Programa

Martes 4 de noviembre

08:00 – 09:30
Registro y acreditación de participantes
09:30 – 10:00
Café de bienvenida
10:00 – 11:30
Apertura formal y palabras de bienvenida
11:35 - 12:50
Conferencia inaugural
"The Brucella genomic origami: How bacteria without plasmids or external recombination evolve and adapt to their intracellular niche"
Dr. Edgardo Moreno
12:50 – 14:00
Almuerzo
Tema 1: Evolución & Taxonomía
Moderador de la Sesión – Edgardo Moreno
14:00-15:05
Conferencia magistral
"Brucella phylogeography across Italy, the Mediterranean, and Europe"
Giuliano Garofolo
15:05-16:00
Primera sesión de conferencias:
"Genomic analysis of Brucella ovis strains reveals unique Italian diversity within a global context"
Katiuscia Zilli
"Brucella intergenic-OME: Genomic characterization of intergenic regions unveiling structural similarities and differences within chromosomes and Brucella species"
Carlos Chacón Díaz
"Prediction of genetic traits linked to phenotypic diversification of Brucella using large-scale sequencing"
Dirk Hofreuter
16:00-17:00
Café
17:00-18:00
Segunda sesión de conferencias:
"Phylogeographic insights into Brucella abortus circulating in Latin America"
Caterina Guzmán Verri
"Phylogeography and cross-border movement of Brucella"
Jeffrey Foster
"Discovery of a new specific bacteriophage for Brucella canis"
Ayfer GÜLLÜ YÜCETEPE
18:00
Cierre oficial del día
Miércoles 5 de noviembre

Tema 2: Vida Silvestre & Nuevos Hospederos
Moderador de la Sesión – Anne Keriel
08:00-09:05
Conferencia magistral
"The Road to One Health"
Dr. Andrew Cunningham
09:05-10:00
Primera sesión de conferencias
"After 20 years of neurobrucellosis in striped dolphins: what we learned"
Gabriela Hernández
"Outbreak of Brucella melitensis in goitered gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) on a Turkish farm"
Sevil Erdenliğ Gürbİlek
"Comprehensive epidemiological baseline for Brucella spp. in South African wild mammals with molecular differentiation of B. abortus & B. melitensis"
Carlo Andrea Cossu
10:00-11:05
Café
11:05-12:00
Segunda sesión de conferencias
"First evidence of Brucella- like isolates in neotropical bats from in the Brazilian Cerrado"
Amanda Carvalho Rosado Ferreira
"First identification and isolation of Brucella microti in french sheep and goat flocks"
Vitomir Djokic
"Serological detection of Brucella sp. in opossums (Didelphis virginiana) in an urban setting in Mexico"
Gabriela Romina Hernández Carbajal
12:00 – 13:10
Almuerzo
Tema 3: Epidemiología
Moderador de la Sesión – Gabriela Hernández
13:10-14:10
Conferencia magistral
"Always‑on web tools for genomic epidemiology: from Pathogenwatch to amr.watch"
Dr. Julio Díaz Caballero
14:10-15:10
Primera sesión de conferencias
"Towards the eradication of brucellosis in Italy: Epidemiological insights and strategic perspectives"
Fabrizio De Massis
"Transmission model of bovine brucellosis in Minas Gerais, Brazil"
Elaine Dorneles
"Investigations on infections caused by new Brucella species in neotropical forests"
Anne Keriel
15:10-16:10
Sesión de posters y café
16:10-17:30
Segunda sesión de conferencias
"Molecular and serological detection and characterization of Brucella species in Tanzanian livestock"
Roland Ashford
"Determination and characterization of (Novel) circulating strains of Brucella sp. within the national bovine brucellosis control program in Ecuador"
Ana Garrido Haro
"Identification of Brucella spp. in compost-bedded pack barns and dairy cows during the transition period housed in this system"
Maysa Serpa Gonçalves
"Towards the validation of a RT-PCR assay for the detection of Brucella DNA in different types of animal samples"
Sonia Vection
17:30
Cierre oficial del día
Jueves 6 de noviembre

