Program Agenda and Videos
November 21, 2008
Morning Session
8:00 a.m. - Arrival and Breakfast in Atrium at the Beckman Center
9:00 a.m. - Welcome and Introduction by Frank Meyskens and Opening Remarks by Chancellor Michael Drake
9:10 a.m. - Program Overview by Anthony A. James (View Video)
THEME I: Modern Perspectives on Malaria (Moderator A.A. James)
9:30 a.m. - "Designing and Mining (Pathogen) Genome Databases" by David Roos, University of Pennsylvania
(View Video)
9:55 a.m. - "The IVCC: Breaking Down the Barriers to Innovation in Vector Control" by Thomas Mclean, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (View Video)
10:20 a.m. - "Understanding Humoral Immunity Against Malaria in Africa" by Philip Feigner, University of California, Irvine (View Video)
10:45 a.m. - Break
THEME II: Vaccine Development (Moderator Guiyun Van)
11:00 a.m. - "Prospects for a Malaria Vaccine" by Joseph M.Vinetz, UC San Diego School of Medicine
(View Video)
11:25 a.m. - "Back to the Future: Live Attenuated Malaria Vaccines by Design" by Stefan Kappe, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute (View Video)
11:50 a.m. - Lunch
THEME III: Vector Biology (Moderator Dele Ogunseitan)
1:00 p.m. - "Malaria Epidemics in Western Kenya Highlands: Mechanisms and
Translational Research" by Guiyun Yan, University of California, Irvine (View Video)
1:25 p.m. - "Genetic Engineering of Pathogen Resistance in Vector Mosquitoes" by Anthony A. James, University of California, Irvine (View Video)
THEME IV: Global Eradication of Malaria (Moderator A.A. James)
1:50 p.m. - "Global Malaria Eradication: Challenges for Science" by Kate Aultman, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (View Video)
2:30 p.m. - Break
2:45 p.m. - International Panel Discussion: Science in Action: Prospects for the Future (Moderator: Anthony A. James, University of California, Irvine) (View Video)
- Panel Participants:
- Jetsumon Sattabongkot Prachumsri
Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology, Burapha Univeristy, Chonburi, Thailand - John I. Githure
Head, Human Health Division, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (IClPE), Nairobi, Kenya - Andrew K. Githeko
Head, Climate and Human Health Research Unit, Center for Global Health Research, Kenya - Pilarita N. Tongol-Rivera
Professor and Chair, Department of Parasitology, College of Public Health, University of the Philippines, Manila - Hans R. Herren
President, Millennium Institute
- Jetsumon Sattabongkot Prachumsri
5:00 p.m. - Questions and answers for speakers of the day
5:45 p.m. - Wine Reception