| Exploring the re-use of existing data for poverty-related diseases – a scientific or an ethical imperative or both? | |||||
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Mon21 Jun10:00am(45 mins)
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Prof Philippe Guérin | |||
| Session : Plenary 1 | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Keynote: Big things start small: what we've learnt and have yet to learn from Giardia on endocytosis and secretion | |||||
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Mon21 Jun11:00am(30 mins)
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Prof Carmen Faso | |||
| Session : Cell and Molecular Biology and Biochemistry I | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Trends in temporal gene expression in adult Parasitic and Free-living Strongyloides ratti | |||||
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Mon21 Jun11:30am(15 mins)
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Miss Abbie Williams | |||
| Session : Cell and Molecular Biology and Biochemistry I | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Chemical genetic approaches to study the role of protein kinases in Leishmania cell cycle regulation. | |||||
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Mon21 Jun11:45am(15 mins)
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Dr Juliana Brambilla Carnielli Trindade | |||
| Session : Cell and Molecular Biology and Biochemistry I | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Deciphering the heme homeostasis puzzle: A transcriptomic analysis of Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigotes. | |||||
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Mon21 Jun12:00pm(15 mins)
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Dr Cecilia Beatriz Di Capua | |||
| Session : Cell and Molecular Biology and Biochemistry I | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Keynote: Helminth Extracellular Vesicles: Drugs and Bugs | |||||
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Mon21 Jun01:00pm(30 mins)
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Dr Russell Morphew | |||
| Session : Cell and Molecular Biology and Biochemistry II | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Biochemical and inhibition studies on Leishmania donovani tyrosine aminotransferase | |||||
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Mon21 Jun01:30pm(15 mins)
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Mr Santanu Sasidharan | |||
| Session : Cell and Molecular Biology and Biochemistry II | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Deciphering mitochondrial quality control in Trypanosoma brucei | |||||
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Mon21 Jun01:45pm(15 mins)
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Dr Caroline Dewar | |||
| Session : Cell and Molecular Biology and Biochemistry II | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Regulation of transposable elements in the absence of piRNAs in a clade IV nematode during a parasitic infection | |||||
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Mon21 Jun02:00pm(15 mins)
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Miss Mona Suleiman | |||
| Session : Cell and Molecular Biology and Biochemistry II | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Keynote: Wolbachia symbiont genomes and their transcriptional regulation in filariae and ectoparasites | |||||
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Mon21 Jun03:00pm(30 mins)
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Dr Benjamin Makepeace | |||
| Session : Cell and Molecular Biology and Biochemistry III | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| The role of VEX complex proteins in the insect to mammalian host transition of Trypanosoma brucei | |||||
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Mon21 Jun03:30pm(15 mins)
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Dr Karinna Rubio-Peña | |||
| Session : Cell and Molecular Biology and Biochemistry III | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Investigating mitochondrial glycosylation in the African Trypanosome | |||||
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Mon21 Jun03:45pm(15 mins)
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Dr Samuel Duncan | |||
| Session : Cell and Molecular Biology and Biochemistry III | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| p197 as the missing link between the outer mitochondrial membrane and the basal body in T.brucei | |||||
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Mon21 Jun04:00pm(15 mins)
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Ms Salome Aeschlimann | |||
| Session : Cell and Molecular Biology and Biochemistry III | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Understanding the survival tricks of parasite surfaces | |||||
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Tue22 Jun10:00am(45 mins)
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Prof Matthew Higgins | |||
| Session : 2021 Wright Medal Lecture | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Keynote: An integrated omics approach for Fasciola hepatica vaccine target identification | |||||
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Tue22 Jun11:00am(30 mins)
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Dr Krystyna Cwiklinski | |||
| Session : Drugs, Vaccines and Disease Control I | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Disparities in drug sensitivity of T. congolense and brucei group trypanosomes is related to differences in adenosine transporters and aquagyceroporins | |||||
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Tue22 Jun11:30am(15 mins)
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Mr Marzuq Ungogo | |||
| Session : Drugs, Vaccines and Disease Control I | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Deazapurine nucleoside analogues for the treatment of Trichomonas vaginalis | |||||
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Tue22 Jun11:45am(15 mins)
