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Conference Agenda

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Daily Overview

Session

CP19: Immunology 2 - 15 min talks

Time:

Thursday, 02/July/2026:

1:30pm - 2:15pm

Session Chair: Alicja (Ala) Tabor, The University Of Queensland
Session Chair: Hannah Siddle, The University of Queensland

Location: Lecture Theatre 2

Boulevard Room 2

Presentations

Investigating Antibodies that Protect from Cerebral Malaria in Kenyan Children

Yuchi Ji¹, Isobel S Walker¹, Niamh Meagher¹, Wina Hasang¹, Sidney Ogolla², David Midem³, J Alexandra Rowe⁴, Stanley Otoboh⁴, Elizabeth H Aitken^1,5, James W Kazura⁶, Stephen J Rogerson¹

¹Department of Infectious Diseases, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; ²Centre for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya; ³Chulaimbo Sub-County Hospital, Kisumu, Kenya; ⁴Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK; ⁵Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; ⁶School of Medicine, Centre for Global Health & Diseases, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, US

Functional antibodies to Plasmodium vivax merozoite antigens are associated with protection against clinical malaria

Chau Quang^1,2, Takaaki Yuguchi³, Eizo Takashima³, Ivo Mueller^1,2, Rhea Longley^1,2,4

¹The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, Australia; ²The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; ³Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan; ⁴Mahidol Vivax Research Unit, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Human Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite effector-memory CD8⁺ T cells exhibit epitope-specific activation and display distinct T cell receptor clustering

Roos van Schuijlenburg¹, Max van Houcke², Jeroen Sijtsma¹, Els Baalbergens¹, Helena de Bes-Roeleveld¹, Beatrice Winkel¹, Kirsta E. van Meijgaarden¹, Sander Wuyts², Blandine Franke-Fayard¹, Meta Roestenberg¹

¹Leiden University Center for Infectious Diseases (LUCID), Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands; ²Immune Watch, Antwerp, Belgium