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Mon 3 September
DAY 1Foresight CentreDAY 1
DAY 1Foresight CentreDAY 1
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10:00 10:00
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Session A
Chairs: Igor Almeida, The University of Texas at El Paso  

Welcome & introduction
10:15 (15 mins)
Alvaro Acosta-Serrano, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine  
Comparative Invertebrate Glycomics
10:55 (25 mins)
Keynote Speaker: Iain Wilson, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna  
Diversification of UDP-glycosyltransferase genes in trypanosomatid genomes
11:20 (25 mins)
Keynote Speaker: Andrew jackson, University of Liverpool  
Protein C-mannosylation in Toxoplasma gondii
11:45 (25 mins)
Keynote Speaker: Françoise Routier, Hannover Medical School  
10:15
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12:10
Speed talks 1
Chairs: Alvaro Acosta-Serrano, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine  

New approaches to studying the GPI biosynthesis pathway in T. brucei: uncovering the missing links.
12:10 (15 mins)
Zhe Ji, University of Dundee  

New insights in the structure-function relation of trans-sialidase from Trypanosoma congolense
12:25 (5 mins)
Mario Waespy, University of Bremen  
12:10
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12:25 Lunch 12:25
12:30 12:30
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12:55 12:55
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Session B
Chairs: Alvaro Acosta-Serrano, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine  
An a-Gal-based glycovaccine protects both mice and nonhuman primates against Chagas disease
13:55 (25 mins)
Keynote Speaker: Igor Almeida, The University of Texas at El Paso  
In search of a-Gal glycans in Plasmodium falciparum
14:20 (25 mins)
Keynote Speaker: Luis Izquierdo, Barcelona Institute for Global Health  
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Speed talks 2
Chairs: Alvaro Acosta-Serrano, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine  

Antigenic cross-reactivity between the tropical helminth parasite Schistosoma mansoni and the house dust mite Dermatophagoides farinae: a role for cross-reactive carbohydrate determinants (CCDs) and implications for the hygiene hypothesis.
14:45 (15 mins)
Fatou Gai, University of Nottingham  
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3:00 Afternoon Tea and Coffee 3:00:
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3:20: How to get your research trending: using social media for science communication Speakers: Pamela D. Bongkiyung, Helen Price & Adam Roberts
15:20 (50 mins)
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Session C
Chairs: Luis Izquierdo, Barcelona Institute for Global Health  
Leishmania glycoproteins as master manipulators of sand fly and mammalian hosts.
17:25 (25 mins)
Keynote Speaker: Matthew Rogers, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine  
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5:50: Closing remarks followed by drinks and poster viewing
17:50 (70 mins)
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