Thursday, 7th May Asia-Pacific Vaccine and Immunotherapy Congress 2026
Theme 3: Immunobiology
8:45AM - 10:40AM
Thursday, 7th May
Chair: Laurent Renia
Sponsored by:
- Exploring the interface between RNA viruses and hosts - Sara Cherry
- Development of a pan-serovar Salmonella vaccine - Ian Henderson
- Immune Modulators in Mosquito Saliva: A New Therapeutic Target to Combat Arboviral Threats - Siew Wai Fong
- How Germinal Center Dynamics Shape Antibody Responses to Vaccination - Ali Ellebedy
Tea Break & Networking
10:40AM - 11:00AM
Thursday, 7th May
Theme 3: Immunobiology (Continued)
11:00AM - 12:15PM
Thursday, 7th May
Chair: Laurent Renia
Lunch
12:15PM - 1:25PM
Thursday, 7th May
Theme 4: Infectious Diseases
1:25PM - 2:40PM
Thursday, 7th May
Chair: Gavin Smith
Sponsored by:
Oral Presentations #1
2:40PM - 3:30PM
Thursday, 7th May
Chair: Gavin Smith
- Impact of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) NS2 protein as a negative modulator of STK38L activity and IRF3-dependent antiviral responses - Romane Fernandez
- Antibody-mediated regulation of B cell responses to vaccination - Birk Evavold
- Does increasing SARS-CoV-2 IgG4 following repeated mRNA boosters impact antibody functions towards Omicron variants and sarbecoviruses? - Kevin J Selva
- Persistence of IgG4 skewing over 12 months following a fourth dose of a bivalent mRNA or protein-based COVID-19 vaccine - Nadia Mazarakis
- A Human Airway Organoid–Based Platform for Preclinical Evaluation of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 - Louisa Lok Yung Chan
Tea Break & Networking
3:30PM - 3:50PM
Thursday, 7th May
Theme 4: Infectious Diseases (Continued)
3:50PM - 5:05PM
Thursday, 7th May
Chair: Gavin Smith
Sponsored by:
Poster Session #2
5:05PM - 6:15PM
Thursday, 7th May
- Kinetics of SARS-CoV-2-specific T cells in the nasal cavity following experimental human viral challenge - Previtha Dawn Sakthi Vale
- Tumor site directed A1R expression enhances CAR T cell function and improves efficacy against solid tumors - Kevin sek
- Vaccine Breakthrough Clustering in Displaced Settlements Linking Shelter Crowding, Indoor CO2 Ventilation Surrogates, Respiratory PCR Ct Burden, and Stigma Scores Using Spatial Scan and Synthetic Control - Rani Sulvianuri
- Resource-Light Vaccine Effectiveness Estimation in Sentinel Clinics Integrating Syndromic Severity Score, Rapid Antigen Positivity Cycle Threshold Proxy, and Targeted Serology Panels Using Test-Negative Design and Doubly Robust Transportable Modeling - Rani Sulvianuri
- From Vaccine Memory to Tumor Immunity - Lisda Suteja
- Development of a Rapid and Scalable Functional T Cell-based Assay for Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus - Anthony T Tan
- Discovery of anti-sense oligonucleotide anti-influenza A therapeutics - Zi Hian Tan
- High pre-therapy levels of antibody Fc receptor engagement are associated with better outcomes in patients hospitalised with COVID-19 - Hillary A Vanderven
- Bioinformatics-Based Epitope–HLA–TCR Triangulation Identifies Asia-Pacific–Robust Vaccine Antigens by Integrating Population HLA Diversity and TCR Recognition Landscapes - Rini Winarti
- Development of RNA-PROTAC degrader as next-generation antivirals against Influenza - Jasmine Wong
- CAR-T Cell–Based Immunotherapy Against MRSA - Liqi Wong
- Alphavirus RNA capping dynamics and their impact on self-amplifying RNA vaccines - Yewen YW Wong
- Clinical and Economic Benefits of Bivalent Respiratory Syncytial Virus Prefusion F (RSVpreF) Vaccine for Prevention of RSV in Older Adults: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis for Singapore - Janice Yeoh
- Evaluation of a Novel Multi-component Protein Antigen-based Vaccine for Otitis Media Prevention - Ayesha Zahid
- Outer Membrane Vesicles from Moraxella catarrhalis as a Novel Vaccine Platform for Otitis Media - Ayesha Zahid
- Quantifying the evidence and burden of smoking behavior on tuberculosis incidence among adult population a systematic review and meta analysis. - Wenmei W. Z. Zhao
- Harnessing Innate Immunity to Enhance Anti-Tumour Responses Against HPV16 E7-driven lung cancer - Krupa Bhaliya
- Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of 20-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Implementation Into Singapore's Paediatric National Immunisation Programme - Ervin Cheong
- Spatial Transcriptomic Profiling Reveals Region Specific Neuroinflammatory Signatures in the COVID-19 Brain - Clara Lawler
- Discovery of neutralizing antibodies against Merbecoviruses using the single-cell surrogate virus neutralisation test (sc-sVNT) - Weikang Nicholas Lin
- Safe packaging and amplification of alphavirus-based saRNA vaccines - Wanzhen Lu
- A Multiscale Simulation Framework for Structure-Guided Dengue Immunogen Design - Jan K. Marzinek
- Age-specific variations in susceptibility to Chikungunya Infections - Vanessa Neo
- Big Data–Driven Discovery of Conserved B-Cell Neutralising Epitopes in H5 Hemagglutinin - Andre Ng
- Multiplex Olink cytokine profiling of the wound environment in patients with hand infections reveals network of dynamic and highly expressed proinflammatory cytokines - An Qi Ngoh
- Optimizing IRES-dependent translation for mRNA-based therapeutics - Hui Xian Poh
- Preclinical evaluation of a combinatorial treatment approach using photothermal therapy and dual immune-modulators for advanced-stage solid tumour treatment - SULAGNA RATH
- Development of therapeutic vaccine against HPV-associated cancers - Sweera SR Rehan
- Alterations in the quantity and functional properties of nasal mucosal T cells following cryopreservation - Huiwen Zheng
- Cost-Effectiveness of 20-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Adults Aged ≥18 Years in Singapore - Ervin Cheong
- Modeling the Potential Public Health Impact of Updated COVID-19 Vaccination Strategies in Singapore: Epidemiological Data Update - Ervin Cheong
- Global, regional, and national estimates of adult respiratory and cardiorespiratory hospitalizations attributable to Respiratory Syncytial Virus from 2015 to 2022: application of the Global Burden of Disease framework - Isra Ahmad Farouk
- Potential Public Health Impact of Updated COVID-19 Vaccination Strategies in Malaysia: Epidemiological Data Update - Isra Ahmad Farouk
- Rhinovirus-based Self-Amplifying RNA as an Influenza Vaccine - Paul Foucambert