Our 2019 annual co-ordination meeting was held in Giulianova, Italy on the 25th and 26th of September 2019. Our annual event was hosted by Chiara Albenello and our Italian partners at the Istituto Zooprofilattico dell'Abruzzo e Molise "G. Caporale" (IZSAM).
The presentations are available for download below:
- Session 1 presentations (zip 15MB)
- Session 2 presentations (zip 13MB)
- Session 3 presentations (zip 12MB)
- Session 4a presentations (zip 9MB)
- Session 4b presentations (zip 14MB)
The agenda for PALE-Blu meeting 2019
Giulianova (TE) Italy. The meeting took place on the 25th and 26th September 2019.
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Day 1 (25th September 2019) |
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08:45 - 9:15 Registration and Coffee |
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Session 1 : Chairs: P. Mertens & Giovanni savini |
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9:15 – 09:30
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Peter Mertens (Coordinator) (UNott – UK) |
Welcome: PALE-Blu: welcome and introduction
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09:30 – 09:45 |
Zati Vatansever (Turkey) |
Talk 1: Monitoring of vector Culicoides species and important arboviral disease in Turkey |
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9:45 -10:00 |
Giovanni Savini Alessio Lorusso, Giuseppe Mancini, Barbara Alessandrini (IZSAM – Italy)
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Talk 2: |
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10:00 - 10:15 |
Christina Ries (FLI - Germany) |
Talk 3: “Update of the FLI activities in the PALE-blu project” |
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10:15 - 10:35 |
Natalie Golender (KVI - Israel) |
Talk 4: "Novel findings on circulating Bluetongue virus strains in Israel ". |
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10:35 - 10:55 |
Antoine Mignotte, Karine Huber and Claire Garros (CIRAD - France) |
Talk 5: “The tree that hides the forest: Cryptic diversity and phylogenetic relationships in the Palearctic species vector complex Culicoides obsoletus/ C. scoticus (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) at the European level”
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10:55-11:30 Coffee break |
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Session 2 : Chairs: Stephan Zientara & Simon Carpenter |
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11:30 -11:50 |
S. Zientaraa, E. Bréarda, C. Viarougea, Lydie Postica, G Belbisb, J Rivière b, C. Sailleaua, D. Vitour a, G Zanellac (Anses / INRA – France) |
Talk 6: “New clinical pattern of Bluetongue serotype 8 in continental France”
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11:50- 12:10 |
C. Aguilar-Vega1*, E. Fernández-Carrión1, J.M. Sánchez-Vizcaíno1 (UCM - Spain) |
Talk 7: “BTV evolutionary dynamics. Epidemic and endemic scenarios for BTV-1 using Culicoides spp. abundance data”
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12:10-12:30 |
Soukaina Daif (IAV Morocco) |
Talk 8: Molecular survey of Bluetongue virus in Morocco |
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12:30-12:50 |
Assane G. Fall, Modou M. Lo, Marie Cécile B. Gahn, Moussa Fall, Mamadou Ciss, Mbengué Ndiaye, Biram Bitèye, Andrea Apolloni and Momar T. Seck (ISRA – Senegal) |
Talk 9: "Development of protocol for collection of eggs from field Culicoides and their packaging for transport and others progress in PALE-Blu activities in Senegal" |
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12:50-13:10 |
Simon Carpenter (TPI - UK)
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Talk 10: 'Vector competence studies with Culicoides'
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13:10 - 14:40 Lunch break |
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Session 3: Chair: Javier Ortego & David Haig |
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14:40-15:00 |
Mirizami Ali, John Lijo (SVA Sweden)
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Talk 11: Genome wide screening to uncover the novel hits for resistance against Bluetongue virus (BTV) |
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15:00-15:20 |
Massimo Palmarini (UGLA-UK) |
Talk 12: “The genetic bases of BTV resilience”
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15:20-15:40 |
Theocharis Tsoleridis, Richard Urbanowicz, Johnathan Ball (UNott - UK) |
Talk 13: “Interrogating sheep antibody repertoires using next-generation sequencing”. |
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15:40-16:00 |
Piet A. van Rijn, and René G.P. van Gennip (WBVR)
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Talk 14: “Report on early protection against one serotype in cattle by mono-serotype DISA vaccination”.
