V INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND VACCINES

Dear Colleagues:

Welcome to the V Symposium on Infectious Diseases and Vaccines, to be held within the framework of the XVII International Scientific Congress CNIC 2025. This Symposium aims to bring together specialists in this field and offering an appropriate and fruitful framework for the exchange of scientific experiences and ideas, as well as for updating knowledge in this matter. All specialists from anywhere in the world are invited to present their work and participate.

An extensive scientific program has been organized covering the following topics:
• Epidemiology of emerging and remerging infectious diseases.
• Development of preventive and therapeutic vaccine candidates.
• In silico studies, pharmacogenomics and rational design of vaccines.
• Technologies and quality control for the production of vaccines.
• New advances in the treatment of viral and bacterial infections.
• Development and regulatory issues of generics and biosimilars.
• Special session dedicated to Human papillomavirus

Scientific Committee
• Karen Marrero Domínguez, PhD
• Elsa Pimienta Rodríguez, PhD
• Lourdes Lisbet Proenza Alfonzo, MSc

To submit works, review the general rules on the main event page https://eventos.cnic.cu/
The works will be sent to seinfec@cnic.cu

We hope to see you at the event!

Confirmed Speakers

Karen Marrero Domínguez, PhD

National Center for Scientific Research

Head of Biological Product Development Group

Cuba

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Yudira Soto Brito, PhD

Pedro Kourí Medicine Institute (IPK)

Researcher at the Virology Department

Cuba

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Gerardo Guillén, PhD

Center of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

Director of Biomedical Research

Cuba

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Lena López Ambrón, MD

Ministry of Public Health

National Head of the Immunization Program

Cuba

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Sonia Trigueros, PhD

University of Oxford

Department of Zoology and Physic

United Kingdom

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Marlene Benchimol, PhD

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Professor at UNIGRANRIO

Brazil

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Wanderley Desouza , PhD

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Professor at the Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics at UFRJ and researcher at the National Center for Structural Biology and Bioimaging at the same university

Brazil

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