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Medical Biodefense
Conference 2021
28 Sep - 1 Oct 2021, Munich
**Preliminary program**
as of 7 September 2021
Venue
Bundeswehr Medical Academy
Neuherbergstrasse 11
80937 Munich
GermanyMedical Biodefense Conference 2021: Preliminary program
Program at a Glance
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29.09.2021 (09:00 - 10:30)
Session A
Opening session
chaired by Roman Wölfel and Lars Schaade
TalkID Speaker Title Duration
A1 Bernd Welcome notes by the Director Science and deputy 10+0 min
[990] Mattiesen commander of the Bundeswehr Medical Academy
Munich, DEU
A2 Roman Wölfel Welcome Notes by the Conference Chair and Institute Director 25+0 min
[998] Munich, DEU of the Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology
A3 Andrew D. For Whom the Bell Tolls: The Global Challenges posed by New 55+0 min
[260] Green and Emerging Infectious Diseases
Birmingham,
GBR
29.09.2021 (11:00 - 12:30)
Session B
Outbreak and epidemic management
chaired by Gelimer Genzel and Ines Mergler
TalkID Speaker Title Duration
B1 Ines Mergler Strengthening the United Nations Secretary-General’s 20+5 min
[79] Berlin, DEU Mechanism (UNSGM) during times of COVID-19 pandemic-
related restrictions
B2 Jonathan W. The British Army’s approach to science and technology in an 12+3 min
[252] Ashcroft ever-changing world
London, GBR
B3 Julia K. Burr Requirements for the Implementation of COVID-19 Control 12+3 min
[188] Alexandria, VA, Measures Given Prevailing Rates of Vaccine Compliance
USA
B4 Benjamin Strategic autonomy (self-sufficiency) of Europe for supply of 12+3 min
[199] Queyriaux CBRN medical counter-measures
Munich, DEU
B5 Ralf Wörl Safe containments, tailored to the application – up-scaling, 12+3 min
[227] Elmshorn, DEU modification, integration, combination and complete
enclosures
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29.09.2021 (13:30 - 15:30)
Session C
Information for action - Surveillance and epidemiology
chaired by Robert von Tersch and Kai Kehe
TalkID Speaker Title Duration
C1 Robert von Tersch US Army Public Health Center Laboratory Pilot Waste 20+5 min
[281] Aberdeen Proving Water Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2
Ground, MD, USA
C2 Rudolf Markt Concept for a wastewater-based SARS-CoV-2 monitoring 12+3 min
[247] Innsbruck, AUT in the multinational UN Military Camp Castor Gao (Mali)
C3 Carsten Tiemann Lessons learned: Large SARS-CoV-2 “Tönnies” outbreak 15+5 min
[89] Bad Salzuflen, DEU with 1800 positive cases in a slaughterhouse - military
support, laboratory challenge and sequencing results
(NGS)
C4 Markus Innovation in the crisis: Outbreak detection of SARS-CoV-2 12+3 min
[83] Antwerpen - Molecular diagnostics and epidemiology as a team
Munich, DEU
C5 Dimitrios How electronic situation maps (SITMAP) and Dashboards 12+3 min
[275] Frangoulidis can help to fight information gaps during disaster relief as
Munich, DEU in the SARS-CoV-2-pandemic
C6 Erny Niederberger Selective threat detection of airborne biological particles 12+3 min
[96] Horw, CHE in real time by new AI based monitoring systems from
Swisens
C7 Akinyemi M. CoxBase: an online platform for epidemiological 12+3 min
[82] Fasemore surveillance, visualization, analysis and typing of Coxiella
Munich, DEU burnetii genomic sequences
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29.09.2021 (13:30 - 15:30)
Session D
Four- and eight-legged warriors
chaired by Gerhard Dobler and Johannes P. Borde
TalkID Speaker Title Duration
D1 Gulnar Circulation of arthropod-borne infections in Kazakhstan 12+3 min
[255] Omasheva
Almaty, KAZ
D2 Dmitrii O. Molecular Epidemiology and Structure of the Diversity of 12+3 min
