1st WG Meeting (Y2017)

The 1st WG Biomed Meeting Statement (download)

Agenda

1stDay – Thursday, 16 November 2017

Time Measure
10:30 – 11:00 Arrival of the delegates at Skoltech
Welcome coffee (registration on floor “3”, near room 303 “Multifunctional”)
11:00 – 11:30
(30 minutes)		 Opening of the meeting
Welcome speech by Skoltech President
Opening speech by China as the BRICS Chairmanship country in 2017 (7 min)
Opening speech by Russia as the WG Biomed coordinating country hosting the meeting (7 min)
Opening speech by Brazil as the WG Biomed coordinating country (5 min)
Greetings from representatives of:
South Africa (3 min)
India (3 min)
11:30 – 12:50
(80 minutes)		 Session 1-I « BRICS’ policies for Biotech & Biomed and main challenges »
Moderators: 
Russia (Andrey Lisitsa, Institute of Biomedical Chemistry)
Brazil (Luiz Henrique Mourao do Canto Pereira, Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovation and Comminication)

  • Brazil (Luiz Henrique Mourao do Canto Pereira) – 15 min
  • South Africa (Glaudina Loots) – 15 min
  • China (Zheng Zeng) – 15 min
  • Russia (Andrey Lisitsa) – 15 min
  • India (Dinakar Salunke) – 15 min
12:50 – 13:10 Group photo
13:10 – 14:40 Lunch (canteen in the ‘sea-green’ building)
14:40 – 16:00
(80 minutes)		 Section 1-II « Discussion of WG Biomed Terms of Reference and Organizational Issues»
Moderator:
Brazil (Luiz Henrique Mourao do Canto Pereira)
Russia (Andrey Anikeev, Ministry of Science and Technology)
Introduction – 5 min
Remarks – 5 min each:

  • Brazil
  • China
  • South Africa
  • Russia
  • India

Round table discussion  – 60 min
16:00 – 16:20 Coffee Break
16:20 – 17:30
(70 minutes)		 Session 1-III « BRICS Joint Call 2016/2017: Main findings and how to improve Biotech & Biomed collaboration projects»
Moderators:  
Russia (Irina Kuklina, International Centre for Innovations in Science, Technology and Education)
Brazil (Luiz Henrique Mourao do Canto Pereira,  Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovation and Comminication)

  • BRICS STI FP funding opportunities: overview of past activities and current developments (Yaroslav Sorokotyaga, Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Russia)  – 20 min
  • South Africa (Glaudina Loots,  Department of Science and Technology) – 15 min
  • Brazil (Luiz Henrique Mourao do Canto Pereira) – 10 min

Round table discussion – 40 min
19.00 Dinner on behalf of Skoltech President

2ndDay – Friday, 17 November 2017

Time Measure
10:00 – 11:30 Registration of new guests (Skoltech, room 303, “Multifunctional”, Floor “3”)
10:30 – 11:00
(30 minutes)		 Skoltech, room 303, “Multifunctional” (Floor “3”)
Opening of the second day (Skoltech representative)
Presentation: Creation of complete telemedicine system in regions of BRICS countries (Mikhail Natenzon, Russia) – 15 min
Session 2-I « Pilot areas of cooperation for the initial phase»
11:10 – 12.30
(80 minutes)		 Antimicrobal resistance (Part I)
Skoltech, room 303 (Floor «3»)		 Neuroscience and Cognitive disorders (Part I)
Skoltech, room 148 (Floor «1»)
Moderators: Roman Kozlov (Institute of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy / Smolensk State Medical University, Russia), Bo Zheng (China)

  1. Antimicrobial resistance: a global threat (Roman Kozlov) – 15 min
  2. Current state and key problems in AMR in BRICS countries:
  • Brazil – 15 min
  • China (Bo Zheng) – 15 min
  • South Africa – 15 min
  • Russia (Andrey Deknich, Institute of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy / Smolensk State Medical University, Russia) – 15 min
 Moderators: Michael Piradov (Research Center of Neurology, Russia), Andrey Ivashchenko (High-Tech Center «CHEMRAR»)

