Meetings

Program Tuesday 25 June Assay Harmonization workshop

This meeting takes place on Tuesday afternoon 25 June and Wednesday morning  26 June

13.00-13.15    Welcome by Ed Schmidt (LUMC).

13.15-13.30    Why do we need assay harmonization? (Thomas Muster, Othmar Engelhardt

13.30-14.00    Previous harmonization efforts: FLUCOP (Rebecca Cox, Othmar Engelhardt)

14.00-14.30    View from other European studies: Inno4Vac (Rebecca Cox)

14.30-15.00    View from the US: NIH’s approach to CHIM harmonization (NIH presentation)

15.00-15.15    Coffee break

15.15-16.00    Discussion: shortlisting of humoral/serology assays for Fluniversal CHIM study (e.g. HAI, VN, stem-binding antibodies)          

16.00-17.00    Discussion: shortlisting of CMI assays (e.g. ICS, EliSpot)

 

Program Wednesday 26 June Assay Harmonization workshop

09.00-09.15    Summary of yesterday's discussion (Thomas Muster)

09.15-10.00    Discussion: How will Fluniversal harmonize assays – internally and globally?

10.00-10.30    Discussion: Supply of common reagents (lead: Othmar Engelhardt)

10.30-10.45    Coffee break

10.45-11.15    Harmonization of sampling: types of samples, timing, handling and storage

11.15-12.00    any other topics/questions

 

Program Wednesday 26 June annual FLUNIVERSAL meeting

13.05-13.15    Welcome and Introduction by the Coordinator Edit Toth

13.15-14.00    WP2 Production of Vaccine and Challenge strains

14.00-14.15    Discussion

14.15-15.00    WP3 Preclinical evaluation

15.00-15.15    Discussion

15.15-15.45    Tea / Coffee Break

15.45-16.30    WP4 Clinical Evaluation

16.30-16.45    Discussion

16.45-17.30    WP5 Immunology and Correlates of Protection

17.30-17.45    Discussion

19.15-22.00    Social Event in Leiden City including dinner. 

 

Program Thursday 27 June annual FLUNIVERSAL meeting

09.00-09.30    WP 1 Coordination and Management

09.30-09.45    Discussion

09.45-10.15    WP7 Dissemination, Communication, and Exploitation Activities

10.15-10.30    Discussion

10.30-11.00    Coffee Break

11.00-11.30    Ethics Requirements

11.30-11.45    Discussion

11.45-12.30    Advisory board discussions

12.30-13.30    Lunch Break Restaurant Lab71, Poelweteringpad 5, Leiden

13.30-14.45    Continuation Advisory board discussions

14.45-15.00    Final discussion / Wrap up of the meeting / Action points

 

EXCURSIONS

15.00-16.00    Visit CHDR (the controlled human infection model facility of Leiden)

16.00-17.00    Visit HALIX  (the largest vaccine manufacturer in the Netherlands)