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Prof Harry De Koning | |||
| Session : Drugs, Vaccines and Disease Control I | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| In vitro analysis of the effects of acetaminophen, ibuprofen and aspirin on motility of female adult Onchocerca volvulus worms | |||||
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Tue22 Jun12:00pm(15 mins)
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Miss Rhoda Antwi | |||
| Session : Drugs, Vaccines and Disease Control I | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Keynote: Challenges in combining drugs, vaccines and other helminth control tools in livestock under climate change | |||||
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Tue22 Jun01:00pm(30 mins)
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Prof Eric Morgan | |||
| Session : Drugs, Vaccines and Disease Control II | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Understanding the structure and function of Fatty Acid Pathway proteins of Leishmania major to identify potent anti-leishmanials | |||||
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Tue22 Jun01:30pm(15 mins)
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Ms Chetna Dhembla | |||
| Session : Drugs, Vaccines and Disease Control II | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Pan-Phylum Characterisation of Helminth Endocannabinoid Signalling Systems | |||||
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Tue22 Jun01:45pm(15 mins)
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Miss Bethany Crooks | |||
| Session : Drugs, Vaccines and Disease Control II | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Repurposing trypanocidal drugs to tackle amoebic gill disease in Atlantic Salmon | |||||
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Tue22 Jun02:00pm(15 mins)
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Dr Bachar Cheaib | |||
| Session : Drugs, Vaccines and Disease Control II | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Keynote: Metabarcoding and amplicon sequencing in helminth diagnostics and surveillance | |||||
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Tue22 Jun03:00pm(30 mins)
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Prof John Gilleard | |||
| Session : Diagnosis and Biomarkers I | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| A novel immunoassay to measure human blackfly exposure in onchocerciasis endemic areas | |||||
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Tue22 Jun03:30pm(15 mins)
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Dr Laura Willen | |||
| Session : Diagnosis and Biomarkers I | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Glycomic analysis of the filarial nematode Brugia malayi and characterization of anti-glycan antibody responses during infection. | |||||
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Tue22 Jun03:45pm(15 mins)
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Ms Laudine Petralia | |||
| Session : Diagnosis and Biomarkers I | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Developmental and secretory regulation of microRNAs in an expanded Fasciola hepatica dataset | |||||
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Tue22 Jun04:00pm(15 mins)
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Miss Caoimhe Herron | |||
| Session : Diagnosis and Biomarkers I | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| The private life of malaria parasites: Strategies for survival & reproduction | |||||
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Wed23 Jun10:00am(45 mins)
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Prof Sarah Reece | |||
| Session : 2020 Wright Medal Lecture | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Keynote: Secreting and communicating: lessons from a parasite and vaginal bacterial commensals | |||||
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Wed23 Jun11:00am(30 mins)
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Dr Augusto Barbosa | |||
| Session : Interactions with Hosts and Vectors | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| The intimate and evolutionarily conserved relationship between Trichomonas and Mycoplasma | |||||
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Wed23 Jun11:30am(15 mins)
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Mr Nick Bailey | |||
| Session : Interactions with Hosts and Vectors | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| What insect resistance against fungal biopesticides can teach us about G x E in host-pathogen interactions | |||||
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Wed23 Jun11:45am(15 mins)
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Dr Matthew Tinsley | |||
| Session : Interactions with Hosts and Vectors | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Heligmosomoides polygyrus produces homologues of HpARI and HpBARI which have increased activity against human immune targets | |||||
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Wed23 Jun12:00pm(15 mins)
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Dr Adefunke Ogunkanbi | |||
| Session : Interactions with Hosts and Vectors | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Keynote: Disparate immunogenic properties of malaria pre-erythrocytic stage antigens and their susceptibility to vaccine-induced CD8+ T cells | |||||
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Wed23 Jun01:00pm(30 mins)
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Dr Julius Hafalla | |||
| Session : Interactions with Hosts and Vectors | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Turning trypanosomes into a vaccine: The design and application of a brucei-based carrier platform for the targeting of a wide variety of "difficult" antigens | |||||
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Wed23 Jun01:30pm(15 mins)
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Mr Joseph Verdi | |||
| Session : Interactions with Hosts and Vectors | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Combining a Novel Immunoassay to Quantify Antibodies to Salivary Antigens with Antibody Acquisition Models to Estimate Exposure to Simulium damnosum s.l. Bites | |||||
