BSP Parasites Online 2021

Posters

Ben Lukubye
Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Uganda
1Differentiating new reproductive schistosomes from surviving adult worms following praziquantel treatment using microsatellites
Niladri Mukherjee
CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
India
2Host P2X7R-P38MAPK axis mediated intracellular anti-leishmanial activity of Spergulin-A
Chidiebere Otuu
Federal University Oye Ekiti
Nigeria
3Antiplasmodial Potential, Phytochemical and Toxicity Evaluation of Aqueous Root Extract of a Nigerian Medicinal Apocynaceae Plant
Rachel Francoeur
University of Glasgow
4ABO blood groups do not predict schistosome infection profiles in highly endemic villages of Uganda
Anja Vermaak
North-West University
South Africa
5Cardiocephaloides spp. (Digenea) from the eyes and brain of endemic South African klipfish
Olayinka Osuolale
Elizade University
Nigeria
6Finding leishmaniasis in out-patients treating malaria at Elizade University Medical Health Center, Ilara Mokin.
NANCY AGUORU
Kingston University London
7Heat shock proteins in Schistosoma mansoni
Mariana Miranda
IDIM-UBA-CONICET
Argentina
8An in silico study predicts the presence of conserved guanine quadruplex (G4) secondary structures in the DNA of Trypanosoma cruzi
Godwin Ebiloma
Teesside University
10Biological activities of fluorescent Trypanosome Alternative Oxidase inhibitor conjugates incorporating a cationic julolidine-based viscosity sensor.
Robyn van Zyl
University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa
11In silico analysis of naphthoquinone compounds as potential antimalarial agents targeting the cytochrome bc1 complex
Stephanie Maia Acuña
University of São Paulo
Brazil
12Nicotinamide Nucleotide Transhydrogenase worsens the clearance ability of mice infected with Leishmania amazonensis
Sandra Marcia Muxel
Universidade de São Paulo
Brazil
13Modulation of miRNA-721 and its host gene CUX1 in murine macrophages stimulated with LPS or infected with Leishmania
Oluwaremilekun Ajakaye
Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo state.
Nigeria
14Epidemiology of Urogenital Schistosomiasis Among Pastoralists in Three Ramsar Wetland Sites in Nigeria
Franziska Winkelmann
University Medical Center Rostock
Germany
15Proteome Analysis of Sex- and Maturity-Independent Specific Tegument Proteins of Adult Schistosoma mansoni at the Host Interface
Izadora Rossi
Federal University of Paraná
Brazil
16What doesn't kill you makes you stronger: Selection of a more resistant and infective population in Trypanosoma cruzi by high exposition to normal human serum
Mahmuda Begum
University of Nottingham
17Association of some genetic markers with parasitic infection in stickleback
El-Sayed El-Alfy
Mansoura University
Egypt
18Genetic characterization of Neospora caninum from aborted bovine fetuses in Hokkaido, Japan
rana Elsedawy
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Egypt
19Molecular identification of different Trichostrongylus species infecting sheep and goats from Dakahlia governorate, Egypt
Moustafa Al-Araby
Facult of veterinary medicine, Mansoura university
Egypt
20Molecular detection and identification of Babesia bovis and Trypanosoma spp. in one humped camel (Camelus dromedarius) breeds in Egypt
Michela Cerone
University of St Andrews
21Exploring the activity and essentiality of the Δ-6 desaturase in Trypanosoma brucei
Juliane Cristina Ribeiro Fernandes
University of São Paulo Medical School
Brazil
22MicroRNAs cooperatively contribute to human macrophage susceptibility to L. amazonensis infection
Florencia Díaz-Viraqué
Institut Pasteur Montevideo
Uruguay
23Revisiting the RNA world of trypanosomatids: neglected genes from neglected parasites
Mahbod Entezami
University of Surrey
24Eliciting acceptable investments in surveillance of parasitic Neglected Tropical Diseases
José Escalona
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Argentina
25Reversible phosphorylation of a protein from Trypanosoma equiperdum that exhibits homology with the regulatory subunits of mammalian cAMP-dependent protein kinases
Luke Cadd
Queen's University Belfast
26Unravelling Endocannabinoid Biology using Omics Approaches in Strongyloides Parasites
Daisy Namirembe
Mbarara university of science and technology
Uganda
27Fasciolosis and schistosomiasis prevalence in livestock and wildlife in Western Uganda
Guillermo Labadie
IQUIR-CONICET
Argentina
28N,N´-disubstituted diamines as promising anti-trypanosomatids compounds
Anja Erasmus
Water Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University
South Africa
29Parasite diversity of a small intertidal fish, Clinus superciliosus: factors influencing parasite community structure
Maria Sol Ballari
Instituto de Química Rosario - UNR
Argentina
31Proline transport inhibitors trigger differential responses in Trypanosoma cruzi growth inhibition
Linda Van Der Spuy
North-West University Water Research Group
South Africa
32“Seek, and you shall find”: Hidden species diversity of Acanthobothrium van Beneden, 1849 (Cestoda: Onchoproteocephalidea) discovered from the spotted skate in South Africa
Gonzalo Sanchez Arsuaga
The Royal Veterinary College
33Novel vaccine candidates related to the endogenous development in Eimeria
Tean Zaheer
University of Agriculture, Faisalabad
Pakistan
34Acaricidal Black plum mediated Magnesium Oxide Nanoparticles against Rhipicephalus and Hyalomma Ticks
Mekelle University C Sciences
Mekelle University, Ethiopia
Ethiopia
35Performance of rapid rk39 tests for the diagnosis of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Ethiopia: A systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Laura Fraccaroli
ICT Milstein - CONICET
Argentina
36Pgp expression or not, is that the question in T. cruzi drug differential sensitivity?
