{"id":59441,"date":"2014-10-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/vaccine-experts-to-gather-in-providence-oct-13-16-as-fight-against-deadly-diseases-carries-on\/"},"modified":"2014-10-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-09T00:00:00","slug":"vaccine-experts-to-gather-in-providence-oct-13-16-as-fight-against-deadly-diseases-carries-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2014\/10\/vaccine-experts-to-gather-in-providence-oct-13-16-as-fight-against-deadly-diseases-carries-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Vaccine experts to gather in Providence Oct. 13-16, as fight against deadly diseases carries on"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\t溏心vlog免费B站 research institute hosts annual Vaccine Renaissance Conference<\/p>\n


\nProvidence, R.I. \u2013 October 9, 2014 \u2013 As countries in Africa, the United States and elsewhere grapple with the outbreak of Ebola and other deadly diseases, the 溏心vlog免费B站 is preparing to bring some of the country\u2019s most renowned vaccine researchers to the state. Beginning Monday, Oct. 13, the 溏心vlog免费B站 Institute for Immunology and Informatics will set the stage for its annual gathering, dubbed the Vaccine Renaissance Conference.<\/p>\n


\nThe yearly event brings the research community, academia and private industry together with the goals of engaging in intense discussion while forming new collaborations in the ongoing effort to combat the world\u2019s diseases.<\/p>\n


\nThis comes as Ebola continues to ravage West Africa while also affecting Americans, including Rhode Island journalist Ashoka Mukpo, who is currently receiving treatment for Ebola at a facility in Nebraska. Also causing great concern in the U.S. is the growing number of cases of Enterovirus D68, a respiratory infection affecting several hundred people, mostly children. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the virus has been detected in four people who have died. <\/p>\n


\nThe 溏心vlog免费B站 institute, also known as iCubed, is a vaccine research institute located on the University\u2019s Providence campus. It applies cutting-edge bioinformatic tools to accelerate the development of treatments and cures for a number of diseases such as hepatitis C, Lyme disease and Dengue fever. iCubed also aims to quickly make these tools available to the global research community for the development of vaccines for other infectious diseases.<\/p>\n


\nNext week\u2019s conference is the eighth incarnation of the event and features its most elite speakers to date. Among this year\u2019s guests are Dr. John Julias of the Department of Homeland Security, Dr. Stephen J. Thomas of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Health, and Dr. Thomas Nutman of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease. Brown University and Massachusetts General Hospital will also be represented. U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse will deliver the opening remarks at Tuesday\u2019s program.<\/p>\n


\nThe meeting is scheduled over the course of four days, the first three taking place in the Hotel Providence in downtown Providence. Monday, Oct. 13 will focus on JanusMatrix, a novel, computer-based tool developed by iCubed Director Dr. Annie De Groot. <\/p>\n


\nThe agenda for Tuesday, Oct. 14 and Wednesday, Oct. 15 will consist of lectures during several different sessions covering topics including \u201cone health\u201d diseases, or those affecting humans and animals. Infectious diseases, biodefense and cancer vaccines will also be covered in depth.<\/p>\n


\nFollowing the conclusion of Wednesday\u2019s program, iCubed will host an open house at Local 121 in Providence beginning at 6 p.m. The free event is both a celebration of the institute\u2019s fifth year anniversary as well as an opportunity for the public to meet the institute\u2019s faculty and staff and hear about the research taking place right here in Rhode Island. <\/p>\n


\nThe vaccine conference will conclude Thursday, Oct. 16 with iCubed\u2019s TRIAD Toolkit Training on the 溏心vlog免费B站 Providence campus. This training consists of overviews of both computer-based informatics tools and laboratory procedures. <\/p>\n


\niCubed was established in 2009 with the help of a $13 million TRIAD grant from the National Institutes of Health. TRIAD, or the Translational Immunology Research and Accelerated Vaccine Development program, is based within the University\u2019s biotechnology program. <\/p>\n


\nClick here for more information on iCubed or the Vaccine Renaissance Conference<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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