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Wed23 Jun01:45pm(15 mins)
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Mr Philip Milton | |||
| Session : Interactions with Hosts and Vectors | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Identification and RNA profiling of ovine tuft cells in response to gastro-intestinal nematode infections | |||||
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Wed23 Jun02:00pm(15 mins)
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Miss Katie Hildersley | |||
| Session : Interactions with Hosts and Vectors | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Keynote: Scientist at play; artful science to explore Leishmania, sand flies and their gut microbiota. | |||||
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Wed23 Jun03:00pm(30 mins)
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Dr Rod Dillon | |||
| Session : Interactions with Hosts and Vectors | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| High throughput single-cell genome sequencing gives insights into the generation and evolution of mosaic aneuploidy in Leishmania donovani | |||||
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Wed23 Jun03:30pm(15 mins)
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Mr Gabriel Negreira | |||
| Session : Interactions with Hosts and Vectors | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Functionally mapping the diversification of African trypanosomes using spatial proteomics | |||||
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Wed23 Jun03:45pm(15 mins)
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Dr Nicola Moloney | |||
| Session : Interactions with Hosts and Vectors | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Rapid egress of Trypanosoma cruzi follows actin cytoskeleton rearrangement and membrane rupture | |||||
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Wed23 Jun04:00pm(15 mins)
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Dr Eden Ferreira | |||
| Session : Interactions with Hosts and Vectors | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Keynote: R-loops of the Trypanosoma brucei genome and single cell transcriptomic reconstruction of bloodstream form differentiation | |||||
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Thu24 Jun10:00am(30 mins)
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Dr Emma Briggs | |||
| Session : 2020 President's Medal Lecture | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Keynote: Sequencing Protists directly from the environment for the Darwin Tree of Life Project | |||||
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Thu24 Jun11:00am(30 mins)
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Prof Neil Hall | |||
| Session : BES: Ecology and Evolution I | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Who’s to blame? Host-vector-parasite interactions in timing transmission. | |||||
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Thu24 Jun11:30am(15 mins)
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Dr Petra Schneider | |||
| Session : BES: Ecology and Evolution I | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| A new Plasmodium species in African apes reveals the origin of human Plasmodium malariae | |||||
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Thu24 Jun11:45am(15 mins)
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Dr Lindsey Plenderleith | |||
| Session : BES: Ecology and Evolution I | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Diversity of Strongylid Nematode Communities in Wild Western Lowland Gorillas | |||||
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Thu24 Jun12:00pm(15 mins)
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Miss Bethan Mason | |||
| Session : BES: Ecology and Evolution I | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Keynote: Environmental Parasitology: relevance of parasites in ecotoxicological studies | |||||
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Thu24 Jun01:00pm(30 mins)
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Prof Bernd Sures | |||
| Session : BES: Ecology and Evolution II | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Using high throughput sequencing to detect the presence of multiple parasite strains in the rapidly declining European turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur) | |||||
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Thu24 Jun01:30pm(15 mins)
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Miss Rebecca Young | |||
| Session : BES: Ecology and Evolution II | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| On snail-borne hippo parasites: do artificial lakes and biological invasions pose a burden on Hippopotamus amphibius? | |||||
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Thu24 Jun01:45pm(15 mins)
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Mr Ruben Schols | |||
| Session : BES: Ecology and Evolution II | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Zoonotic Implications of parasite helminths among domestic animals in selected communities of Caraga Region, Philippines | |||||
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Thu24 Jun02:00pm(15 mins)
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Dr Sheina Macy Manalo | |||
| Session : BES: Ecology and Evolution II | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Keynote: Application of environmental DNA analysis for Fasciola hepatica control in livestock | |||||
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Thu24 Jun03:00pm(30 mins)
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Dr Rhys Jones | |||
| Session : Diagnosis and Biomarkers II | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| SHERLOCK4HAT: a new CRISPR-based tool for Human African Trypanosomiasis diagnosis | |||||
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Thu24 Jun03:30pm(15 mins)
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Dr Nuria Sima Teruel | |||
