12D. ASRH Discovery and Translational Science Session: The role of models in advancing understanding of Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Tracks
Track 4
| Wednesday, September 17, 2025 |
| 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Meeting Room L2 (Ground Level) |
Details
Understand the basic science and translational models of Neisseria infection in development to improve understanding of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and advance novel treatment and prevention strategies.
Learning Objectives:
To describe various strategies for modelling Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection including cell lines, animal models, organoid models and controlled human infection models
All Q&A at the end of the session
To understand the gaps in scientific understanding related to Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection at various anatomical sites.
To understand the strategies being explored to improve understanding of Neisseria gonorrhoeae pathogenesis and host immune responses to infection.
To understand how various models of infection may enable acceleration of future treatment and prevention strategies for gonorrhoea
Speaker
Emily Bryan
A male genital Neisseria species model of infection (Virtual Presentation)
2:00 PM - 2:20 PMBiography
A/Prof Fabian Kong
Deputy Head, Sexual Health Unit
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
2D and organotypic models for oropharyngeal gonorrhoea
2:20 PM - 2:40 PMBiography
Associate Professor Fabian Kong is a pharmacist and sexual health epidemiologist currently working to optimise treatments for STIs, particularly for oral gonorrhoea using drug pharmacokinetics. He is also leading the development of the world's first oral human tissue model of oral gonorrhoea infection to screen emerging treatments to treat oral gonorrhoea.
Dr Eloise Williams
Clinical Microbiologist and Infectious Diseases Physician
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory
Controlled human infection model of oropharyngeal gonorrhoea
2:40 PM - 3:00 PMBiography
Dr Eloise Williams is a Clinical Microbiologist at the Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Infectious Diseases Physician at Austin Health and PhD student at the Peter Doherty Institute of Infection and Immunity at the University of Melbourne. Her research focus is in sexually transmitted infections, blood borne viruses and public health.
ASRH Conference
12D. Questions & Discussion
3:00 PM - 3:30 PMBiography
ASRH Session Chair
Emma Sweeney
Senior Research Fellow
The University Of Queensland
