Message from the organizer

       The COVID-19 pandemic created significant impediments to research, and it also created significant opportunities, particularly in basic research on some infectious diseases, as well as on drug and vaccine development. This conference will focus on the roles that non-human primates have had during these recent years in the development of drugs and vaccines, not only for COVID-19, but for other infectious diseases as well as multifactorial diseases. The primary objectives are 1) to bring together scientists from academia, contract research organizations, and industry to share their knowledge and expertise and to enhance research activities in these areas, and 2) to foster the development of new collaborations that have the potential of accelerating research in these areas. The National Primate Research Center of Thailand has extensive non-human primate resources and research expertise, which are available for commitment to expansion of its collaborative research and testing activities with other institutions.