| Session : Diagnosis and Biomarkers II | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Evaluating the diagnostic test accuracy of molecular xenomonitoring methods for the surveillance of lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis | |||||
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Thu24 Jun03:45pm(15 mins)
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Mr Joseph Pryce | |||
| Session : Diagnosis and Biomarkers II | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Diagnosis of sheep fasciolosis caused by Fasciola hepatica using Cathepsin L ELISA and lateral flow technologies | |||||
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Thu24 Jun04:00pm(15 mins)
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Dr Amber Dorey | |||
| Session : Diagnosis and Biomarkers II | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Keynote: Microscopy – relevant or redundant in diagnostic parasitology? | |||||
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Thu24 Jun04:15pm(30 mins)
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Mrs Claire Rogers | |||
| Session : Diagnosis and Biomarkers II | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
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Thu24 Jun04:45pm(15 mins)
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Session 12 Q & A |
| Fascioliasis control in human endemic areas: one health action to complement preventive chemotherapy | |||||
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Fri25 Jun09:00am(45 mins)
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Prof Santiago Mas-Coma | |||
| Session : Plenary II | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
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Fri25 Jun09:45am(30 mins)
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Q & A |
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Fri25 Jun10:30am(30 mins)
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BSP AGM |
| Keynote: Development of macrofilaricidal drugs for onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis | |||||
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Fri25 Jun11:00am(30 mins)
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Prof Achim Hoerauf | |||
| Session : Drugs, Vaccines and Disease Control III | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Towards the Structure Based Design of Broad Spectrum Anti-Apicomplexan Drugs | |||||
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Fri25 Jun11:30am(15 mins)
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Dr Ashwani Sharma | |||
| Session : Drugs, Vaccines and Disease Control III | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| ACT treatment failure and resistance gene variants in African Plasmodium falciparum | |||||
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Fri25 Jun11:45am(15 mins)
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Dr Colin Sutherland | |||
| Session : Drugs, Vaccines and Disease Control III | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Disentangling the role of Ascaris β-tubulin isotypes in the emergence of anthelmintic resistance. | |||||
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Fri25 Jun12:00pm(15 mins)
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Mr Ben Jones | |||
| Session : Drugs, Vaccines and Disease Control III | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Keynote: Mathematical modelling and the WHO 2021-2030 roadmap on neglected tropical diseases: Insights and challenges | |||||
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Fri25 Jun01:00pm(30 mins)
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Prof Maria-Gloria Basanez | |||
| Session : Surveillance, Epidemiology, Stigma and Public Health I | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Force of infection and age-profiles of Taenia solium human taeniasis and cysticercosis: global trends and subnational analysis for Colombia | |||||
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Fri25 Jun01:30pm(15 mins)
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Dr Matthew Dixon | |||
| Session : Surveillance, Epidemiology, Stigma and Public Health I | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| ZooTRIP: Zoonotic transmission of intestinal parasites: implications for control and elimination. | |||||
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Fri25 Jun01:45pm(15 mins)
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Dr Kezia Whatley | |||
| Session : Surveillance, Epidemiology, Stigma and Public Health I | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Parasite-vaccine interactions through the lenses of meta-analysis and field research | |||||
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Fri25 Jun02:00pm(15 mins)
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Ms Liana Wait | |||
| Session : Surveillance, Epidemiology, Stigma and Public Health I | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Keynote: Leishmaniasis and Conflict | |||||
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Fri25 Jun03:00pm(30 mins)
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Dr Margriet den Boer | |||
| Session : Surveillance, Epidemiology, Stigma and Public Health II | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Are Parasitic Diseases still a Continuing Health Problem in Gaza Strip, Palestine? | |||||
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Fri25 Jun03:30pm(15 mins)
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Prof Adnan Alhindi | |||
| Session : Surveillance, Epidemiology, Stigma and Public Health II | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
| Community practices and Environmental Reservoir as risk factor of Soil-Transmitted Helminths in Selected Rural Communities in the Philippines | |||||
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Fri25 Jun03:45pm(15 mins)
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Mrs Kim Louisse Patagnan | |||
| Session : Surveillance, Epidemiology, Stigma and Public Health II | |||||
| Room: Conference room 1 | |||||
