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Upcoming Webinars

 

Analysis of FMDV Vaccine Quality Using Single Domain Antibodies with Dr. Michiel Harmsen

February 13, 2025
9:00 am ET 

Agenda
9:00-9:05 Welcome
9:05-9:30 Presentation
9:30-10:00 Q&A Discussion

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Dr. Harmsen studied Biology at the Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, The Netherlands and graduated as MS in 1988. He then joined the department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Prof. Dick Raué at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He received his PhD degree in 1995 at the same institution. He then obtained a position of research scientist and project leader at Wageningen Bioveterinary Research, The Netherlands. He has published 46 research articles in SCI (E) journals, with a focus on single-domain antibodies (32 articles) and FMDV (17 articles). His research on FMDV started with attempts to develop a VHH-based therapy for FMDV to be used in outbreak situations in Europe. He later used some of the VHHs generated successfully to discriminate intact (146S) authentic particles from stable pentameric (12S) degradation products during vaccine production. These tools are relevant for quality control of FMDV vaccines. Particle specific VHHs also helped understand the nature of reduced immunogenicity of 12S particles. He will leave WBVR as of 1 May 2025 for an early retirement. 

Past Webinars

 

2025

 

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Foot-and-Mouth Disease in South America: Lessons Learned and Future Challenges

Mariano Perez-Filgueira

19 March 2025

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Analysis of FMDv Vaccine Quality Using Single Domain Antibodies

Michiel Harmsen

13 February 2025

2024

 

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Molecular Interplays of FMDV with the type I IFN Response: Importance of the Model  and potential links with viral persistence

Sandra Blaise Boisseau

11 December 2024

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Tackling FMD in the African Environment and Technology Development for Trade

Phiyani Lebea

8 October 2024

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Risk of Foot-and-Mouth Disease SAT2 Introduction and Spread in Countries in the Near East and West Eurasia

Melissa McLaws and Bouda Vosough Ahmadi

18 September 2024

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OpenFMD: A Novel Sharing and Decision-Support Platform to Enhance Global Epidemiological Intelligence of Foot-and-Mouth Disease

Antonello Di Nardo

12 June 2024

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Virus-Like Particles: Functionalities in Vaccinology and Research

Michael Puckette

11 April 2024

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Status of FMD vaccine availability in Africa and prospects for improved FMD control through vaccination

Baptiste Dungu

13 March 2024

 

2023

 

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Usage of replicons to understand biological importance of variability of foot-and-mouth disease virus genome observed in nature

Lidia Lasecka-Dykes

21 June 2023

Multi-scale dynamics of foot-and-mouth disease viruses in African buffalo

Anna Jolles

20 September 2023

2022

 

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Persistent Progress on the Carrier Conundrums of FMDV

Jonathan Arzt

31 August 2022

 

WO(AH)W Gold is not precious anymore in diagnostic test development

Nagendra Singanallur

28 September 2022

Relationship between neutralizing and opsonizing monoclonal antibodies against foot-and-mouth disease virus

Artur Summerfield

17 November 2022

About GFRA

 

VISION

A coordinated global alliance of scientists producing evidence and innovation that enables the progressive control and eradication of FMD.

MISSION

To establish and sustain global research partnerships to generate scientific knowledge and discover the tools to successfully prevent, control and eradicate FMD.

PROGRAMS

GFRA aims to expand FMD research collaborations worldwide and maximize the use of resources and expertise to achieve its five strategic goals (see below).

Several research programs are currently active in Europe, North America, South America and South-East Asia. GFRA programs will continue to expand the alliance in these areas and will actively reach out to new areas of the world that have a stake in the progressive control and eradication of FMD.

  • Goal 1. Facilitate research collaborations and serve as a communication gateway for the global FMD research community
  • Goal 2. Conduct strategic research to better understand FMD
  • Goal 3. Development of the next generation of control measures and strategies for their application
  • Goal 4. Determine social and economic impacts of the new generation of improved FMD control
  • Goal 5. Provide evidence to inform development of policies for safe trade of animals and animal products in FMD-endemic areas
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