Chloe Barnes
Lancaster University
37Characterisation of the ESAG6 and ESAG7 3’UTRs involved in the iron starvation response in Trypanosoma brucei.
Sabrina Marsiccobetre
University of São Paulo
Brazil
38Deepening the knowledge of the branched chain amino acids catabolic pathway in Trypanosoma cruzi: the role of an Enoyl-CoA hydratase
Ana M Murillo
Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo
Brazil
39The Cysteine Synthase is an enzyme of biological relevance in the life cycle of Trypanosoma cruzi.
Janaina de Freitas Nascimento
Universidade de São Paulo
Brazil
40Knocking out histidine ammonia lyase (HAL) affects histidine metabolism in Trypanosoma cruzi without affecting its infection capability in the insect vector
Laurine Brouck
University of Edinburgh
41RNA editing ligase 1 as a drug target: on the road to lead generation
Benedict Davies
St George's University of London
42Characterisation of a cation diffusion facilitator from the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum
SILVESTRI VALERIA
MUHAS University of Dar es Salaam
Tanzania
44Hepatic aneurysms in amoebiasis: a review of case reports in literature
Sam Jones
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
45To heat or not to heat: A literature review of how expected future climate change in East Africa will impact upon human schistosomiasis
Zihao (Zed) Chen
University of Edinburgh
46Assembly and annotation of Trypanosoma congolense kinetoplast DNA and comparison with T. brucei
Geraldine Oosthuizen
North West University
South Africa
47A new species of Grillotia Guiart, 1927 (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) found in a single batoid host species highlights the hidden diversity of elasmobranch parasites of southern African waters
Martin Majer
Charles University, Prague
Czech Republic
48Immunomodulation by avian schistosomes: preliminary attempts to exploit species causing human cercarial dermatitis against autoimmune diseases and allergies
Manfred Schreiber
Charles University, Prague
Czech Republic
49Effect of Mesocestoides corti and Taenia crassiceps larvae on melanoma tumors in mice
Iva Prikrylova
University of Limpopo
South Africa
50New genus of Gyrodactylidae (Monogenea) from Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe, with an insight on the phylogeny of the family
Gabriela Torres Montanaro
Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas
Brazil
51Why not use His? Generating Trypanosoma brucei cell lines expressing Trypanosoma cruzi’s histidine degradation pathway
Renan Weege Achjian
University of São Paulo
Brazil
52Simulating the Proline-Glutamate pathway in Trypanosoma cruzi with an in silico metabolic model
Alberto Guevara
Universidad Simon Bolivar
Venezuela
53Regeneration of hybrid holoenzymes as a strategic approach for the purification of a cAMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit-like protein from Trypanosoma equiperdum
Alberto Guevara
Universidad Simon Bolivar
Venezuela
54Cloning, expression and purification of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit-like protein PKAC1 from Trypanosoma equiperdum
Rachel Humann
St Andrews University
55Non-natural myristate analogues: Synthesis and their potent, selective activity upon bloodstream Trypanosoma brucei.
