The Eleventh Meeting of the Consortium for the Control of Zoonoses was held on 25th and 26th of October at the International Institute for Zoonosis Control (IIZC), Hokkaido University. The meeting was the first to be held jointly by the IVReD and IIZC. The total attendees were 190 over two days, including not only 18 researchers from the University of Melbourne, University College Dublin, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, but also 77 graduate students affiliated with the Graduate School of Infectious Diseases.

This symposium included four sessions: influenza and COVID-19 Vaccine and Host Response, Bacterial Infections, Viral Infections, and Genome Analysis. The scientific findings and insightful information shared through each talk and lively discussion greatly benefited the further progress of our consortium to enable us to reach new levels in vaccine research and development in the future.

【President Kiyohiro Houkin (Left), Executive Vice President Takao Masuda(Right)】

【Listening intently to the lecture】