Talks by Sessions

Programme : Talks by Sessions

Exploiting glycosylation of liver fluke virulence proteins for parasite control
bad date			Paul McVeigh
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Gentian Violet: A Potential Treatment For Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
bad date			Marc Karam
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Welcome and Opening Plenary Session: From Science to Solutions: optimising control of parasitic diseases

Keynote: Welcome
Mon11 Apr02:30pm(10 mins)			Judith Elizabeth Smith
Session : Welcome and Opening Plenary Session: From Science to Solutions: optimising control of parasitic diseases
Room: Lecture Hall in Sir Alexander Fleming Building

Putting Programmers into Programs: modelling and capacity building in malaria control programs
Mon11 Apr02:40pm(40 mins)			Lisa White
Session : Welcome and Opening Plenary Session: From Science to Solutions: optimising control of parasitic diseases
Room: Lecture Hall in Sir Alexander Fleming Building

The 50 Helminths genomes project:searching for targets amongst one million new genes
Mon11 Apr03:20pm(40 mins)			Matt Berriman
Session : Welcome and Opening Plenary Session: From Science to Solutions: optimising control of parasitic diseases
Room: Lecture Hall in Sir Alexander Fleming Building

BES: 1 - Insect, Amphibian and Fungal Parasitology

Keynote: A Potentially Plastic Parasite and a Plastic Amphibian Host Response
Tue12 Apr09:00am(30 mins)			Trent Garner
Session : BES: 1 - Insect, Amphibian and Fungal Parasitology
Room: Lt 308 - Huxley Building

NTDs: 1 - Neglected Tropical Disease Research. Sponsor - London Center for Neglected Tropical Disease Research

Keynote: Research and Implementation Issues in STH Control and Elimination Efforts
Tue12 Apr09:00am(15 mins)			Judd Walson
Session : NTDs: 1 - Neglected Tropical Disease Research. Sponsor - London Center for Neglected Tropical Disease Research
Room: Great Hall - Sherfield Building

Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis: 1 - Drug Development I

Keynote: Drug Discovery for Neglected Tropical Diseases
Tue12 Apr09:00am(30 mins)			Ian Gilbert
Session : Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis: 1 - Drug Development I
Room: Lt 340 - Huxley Building

NTDs: 1 - Neglected Tropical Disease Research. Sponsor - London Center for Neglected Tropical Disease Research

Using lymphatic filariasis transmission assessment survey as a screening platform for molecular surveillance of Strongyloides stercoralis and other soil-transmitted helminths in Fijian school children
Tue12 Apr09:15am(15 mins)			Russell Stothard
Session : NTDs: 1 - Neglected Tropical Disease Research. Sponsor - London Center for Neglected Tropical Disease Research
Room: Great Hall - Sherfield Building

BES: 1 - Insect, Amphibian and Fungal Parasitology

Keynote: The evolutionary ecology of parasite diversity and host defences
Tue12 Apr09:30am(30 mins)			Paul Schmid-Hempel
Session : BES: 1 - Insect, Amphibian and Fungal Parasitology
Room: Lt 308 - Huxley Building

NTDs: 1 - Neglected Tropical Disease Research. Sponsor - London Center for Neglected Tropical Disease Research

What impact will the current WHO treatment coverage targets have the soil-transmitted helminths and can a change in strategy break transmission?
Tue12 Apr09:30am(15 mins)			Hugo Turner
Session : NTDs: 1 - Neglected Tropical Disease Research. Sponsor - London Center for Neglected Tropical Disease Research
Room: Great Hall - Sherfield Building

Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis: 1 - Drug Development I

Targeting the Trypanosoma brucei flap endonuclease
Tue12 Apr09:30am(15 mins)			Sarah Oates
Session : Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis: 1 - Drug Development I
Room: Lt 340 - Huxley Building

NTDs: 1 - Neglected Tropical Disease Research. Sponsor - London Center for Neglected Tropical Disease Research

How do you measure transmission interruption of STH and LF in mass drug administration programmes?
Tue12 Apr09:45am(15 mins)			Roy Anderson
Session : NTDs: 1 - Neglected Tropical Disease Research. Sponsor - London Center for Neglected Tropical Disease Research
Room: Great Hall - Sherfield Building

Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis: 1 - Drug Development I

Using a consensus technique for improving the methodology of clinical trials assessing treatments for Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
Tue12 Apr09:45am(15 mins)			Astrid Erber
Session : Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis: 1 - Drug Development I
Room: Lt 340 - Huxley Building

BES: 1 - Insect, Amphibian and Fungal Parasitology

FMRFamide-like Peptide 21 (FLP-21) Coordinates Host Finding Behaviours in the Entomopathogenic Nematode, Steinernema carpocapsae
Tue12 Apr10:00am(15 mins)			Robert Morris
Session : BES: 1 - Insect, Amphibian and Fungal Parasitology
Room: Lt 308 - Huxley Building

NTDs: 1 - Neglected Tropical Disease Research. Sponsor - London Center for Neglected Tropical Disease Research

Unraveling the epidemiology and origin of the urogenital schistosomiasis outbreak in Corsica (France)
Tue12 Apr10:00am(15 mins)			Bonnie Webster
Session : NTDs: 1 - Neglected Tropical Disease Research. Sponsor - London Center for Neglected Tropical Disease Research
Room: Great Hall - Sherfield Building

Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis: 1 - Drug Development I

Investigating the CNS inflammatory response associated with trypanosome infection.
Tue12 Apr10:00am(15 mins)			Jean Rodgers
Session : Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis: 1 - Drug Development I
Room: Lt 340 - Huxley Building

BES: 1 - Insect, Amphibian and Fungal Parasitology

Comparative genomics and transcriptomics of Trachipleistophora hominis: new insights into the dynamic and innovative evolution of microsporidia genomes
Tue12 Apr10:15am(15 mins)			Robert Hirt
Session : BES: 1 - Insect, Amphibian and Fungal Parasitology
Room: Lt 308 - Huxley Building

Plenary 2

How can parasites help us understand the latitudinal diversity gradient?
Mon11 Apr04:30pm(30 mins)			Mark Torchin
Session : Plenary 2
Room: Lecture Hall in Sir Alexander Fleming Building

Apicomplexa: 1 - Transmission

Keynote: Accelerating the discovery of Malaria transmission-blocking drugs
Tue12 Apr09:00am(30 mins)			Michael Delves
Session : Apicomplexa: 1 - Transmission
Room: Lt 311 - Huxley Building

Evaluating malaria transmission blocking vaccines effectiveness in various endemic settings
Tue12 Apr09:30am(15 mins)			Anais Bompard
Session : Apicomplexa: 1 - Transmission
Room: Lt 311 - Huxley Building

Impact of season and drug resistance on P. falciparum transmission: insights into optimized malaria control
Tue12 Apr09:45am(15 mins)			Amal Gadalla
Session : Apicomplexa: 1 - Transmission
Room: Lt 311 - Huxley Building

A novel model fitted to multiple life stages of malaria for assessing the efficacy of transmission blocking interventions
Tue12 Apr10:00am(30 mins)			Ellie Sherrard-Smith
Session : Apicomplexa: 1 - Transmission
Room: Lt 311 - Huxley Building

BES: 2 - Veterinary Parasitology

Keynote: Fasciola hepatica: what have models ever done for us?
Tue12 Apr11:00am(30 mins)			Diana Williams
Session : BES: 2 - Veterinary Parasitology
Room: Lt 308 - Huxley Building

NTDs: 2 - NTD Monitoring and Evaluation. Sponsor - Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI)

Keynote: Identifying challenges and opportunities to optimise disease control through monitoring and evaluation
Tue12 Apr11:00am(30 mins)			Fiona Fleminig
Session : NTDs: 2 - NTD Monitoring and Evaluation. Sponsor - Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI)
Room: Great Hall - Sherfield Building

Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis: 2 - Drug Development II

Keynote: Phosphodieasterase inhibitors as a potential treatment for neglected parasitic diseases
Tue12 Apr11:00am(30 mins)			Rob Leurs
Session : Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis: 2 - Drug Development II
Room: Lt 340 - Huxley Building