Kirstin Bloomer
University of Glasgow
56Dissecting changes in Plasmodium berghei gene expression at the initial stages of mosquito midgut transmission
Amber Reed
Lancaster University
57Part A: Intestinal & urogenital schistosomiasis dual-infection focus: Investigating age-infection relationships for school-aged children along shoreline of Lake Malawi
Amber Reed
Lancaster University
58Part B: Intestinal & urogenital schistosomiasis co-infection focus: Investigating age-infection relationships for school-aged children along shoreline of Lake Malawi
Ogochukwu Chiamah
Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ebonyi
Nigeria
59Schistosoma haematobium: Effects of low doses of Prednisolone on parasite establishment in guinea-pigs
Gilda Padalino
Ibers Aberystwyth University
60An AI hunter for automating Schistosoma egg counting
Guillermo Di Mario
University of Buenos Aires
Argentina
61In silico analysis of binding capability of nucleosides in PKA regulatory subunit of Trypanosoma cruzi
kelsilandia Aguiar Martins
Royal Veterinary College- University of London
62Essential oils can reduce Eimeria tenella invasion when evaluated by an in vitro model
Daniela Křivská
University Medical Center Rostock
Germany
63Effects of 24-nor-ursodeoxycholic and ursodeoxycholic acid on mitochondrial dynamics in the liver of Schistosoma mansoni infected mice
Jacob Stapley
Imperial College London
64Understanding the impact of control interventions on Onchocerciasis-Associated Epilepsy using the EPIONCHO-IBM transmission model
HAMZA ELATI
University of Glasgow
65The heterologous expression of a Toxoplasma gondii oxopurine transporter reveals it binds nucleobases and nucleosides in different manners
Flavia Silva Damasceno
University of São Paulo
Brazil
66The importance of glutamine for T. cruzi survive throughout the life cycle.
Cindy Schulz
University Medical Center Rostock
Germany
67Sex-specific modulation of the host transcriptome in the spleen of Schistosoma mansoni infected mice
Antonella Bacigalupo
Inst Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comp. Med.
68Whole genome sequencing of the Chagas disease vector Rhodnius ecuadoriensis
Tahani ALSiari
institute of infection, immunity & inflammation
69Characterisation of Trichomonas vaginalis ENT-family nucleoside transporters by heterologous expression in ΔENT Trypanosoma brucei and Leishmania Mexicana strains.
Egie Enabulele
Texas Biomedical Research Institute
United States
70High levels of genomic differentiation between Nigerian Schistosoma haematobium and S. bovis indicates strong barriers to gene flow
Jonathan Zanatta
University of São Paulo
Brazil
71Polyamines availability shifts gene expression in the response of macrophages infected with Leishmania amazonensis
Mustafa Aldfer
university of glasgow
72Characterisation of Equilibrative Nucleoside Transporter genes from Trypanosoma cruzi and the development of a nucleoside-based chemotherapy for Chagas' disease
Jana Bulantová
Charles University, Faculty of Science
Czech Republic
73Cercarial dermatitis: perspectives of joining the research and practice in the Czech Republic
Gethin Thomas
Swansea University
74Predicting the distribution of three malaria vectors in southeast Asia using temperature and precipitation models
Prema Prakash
JUSTUS-LIEBIG-UNIVERSITAET GIESSEN
Germany
75Use of humanized NPY-mRFP Rat Basophilic Leukemia (RBL) IgE reporter for diagnosis of Echinococcus granulosus infection in the human accidental host
Linda Quinones
Meharry Medical College
United States
76Interactions of small Tims in Trypanosoma brucei
Nkiru E Ekechukwu
University of Nigeria
Nigeria
77Ectoparasites of poultry in Nsukka Municipality
Ana Cecilia Hijar Islas
Queen Mary University of London
78Eco-evolutionary dynamics in evolving communities.
Lucy Henshall
University of Aberdeen
79What drives the variation in abundance of the two principle flea vectors of Plague in Madagascar?