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16:00-16:30 Coffee break |
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Chair: David Haig & Piet Van Rijn |
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16:30 – 16:50 |
Piet A. van Rijn, and René G.P. van Gennip (WBVR)
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Talk 15: “Report on protection in sheep by vaccination with a cocktail of DISA vaccines”
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16:50 - 17:10 |
Sergio Utrilla-Trigo, Eva Calvo-Pinilla, Sarah Gilbert, Aitor Nogales, Javier Ortego (INIA - Spain)
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17:10 – 17:30 |
Jennifer Matthews (UoN - UK) |
Talk 17: Finances |
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End of Scientific session for Day 1 |
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Dinner: 19:30 |
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Day 2 - Session 4 : Chair: Nicholas Svitek & Massimo Palmarini |
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09:00-09:20 |
Serafin Gutierrez (CIRAD) Kyriaki Nomikou (UNott - UK)
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Talk 18: "Developments in virome analysis from Culicoides samples" |
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09:20-09:40 |
Nicholas Svitek, Robert Muriuki, Lucilla Steinaa |
Talk 19: “BTV in Kenya – Insights from Isiolo, and progress on molecular typing and virus isolation”
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09:40-10:00 |
David Pascall, Maude Jacquot, Kyriaki.Nomikou, Peter Mertens, Massimo Palmarini, Roman Biek (UGLA -UK) |
Talk 20: David to join via Skype if neccesary |
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10:00-10-20 |
Hela Kallel (Institut Pasteur de Tunis)
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Talk 21: "Progress in the expression of a chimeric VP2 protein of different BTV serotypes in the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris". |
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10:20-10:40 |
Maude Jacquot, William Wint, Jean Artois, Simon Dellicour, Marius Gilbert. (ULB – Belgium)
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Talk 22: “Quantifying connectivity between BT epizones through wind and livestock trade patterns” |
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10:40-11:20 Coffee |
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Session 4 (continued): Chair: Peter Mertens & Houssam Attoui |
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11:20 – 11:40 |
David Haig; Elizabeth Reid; Sarah Gilbert* Houssam Attoui** and Peter Mertens UNott, Anses / INRA, Jenner, UOxford
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Talk 23: “Update on novel BT vaccines and vaccination strategies for bluetongue virus (BTV): cross-serotype protection”.
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11:40-12:00 |
Kyriaki Nomikou (UNott - UK) |
Talk 24; TBC |
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12:00-12:20 |
Andrea Apolloni, Mamadou Ciss, Fallou Niakh and Assane Gueye Fall (CIRAD - France) |
Talk 25: “The transmission potential of FCO virus among small ruminants in Senegal: the development of risk maps”.
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12:20-12:40 |
Houssam Attoui (Anses / INRA - France) |
Talk 26: Interactions of Orbiviruses and hosts.
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12:40-13:00 |
Lesley Bell-Sakyi (University of Liverpool – UK) |
Talk 27: “Bring on the midge eggs – we have our first cell line!” |
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13:00 - 14:30 Lunch break |
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14:30– 17:30 Discussion of collaborations for Objectives 1 to 6 (up to 30 minutes each) Initiated by 5 minute talk by each work package leaders |
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Objective 1: (WP1 & WP2) (Chairs: Kyriaki Nomikou & Roman Biek) Develop a more detailed and up-to-date molecular-epidemiology map of BTV strains circulating in domesticated and wild ruminants in Europe and neighbouring countries: |
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Objective 2: (WP3 & WP4) (Chairs Thomas Balenghien & Marius Gilbert) Map interactions between the environment, the composition of the Culicoides species community, the genetic characteristics of Culicoides populations and their microbiomes, to quantify connectivity between midges and virus sub-populations: |
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Objective 3: (WP5) (Chairs: Peter Mertens and Stephan Zientara) Develop innovative multiplex diagnostic tools for BTV identification and typing: |
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16:00 – 16:30 Coffee |
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Objective 4: (WP6, WP7, WP8, WP9) (Chairs: Peter Mertens & Simon Carpenter) Characterise orbivirus-related genetic control of infection and horizontal transmission in vertebrate hosts, as well as infection replication and vector competence in European Culicoides spp.: |
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Objective 5: (WP10, WP11) ( Chairs: David Haig & Massimo Palmarini) Develop novel BT vaccines, vaccination strategies and antiviral approaches for BTV: |
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Objective 6: (WP12) (Chairs: Peter Mertens David Haig) Project management, coordination and communications: |
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17:45 End of meeting |
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