[235] Kiselev Pathogens of Tick-Borne Infections of the Genus Borrelia in
Irkutsk, RUS Natural Foci of the Baikal Region of Russia
D3 Simone Prevalence of bacterial and viral zoonoses in dromedary camels 12+3 min
[215] Eckstein from southern Tunisia
Munich, DEU
D4 Saskia Seroprevalence and risk factors for hantavirus-disease and 12+3 min
[174] Schmitz leptospirosis in a hantavirus high-risk region in Lower Saxony,
Hannover, 2019
DEU
D5 Edith Prevalence of Puumala and Tula orthohantaviruses in 12+3 min
[213] Wagner Clethrionomys glareolus and Microtus spp. in Thuringia, Germany
Munich, DEU
D6 Florian The changing epidemiology of human monkeypox – a potential 12+3 min
[74] Lienert threat? A systematic review
Zug, CHE
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29.09.2021 (16:00 - 18:00)
Session E
Phylogenetics and genetic diversity
chaired by Gregor Grass and Wolfgang Beyer
TalkID Speaker Title Duration
E1 Ben Krause- New life for old bones - A 5,000-year-old hunter-gatherer 25+5 min
[272] Kyora already plagued by Yersinia pestis
Kiel, DEU
E2 Gilles How old is Bacillus anthracis? 25+5 min
[77] Vergnaud
Gif-sur-Yvette,
FRA
E3 Sara D. Phylogeny of Francisella tularensis in Switzerland using whole 12+3 min
[246] Schütz genome sequencing
Spiez, CHE
E4 Jörg Linde Whole-Genome-Sequencing Based High-Resolution Genotyping 12+3 min
[170] Jena, DEU of Francisella tularensis and Bacillus anthracis in Germany
E5 Caroline Reorganized Genomic Taxonomy of Francisellaceae Enables 12+3 min
[205] Öhrman Design of Robust Environmental PCR Assays for Detection of
Umeå, SWE Francisella tularensis
E6 Ansgar Whole-genome sequencing of various (neglected) arboviruses 12+3 min
[216] Schulz circulating in Africa using MinION nanopore technology
Greifswald,
DEU
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29.09.2021 (16:00 - 18:00)
Session F
Case reports and educational session
chaired by Sabine Zange and Dieter Hoffmann
TalkID Speaker Title Duration
F1 Susann Dupke Heatwave associated Vibrio infections in Germany 20+5 min
[206] Berlin, DEU 2018 and 2019
F2 Christiane P. Surprising diagnosis in a patient with pericardial 15+5 min
[226] Tiefenbacher effusion
Wesel, DEU
F3 Frank Sitterlee The Hunter and the Hip 15+5 min
[263] Neubrandenburg, DEU
F4 Johannes P. Borde Three patients with diseases of different etiology after 20+5 min
[231] Oberkirch, DEU tick bite in Southern Germany
F5 Sonja Mantel A case of community-aquired pneumonia in a security 15+5 min
[230] Munich, DEU guard in times of Corona
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30.09.2021 (08:30 - 10:30)
Session G
Last minute highlights - aspects of zoonotic infections - from detection to therapy
chaired by Rosina Ehmann and Steve Lonsdale
TalkID Speaker Title Duration
G1 Jean-Lou Marié SARS-CoV-2 antibodies seroprevalence in dogs from France 12+3 min
[95] Tours, FRA using ELISA and an automated western blotting assay
G2 Esther Schalke Scent dog identification of SARS-CoV-2-infections - double 12+3 min
[286] Ulmen, DEU blind studies
G3 Ulrich Schotte Selected Biological Agents from the Veterinary Perspective 12+3 min
[192] Kronshagen,
DEU
G4 Laura Use of Botulism Antitoxin Heptavalent (A, B, C, D, E, F, G) - 12+3 min
[63] Cochrane (Equine) (BAT®) in Clinical Study Subjects and Patients: A
Tewkesbury, 15-Year Systematic Safety Review
GBR
G5 Michela Discovery of New SARS-CoV-2 Inhibitors 12+3 min
[201] Puxeddu
Rome, ITA
G6 Isabel Hunger- The new WHO BioHub at the Spiez Laboratory 12+3 min
[75] Glaser
Spiez, CHE
G7 Lokesh Joshi A nature inspired approach to pathogen binding for 12+3 min
[288] Galway, IRL decontamination, sample collection and diagnostics
