BSP Spring Meeting 2018

Presentation

8 Apr

9 Apr

10 Apr

Wed 11 April

[Schedule with Sessions only]

There are 7 rooms - drag the view left and right to see more

DAY 3

Great Hall, Arts Centre

Stream 1 - Edward Llwyd 0.26 Biology Main

Stream 2 - Llandinam A6

Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

Stream 4 - Edward Llwyd 0.01

DAY 3

Stream 5 - IBERS 0.33 (Monday), Physisc 0.11 (Tuesday & Wednesday)

Students Union Building

DAY 4

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Omics II

Chairs: Martin Swain, University of Aberystwyth

Stream 1 - Edward Llwyd 0.26 Biology Main

Helminth glycans at the host-parasite interface
09:30 (30 mins)
Keynote Speaker: Cornelis Hokke, Leiden University Medical Center

Details Matter - Consistent, comparative and evidence-based genome annotation and re-annotation for the closely-related species, Cryptosporidium parvum, C. hominis and C. tyzzeri reveal surprising similarities and differences
10:00 (15 mins)
Jessica Kissinger, University of Georgia

Regulation of RNA-binding protein stability and function by PRMT7-dependent arginine methylation in Leishmania
10:15 (15 mins)
Tiago Ferreira, University of York

Population genomics of Guinea worm eradication
10:30 (15 mins)
James Cotton, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute

Deciphering gonad-transcriptomes in Schistosoma mansoni provides novel and exploitable insights for basic and applied research
10:45 (15 mins)
Christoph G. Grevelding, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen

Vector - Parasite - Microbiome Interactions and Interventions. Sponsor - Royal Entomological Society

Chairs: Lisa Reimer, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Stream 2 - Llandinam A6

Employing Anopheles microbiota for Plasmodium-blocking
09:30 (30 mins)
Keynote Speaker: George Dimopoulos — Royal Entomological Society

Attach and infect – Identification of a mosquito receptor for the Plasmodium ookinete
10:00 (15 mins)
Florian Brod, University of Oxford

Exploring the salivary N-glycome of bloodfeeding arthropods and their relevance in pathogen transmission
10:15 (15 mins)
Karina Mondragon-Shem, LSTM

Helminths: Cell & Molecular Biology

Chairs: Tim Yoshino, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

Molecular analysis of schistosome reproductive development
09:30 (30 mins)
Keynote Speaker: Jim Collins, UT Southwestern Medical Cente

SGTP4–mediated glucose uptake in Schistosoma mansoni is regulated through Akt/PKB signalling
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Anthony Walker, Kingston University

Somatic genome editing in the multicellular blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni
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Paul Brindley, George Washington University

A propeptide ‘clamp’ mechanism is required for inhibition of Fasciola hepatica Collagenolytic Cathepsin L3
10:30 (15 mins)
Carolina De Marco Verissimo, Queen's University Belfast

Maternal nematode infection induces transcription of Long-term potentiation in the postnatal brain via Wnt signaling
10:45 (15 mins)
Manjurul Haque, McGill University

Ecological Parasitology: Aquatic Parasitology II

Chairs: Joseph Ironside, Aberystwyth University

Stream 4 - Edward Llwyd 0.01

Pathogens associated with aquaculture may have wider ecosystem impacts
09:30 (30 mins)
Keynote Speaker: Sarah Culloty, University College Cork

Spatio-temporal variation of trematode parasites community in Cerastoderma edule cockles from Ria de Aveiro (Portugal)
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Luísa Magalhães, University of Aveiro

Fussy Fluffy Fiend? Investigating Host-Specificity of Saprolegnia parasitica Isolates
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Emily Matthews

Can parasites be a drag? Impact of Argulus fish lice on host swimming performance
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Rhiannon Hunt, Cardiff University

Use of in vivo fluorescent dyes to determine the infectivity and penetration pattern of Cardiocephaloides longicollis (Trematoda, Strigeidae) into the gilt-head seabream
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Gabrielle van Beest, Universitat de Valencia

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Veterinary Parasitology Symposium - Wildlife Parasitology

Chairs: Joanne Webster, Royal Veterinary College

Stream 5 - IBERS 0.33 (Monday), Physisc 0.11 (Tuesday & Wednesday)

Is wildlife relevant to helminth control in livestock?
09:30 (30 mins)
Keynote Speaker: Eric Morgan, Queen's University Belfast

Multi-locus sequence typing of Neospora caninum
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John Ellis, University of Technology Sydney

Parasites of badgers in the Republic of Ireland- an untold story
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Rachel Byrne, Trinity College Dublin

