2022 BoP Schedule
Module 1: Parasite Transmission and Vector Biology
Faculty: Shaden Kamhawi and Alvaro Acosta-Serrano
Research Facilitators: Tiago Donatelli-Serafim, Eva Iniguez, Aitor Casas Sanchez
Date |
Speaker |
Title |
Comment |
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20-June |
Shaden Kamhawi |
Transmission and pathology of leishmaniasis through the lens of a sand fly |
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21-June |
Alvaro Acosta Serrano |
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22-June |
Carolina Barillas |
Mosquito immunity and malaria transmission |
Zoom |
23-June |
Lisa Reimer |
Behavioural ecology of filariasis vectors |
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24-June |
Charles Wondji |
Mosquito insecticide resistance and malaria control |
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25-June |
Rita Rio |
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26-June |
Free day |
Free day |
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27-June |
Conor McMeniman |
Chemosensory biology of malaria transmission |
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28-June |
Luciano Moreira |
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Zoom |
29-June |
Alessandra Guarnieri |
Triatomine-trypanosome interactions:
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Zoom |
30-June |
Joe Pedra |
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Zoom |
1-July |
Flaminia Catteruccia |
Sex, blood and parasites: Unraveling the basis of malaria transmission by Anopheles mosquitoes |
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2-July |
Student presentations |
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Module 2: Bioinformatics
Faculty: Omar Harb, Dan Beiting, Kathryn Crouch
Date |
Speaker |
Title |
Comment |
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5-July |
Bjorn Kafsack |
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6-July |
Omar Harb |
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7-July |
Dan Beitinng |
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8-July |
Kathryn Crouch |
Module 3: Cell and Molecular Biology
Faculty: Jim Collins, Silvia Portugal
Research Facilitators: Chen Rui, TBA
Date |
Speaker |
Title |
Comment |
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10-July |
Kirk Deitsch |
SPECIAL SEMINAR: Bioethics and Responsible Conduct "Ethical Quandaries for Parasitologists (and other scientists)” |
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11-July |
James Collins |
The Basic Biology of Schistosomes” |
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12-July |
Silvia Portugal |
P. falciparum asymptomatic persistence in seasonal malaria transmission settings” |
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13-July |
Kirk Deitsch |
"Maintenance of Chronic Malaria Infections Through Coordinated Gene Activation and Silencing" |
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14-July |
Alfred Amambua-Ngwa |
Genomic epidemiology of Plasmodium falciparum in Africa” |
Zoom |
15-July |
Gary Ward |
New ways of looking at and thinking about Toxoplasma motility |
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16-July |
Gary Ward |
SPECIAL SEMINAR: Scientific Publishing and Open Access "Transforming scientific publishing to better serve science and scientists" |
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17-July |
Free day |
Free day |
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18- July |
Mimi Ho |
Introduction to Cryo Electron Microscopy and Structural Parasitology |
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19-July |
Filipa Rijo-Ferreira |
Circadian rhythms in parasitic diseases: an underlying clock of malaria parasites |
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20-July |
David Mangelsdorf |
Targeting a Nuclear Receptor Pathway in Parasitic Nematodes |
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20-July |
James D. Bangs |
ENGLUND LECTURE: 6:00 PM “What a Long Strange Tryp Its Been: VSGs, GPIs & Protein Trafficking in African Trypanosomes” |
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21-July |
Norma Andrews |
1: Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania: a cell biological journey with the intracellular trypanosomatids 2: The surprises along the way: from cell invasion to plasma membrane repair |
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22-July |
Sebastian Lourido |
A functional genomics guide to the cellular adaptations of apicomplexan parasites |
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23-July |
Student Presentations |
Module 4: Host Immune Responses to Parasite Infection
Faculty: Melissa Lodoen, Meera Nair
Research Facilitators: Sang Yong Kim, TBA
Date |
Speaker |
Title |
Comment |
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25-July |
Phil Scott |
Introduction to Parasite Immunology |
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26-July |
Melissa Lodoen / Meera Nair |
Innate immunity in the vasculature and at the BBB during Toxoplasma gondii infection |
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27-July |
Prasanna Jagannathan |
Malaria-specific Immune responses |
Zoom |
28-July |
Jude Uzonna |
Leishmania immunity |
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29-July |
Rick Tarleton |
BLOUT LECTURE: Immunity to Trypanasoma cruzi |
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30-July |
Eva Frickel |
Toxoplasma immunity |
Zoom |
31-July |
Free day |
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1-August |
Keke Fairfax |
Schistosoma Immunology |
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2-August |
Elia Tait |
Helminth Immunology |
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3-August |
Student Presentations |