G8 F. Nina A novel immunization platform for the elicitation of potent 12+3 min
[287] Papavasiliou antibodies that block opioid intoxication and prevent
Heidelberg, DEU overdose
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30.09.2021 (08:30 - 10:30)
Session H
A tight match: host vs. pathogen
chaired by Haim Levy and Heiner von Buttlar
TalkID Speaker Title Duration
H1 Haim Levy The neglected virulence factor – Role of the capsule 20+5 min
[292] Ness Ziona, ISR in Bacillus anthracis pathogenicity
H2 Yasuyuki Tsunoi Viability improvement of three-dimensional 12+3 min
[179] Tokorozawa, JPN cultured skin substitutes by photobiomodulation
H3 Voahangy Long- term persistence of humoral immune 12+3 min
[202] Andrianaivoarimanana response against plague in Malagasy patients
Antananarivo, MDG
H4 Marina Šantic Francisella tularensis-one peculiar and possibly 12+3 min
[76] Rijeka, HRV emerging pathogen
H5 Jan Bavlovic Study of the secretion of outer membrane vesicles 12+3 min
[274] Hradec Králové , CZE in the bacterium F. tularensis and their role in the
host - pathogen interaction
H6 Rakhmanbek Toichuev The effect of disturbed colonization resistance of 12+3 min
[187] Osh, KGZ the gastrointestinal tract on the incidence and
features of the course of typhoid fever disease and
the formation of typhoid carrier status in uranium
biogeochemical zones
H7 Gvantsa Brachveli Multiple SARS-CoV-2 Mutations in an 12+3 min
[250] Tbilisi, GEO Immunocompromised Oncology Patient
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30.09.2021 (11:00 - 12:30)
Session I
New tools for stationary and mobile diagnostics (Part 1 of 2)
chaired by Katrin Zwirglmaier and Heinrich Scheiblauer
TalkID Speaker Title Duration
I1 Kilian Stoecker Pulse-Controlled Amplification – a new powerful tool for 12+3 min
[125] Munich, DEU front-line diagnostics
I2 Agnieszka Using the rapid antigen test for COVID-19 diagnostics in the 12+3 min
[197] Wozniak-Kosek Hospital Emergency Department of the Military Institute of
Warsaw, POL Medicine in Poland
I3 Heinrich Comparative sensitivity evaluation for 122 CE-marked SARS- 12+3 min
[175] Scheiblauer CoV-2 antigen rapid tests
Langen, DEU
I4 Julia T. Klüpfel Rapid detection of (neutralizing) SARS-CoV-2 antibodies by 12+3 min
[70] Munich, DEU chemiluminescence microarray immunoassay
I5 Rosina Ehmann A murderer´s diary and portfolio: Different ways of 12+3 min
[280] Munich, DEU inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 for diverse downstream purposes
I6 Stephen C. Development of an inexpensive, disposable, pre-symptomatic 12+3 min
[224] Francesconi agnostic diagnostic of infectious disease to determine fitness
Ft. Belvoir, VA, for duty and preempt potential for contagious spread
USA
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30.09.2021 (11:00 - 12:30)
Session J
The dose makes the poison: An update on the detection of biological toxins
chaired by Mandy Knüpfer and Brigitte G. Dorner
TalkID Speaker Title Duration
J1 Brigitte G. Dorner European programme for the establishment of validated 20+5 min
[116] Berlin, DEU procedures for the detection and identification of biological
toxins (EuroBioTox)
J2 Andreas Development of a multiplex algae toxin immunoassay for 12+3 min
[248] Auernhammer the monitoring of algal blooms in surface water
Munich, DEU
J3 Jiri Dresler In-situ Detection of Botulinum Neurotoxin A by MALDI 12+3 min
[94] Prague, CZE Mass Spectrometry Using Functionalized Chips
J4 Maren Krüger A multiplex biochip for fast and sensitive detection of eight 12+3 min
[118] Berlin, DEU biotoxins for differential diagnosis of ricin intoxications
