Detailed Program
PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
Venue: University of Science, VNU-HCM
Address: 227 Nguyen Van Cu, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Dates: September 19-22, 2018
Abstracts and biolography of Speakers: MOH-VN Speakers
Please download detailed program here: MOV-VN Program – Final
| Date | Time | Program | |
| DAY 1
Sep. 19 (Wed) |
13:00 – | Registration (Hall I) | |
| 13:00 – 17:00 | Pre-conference event: Scientific writing and opportunities for postgraduate studies (Hall I) | ||
| 17:30 – 21:00 | Welcome dinner | ||
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DAY 2 Sep. 20 (Thu) |
8:00 – 9:00 | Registration | |
| 9:00 – 9:30 | Opening ceremony (Hall I) | ||
| 9:30 – 10:10 | Outside photography and coffee break | ||
| 10:10 – 11:10 | Plenary lecture 1 | ||
| 11:30 – 13:00 | Lunch | ||
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Division 1, Session 1
Pathogenesis and Infections (Hall I) |
Division 2, Session 1
Drug discovery (Room I.23) |
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| 14:30 – 15:15 | Coffee break and poster session | ||
| 15:15 – 17:00 | Division 1, Session 2
Pathogenesis and Infections (Hall I) |
Division 2, Session 2
Drug discovery (Room I.23) |
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| 17:30 – 21:00 | GALA DINNER | ||
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DAY 3 Sep. 21 (Fri) |
8:30 – 10:00 | Division 3, Session 1
Antimicrobial resistance, diagnostics and treatment (Hall I) |
Division 4, Session 1
Zoonosis and One Health (Room I.23) |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee break | ||
| 10:30 – 11:30 | Division 3, Session 2
Antimicrobial resistance, diagnostics and treatment (Hall I) |
Division 4, Session 2
Zoonosis and One Health (Room I.23) |
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| 11:30 – 13:00 | Lunch | ||
| 13:00 – 14:50 | Division 5, Session 1
Vaccine development (Hall I) |
Division 6, Session 1
Bioinformatics and Microbiome (Room I.23) |
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| 14:50 – 15:30 | Coffee break | ||
| 15:30 – 17:10 | Plenary lecture 2 and 3 (Hall I) | ||
| 17:10 – 17:30 | Poster award and closing ceremony (Hall I) | ||
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| DAY 4
Sep. 22 (Sat) |
8:00 – 17:00 | Tour to Mekong Delta | |
DETAILED PROGRAM
| DATE 1: SEPTEMBER 19, 2018 (PRE-CONFERENCE) | |
| 13:00 – 17:00 | Pre-conference event: Scientific writing and opportunities for postgraduate studies (Hall I) |
| 18:00 – 21:00 | Dinner for invited guests of the conference MOH-VN |
| DATE 2: SEPTEMBER 20, 2018 | ||
| 8:00 – 9:00 | Registration | |
| 9:00 – 9:30 | Opening ceremony | |
| 9:30 – 10:10 | Outside photography and coffee break | |
| Chairs: Prof. Dang Duc Anh (National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Vietnam) &
Prof. Michael Otto (National Institute of Health, USA) |
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| 10:10 – 11:10 | Plenary lecture 1: Bad bugs and bad drugs – antimicrobial resistance in Southeast Asia | Guy Thwaites, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, VIETNAM |
| 11:30 – 13:00 | Lunch | |
| Division 1: Pathogenesis and Infections | ||
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Division 1, Session 1.
Chairs: Prof. Dang Duc Anh (National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Vietnam) & Prof. Thomas Bock (Robert Koch-Institute, Germany) |
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| 13:00 – 13:25 | Hepatitis E Virus: A new emerging public health burden | Thomas Bock, Division of viral gastroenteritis and hepatitis pathogens and enteroviruses, Robert Koch-Institute, GERMANY |
| 13:25 – 13:50 | Avian Influenza H5N1 characterization in Vietnam | Le Thi Quynh Mai, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, VIETNAM |
| 13:50 – 14:10 | Development of diagnostic kits for the early rapid detection of arboviral diseases | Chom-Kyu Chong,
GenBody Inc., KOREA |
| 14:10 – 14:30 | Clinical characteristics and virology of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease in Southern Vietnam | Hoang Minh Tu Van, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, VIETNAM |
| 14:30 – 15:15 | Coffee break and poster session | |
| 15:15 – 17:00 | Division 1, Session 2.
Chairs: Prof. Le Thi Quynh Mai (National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Vietnam) Prof. Won Hee Jung (Chung-Ang University, Korea) |
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| 15:15 – 15:40 | Two cases report: anemia aplasia with Parvovirus infection in renal transplant recipients | Thanh Thanh Suzanne MCB, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM |
| 15:40 – 16:05 | Whole Genome DNA Sequence Analysis of Salmonella enterica isolated from the caecum/fecal material of (live) swine and chicken in the Southeast region of Vietnam | Moon YF Tay, Nanyang Technological University Food Technology Centre (NAFTEC), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), SINGAPORE |
| 16:05 – 16:30 | Effect of Zinc and nano-curcumin on the development of antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus aureus | Nguyen Thi Thu Hoai, International University, VNU-HCM, VIETNAM |
| 16:30 – 16:55 | Understanding the Mechanism of Action of the Anti-Dandruff Agent Zinc Pyrithione against Malassezia restricta | Won Hee Jung, Department of systems biotechnology, Chung-Ang University, KOREA |
| Division 2: Drug discovery | ||
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Division 2, Session 1.