The toad fly Lucilia bufonivora: its evolutionary status and molecular identification
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Gerardo Arias Robledo, University of Bristol

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Wright Medal Lecture

Chairs: Martin Taylor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Great Hall, Arts Centre

Trypanosomes get under your skin
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Keynote Speaker: Annette MacLeod, University of Glasgow

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BSP AGM and Event
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Host -Vector- Parasite Interactions III

Chairs: Jesus Valenzuela, NIAID

Stream 1 - Edward Llwyd 0.26 Biology Main

Follow the light: a trypanosomes’ journey into the tsetse ectoperitrophic space
14:15 (30 mins)
Keynote Speaker: Alvaro Acosta-Serrano, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Characterisation of genes important for the successful life cycle completion of Trypanosoma brucei in the tsetse
14:45 (15 mins)
Aitor Casas-Sanchez, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Shape-shifting trypanosomes from the tsetse proventriculus
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Lori Peacock, university of bristol

Swim like your lifecycle depends on it: The impact of motility on the survival of Leishmania parasites.
15:15 (15 mins)
Rachel Findlay, University of York

Ecology of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Ochollo, a hotspot in Southern Ethiopia
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Myrthe Pareyn, Universiteit Antwerpen

Protozoa: Cryptosporidium & Giardia. Sponsor - PLOS NTDs

Chairs: Rachel Chalmers, Public Health Wales

Stream 2 - Llandinam A6

Recent advances in Giardia and Cryptosporidium genotyping
14:15 (30 mins)
Keynote Speaker: Karin Troell, National Veterinary Institute

Mining the Genome of Cryptosporidium to Elucidate Transmission Cycles.
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Arthur Morris, Aberystwyth University

Acute Symptoms and Long-term sequelae of Human Cryptosporidiosis – a prospective study
15:00 (15 mins)
Bethan Carter, Swansea University

Giardia duodenalis in Ugandan children: field application of recombinase polymerase amplification and determination of assemblages.
15:15 (15 mins)
Tapan Bhattacharyya, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Giardia Secretome Highlights Secreted Tenascins as a Key Component of Pathogenesis
15:30 (15 mins)
Kevin Tyler, University of East Anglia

Helminths: Epidemiology & Field Work. Sponsor - Elsevier

Chairs: Shona Wilson, Dept of Pathology, Uni of Cambridge

Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

Epidemiology and Evolution of zoonotic schistosomiasis in Africa: challenges for reaching the WHO elimination targets’
14:15 (30 mins)
Keynote Speaker: Joanne Webster, Royal Veterinary College

Schistosoma mansoni praziquantel treatment: low coverage driven by systematic non-compliers or systematically not offered?
14:45 (15 mins)
Poppy Lamberton, University of Glasgow

Impact of malaria coinfections on S. mansoni clearance, intensity and reinfection rates
15:00 (15 mins)
Rachel Francoeur, Rachel Francoeur

Alternative strategies for onchocerciasis elimination in loiasis co-endemic areas: test-and-treat with doxycycline in combination with targeted vector control in South West Cameroon
15:15 (15 mins)
Louise Hamill, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Elimination within reach: lymphatic filariasis persists in rural Ghana due to sub-optimal intervention coverage and adherence
15:30 (15 mins)
Corrado Minetti, LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE

Ecological Parasitology: Ecological Modelling

Chairs: Chrisophe Eizaguirre, Queen Mary, University of London

Stream 4 - Edward Llwyd 0.01

Understanding transmission dynamics in multihost communities
14:15 (30 mins)
Keynote Speaker: Andy Fenton, University of Liverpool

The impact of exposure heterogeneity on onchocerciasis transmission and control/elimination
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Jonathan Hamley, Imperial College London

Biodiversity dilution and amplification effects in tick-borne diseases: an eco-epidemiological modelling approach.
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Flavia Occhibove, Aberystwyth University

Macroparasites are indirect drivers of hantavirus transmission.
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Joanne Lello, Cardiff University

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Veterinary Parasitology Symposium - Sheep Scab

Chairs: Richard Wall, University of Bristol

Stream 5 - IBERS 0.33 (Monday), Physisc 0.11 (Tuesday & Wednesday)

Psoroptes ovis - a cause of significant disease in sheep and cattle
14:15 (30 mins)
Keynote Speaker: Sian Mitchell, APHA

Treatment strategies for sheep scab: an economic model of farmer behaviour
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Emily Nixon, University of Bristol

The prevalence and distribution of sheep scab in Wales: a farmer questionnaire survey
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Hannah Rose Vineer, University of Bristol

Resistance to macrocyclic lactones, in Psoroptes ovis sheep scab mites
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Richard Wall, University of Bristol

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