14:55 to 15:00 | Zoom Room Opens | |||
15:00 to 15:10 | Welcome and Introduction |
David Abrahams (University of Cambridge) Mike Cates (University of Cambridge) |
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15:10 to 15:20 | Background to these Discussions | Claudio Jose Struchiner (Fundação Getúlio Vargas), (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro), (Programa de Computação Científica - Fiocruz) |
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Session 1: (Chair: Deirdre Hollingsworth (University of Oxford)) | 15:20 to 15:30 | Evolutionary Implications of COVID-19 Vaccination Policies: Linking Within- and Between-Host | Robin Thompson (University of Warwick) |
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15:30 to 16:00 | The Speed of Pathogen Adaptation to Vaccines | Sylvain Gandon (Centre d'Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive) |
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16:00 to 16:30 | Break | |||
Session 2: (Chair: Valerie Isham (University College London)) | 16:30 to 17:00 | Controlling the Pandemic during the SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination Rollout | Ganna Rozhnova (University Medical Center Utrecht), (BioISI) |
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17:00 to 17:30 | Mitigating the Risks Of COVID-19 Resurgence in the UK In The Autumn 2021 With Vaccination and Test-Trace-Isolate Strategies | Jasmina Panovska-Griffiths (University of Oxford), (University College London) |
14:55 to 15:00 | Zoom Meeting Opens | |||
15:00 to 15:10 | Welcome and Introduction |
Jane Leeks (Newton Gateway to Mathematics) Ciara Dangerfield (Isaac Newton Institute) |
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Session 3: (Chair: Claudio Struchiner (Fundação Getúlio Vargas)) | 15:10 to 15:40 | Experimental Studies of Pathogen Adaptation to Host Immunity and Vaccination | Andrew Read (Pennsylvania State University) |
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15:40 to 16:10 | The Potential for Vaccine-Driven Evolution in COVID-19 | Troy Day (Queen's University, Canada) |
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16:10 to 16:20 | Break | |||
Session 4: (Chair: Julia Gog (University of Cambridge)) | 16:20 to 16:30 | Some Key Questions from a Policy Perspective | Chris Lewis (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) | |
16:30 to 17:00 | SARS-CoV-2 Evolution and Vaccination | C. Jessica Metcalf (Princeton University) |
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17:00 to 17:30 | Q&A and Next Steps |