Speakers
Speakers

Internationally recognized speakers will discuss current research, new findings, advances in experimental technologies and more, all within the framework of solving global health challenges.


Opening Keynote

Alan Aderem, PhD
Co-founder and Director,
Institute for Systems Biology
Systems Vaccinology: Using the Tools of
Systems Biology to Enable Rational Vaccine Design

Closing Keynote

Peter Small, MD
Senior Program Officer,
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Systems Global Health? How Far Can One Take a Systems Approach?

Session 1: Vaccines

Headshot Bali Pulendran, PhD
Emory University Vaccine Center
Systems Vaccinology
Headshot Rafick-Pierre Sékaly, PhD
Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute Florida
University of Montreal
Systems Biology Approaches to Understanding T-Cell Memory
Headshot Paul de Bakker, PhD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School
The Broad Institute
Genomic Investigations into the Basis of Host Control of HIV Replication

Session 2: Infectious Agents

Headshot Clifton E. Barry, III, PhD
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
A Chemist's Approach to Systems Biology: qHTS to Identify Condition-Selective Probes of Metabolic Networks in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
Headshot David Sherman, PhD
Full Member
Seattle Biomedical Research Institute
Headshot Jay Keasling, PhD
University of California, Berkeley
Engineering Microbial Metabolism for Production of the Anti-Malarial Drug Artemisinin

Session 3: Technology

Headshot Michael P. Rout, PhD
The Rockefeller University
Proteomic Tools for Understanding Dynamic Macromolecular Assemblies
Headshot Stephen R. Quake, PhD
Stanford University
Precision Measurement in Biology
Headshot William Schief, PhD
University of Washington
Computational Design of Immunogens to Elicit Neutralizing Antibodies