title: Report from the field: Overview of the Sixth Annual Vaccine Renaissance Conference.
abstract: The Sixth Annual Vaccine Renaissance Conference, hosted by the Institute for Immunology and Informatics (iCubed) at the University of Rhode Island (URI), took place on October 15-17, 2012. This conference provides a forum for the review of current progress in the discovery and development of vaccines, and creates an environment for the exchange of ideas. Dr. Joel McCleary opened the conference with a warning about the importance of preparing for well-defined biowarfare threats, including tularemia and Staphylococcal enterotoxin B. Following the keynote address, sessions explored biodefense and preparation for pandemic and biowarfare threats; vaccines for emerging and re-emerging neglected tropical diseases; animal vaccines and human health; and vaccine vectors and the human microbiome. In this issue of Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics, seven Vaccine Renaissance Conference speakers will showcase their work; here, we describe a few of the conference highlights.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Immunology and Informatics; University of Rhode Island; Providence, RI USA.
authors.forename: Denice
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Spero
authors.forename: Lauren
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Levitz
authors.forename: Anne S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: De Groot
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001694:Biological Warfare; D054045:Biological Warfare Agents; D002417:Cattle; D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000276:immunology; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000276:immunology; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control; D017780:Malaria Vaccines / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D058873:Pandemics / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010962:Plasmodium berghei / Q000276:immunology; D014329:Tropical Climate; D014406:Tularemia / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control; D014612:Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D014761:Viral Hepatitis Vaccines / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D054045:Biological Warfare Agents; D004768:Enterotoxins; D017780:Malaria Vaccines; D014612:Vaccines; D014761:Viral Hepatitis Vaccines; C031818:enterotoxin B, staphylococcal
keywords: T cell epitope; animal vaccines; biodefense; emerging infectious diseases; immunoinformatics; immunomodulation; neglected tropical diseases; vaccine design; vaccines