J5 Sylvia Worbs Differentiation, Quantification and Identification of Abrin 12+3 min
[194] Berlin, DEU and Abrus precatorius Agglutinin
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30.09.2021 (13:30 - 15:30)
Session K
New tools for stationary and mobile diagnostics (Part 2 of 2)
chaired by Kilian Stoecker and Ben Gannon
TalkID Speaker Title Duration
K1 Jan Baumann Classification and Standardization of Rapid Response 12+3 min
[284] Geneva, CHE Mobile Laboratories
K2 Veronika Merold Development and Validation of rRNA Targeted Reverse 12+3 min
[73] Munich, DEU Transcription Real Time PCR Assays for the Sensitive
and Rapid Diagnostics of High Consequence Pathogens
K3 Lovasoa N. Rapid and efficient detection of Yersinia pestis in plague 12+3 min
[110] Randriantseheno biological samples using the loop-mediated isothermal
Antananarivo, MDG amplification
K4 Gregor Grass A unique single nucleotide polymorphism in multi-copy 12+3 min
[114] Munich, DEU 16S rRNA genes and transcripts facilitates sensitive
identification of Bacillus anthracis by real time PCR
K5 Mostafa Bentahir Nucleic acids isothermal amplification methods for fast 12+3 min
[249] Brussels, BEL and reliable detection of biothreat agents: potential for
on-site use in operational conditions
K6 Aleksandr S. Safatov The use of biochips with SOI-FET sensors for the 12+3 min
[177] Novosibirsk, RUS indication of viruses in aerosol samples
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30.09.2021 (13:30 - 15:30)
Session L
Dual-use-research of concern
chaired by Roman Wölfel and Isabel Hunger-Glaser
TalkID Speaker Title Duration
L1 Filippa History and Politics of DURC Governance 25+5 min
[204] Lentzos
London, GBR
L2 R. Guy Reeves Self-spreading vaccines in the environment: An innovation or 20+5 min
[293] Plön, DEU the erosion of an evidence-based norm?
L3 Thomas Responsible handling of security-relevant research in 20+5 min
[214] Lengauer Germany
Saarbrücken,
DEU
L4 Svenja Vinke The biosecurity education gap: Most life-sciences researchers 15+5 min
[241] Bielefeld, DEU have never heard of the term “dual use research”
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30.09.2021 (16:00 - 18:00)
Session M
Antimicrobials and vaccines
chaired by Gerd Sutter and Ruth Brack-Werner
TalkID Speaker Title Duration
M1 Gerd Sutter Vaccination against COVID-19 - the development of 20+4 min
[291] Munich, DEU candidate vaccine MSARSCoV2
M2 Ariane An MVA-based WEVEE vaccine protects mice against all 3 10+2 min
[147] Volkmann equine encephalitis viruses and is safe and immunogenic in
Martinsried, DEU a Phase 1 trial
M3 Stuart N. Isaacs Development of a next generation subunit smallpox vaccine 10+2 min
[232] Philadelphia, PA, using nucleoside-modified mRNA
USA
M4 Douglas W. Smallpox Preparedness: Integrating TPOXX® into Response 10+2 min
[245] Grosenbach Planning
Corvallis, OR, USA
M5 Gamal Wareth WGS based analysis of antimicrobial resistance, MLST and 10+2 min
[90] Jena, DEU motility in Acinetobacter baumannii in the One-Health
context in Germany
M6 Michael Hust Fighting pathogens and toxins with recombinant antibodies 10+2 min
[59] Braunschweig,
DEU
M7 Steve G. Lonsdale Modernising Antibody Discovery for Biodefence 10+2 min
[144] Salisbury, GBR (Dstl/CP133015)
M8 Dominic Design of a new model system for viral fusion 10+2 min
[91] Hayward
Garching, DEU
M9 Scott A. Seitz Advancement of a small molecule antiviral therapeutic to 10+2 min
[244] Boston, MA, USA treat Poxvirus infection
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30.09.2021 (16:00 - 18:00)
Session N
International Biosecurity
chaired by Erik Tintrup and Gordon Wilke
TalkID Speaker Title Duration
