Dr Huaman is an Early Career Researcher with expertise on microbial pathogenesis and genomics. Currently, he is working as post-doctoral scientist at the Centre of Women’s Infectious Diseases, investigating the epidemiology and antibiotic resistance of Mycoplasma genitalium, a sexually transmitted pathogen that causes nongonococcal urethritis and cervicitis.

Nikki Adriaens is a 2nd year PhD student at the Public Health Service of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, focussing most of her work on antibiotic resistance in Mycoplasma genitalium.

Jo-Anne Dillon’s research interests include the antimicrobial susceptibility, molecular epidemiology, and biology of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. She co-founded the WHO-GASP program and is currently the President of IUSTI. She is a Distinguished Professor at the University of Saskatchewan.

Professor Kate Seib is a NHMRC Leadership Fellow and Associate Director (Research), Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University. Her work is focused on discovery, pre-clinical characterisation and clinical evaluation of vaccines for Neisseria gonorrhoeae. She is currently leading two clinical trials to evaluate the ability of 4CMenB to prevent gonorrhoea.

Jiajun is a Ph.D. student at Monash University with a graduate and undergraduate background in computer science. He is working on the development of the skin image segmentation model and self-diagnostic tools for STDs.

Elsie is a Research Officer with the Burnet Diagnostics Initiative (BDI) based in Melbourne. Her research interests involve using protein engineering to advance human health. She completed her PhD in Biotechnology at Victoria University of Wellington and carried out Post Doctoral Research at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

Shuning completed her Bachelor's Degree of Pharmaceutical Engineering at the China Pharmaceutical University, China. In 2018 she graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Master's Degree in Biomedical Engineering. She has been a member of the Burnet Diagnostics Initiative since 2021.

Medical doctor concurrently pursuing a PhD within the Public Health Services of Amsterdam and the Department of Dermatology at Amsterdam University Medical Center. My research interests are mpox and Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

I am a PhD candidate at the University of Cape Town in the Division of Medical Virology. My PhD project focuses on the Genital Inflammation Test (GIFT): Assessing the performance of interleukin-1 for the detection of asymptomatic STI or BV in women at high risk for HIV infection.