--- title: GARA 2025 Scientific Meeting description: A Scientific Meeting for the GARA Committee as part of the NBAF Program. --- [![CRDF Global](https://insights.crdfglobal.org/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/CRDFGlobal_March2021/images/logo.png?width=1200&name=logo.png "CRDF Global")](https://www.crdfglobal.org/) - Who We Are - [About Us](https://www.crdfglobal.org/who-we-are/about-us) - [Team](https://www.crdfglobal.org/who-we-are/team) - [Partners and Funders](https://www.crdfglobal.org/who-we-are/selected-partners-and-funders) - [Annual Reports](https://www.crdfglobal.org/who-we-are/annual-report-0) - What We Do - [CBRNE Security](https://www.crdfglobal.org/what-we-do/cbrne-security) - [Strategic Trade & Border Security](https://www.crdfglobal.org/what-we-do/strategic-trade-and-border-security) - [Cybersecurity](https://www.crdfglobal.org/what-we-do/cybersecurity) - [Global Health](https://www.crdfglobal.org/what-we-do/global-health) - [Innovation Ecosystems](https://www.crdfglobal.org/what-we-do/innovation-ecosystems) - 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Searching for New Departures in Animal Disease Control | Luděk Brož | | 10:30-10:45 | Perceptions and experiences of hunters involved in the management of the first African swine fever outbreak in Sweden | Susanna Sternberg Lewerin | | 10:45-11:00 | Participatory Modelling meets African swine fever – Systems Thinking in action | Katja Schulz | | **11:00-11:30** | **Coffee break** |  *Atrium* | |   | **Epidemiology Session B** | Chaired by Daniel Beltran-Alcrudo & Susanna Sternberg Lewerin | | 11:30-11:55 | Keynote: ASF in Europe- the perspective of the European Food Safety Authority, EFSA | Lina Mur | | 11:55-12:10 | African Swine Fever: an update of the epidemiological situation in Italy. | Carmen Iscaro | | 12:10-12:25 | Innovative barrier strategies and prioritization tools for controlling ASF spread in Italy | Nicoletta Vitale | | 12:25-12:40 | Biosecurity and knowledge gaps identified in African swine fewer (ASF)-affected small scale pig farms in Serbia | Jasna Prodanov-Radulovic | | **12:40-14:10** | **Lunch** |   | |   | **Epidemiology Session C** | Chaired by Mary-Lou Penrith & Fernando Boinas | | 14:10-14:35 | Keynote: African Swine Fever in the Pacific | David Williams | | 14:35-14:50 | Genomic analysis of putative Potamochoerus spp. x domestic pig hybrids in West Africa and Madagascar | Ferran Jori | | 14:50-15:05 | Interrelationships of warthogs, Ornithodoros ticks and African swine fever virus in South Africa | Anthony F. Craig | | 15:05-15:20 | African swine fever: leveraging molecular and biological virus knowledge to enhance diagnostics and control | Carmina Gallardo  | | 15:20-15:35 | An assessment of the economic impacts of ASF-induced quarantine imposition in smallholder pig value chains – a system dynamics approach | Tonny Aliro, *virtual* | | **15:35-15:50** | **Coffee break** |  *Atrium* | | **15:50-16:35** | **Poster Session I** |  *Atrium* | | | [**View Poster Session I Schedule**](https://insights.crdfglobal.org/hubfs/GARA%20Poster%20Session%20I.pdf?hsLang=en) |   | | | [**VOTE for Poster Prizes**](https://form.jotform.com/251124471793053) |   | |   | **Epidemiology Session D** | Chaired by Lina Mur & Katja Schulz | | 16:35-17:00 | Keynote: Insights into the epidemiology of ASF in emerging scenarios: lessons learned in the Philippines and the Dominican Republic | Rachel Schambow | | 17:00-17:15 | Quantitative risk assessment of African swine fever at wild boar-outdoor pig farm interface | Tahreem Khalid | | 17:15-17:30 | Untangling the spatio-temporal spread of African Swine Fever virus using whole-genome sequences | Gianluigi Rossi | | 17:30-17:45 | Closing Remarks |   | |   | Evening Social Meeting and Networking |   | ### Tuesday, 29 April | **9:00-10:45** | **Immunology Session** | Chaired by Linda Dixon & Francesco Feliziani | | --- | --- | --- | | 9:00-9:45 | Keynote: Advances in African swine fever virus molecular biology and host interactions contributing to new tools for control |  Linda Dixon | | 9:45-10:00 | Two Sardinian ASFV isolates with a large genomic deletion presented an attenuated phenotype in vitro | Giulia Franzoni | | 10:00-10:15 | Identification of ASFV genes involved in innate immunity control | Julia Gata de Benito | | 10:15-10:30 | Cytotoxic cells in African swine fever immunity: a dual marker of protection and pathogenesis | Jordi Argilaguet Marquès | | **10:30-11:00** | **Coffee break** | *Atrium* | |   | **Virology Session ** | Chaired by Linda Dixon & Francesco Feliziani | | 11:00-11:15 | Pericarditis in pigs immunized with live attenuated African swine fever virus followed by highly virulent challenge | Tosca Ploegaert | | 11:15-11:30 | Dynamics of ASFV Genes Expression in vitro: Impact on Innate Immunity Pathways and Virulence | Aurélien Leroy | | 11:30-11:45 | High ex vivo ASFV recombination rate in PAM | István Mészáros | | 11:45-12:00 | The molecular highlights of African Swine Fever virus in Italy | Claudia Torresi | | 12:00-12:15 | Generation of chimeric African swine fever viruses between attenuated strains through in vitro and in vivo intergenotypic gene complementation | Tomoya Kitamura | | 12:15-12:30 | Evaluation of disease progression of three different doses of the highly virulent ASFV Ghana2021 in domestic pigs | Anna Lacasta | | **12:30-14:15** | **Lunch** |   | |   | **Vaccines in the field** | Chaired by Juergen Richt & Jeremy Salt | | 14:15-14:45 | Keynote: Vaccine development for the control of African swine fever | Douglas Gladue | | 14:45-15:00 | African Swine Fever (ASF) Prevention and Control Program and Vaccine Implementation: Current Experience of the Philippines | Janice S. Garcia | | 15:00-15:15 | The recombinant ASFV genotype I/II strain emerged in Vietnam resists the immunity induced by the ASFV genotype II vaccine strains | Aruna Ambagala | | 15:15-15:30 | Safety evaluation of the ASF vaccine produced by NAVETCO under field conditions in Dominican Republic | Douglas Gladue | | 15:30-15:45 | Optimization of oral vaccination strategies against ASFV | Theresa Holzum | | **15:45-16:00** | **Coffee break** |  *Atrium* | | **16:00-16:30** | **Poster Session** |  *Atrium* | | | [**View Poster Session II Schedule**](https://insights.crdfglobal.org/hubfs/USDA/GARA%20Poster%20Session%20II.pdf?hsLang=en) |   | | | [**VOTE for Poster Prizes**](https://form.jotform.com/251124471793053) |   | |   | **Vaccine & Therapeutic Development** | Chaired by Jishu Shi & Anna Lacasta | | 16:30-16:45 | A gene-modified genotype II live attenuated African swine fever virus induces cross-protection against genotype I but not against genotype IX | Ana Luisa Reis | | 16:45-17:00 | The Russian Attenuated African Swine Fever Virus with MGF360 and MGF505 Deleted Protects against Two Heterologous Strains of Serotype 8, but with Different Effectiveness | Galina Koltsova, *virtual* | | 17:00-17:15 | Insight into the molecular mechanisms leading to reversion to virulence of LAV against African swine fever virus | Daniel Pérez-Núñez | | 17:15-17:30 | Immunogenicity of an African Swine Fever Virus Multiepitope Protein Nanoparticle-based Subunit Vaccine | Carolyn Lee | | 17:30-17:45 | Using CRISPR as a broad spectrum pan-genus therapeutic to Rapid Respond to Viral Threats: A Case study for African swine fever and beyond. | Douglas Gladue | | 17:45-18:00 | Closing Remarks |   | ### Wednesday, 30 April | **9:00-9:10** | **Welcome Remarks** |   | | --- | --- | --- | |   | **Institutional Updates** |   | | 9:10-9:30 | Evidence-based Strategies for Effective ASF Policy and Practice | Andriy Rozstalnyy | | 9:30-9:45 | WOAH activities on ASF | Charmaine Chng | |   | **Diagnostics Session A** | Chaired by Sandra Blome & Virginia Friedrichs | | 9:45-10:00  | A recombinant salivary lipocalin protein (rtTSGP1) assay validation as a diagnostic tool  | Juanita van Emmenes | | 10:00-10:15 | A Novel DIVA Approach for ASFV: Utilizing MGF100-1L Serology to Differentiate Wild-Type and Cell-Adapted Infections | Theeradej Thaweerattanasinp | | 10:15-10:30 | Tongues and other alternative samples for the detection of African swine fever virus by PCR-testing: fit for purpose and approval? | Linda Peeters | | **10:30-11:00** | **Coffee break** | *Atrium* | | **11:00-12:00** | **Diagnostics Session B** | Chaired by Sandra Blome & David Williams | | 11:00-11:15 | Counting the cost: Economic scars of African swine fever outbreaks on smallholder pig farmers in Plateau state, Nigeria. | Victoria Isioma Ifende, *virtual* | | 11:15-11:30 | Improved real time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) assays for the detection, characterization and quantification of African Swine Fever Virus  | Jessie D. Trujillo | | 11:30-11:45 | Approaches on partial culling in Vietnam | Pawin Padungtod  | | **11:45-12:30** | **Presentation Awards & Closing Remarks** |   | --- [![GARA logo large](https://insights.crdfglobal.org/hs-fs/hubfs/GARA%20logo%20large.png?width=200&height=240&name=GARA%20logo%20large.png "GARA logo large")](https://www.ars.usda.gov/gara/) --- ## Arlington, VA, U.S. 703-526-9720 [info@crdfglobal.org](mailto:info@crdfglobal.org) 1776 Wilson Blvd. Suite 300 Arlington, VA 22209 USA ## Kyiv, Ukraine 038 044 287-00-65     ## Amman, Jordan 962 - 6 - 5860003 [jordan@crdfglobal.org](mailto:jordan@crdfglobal.org) King Hussein Business Park Building #7, 5th Floor Amman, Jordan ## Connect - [Open Solicitiations & RFPs](https://www.crdfglobal.org/connect/collaborate) - [Meet Our Team](https://www.crdfglobal.org/who-we-are/team) - [Careers](https://www.crdfglobal.org/careers/open-opportunities) - [Privacy Policy](https://www.crdfglobal.org/privacy-policy) © 2021 CRDF Global – All rights reserved.