Tema 4: Diagnóstico & Tratamiento
Moderador de la Sesión – Angela Arenas
08:00-09:05
Conferencia magistral
"Human Brucellosis: Clinical challenges of a neglected zoonotic infection"
Dr. Jorge Wallach
09:05-10:00
Primera sesión de conferencias
"Canine brucellosis: treatment and challenges"
Fabrizio De Massis
"Intracellular heterogeneity contributes to antibiotic treatment survival"
Maren Ketterer
"Brucellosis in South Africa: challenges in diagnosis, transmission, and control"
Henriette van Heerden
10:00-11:05
Sesión de posters y café
11:05-12:20
Segunda sesión de conferencias
"Development of an ex vivo IFN-γ assay for porcine brucellosis diagnosis"
David Fretin
"Recapitulating therapeutic failure in human brucellosis: A PBMC-based model for intracellular Brucella melitensis"
Christoph Dehio
"Development and application of precise diagnosis technology for animal brucellosis"
Jiabo Ding
"Brucellin Aquilon: prueba diagnóstica de Brucella en cerdos"
Carlos Chipana (Zendal)
12:20 – 13:45
Almuerzo
Tema 5: Inmunología & Patogénesis
Moderador de la Sesión – Elías Barquero
13:45 - 14:45
Conferencia magistral
"Silence is golden – how MucR’s repressor activity contributes to Brucella virulence"
Dr. Marty Roop
14:45 - 15:45
Primera sesión de conferencias
"Brucella Nyx effectors impact key cellular proteins involved in reproductive tissue integrity"
Suzana Salcedo
"CRISPR-Cas9 screens in macrophages identify host genes required for early stages of intracellular Brucella and Mycobacterium infection"
Sean Crosson
"A new model of Brucella-induced spondyloarthritis"
Judith Smith
15:45 - 16:45
Sesión de posters y café
16:45 - 17:45
Segunda sesión de conferencias
"MdrA and VjbR antagonize MucR repression of the gene encoding the autotransporter adhesin btaE"
Connor Cribb
"Role of caspase-1 and caspase-11 in the pathogenesis of Brucella ovis in the murine materno-fetal model"
Renato de Lima Santos
"Unraveling the role of a putative exopolysaccharide in Brucella virulence"
Jodi Ogle
17:45
Cierre oficial del día
Viernes 7 de noviembre

Tema 6: Vacunas
Moderador de la Sesión – Caterina Guzmán-Verri
08:00-09:05
Conferencia magistral
"An overview of latest research on brucellosis vaccine: can we enhance protection efficacy with trained immunity?"
Dr. Sergio Oliveira
09:05-10:00
Primera sesión de conferencias
"Assessment of long-term efficacy of Brucella abortus RB51 vaccine by challenge of pregnant water buffaloes vaccinated at 6-9 months age"
Flavio Sacchini
"Ineffectiveness of the RB51 vaccine against bovine brucellosis in Iran"
Maryam Dadar
"Recognition of Brucella mutant stimulates robust antimicrobial response"
David Pascual
10:00-11:05
Café
11:05-12:00
Segunda sesión de conferencias
"Enhanced Brucella vaccine annotations from PubMed using large language models and bioinformatics analysis"
Jie Zheng
"An iterative glycoengineering platform towards custom-made recombinant Brucella O-antigen glycans for diagnostics and vaccines"
Ian Passmore
"Viable count and safety assessment of a reduced dose of the Brucella abortus S19 vaccine"
Faranani Ramagoma
12:00 – 13:10
Almuerzo
Tema 7: Microbiología Molecular & Celular
Moderador de la Sesión – Xavier De Bolle
13:10-14:10
Conferencia magistral
"Conserved growth and survival mechanisms in Hyphomicrobiales"
Dr. Anke Becker
14:10-15:30
Primera sesión de conferencias
"Defining the regulatory mechanism between the small RNA, MavR and murF mRNA in Brucella"
Jillian Marshall
"Assessing the contributions of Brucella abortus genes to fitness during bovine infection"
Aretha Fiebig
"Breaking the silence—role of MucR as a virulence determinant in Brucella"
Ian Barton
"Molecular insights into Brucella abortus VirJ function in effector translocation by the Type IV secretion system"
Laurent Terradot
15:30-16:30
Sesión de posters y café
16:30-17:30
Segunda sesión de conferencias
"The quorum-sensing regulators VjbR and BabR interact with MucR to regulate transcription of the Brucella Type IV secretion system genes"
Graham Bitzer
"A conserved DUF protein links glycoconjugate modification to cell envelope stability in Brucella"
Melene Alakavuklar
"Spatial constraints for the lipopolysaccharide biogenesis in Brucella abortus"
Audrey Verhaeghe
17:30-17:45
Ceremonia de cierre del congreso
Caterina Guzmán-Verri
17:45-18:00
Reunión de la Sociedad Internacional de Brucelosis: Organización de la próxima reunión en EE.UU.
19:00
Evento social: cena de clausura