N1 Erik Tintrup The Federal Foreign Office’s engagement in Biosafety and 12+3 min
[81] Berlin, DEU Biosecurity: Reducing global biological threats in a
collaborative effort
N2 Bourema Role of the mobile laboratory in the response to the COVID-19 12+3 min
[153] Kouriba pandemic in the region of Timbuktu, Mali
Bamako, MLI
N3 Mohamed Ben The Tunisian Rapid Response Team and Mobile Laboratory – 12+3 min
[242] Moussa From Training and Field Exercises to Providing Essential
Tunis, TUN Diagnostic Support for Tunisia during the COVID-19 pandemic
N4 Lela Awareness Raising Campaign in the Framework of EU 12+3 min
[212] Bakanidze Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Centers
Tbilisi, GEO of Excellence (CoE) Initiative in Central Asia
N5 Eva Mertens Introducing the ‘Global Partnership Initiated Biosecurity 12+3 min
[127] Hamburg, DEU Academia for Controlling Health Threats (GIBACHT) – COVID-19
Strategy (COST-19)’ Initiative to strengthen the SARS-CoV-2
response in partner countries
N6 Nur Tula Orthohantavirus (TULV) as the predominant species in 12+3 min
[136] Turkhanova three regions in Kazakhstan
Munich, DEU
N7 Anna Shin Characterization of TBEV in Kazakhstan by serological and 12+3 min
[124] Almaty, KAZ molecular biological methods
N8 Maryna Y.U. Oral fluid-based surveillance study of African Swine Fever 12+3 min
[119] Kit amoung wild boars in Ukraine
Kharkiv, UKR
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01.10.2021 (08:30 - 10:10)
Session O
Bacteriophages against highly pathogenic and MDR bacteria: from diagnostics to therapy
(Part 1 of 2)
chaired by Peter Braun and Samuel N. Kilcher
TalkID Speaker Title Duration
O1 Samuel N. Reporter Phage-Based Detection of Bacterial Pathogens: Design, 25+5 min
[195] Kilcher Engineering, and Application
Zurich, CHE
O2 Jiemin Du Rapid Detection of Bacterial UTIs via Reporter Phage-Based 12+3 min
[196] Zurich, CHE Bioluminescence Assay
O3 Peter Braun Recombinant receptor binding proteins of bacteriophages as 20+5 min
[236] Munich, DEU versatile tools for pathogen detection
O4 Nadja Enzyme-linked phage receptor binding protein assay (ELPRA) 12+3 min
[238] Rupprich enables identification of Bacillus anthracis
Munich, DEU
O5 Andrew Arming bacteriophages with colicins for more effective killing 12+3 min
[151] Millard
Leicester, GBR
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01.10.2021 (10:30 - 12:30)
Session P
Bacteriophages against highly pathogenic and MDR bacteria: from diagnostics to therapy
(Part 2 of 2)
chaired by Christian Willy and Brett E. Swierczewski
TalkID Speaker Title Duration
P1 Martha Clokie Phage Therapy in Europe 20+5 min
[283] Leicester, GBR
P2 Alla Initial host range analysis of commercial phage preparations 12+3 min
[123] Yushchenko on Ukrainian MRSA isolates
Kyiv, UKR
P3 Alexander Learning from bacteriophages how to overcome the 12+3 min
[150] Harms resilience of antibiotic-tolerant, dormant bacteria
Basel, CHE
P4 Jana Stender Isolation, characterization and engineering of lytic 12+3 min
[156] Munich, DEU bacteriophage TUN1 specific for Klebsiella pneumoniaeK64
clinical isolates from Tunisia
P5 Holger Ziehr Bacteriophages – Old antiinfectives with new perspectives 12+3 min
[225] Braunschweig,
DEU
P6 Kilian Vogele A cell-free platform for production, modification and 12+3 min
[115] Garching, DEU engineering of bacteriophages for therapeutic use
P7 Brett E. Therapeutic Bacteriophage Cocktails for Compassionate Use 12+3 min
[203] Swierczewski against Multidrug-Resistant Infections
Silver Spring, MD,
USA
01.10.2021 (12:30 - 13:00)
Session Q
Poster awards and farewell
chaired by Roman Wölfel, Arne C. Rodloff, and Herbert Schweizer
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