Victoria Bolton
University of Glasgow
80Elucidating host and parasite factors involved in Leishmania quiescence and reactivation
Zouhour El Mouna Ayadi
University of Sciences and Technology H. Boumedien
Algeria
81Contribution to the knowledge of Monogenean (Metazoa ; Plathelminthes) parasites of two species of groupers off Algerian coast
Natalia Teles
University of York
82Investigating RNA binding proteins and their modifiers as potential drug targets in Leishmania and T. cruzi
Christopher Bowler
Aberystwyth University
83Drug Resistance Markers In E. vermicularis
Maxson Kenneth Anyolitho
ATRAP-Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Uganda
84Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices regarding schistosomiasis infection and prevention: A mixed-methods study among endemic communities of western Uganda
Adriana Erica Miele
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
France
85Integrative structural biology in molecular parasitology: new strategies for old diseases
Vivien Shek
University of Dundee
86Targeted Identification of New Parasite Immunomodulators Against Allergic Asthma
Atimi Atinga
Modibbo Adama University of Technology Yola
Nigeria
87In-vitro and In-vivo anti-trypanosomal study of Ficus thoninngii against Trypanosoma brucei brucei
Akito Koike
Universität Würzburg
Germany
88The potential of Pim kinase as a candidate of target protein for new parasiticidal drug against Echinococcus multilocularis
Victoria Bolton
University of Glasgow
90 Elucidating host and parasite factors involved in Leishmania quiescence and reactivation
Paula Andrea Castañeda Londoño
Biozemtrum
Germany
91mRNA decapping by an ApaH-like phosphatase in trypanosomes
Manal Natto
Glasgow University
92Generation of a L. mexicana ‘super knockout’ cell line using CRISPR-Cas9 deletion of the genes encoding nucleoside transporters NT1.1, NT1.2 and NT2.
Justyna Nalepa-Grajcar
Aberystwyth University
93Selective whole genome amplification (SWGA) for Toxoplasma gondii: How will it help?
Aline Acosta
North-West University
South Africa
94Description of a Heterobothrium (Monogenea: Diclidophoridae) species from the evileye pufferfish Amblyrhynchotes honckenii from South Africa using integrative approach
Mustafa Aldfer
university of glasgow
95Characterisation of Equilibrative Nucleoside Transporter genes from Trypanosoma cruzi and the development of a nucleoside-based chemotherapy for Chagas' disease
Hawra Al-Ghafli
University of Liverpool
96Life-histories as determinants of infection prevalence for trypanosomatids: A meta-analysis
Adnan Alhindi
Islamic University Of Gaza
Palestinian Territory
97Occurrence of Gastrointestinal parasites in horses and donkeys in Gaza Strip, Palestine
Gabrielle Shira Beest
Universitat de Valencia
Spain
98Locate and burrow: behaviour of Cardiocephaloides longicollis cercariae to infect its fish host
Chahinez Bouguerche
USTHB
Algeria
99Re-evaluation of Microcotyle spp. (Monogenea, Microcotylidae) from sparids in southern Mediterranean using integrative taxonomy, and description of two new species
Thomas Chen
Academy for Mathematics, Science, and Engineering
United States
100Monitoring Different Aphid Populations Through Computer Vision-based Solutions
Michelle Clark
The Walter and Elisa Hall Institute
Australia
101‘Unleishing’ Host Cell Death Pathways to Promote Clearance of Leishmania donovani
Courtney Cook
North-West University
South Africa
102Fish haemogregarines (Adeleorina: Apicomplexa) – a neglected group of blood parasites with some phylogenetic surprises
Adriana Correa da Silva
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Brazil
103Assessment of Trypanosoma rangeli tissue tropism in mice through bioluminescence imaging
Besse Mathilda Danuan
University of Jos
Nigeria
104Morbidities of Toxoplasmosis, Malaria, HIV, HBV, HCV Co-Infections and Risk Factors Among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinic at Plateau State Specialist Hospital, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.
Carolina De Marco Verissimo
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND GALWAY
Ireland
105The N-glycosylation profile of proteins excreted-secreted by Fasciola hepatica newly excysted juveniles
Joretha Du Buisson
North West University
South Africa
106Morphological and molecular data of a species of Schellackia (Apicomplexa: Schellackiidae) parasitizing the common River frog, Amietia delalandii, from the northern parts of South Africa
RABI DUWA
Nigeria police academy
Nigeria
107Water contact activities, snail intermediate hosts and cercarial shedding, in Ungoggo part of Jakara dam, Kano state, Nigeria.
Markus Gerber
Departement für Chemie, Biochemie und Pharmazie
Switzerland
108Investigating The Role Of Msp1 In Trypanosoma brucei Mitochondrial Quality Control
Alejandra Herbert Mainero
University of Edinburgh
109Chronicles of Plasmodium: the parasites’ journey through the liver and into the blood
Coret Hoogendoorn
NWU-WATER RESEARCH GROUP
South Africa
110Worm in the eye makes for easy prey: evidence of behavioural alterations induced by Diplostomum metacercariae in Synodontis zambezensis in South Africa
Rebecca Hoyle
University of Liverpool
111A survey of 453 sheep and/or cattle farmers in the UK shows confusion over the diagnosis and control of rumen fluke (Calicophoron daubneyi)
Allister Irvine
Queen's University Belfast
112Profiling the Antimicrobial Peptidome of Nematodes Highlights a New Source of Antimicrobial Diversity.