  1. Current state and development plans in Neurosciences in BRICS countries:
  • Russia: Industrial Union ‘NeuroNet’ Roadmap (Andrey Ivashchenko, ‘Chemrar’, Russia) – 15 min
  • China (Yixue Li, CAS-MPG Partner Institute for Computational Biology, SIBS, CAS) – 15 min
  • South Africa (Soria Seedat, Stellenbosch University) – 15 min
  • Brazil Brazil (Esper Abrao Cavalheiro, Federal University of Sao Paulo) – 15 min
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch (canteen in the ‘sea-green’ building)
14:00 – 15:20
(80 minutes)		 Antimicrobal resistance (Part II)
Skoltech, room 303 (Floor «3»)		 NeuroScicence and Cognitive disorders (Part II)
Skoltech, room 148 (Floor «1»)
Moderators: Roman Kozlov (Russia), Bo Zheng (Peking University First Hospital, China)
Surveillance of AMR: merging the countries’ expertise

  • Global AMR Surveillance System (Carmem Pesoa da Silva, World Health Organization, Brazil) – Videoconference – 15 min
  • Surveillance system in China – (Bo Zheng, Peking University First Hospital, China) – 15 min
  • South Africa (TBD) – 15 min
  • Brazil (TBD) – 15 min
  • Russia (Roman Kozlov, Institute of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy / Smolensk State Medical University, Russia) – 15 min

Round table discussion

 Moderators: Michael Piradov (Research Center of Neurology, Russia)

  • Neurotechnologies for investigation and treatment of neurocognitive disorders (Jean Faber de Abreu,  University of Sao Paolo, Brazil) – 15 min
  • Risk assessment of Alzheimer’s disease based on immunological parameters (Tatyana Klyushnik, Mental Health Research Center, Russia) – 15 min
  • Engineer site-specific RNA endonuclease as potential gene therapy for neuronal disease (Wang Zefeng, CAS-MPG Partner Institute for Computational Biology, China) – 15 min
  • The future of Big Data analysis: Possible applications in neuroscience? (Jin Kolesnikov, SingularityU Moscow, Russia) – 15 min
  • Neurodegenerative  diseases  as  a challenge  of  the  21st century (Tatyana Pronina, The Institute of Developmental Biology of RAS, Russia) – 15 min
15:20 – 15:40 Coffee break
15:40 – 16:50
(70 minutes)		 Antimicrobal resistance (Part III)
Skoltech, room 303 (Floor «3»)		 Neuroscience and Cognitive disorders (Part III)
Skoltech, room 148 (Floor «1»)
Moderators:  Roman Kozlov (Russia)
What can be done at national and international level to control antimicrobial resistance?

  • Development of analytical web platforms for analysis of AMR (Mikhail Edelstein, Institute of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy / Smolensk State Medical University, Russia) – 15 min
  • Global AMR research priorities and associated NIH initiatives and programs (Christine Sizemore, NIAD/NIH, US) – 15 min
  • Research priorities in AMR: farma perspective (Weizhi Chen, ‘Simcare Diagnostics’, China) – 15 min
  • Natural Antibacterial Peptides – a Source of New Classes of Antibiotics: academic perspective (Svetlana Dubiley, Skoltech, Russia) – 15 min

Open discussion

 Moderators: Philipp Khaitovich (Skoltech, Russia)
Perspectives in neuroscientific data exchange: ‘CoBrain-Analytics’ as a prototypical platform for BRICS cooperation.

  • What is ‘CoBrain-Analytics’ Project and why do we need it now? (Nikolay Pavlov, Skoltech, Russia) – 10 min
  • How do we collect and store biomedical data? OpenEHR-based approach and protocols (Andrey Zaika, Skoltech, Russia) – 10 min
  • The analysis of EEG data (Pavel Prikhodko, Skoltech, Russia) – 10 min
  • The analysis of MRI data (Michael Belyaev, Skoltech, Russia) – 10 min
  • CoBrain Analytics for scientists: an example from genetics (Philipp Khaitovich, Skoltech, Russia) – 10 min

 

Open discussion
17:00 – 17:30 Final remarks on WG Statement, room 303 (Floor “3”)
Heads of delegations (5 min each)
17:30  Departure of the delegates