Participants photography
12:30-2:00 p.m.
Lunch
2:00-3:00 p.m.
Poster viewing and coffee
 
Afternoon
Session 2 : Epidemiology and modeling
Chairs : Kevin Forsyth and Scott Halperin
3:00-3:15 p.m.
Michel Garenne Epidemiology of pertussis in the developing world : Update/gaps
3:15-3:30 p.m. Peter MacIntyre Epidemiology of pertussis in the developed world : Update/gaps
3:30-3:45 p.m. Quishui He Molecular Epidemiology of B. pertussis : realities in the field
3:45-4:00 p.m. Kevin Forsyth Summary of GPI
4:00-4:30 p.m.
Question and Discussion session
4:30-5:00 p.m.
Coffee break
5:00-5:15 p.m.
Kathryn Edwards Duration of immunity after infection and immunization : implications for optimizing the immunization schedule
5:15-5:30 p.m.
Fritz von Konig Changes in the laboratory diagnosis of pertussis :
the effect of PCR and serology on epidemiology
5:30-5:45 p.m.
Gaston de Serres What can we learn from pertussis models ?
5:45-6:15 p.m.
Question and Discussion session
7:00 p.m.
Bus to Louvre (only for people registered at the event)
 
Thursday, November 9 / Jeudi 9 novembre
Morning
Session 3 : Immunology
Chairs : Kingston Mills and Alison Weiss
9:00-9:30 a.m.
Alison Weiss Virulence Factor Binding
9:30-10:00 a.m.
Kingston Mills Bordetella pertussis - immunity versus immune subversion
10:00-10:30 a.m.
Nick Carbonetti Pertussis toxin targets innate immunity to promote respiratory tract infection by Bordetella pertussis
10:30-10:50 a.m.
Coffee break
10:50-11:20 a.m.
Clara Ausiello Virulence factors are involved in B. pertussis evading strategy by affecting functions of human dendritic cells
11:20-11:50 a.m.
Eric Harvill Immunobiology of the bordetellae
11:50-12:50 a.m.
Short communications
12:50-2:00 p.m.
Lunch
2:00-2:30 p.m.
Poster viewing and coffee
 
Afternoon
Session 4 : Pathogenesis
Chairs : Drusilla Burns and Duncan Maskell
2:30-3:00 p.m.
Peggy Cotter Animal models to study Bordetella pathogenesis
3:00-3:30 p.m.
Volker Gerdts Susceptibility of newborn piglets to infection with B. pertussis: A novel animal model for whooping cough
3:30-4:00 p.m.
Erik Hewlett Adenylate cyclase toxin from Bordetellae: multiple functions and functional interactions with other virulence factors
4:00-4:30 p.m.
William E. Goldman Tracheal Cytotoxin: Specific Recognition and Diverse Responses
4:30-4:45 p.m.
Coffee break
4:45-5:30 p.m.
Short communications
7:15 p.m.
Bus to the gala dinner ( only for people registered at the event)
 
Friday, November 10 / Vendredi 10 novembre
Morning
Session 5 : Prevention and Treatment
Chairs : Kathryn Edwards and Nicole Guiso
9:00-9:30 a.m.
Philippe Duclos WHO Standards and Recommandations
9:30-10:00 a.m.
Camille Locht Pertussis vaccines of the future
10:00-10:30 a.m.
Nicole Guiso Bordetelloses other than pertussis
10:30-11:00 a.m.
Scott Halperin Treatment of pertussis and other bordetelloses
11:00-11:30 a.m.
Coffee break
11:30-12:30 a.m.
Short communications
12:30-12:45 a.m.
Lluis Quintana-Murci Human Genetics
12:45-1:00 p.m.
Erik Hewlett Perspective next meeting