A highlight of the meeting was a visit by Professor Anne Kelso, CEO of the National Health and Medical Research Council. Prof Kelso spoke to conference delegates about what has been learned so far in implementing the NHMRC’s new grant program, took questions from the audience and credited 'freed-up February' as a factor in increased Lorne meeting attendance across the conference series. As noted in NHMRC Research Tracker, 1857 Investigator Grants were received in the inaugural round, with outcomes expected to be announced in August.
The program featured speakers from the US, UK, Switzerland, Singapore and France, as well as Institute Director and CEO, Professor Elizabeth Hartland, who was an invited speaker on the topic of 'Bacterial infection and cell intrinsic immunity'.
In honour of Prof Hartland’s contribution as co-founder of VIIN and the Lorne Infection and Immunity Conference, the Hartland Oration was established in 2018. Each year, it is delivered by the postdoctoral researcher recognised as giving the best long talk at the Young Investigator Symposium of the Victorian Infection and Immunity Network, of which Liz was co-convenor (2009-2017). Dr Martin Davey of Monash University was the 2019 Hartland Orator and spoke on 'Adaptive immune surveillance by human γδ T cells in microbial infection'.
The Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases and Centre for Reproductive Health were well-represented at the conference, with
We extend our thanks to Tamblyn Thomason, Georgie Wray-McCann and Stephanie Huang of @CiiiD_Research, who captured all the action of the conference @The_VIIN and #lorneiandi.
Finally, we send special congratulations to award winners from Hudson Institute, all from the Innate Immune Responses to Infection Research Group of CiiiD, who were recognised for outstanding career contributions and presentations
We thank all delegates for supporting this meeting and the many scientists who presented talks or posters, as well as the 40 researchers who kindly judged posters and Science Bites presentations. Thank you to ASN Events management for providing excellent secretariat support and the team at the Cumberland Lorne resort for hosting us.
The 2020 Lorne Infection and Immunity conference is the 10th anniversary of this national meeting. It will be held 19th – 21st February at the Lorne Cumberland Resort. Please put the date in your diaries and prepare for the biggest and best Lorne I&I meeting yet!
Written by: Rebecca Smith
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| Prof Ann Kelso, Prof Paul Hertzog, Prof Heidi Drummer (Co-Convenor, Burnet Institute) and Prof Mark Walker (Director, Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre) with prize winners |
In honour of Prof Hartland’s contribution as co-founder of VIIN and the Lorne Infection and Immunity Conference, the Hartland Oration was established in 2018. Each year, it is delivered by the postdoctoral researcher recognised as giving the best long talk at the Young Investigator Symposium of the Victorian Infection and Immunity Network, of which Liz was co-convenor (2009-2017). Dr Martin Davey of Monash University was the 2019 Hartland Orator and spoke on 'Adaptive immune surveillance by human γδ T cells in microbial infection'.
The Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases and Centre for Reproductive Health were well-represented at the conference, with
- Dr Jaclyn Pearson, Head of the Host-Pathogen Interactions Research Group delivering an oral presentation on 'The Role of RIPK1 in controlling systemic and gastrointestinal bacterial infections'
- A/Professor Ashley Mansell, Prof Richard Ferrero, Dr Kate Lawlor and Dr Michael Gantier all acting as invited chairs
- Dr Eveline de Geus and Dr Emily Gulliver were part of the organising committee the Student / ECR network lunch
- Dr Jaclyn Pearson contributing to a meeting report for Clinical and Translational Immunology
- Dr Cristina Giogha acting as sub-editor of a special issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology focussing on Lorne Infection and Immunity 2019
- Prof Paul Hertzog, A/Prof Ashley Mansell and Dr Rebecca Smith being on the Organising Committee
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| Twitter Team | L-R: Georgie Wray-McCann, Stephanie Huang, Tamblyn Thomason |
Finally, we send special congratulations to award winners from Hudson Institute, all from the Innate Immune Responses to Infection Research Group of CiiiD, who were recognised for outstanding career contributions and presentations
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| CiiiD Prize Winners | L-R: Georgina Pollock, Jiyao Gan, Dr Cristina Giogha |
- Dr Cristina Giogha, winner of a Career Development Award
- Georgina Pollock, winner of the Australian Society for Microbiology Prize for Best Science Bite by a Student
- Jiyao Gan, winner of the Australian Society for Microbiology Prize for Best Poster by a Student
We thank all delegates for supporting this meeting and the many scientists who presented talks or posters, as well as the 40 researchers who kindly judged posters and Science Bites presentations. Thank you to ASN Events management for providing excellent secretariat support and the team at the Cumberland Lorne resort for hosting us.
The 2020 Lorne Infection and Immunity conference is the 10th anniversary of this national meeting. It will be held 19th – 21st February at the Lorne Cumberland Resort. Please put the date in your diaries and prepare for the biggest and best Lorne I&I meeting yet!
Written by: Rebecca Smith
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