Chairs: Prof. Josef Jampilek (Comenius University in Bratislava, SLOVAKIA) & Prof. Vijai Kumar Gupta (Tallinn University of Technology, ESTONIA) |
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| 13:00 – 13:25 | Strategies Focused on Overcoming Bacterial Resistance: Design and Discovery of New Anti-infective Agents | Josef Jampilek, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University in Bratislava, SLOVAKIA |
| 13:25 – 13:50 | Efflux pump inhibitors approach to combat multi-drug resistant bacteria | Thai Khac Minh, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM |
| 13:50 – 14:10 | Antifungal Activity of Some Hydrosols from Aromatic Plants against Candida | Luong Thi My Ngan, University of Science, VNU-HCM, VIETNAM |
| 14:10 – 14:30 | Screening of sponge-derived bacteria for antibiotic producing isolates | Pham Thi Mien, Institute of oceanography, Nha Trang, VIETNAM |
| 14:30 – 15:15 | Coffee break and poster session | |
| 15:15 – 17:00 | Division 2, Session 2.
Chairs: Prof. Thai Khac Minh (University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM) & Prof. Rachel Ee (National University of Singapore, SINGAPORE) |
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| 15:15 – 15:40 | Synthetic Peptide-Based Antimicrobials & Their Delivery: Prospects & Challenges | Rachel Ee, National University of Singapore, SINGAPORE |
| 15:40 – 16:05 | Fungal Production of Biopharmaceutical Enzymes | Vijai Kumar Gupta, Tallinn University of Technology, ESTONIA |
| 16:05 – 16:30 | Development of local antibiotic delivery system from fibrin gel to prevent bacterial biofilm graft infection | Doan Nguyen Vu, Lecturer, University of Science, VNU-HCM, VIETNAM |
| 16:30 – 16:55 | Oral vaccines produced by molecular display technology | Seiji SHIBASAKI, Hyogo University of Health Sciences, JAPAN |
| DATE 3: SEPTEMBER 21, 2018 | ||
| Division 3: Antimicrobial resistance, diagnostics and treatment | ||
| 8:30 – 10:00 | Division 3, Session 1.
Chairs: Prof. Tran Xuan Chuong (Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vietnam) & Prof. Wolfgang Schumann (University of Bayreuth, Germany) |
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| 8:30 – 8:55 | The problem of antibiotic-resistant and antibiotic-tolerant bacteria | Wolfgang Schumann, Institute of Genetics, University of Bayreuth, GERMANY |
| 8:55 – 9:20 | Antibiotic Resistance Challenge in Vietnam – Situation and Solutions | Pham Hung Van, Hochiminh City Society of Clinical Microbiology, VIETNAM |
| 9:20 – 9:40 | 14-drug microtitre plate assay for quantitative drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis | Hoang Ngoc Nhung, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, VIETNAM |
| 9:40 – 10:00 | Overexpression of OXA β-lactamases in carbapenem resistant Acinetobacter baumannii strains isolated in Southern Vietnam | Nguyen Tuan Anh, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee break and discussion | |
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10:30 – 11:30 |
Division 3, Session 2.
Chairs: Dr. MD. Pham Hung Van (Hochiminh City Society of Clinical Microbiology, Vietnam) & Prof. Diep An Binh (University of California, San Francisco, USA) |
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| 10:30 – 10:50 | Influence of host stresses and antibiotic resistance on cell length distribution, cell envelope ultrastructure and accumulation of lipid inclusions in clinical M. tuberculosis isolates | Vijay Srinivasan, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, VIETNAM |
| 10:50 – 11:10 | Effect of two alternative methods of pooling sputum prior to testing with Xpert MTB/RIF | Nguyen Thi Bich Phuong, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Hanoi, VIETNAM |
| 11:10 – 11:30 | Genomic analysis reveals the re-emergence of a nosocomial outbreak caused by multidrug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae | Nguyen Thi Nguyen To, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, VIETNAM |
| Division 4: Zoonosis and One Health | ||
| 8:30 – 10:00 | Division 4, Session 1.
Chairs: Prof. Timothy Barkham & Prof. Ngo Thi Hoa (Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, VIETNAM) |
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| 8:30 – 8:50 | Streptococcus agalactiae appears to be primarily a foodborne infection, associated with aquaculture, in parts of Southeast Asia | Timothy Barkham, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore |
| 8:50 – 9:10 | A multidisciplinary approach to understand the transmission of zoonotic antimicrobial resistant bacteria in Vietnam | Ngo Thi Hoa, Zoonosis group, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, VIETNAM |
| 9:10 – 9:25 | Occurrences and Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment of Antibiotic Resistant bacteria in Tropical, Urban Water Bodies | Le Thai Hoang, International University, VNU-HCM, VIETNAM |
| 9:25 – 9:45 | Rapid Molecular Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases using a Portable LabChip-based Real-time PCR | Sung-Woo Kim, Ph.D., CEO.
