2024 Agenda
Tuesday, May 14th, 2024, Optional Pre-Conference Workshop
| 11:30 AM | Workshop Registration Desk Opens | |
| 12:00 PM | Opening Remarks | Balaji Narasimhan (Nanovaccine Institute, Iowa State University) |
| 12:15 PM | Scale spray drying processes and commercialization | Ken Carson (Southwest Research Institute) |
| 1:15 PM | Scalable synthesis of polyanhydride particle-based vaccines | Sean Kelly (Nanovaccine Institute) Kathleen Ross (Nanovaccine Institute) |
| 2:15 PM | Break | |
| 2:30 PM | Nanovaccine Institute Lab Tour and Spray Dry Demo | Sean Kelly (Nanovaccine Institute) Kathleen Ross (Nanovaccine Institute) Balaji Narasimhan (Nanovaccine Institute, Iowa State University) |
| 3:30 PM | Starting a Career in Industry Post Graduation Roundtable | Joe Bazzill (Nanovaccine Institute) Ken Carson (Southwest Research Institute) Paola Boggiatto (USDA National Animal Disease Center) Lance Daharsh (Genvax Technologies) |
Tuesday, May 14, 2024, Nanovax 2024 Opening Keynote and Reception
| 4:15 PM | Full Conference Registration Opens | |
| 5:00 PM | Opening Keynote: Human Health Commercializing a Novel Antigen and Novel Adjuvant (TLR 7/8 Agonist) During a Pandemic | Raches Ella (Bharat Biotech) |
| 6:30 PM | Dinner Reception | Alluvial Brewing Company |
Wednesday, May 15, 2024, Day 1
| 8:30-9:30 AM | Registration/Continental Breakfast/Poster Set up | |
| 9:30-10:00 AM | Opening Remarks | Director Kelly Garcia (Iowa Department of Health Human Services) |
| 10:00-11:00 AM | State of the Nanovaccine Institute and Outlook on Next-Generation Vaccines | Balaji Narasimhan (Nanovaccine Institute, Iowa State University) |
| 11:00-12:00 PM | Keynote 2: Animal Health Regulatory Issues to Consider Early in the Development of a New Veterinary Biologics | Paul Hauer (EDGE Veterinary Vaccines Consulting Group) |
| 12:00-1:00 PM | Lunch/Poster Session | |
| 1:00-2:50 PM | Thematic Session 1: Human Health | |
| 1:00-1:30 PM | Invited Presentation: Pancreatic Cancer Immunotherapy: Progress, Challenges and Opportunities | Maneesh Jain (University of Nebraska Medical Center) |
| 1:35-1:50 PM | Lightning Talk 1: Nanovaccine-Mediated Immune Protection Against Influenza Virus | Kevin Legge (University of Iowa) |
| 1:55-2:10 PM | Lightning Talk 2: An influenza nanovaccine effectively protects pregnant dams and neonates against severe influenza infection | Jennifer Bermick (Unviersity of Iowa) |
| 2:15-2:30 PM | Lightning Talk 3: T Cell Transcriptional Signatures of Influenza A/H3N2 Antibody Response to High Dose Influenza and Adjuvanted Influenza Vaccine in Older Adults | Inna Ovsyannikova (Mayo Clinic) |
| 2:35-2:50 PM | Lightning Talk 4: Early Detection of Gestational Diabetes Using Raman Spectroscopy in First-Trimester Sera | Ansuja Pulickal Mathew (Iowa State University); Gabriel Patrick Cutshaw (Iowa State University); Olivia Appel (Barnard College); Lilly Synan (Iowa State University); Joshua R Waite (Iowa State University); Xiaona Wen (Iowa State University); Saman Ghazvini (Iowa State University); Soumik Sarkar (Iowa State University); Donna Santillan (University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics); Rizia Bardhan (Iowa State University) |
| 2:50-3:30 PM | Poster Session and Break | |
| 3:30-5:20 PM | Thematic Session 2: Animal Health | |
| 3:30-4:00 PM | Invited Presentation: Development of Veterinary Injections and Implants | Izabela Galeska (Merck) |
| 4:05-4:20 PM | Lightning Talk 1: Sustained antigen release polyanhydride-based vaccination platform for immunization against bovine brucellosis | Paola Boggiatto (USDA/ARS) |
| 4:25-4:40 PM | Lightning Talk 2: Evaluation of polyanhydride nanoparticles as innate immunostimulants to prevent Bovine Respiratory Disease in cattle | Fabian E Diaz (Iowa State University); Elizabeth Grego (Iowa State University); Ali Uslu (Iowa State University); Balaji Narasimhan (Nanovaccine Institute, Iowa State University); Jodi McGill (Iowa State University) |
| 4:45-5:00 PM | Lightning Talk 3: Evaluation of a Vaccine Platform for Extended Antigen Release (VPEAR) in Mice | Nicholas J Bockenstedt (Iowa State University); Paola Boggiatto (USDA/ARS); Sam Humphrey (USDA/ARS); David Verhoeven (Iowa State University); Sean Kelly (Nanovaccine Institute); Balaji Narasimhan (Iowa State University); Douglas Jones (Iowa State University) |
| 5:05-5:20 PM | Lightning Talk 4: Animal Health – Overview of industry challenges and opportunities. | Mike Roof (Iowa State University) |
| 5:45-7:45 PM | Reception at Torrent Brewing Company — appetizers provided |
Thursday, May 16, 2024, Day 2
| 7:15-8:00 AM | Continental Breakfast/Poster Session | |
| 8:00-8:30 AM | Opening Remarks | Provost John Wickert (Iowa State University) |
| 8:30-9:30 AM | Keynote 3: Vaccine Development, Manufacturing, Regulation & Deployment Conjugate and mRNA Vaccine Technologies: Enabling Development and Manufacturing of Effective Vaccines | Brenda Carrillo Conde (Pfizer Inc) |
| 9:30-10:10 AM | Poster Session and Break | |
| 10:10-12:00 PM | Thematic Session 3: Vaccine Development, Manufacturing, Regulation & Deployment | |
| 10:10-10:25 AM | Lightning Talk 1: From Academic Discovery to Product Development: An Overview of Considerations | Ken Carson (Southwest Research Institute) |
| 10:30-11:00 AM | Invited Presentation: Transitioning from basic discovery to product development – A case study with emphasis on items of regulatory and commercial relevance | Mike Roof (Iowa State University) |
| 11:05-11:20 AM | Lightning Talk 2: CTRL-V: AI-driven Computational Tracking of Likely Viral Escape Variants by Iterative Integer Optimization | Ratul Chowdhury (Iowa State University) |
| 11:25-11:40 AM | Lightning Talk 3: Political partisanship and vaccination attitudes | Filip Viskupic (South Dakota State University) |
| 11:45-12:00 PM | Q&A/Discussion Session | Moderated by: Ken Carson (Southwest Research Institute), Mike Roof (Iowa State University) |
| 12:00-1:00 PM | Closing Remarks, Poster Session Awards, and Brown Bag Lunch | Balaji Narasimhan (Nanovaccine Institute, Iowa State University) |