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The 2011 Infection and Immunity Research Forum was held Friday, November 4th, 2011 and hosted by The Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada!

IIRF 2011 was a great success! Thank you to all who came out. We hope to see you at IIRF 2012!

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Congratulations to all oral and poster award winners for the 2011 IIRF:

Oral Presentation Awards:

• Christine Watt, McGill University, "Examining the Role of Vesico-ureteric Reflux in the Development of E. Coli-induced Pyelonephritis and Reflux Nephropathy Using Mouse Models."
  $500 Award sponsored by Cedarlane
• Patrick Moynihan, University of Guelph, "Development of the First in Vitro Biochemical Assay for the Analysis of a Peptidoglycan O-Acetyltransferase."
  $300 Award sponsored by Novus Biological

CIHR Institute of Infection and Immunity Poster Competition Awards

• Mohamad Hamad, University of Western Ontario, "The Role of 4-Amino-L-Arabinose in the Outer Membrane Biogenesis and Viability of Burkholderia Cenocepacia. "
  $200 Best in Show: People's Choice Award sponsored by Cedarlane/ATCC
• Ola Ismail, University of Western Onario, "Role of RhoA and Rac1 GTPases in Kidney Injury Molecule-1 Mediated Efferocytosis in Kidney Epithelial Cells."
  $100 Award sponsored by Sernova
• Michael Le, University of Toronto, "Identifying Novel Factors Responsible for Maintenance of B-cell Class Switch Recombination."
  $100 Award sponsored by Bio-Rad
• Chris Blom, Lawson Health Research Institute, "Blood Plasma Obtained from Severe Sepsis-Patiens Up-Regulates Pro-Inflammatory Phenotype in Human Cerebrovascular Endothelial Cells in Vitro."
  $100 Award sponsored by Sernova
• Kelcey Patterson, University of Western Ontario, "Development of Streptococcal Superantigen-Derived Anti-Cancer Immunotherapeutics."
  $100 Award sponsored by Wisent
• Amy McMillan, University of Western Ontario, "The Vaginal Metabolome."
  $100 Award sponsored by eBioscience
• Shahab Meshkibaf, University of Western Ontario, "Lactobacillus Rhamnosus Gr-1 Preferentially Produces G-CSF Over TNFα Through Activating MyD88-Dependent Pathway but Suppressing JNKs Activation in Macrophages."
  $100 Award sponsored by eBioscience
• Ali Abbas, University of Western Ontario, "Transcriptional Regulation of the Gene Encoding Peptidylargine Deiminase Type IV (PADI4) in Rheumatoid Arthritis."
  $50 Award sponsored by Diamed
• Ian Lobb, University of Western Ontario, "Hydrogen Sulphide Improves Early Graft Function and Survival Following Transplantation of Syngeneic Renal Grafts Following Prolonged Cold Storage."
  Diamed Honorable Mention

Scott Halperin, MD

Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, Dalhousie University

Head of Infectious Diseases at the IWK Grace Health Center

Director of the Clinical Trials Research Center (CTRC)

Lecture Title:
"Vaccine Development and Utilization: the Tortuous Journey"

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