EMJMD leading international vaccinology education students holds first ever Vaccinext symposium

On January 12, 2023, a group of Erasmus+ Mundus Joint Masters Degree in Leading International Vaccinology Education (EMJMD+ LIVE) students organized the first ever Vaccinext: Powering Next Generation Vaccines symposium. The Vaccinext symposium was established as the concluding event of the Project Management Teaching Unit of the EMJMD+ LIVE program. Dr. Flora Magnotti, the project supervisor, warmly welcomed the diverse attendees and speakers. More than 50 attendees from across the globe, coming from India, Lebanon, Pakistan, Nigeria, Uganda, the Philippines, among others joined the symposium onsite or online to gain insights about innovations in vaccinology as well as possible research journeys in the field from five (5) international PhD students and postdoctoral researchers. Attendees met the first speaker, Mr. Emil Joseph Vergara, who gave an informative talk online about post-exposure immunization against multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Emil emphasized that targeting the right antigens, determining what constitutes a protective immune response against TB,...