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Coronavirus Symposium
Friday 13th September 2019
Programme and Itinerary
UGC Project Reference: T11-707/15-R
Project Title: Molecular Basis for Interspecies Transmission and Pathogenesis of
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
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Activities |
Responsible persons |
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2:00 – 2:45 pm
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Keynote lecture
Pathogenic potential of bat
SARS-related coronaviruses
Professor Zheng-Li Shi
Wuhan Institute of Virology,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
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2/F Lecture Theatre, Block
T, Queen Mary Hospital
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2:45 – 3:10 pm
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The development of a
recombinant bivalent vaccine against Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
Coronavirus
Dr Kenneth Li
Department of Microbiology,
Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
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3:10 – 3:35 pm
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Antagonization of type I
IFN production by MERS-Cov protein
Dr Kitty Fung
School of Biomedical
Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
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3:35 – 3:50 pm
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Tea break
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3:50 – 4:15 pm
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USP13 is the host dependency
factor for MERS-CoV infection
Dr Raven Kok
Department of Microbiology,
Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
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4:15
–5:00 pm
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Keynote lecture
Role of a single
phospholipase in T cell and antibody responses in aged mice infected
with MERS-CoV
Professor Stanley Perlman
Department of Microbiology
and Immunology, University of Iowa, USA
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