MiCo BioMed Co., Ltd., Seoul, Korea |
| 9:45 – 10:00 | AMR research in food animals | Vo Thi Tra An, Faculty of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Nong Lam University, Nong Lam University, VIETNAM |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee break | |
| 10:30 – 11:30 | Division 4, Session 2.
Chairs: Timothy Barkham & Prof. Ngo Thi Hoa |
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| 10:30 – 10:45 | Mapping out socio-economic drivers of antimicrobial usage in poultry farms in
Vietnam: A combined participatory epidemiology and Q-sort approach |
Truong Dinh Bao, Faculty of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Nong Lam University, VIETNAM |
| 10:45 – 11:00 | Whole genome sequencing reveals limited contribution of non-intensive chicken farming to extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing Escherichia coli colonization in humans in southern Vietnam | Nguyen Vinh Trung, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Centre for Tropical Medicine, VIETNAM |
| 11:00 – 11:15 | Detection of Legionella spp. in water and air samples by culturing methods from air conditioning systems in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam | Nguyen Ai Le, Faculty of Environment, University of Science, Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM |
| 11:15 – 11:30 | The importance for the Development of a One Health curriculum for Universities in Vietnam | Pham Duc Phuc, Vietnam One Health University Network (VOHUN), VIETNAM |
| Division 5: Vaccine development | ||
| 13:00 – 14:50 | Chairs: Prof. Diep An Binh (University of California, San Francisco, USA) & Prof. Kristian Mueller (Bielfeld University, GERMANY)
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| Time | Title | Speaker and Affiliation |
| 13:00 – 13:30 | Active and Passive Immunization to Prevent Severe Invasive Diseases Caused by Staphylococcus aureus | Diep An Binh, University of California, San Francisco, USA |
| 13:30 – 13:50 | Synopsis of APP in Vietnam swine industry and optimization of antigen mass production in laboratory conditions | Dinh Xuan Phat, Nong Lam University Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM |
| 13:50 – 14:20 | Engineering and Production of recombinant Adeno-Associated Virus (rAAV): potential for cancer therapy and vaccine development | Kristian Mueller, Department of Cellular and Molecular Biotechnology, Bielfeld University, GERMANY |
| 14:20 – 14:40 | Development of the system to display recombinant proteins on the surface of vegetative Bacillus subtilis cells and its potential applications in vaccine delivery vectors | Nguyen Duc Hoang, Head of Department of Microbiology, University of Science, VNU-HCM, VIETNAM |
| Division 6: Bioinformatics and Microbiome | ||
| 13:00 – 14:50 | Chairs: Dr. Philip Ashton (Oxford University Clinical Research Unit) &
Prof. Swaine Chen (Genome institute of Singapore, SINGAPORE) |
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| Time | Title | Speaker and Affiliation |
| 13:00 – 13:25 | Genomic insights into a foodborne outbreak of Group B Streptococcus | Swaine Chen, Senior research scientist, Infectious diseases group, Genome institute of Singapore, SINGAPORE |
| 13:25 – 13:40 | Propidium monoazide (PMA) sample pretreatment impacts the abundance of rare populations in high-throughput sequencing analysis of CF lung mycobiome and bacteriome | Nguyen Do Ngoc Linh, Phan Chau Trinh University, VIETNAM |
| 13:40 – 13:55 | Metagenomics for Diagnosis of Sterile Site Infection: Balancing Automation with Expert Interpretation | Catherine Anscombe, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, VIETNAM |
| 13:55 – 14:10 | Understanding diarrhea recovery from a microbiome perspective | Tran Tuan Anh, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, VIETNAM |
| 14:10 – 14:35 | Genomics of Cryptococcus neoformans | Philip Ashton, Lead Bioinformatician, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, UK |
| 14:35 – 14:50 | Virulent factors and pan-genome analysis of the clinical multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii strains in a Vietnam Hospital | Nguyen Si Tuan, Head of Department of Clinical Microbiology, Thongnhat Dongnai General Hospital, VIETNAM |
| 14:50 – 15: 30 | Coffee break | |
| Plenary session | ||
| 15:30 – 17:10 | Chairs: Prof. Tran Linh Thuoc (University of Science, VNU-HCM, Vietnam) & Prof. Guy Thwaites (Oxford University Clinical Research Unit) | |
| 15:30 – 16:20 | Plenary lecture 2: Probiotics for Prevention of Infectious Diseases and Cancers | Hideyuki Shibata, Associate Chief Researcher, Yakult Central Institute, Tokyo, JAPAN |
| 16:20 – 17:10 | Plenary lecture 3: Probiotic Bacillus eliminates pathogen colonization by blocking quorum-sensing signaling | Michael Otto, Chief of the Pathogen Molecular Genetics Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, USA |
| 17:10 – 17:30 | Poster award and closing ceremony | |
| DATE 4: SEPTEMBER 22, 2018 | |
| 8:00 – 17:00 | One-day tour to the Mekong Delta |