BES: 2 - Veterinary Parasitology

Characterization of the effects of Heligmosomoides polygyrus infection on gut associated lymphoid tissue microarchitecture.
Tue12 Apr11:30am(15 mins)			Alejandra Sanchez
Session : BES: 2 - Veterinary Parasitology
Room: Lt 308 - Huxley Building

NTDs: 2 - NTD Monitoring and Evaluation. Sponsor - Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI)

Identifying factors that influence cure rates during schistosomiasis treatment with praziquantel: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Tue12 Apr11:30am(15 mins)			Mizuho Fukushige
Session : NTDs: 2 - NTD Monitoring and Evaluation. Sponsor - Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI)
Room: Great Hall - Sherfield Building

Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis: 2 - Drug Development II

Keynote: Role of surface proteins of Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania during parasite infection: talking about amastins and trans-sialidases
Tue12 Apr11:30am(30 mins)			Santuza M.R. Teixeira
Session : Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis: 2 - Drug Development II
Room: Lt 340 - Huxley Building

BES: 2 - Veterinary Parasitology

T cell transcription factor variants linked to Teladorsagia circumcincta resistance in sheep
Tue12 Apr11:45am(15 mins)			Hazel Wilkie
Session : BES: 2 - Veterinary Parasitology
Room: Lt 308 - Huxley Building

NTDs: 2 - NTD Monitoring and Evaluation. Sponsor - Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI)

Female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) in Abeokuta, Nigeria
Tue12 Apr11:45am(15 mins)			Uwemedimo Ekpo
Session : NTDs: 2 - NTD Monitoring and Evaluation. Sponsor - Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI)
Room: Great Hall - Sherfield Building

Modelling: 1

Optimising the global allocation of malaria funds.
Tue12 Apr04:15pm(15 mins)			Peter Winskill
Session : Modelling: 1
Room: Lt 311 - Huxley Building

A trade-off between dry season survival longevity and high wet season net reproduction explains the persistence of Anopheles mosquitoes: Implications for vector control
Tue12 Apr04:30pm(15 mins)			Gesham Magombedze
Session : Modelling: 1
Room: Lt 311 - Huxley Building

The role of mosquito bite heterogeneity in determining the distribution of infection in Lymphatic Filariasis
Tue12 Apr04:45pm(15 mins)			Michael Irvine
Session : Modelling: 1
Room: Lt 311 - Huxley Building

Estimating the most efficient allocation of interventions to achieve reductions in P.falciparum malaria burden and transmission in Africa: a modelling study
Tue12 Apr05:00pm(30 mins)			Patrick Walker
Session : Modelling: 1
Room: Lt 311 - Huxley Building

Debate - Controlling parasitic diseases are these fascinating creatures in grave danger of extinction

Roundtable: Untitled
Mon11 Apr05:00pm(60 mins)			Jo Cable		Nico Smit
			Santuza M.R. Teixeira
Session : Debate - Controlling parasitic diseases are these fascinating creatures in grave danger of extinction
Room: Lecture Hall in Sir Alexander Fleming Building

Apicomplexa: 2 - Transmission and Epidemiology

Application of a new PCR-RFLP panel suggests a restricted population structure for Eimeria tenella in UK poultry
Tue12 Apr11:00am(15 mins)			Damer Blake
Session : Apicomplexa: 2 - Transmission and Epidemiology
Room: Lt 311 - Huxley Building

Detection of DNA identical to Sarcocystis lutrae in European badgers (Meles meles) in Scotland
Tue12 Apr11:15am(15 mins)			Tanja Lepore
Session : Apicomplexa: 2 - Transmission and Epidemiology
Room: Lt 311 - Huxley Building

High frequency of infection of lung cancer patients with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii
Tue12 Apr11:30am(15 mins)			Geoff Hide
Session : Apicomplexa: 2 - Transmission and Epidemiology
Room: Lt 311 - Huxley Building

Typing and subtyping of Cryptosporidium from human and animals in Jordan
Tue12 Apr11:45am(15 mins)			Rami Mukbel
Session : Apicomplexa: 2 - Transmission and Epidemiology
Room: Lt 311 - Huxley Building

BES: 3 - Parasite Development and Targets

Homologous neuropeptides coordinate diverse behaviours across parasitic nematodes
Tue12 Apr02:15pm(15 mins)			Johnathan Dazell
Session : BES: 3 - Parasite Development and Targets
Room: Lt 308 - Huxley Building

