CARBWednesday, 16 March 2005

8:30 AM-11:50 AM San Diego Marriott -- San Diego A, Oral
Carbohydrate Vaccines
Organizer:Rene Roy
8:30 AMIntroductory Remarks
8:40 AMExperimental PADRE-carbohydrate vaccines composed of the universal helper T-lymphocyte epitope (PADRE) and Streptococcus pneumoniae capsular polysaccharides
Jeff Alexander, Marie-France del Guercio, Barbara Stewart, Ajesh Maewal, Melanie Beebe, Moon H. Nahm, Mark J. Newman
9:15 AMDevelopment of a conjugate vaccine against Haemophilus influenzae type b base on synthetic antigens: Lessons for the future
Vicente Verez-Bencomo, Violeta Fernandez-Santana, Rene Roy, E Hardy, Maria E Toledo, Maria C Rodriguez, Lazaro Heynngnezz, Alberto Baly, Mabel Izquierdo, Annette Villar, Yury Valdes, Karelia Cosme, Ernesto Garcia, Alexis Ramos, Aristides Aguilar, Ernesto Medina, Gilda Toraņo, Ivan Sosa, Ibis Hernandez, Raydel Martinez, Alexis Musacchio, Ania Carmenate, Lourdes Costa, Olga L Garcia, Luis Herrera
9:50 AMIntermission
10:05 AMPotential synthetic carbohydrate-protein conjugate vaccines against Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes
Johannis P. Kamerling
10:40 AMDesign, synthesis and biological evaluation of oligosaccharide-based conjugates as potential vaccines against Shigella flexneri 2a infection
Laurence A. Mulard
11:15 AMCarbohydrate antigens in parasitic worms and generation of candidate vaccines
Richard Cummings

Symposium Grid -- Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry -- Session Listing

The 229th ACS National Meeting, in San Diego, CA, March 13-17, 2005