Nathaniel Jones
University of York
113Bromodomain factor 5 is an essential transcriptional regulator of the unusual genome of Leishmania.
Bernie Jordaan
North-West University
South Africa
114Taxonomic re-evaluation of African anuran trypanosomes with the morphological, morphometric, and molecular diagnosis of Trypanosoma nelspruitense Laveran, 1904
Willem Landman
North-West University
South Africa
115Madagascan polystome (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) diversity
Dominika Lastik
University of Bath
116Using MinION sequencing to identify transcript variation between different life cycle stages of the parasitic nematode Strongyloides ratti.
Mansi Malik
TIGS
India
117Engineered resistance in Anopheles stephensi to antimalarial effectors-Effect on Plasmodium development and evolution.
Signe Martin
Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
Ireland
118Investigating the impact of crab biology and sampling season on variation in microparasite infections in velvet crab (Necora puber)
Keila Meginnis
University of Glasgow
119Using choice modelling to identify popular and affordable alternative interventions for schistosomiasis in Uganda
Lehlohonolo Mofokeng
North-West university
South Africa
120Molecular investigation of tick-borne bacterial microorganisms from Amblyomma (Acari: Ixodidae) ticks collected from reptiles in South Africa
Justyna Nalepa-Grajcar
Aberystwyth University
121Selective whole genome amplification (SWGA) for Toxoplasma gondii: How will it help?
Teneal Nel
North West University Potchefstroom
South Africa
122Metazoan parasites of anurans from the Vhembe area, Limpopo, South Africa.
Joanna Nowicka
Medical University of Gdańsk
Poland
123The role of ground beetles as intermediate hosts for Mastophorus muris
Katie O'Brien
University of Bath
124Assessment of long and short-read metagenomics sequencing for detection of gastrointestinal parasites in faeces.
Akintayo Ololade
University of Abuja
Nigeria
125Risk factors of porcine cysticercosis, suitable management practice, and epilepsy survey in human at Ibadan, Oyo state
Anneke Schoeman
North-West University
South Africa
126The multiplex response of co-introduced parasites to the range expansion of their globally invasive frog host
Nico Smit
North-West University
South Africa
127Towards a molecular phylogeny of the fish parasitic family Cymothoidae Leach, 1818 (Cymothooidea: Isopoda): Cymothoids from Moreton Bay, Australia and the South Coast of South Africa as a case study.
Yaroslav Syrota
North West University
South Africa
129New data on helminth infracommunity of herons (Ardeidae) in Ukraine
Evelyn Tevere
IBR - CONICET/UNR
Argentina
130Comparative study of the role of TcHRG in the transport of hemin and hemoglobin in Trypanosoma cruzi
Marliese Truter
North-West University
South Africa
131New distribution records and molecular data for species of Macrogyrodactylus Malmberg, 1957 (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae) from Clarias gariepinus (Burchell) (Siluriformes: Clariidae) in southern Africa
Suhas Vyas
Department of Life Sciences, Bhakta Kavi Narsinh Mehta University
India
132Screening and evaluation of bioactive compounds in medicinal parasitic plant of the family Loranthaceae
Jo Widdicombe
University of Surrey
133The development of an age structured model to describe the transmission dynamics of Cystic Echinococcosis in Argentina.
Anika Wohlleben
clark University
United States
134The infection of juvenile three-spined stickleback with a cestode parasite differs between host populations and years and increases over the winter
Victoria Alonso
IBR-CONICET
Argentina
135Alpha-Tubulin Acetylation in Trypanosoma cruzi: A Dynamic Instability of Microtubules Is Required for Replication and Cell Cycle Progression
Idalecia Cossa Moiane
Instituto Nacional de Saude
Mozambique
136Intestinal Parasitic Infections Among Children and Adults in Maputo households: a Community Study Between 2018-2020
Frédéric Chevalier
Texas Biomedical Research Institute
United States
137An atlas of organ microbiomes of Biomphalaria spp., the snail host of schistosome parasites
Ané Jacobs
North-West University
South Africa
138Something old, something new: integrated approach to the taxonomy of the rectal endociliates of the globally invasive amphibian Xenopus laevis.
Louis DuPreez
North-West University
South Africa
139Polystomatidae (Monogenea): A overview of the current taxonomy
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