Dissertation abstracts and project descriptions 2022

Abstract

This year’s Symposium is taking place in the shadows of a pandemic that posed a number of challenges and yet lessons we learnt that taught us the constant relevance of the fundamentals of the pharmaceutical sciences. We also witnessed a paradigm shift in solutions to meet people’s healthcare needs. While the practical aspects of vaccine development placed Vaccinology as the focus of pharmaceutical activity making us again realise that vaccines are perhaps the greatest advancement of modern medicine, the social aspects related to anti-vaxxers, the reflections on the rights for choice, pharmacovigilance and safety all came to the fore. The basic biology of pDNA and mRNA vaccines and the latest advancements in the evolvement of the CRISPR science led us to revisit the educational curricula. Professional leadership in times of change and when the cheating of time has become a necessity presented to be real day-to-day attributes. [excerpt]