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OUR SPEAKERS

Meet Our Global Experts

Learn from world-renowned researchers, clinicians, and thought leaders who are advancing TB research and shaping a healthier tomorrow.

Professor Sanjib Bhakta
UK

Professor Sanjib Bhakta

Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Biochemistry
Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology
UCL and Birkbeck, University of London
Visiting Professor of Infection Biology
Ineos Oxford Institute, University of Oxford
Global Ambassador for the UK (Applied Microbiology International)

CONFERENCE CHAIR
Carl Nathan, PhD
USA

Carl Nathan, PhD

Weill Cornell Medical College, USA

Talk: Genes On Which Mtb Depends to Infect a New Host

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Sabine Ehrt
Germany

Christoph Lange, PhD

Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center, Germany

Talk: New Therapies for TB

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Sabine Ehrt
USA

Sabine Ehrt, PhD

Weill Cornell Medical College, USA

Talk: Metabolic Control of Drug Resistance via a Mycobacterial Ion Channel

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Paul Elkington
UK

Paul Elkington, PhD

University of Southampton, UK

Talk: Identifying New TB Treatment Approaches Through 3D Cell Culture Modelling

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Michael R Barer
UK

Michael R Barer, PhD

University of Leicester, UK

Talk: What we need to know about transmission of the tubercle bacillus

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Dirk Schnappinger, PhD
USA

Dirk Schnappinger, PhD

Weill Cornell Medical College, USA

Talk: Genetic Approaches To Facilitate TB Drug Development

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Christopher M Sassetti, PhD
USA

Christopher M Sassetti, PhD

UMass Chan Medical School, USA

Talk: Host and Pathogen Genetic Determinants of TB Outcome

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Christopher M Sassetti, PhD
Spain

Inaki Comas, PhD

Institute of Biomedicine of Valencia, Spain

Talk: Genomic Approaches in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: From Biology to Precision TB Control

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Stephen Cose, PhD
UK

Stephen Cose, PhD

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK

Talk: Studies from a Human TB Postmortem Cohort

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Digby Warner, PhD
South Africa

Digby Warner, PhD

University of Cape Town, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, South Africa

Talk: What causes tuberculosis?

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Volker Briken, PhD
USA

Volker Briken, PhD

University of Maryland, USA

Talk: Interaction of Mycobacteria with Host Cell Inflammasomes

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Rachel Tanner, DPhil
UK

Rachel Tanner, DPhil

University of Oxford, UK

Talk: Towards New TB Vaccines: Identifying Novel Antigens and Immune Correlates of Protection

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