NTDs: 3 - Vector/Intermediate Host-Parasite Interactions and Biology. Sponsor - RSTMH

Soil-transmitted helminth infections, risk factors, and morbidity associations in Timor-Leste
Tue12 Apr02:15pm(15 mins)			Suzy Campbell
Session : NTDs: 3 - Vector/Intermediate Host-Parasite Interactions and Biology. Sponsor - RSTMH
Room: Great Hall - Sherfield Building

Keynote: The compatibility between Biomphalaria snails and Schistosoma mansoni: an increasingly complex puzzle
Tue12 Apr02:15pm(30 mins)			Guillaume Mitta
Session : NTDs: 3 - Vector/Intermediate Host-Parasite Interactions and Biology. Sponsor - RSTMH
Room: Great Hall - Sherfield Building

Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis: 3 - Epidemiology

Keynote: Beyond Tsetse - Implications for Research and Control of Human African Trypanosomiasis
Tue12 Apr02:15pm(30 mins)			Sue Welburn
Session : Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis: 3 - Epidemiology
Room: Lt 340 - Huxley Building

BES: 3 - Parasite Development and Targets

Understanding protective immunity to Haemonchus contortus to aid development of a recombinant vaccine
Tue12 Apr02:30pm(15 mins)			Eve Hanks
Session : BES: 3 - Parasite Development and Targets
Room: Lt 308 - Huxley Building

Cathepsin B proteases in Fasciola hepatica and their role(s) in fluke virulence
Tue12 Apr02:45pm(15 mins)			Tara Barbour
Session : BES: 3 - Parasite Development and Targets
Room: Lt 308 - Huxley Building

NTDs: 3 - Vector/Intermediate Host-Parasite Interactions and Biology. Sponsor - RSTMH

Mapping freshwater snails in Angola: distribution, identity and molecular diversity of medically important taxa
Tue12 Apr02:45pm(15 mins)			Fiona Allan
Session : NTDs: 3 - Vector/Intermediate Host-Parasite Interactions and Biology. Sponsor - RSTMH
Room: Great Hall - Sherfield Building

Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis: 3 - Epidemiology

Mortality and progression rates attributed to Chagas disease and implications for burden of disease evaluation
Tue12 Apr02:45pm(15 mins)			Zulma M. Cucunubá
Session : Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis: 3 - Epidemiology
Room: Lt 340 - Huxley Building

BES: 3 - Parasite Development and Targets

‘Cystatins of Fasciola hepatica: inhibitors of the major host and parasite cysteine proteases in infection’
Tue12 Apr03:00pm(15 mins)			Orla Drysdale
Session : BES: 3 - Parasite Development and Targets
Room: Lt 308 - Huxley Building

NTDs: 3 - Vector/Intermediate Host-Parasite Interactions and Biology. Sponsor - RSTMH

Hematophagy of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera; Psychodidae) on a mouse skin model: a new view based on intravital microscopy and image analysis
Tue12 Apr03:00pm(15 mins)			Kelsilândia Aguiar Martins
Session : NTDs: 3 - Vector/Intermediate Host-Parasite Interactions and Biology. Sponsor - RSTMH
Room: Great Hall - Sherfield Building

Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis: 3 - Epidemiology

Leishmaniasis outbreaks in the Syrian conflict: The lesser known scars of war
Tue12 Apr03:00pm(15 mins)			Waleed Al Salem
Session : Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis: 3 - Epidemiology
Room: Lt 340 - Huxley Building

BES: 3 - Parasite Development and Targets

Evaluation of Novel Anthelminthics using Caenorhabditis elegans
Tue12 Apr03:15pm(15 mins)			Pilaslak Akrachalanont
Session : BES: 3 - Parasite Development and Targets
Room: Lt 308 - Huxley Building

NTDs: 3 - Vector/Intermediate Host-Parasite Interactions and Biology. Sponsor - RSTMH

Keynote: Breaking through the surface: Insights into host-parasite signalling in Schistosoma mansoni
Tue12 Apr03:15pm(30 mins)			Tony Walker
Session : NTDs: 3 - Vector/Intermediate Host-Parasite Interactions and Biology. Sponsor - RSTMH
Room: Great Hall - Sherfield Building

Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis: 3 - Epidemiology

Are current tools sufficient to achieve WHO elimination goals for sleeping sickness? Modelling intervention strategies in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Tue12 Apr03:15pm(30 mins)			Kat Rock
Session : Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis: 3 - Epidemiology
Room: Lt 340 - Huxley Building

BES: 3 - Parasite Development and Targets

In vitro and in vivo control of sarcoptic mange in rabbits using lemon oil
Tue12 Apr03:30pm(15 mins)			Shawky Aboelhadid
Session : BES: 3 - Parasite Development and Targets
Room: Lt 308 - Huxley Building

Apicomplexa: 3 - Pathogenesis & immunity of infections

Keynote: T cell responses to semi-conserved regions of Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1
Tue12 Apr02:15pm(30 mins)			Britta Urban
Session : Apicomplexa: 3 - Pathogenesis & immunity of infections
Room: Lt 311 - Huxley Building

Effect of malaria infection on lipid profile in children in Akoko land, Nigeria
Tue12 Apr02:45pm(15 mins)			Olusegun Matthew Akanbi
Session : Apicomplexa: 3 - Pathogenesis & immunity of infections
Room: Lt 311 - Huxley Building

RNA-seq analysis confirms that extracellular tachyzoites of virulent and avirulent strains of Neospora caninum are transcriptionally distinct
Tue12 Apr03:00pm(15 mins)			John Ellis
Session : Apicomplexa: 3 - Pathogenesis & immunity of infections
Room: Lt 311 - Huxley Building

Malaria infection in relation to poor glycemic control and anaemia among type 2m diabetes mellitus patients in Lagos, Nigeria.
Tue12 Apr03:15pm(15 mins)			BERNICE UDOH
Session : Apicomplexa: 3 - Pathogenesis & immunity of infections
Room: Lt 311 - Huxley Building

Seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis and associated risk factors among migrant workers in Malaysia
Tue12 Apr03:30pm(15 mins)			Siti Nursheena Mohd Zain
Session : Apicomplexa: 3 - Pathogenesis & immunity of infections
Room: Lt 311 - Huxley Building

BES:4 - Aquatic Biodiversity and Ecology

Keynote: Fish trematodes of the tropical Indo-west Pacific: is this progress
Tue12 Apr04:15pm(30 mins)			Thomas Cribb
Session : BES:4 - Aquatic Biodiversity and Ecology
Room: Lt 308 - Huxley Building

Biodiversity and disease risk: complex effects of non-hosts on parasite transmission
Tue12 Apr04:15pm(15 mins)			David Thieltges
Session : BES:4 - Aquatic Biodiversity and Ecology
Room: Lt 308 - Huxley Building

Science Comunnications: 1

Media skills for scientistGaining confidence and taking control when dealing with the press
Tue12 Apr04:15pm(15 mins)			Inga Vesper
Session : Science Comunnications: 1
Room: Lt 340 - Huxley Building

NTDs: 4 - Epidemiology, Infection and Morbidity

Going paperless? A six-country experience on the use of SMART phones in data collection for Nation wide disease mapping and monitoring of Schistosomiasis and Soil Transmitted Helminths National Disease Control Programs.
Tue12 Apr04:30pm(15 mins)			Yolisa Nalule
Session : NTDs: 4 - Epidemiology, Infection and Morbidity
Room: Great Hall - Sherfield Building

Science Comunnications: 1

Impactful websites for research projects
Tue12 Apr04:30pm(15 mins)			Steve Lacey
Session : Science Comunnications: 1
Room: Lt 340 - Huxley Building

BES:4 - Aquatic Biodiversity and Ecology

Keynote: Worms, fish, seals and man in the Baltic - economic and ecological considerations
Tue12 Apr04:45pm(30 mins)			Kurt Buchmann
Session : BES:4 - Aquatic Biodiversity and Ecology
Room: Lt 308 - Huxley Building

NTDs: 4 - Epidemiology, Infection and Morbidity

Design and Evaluation of a Health Educational Board Game for the Control of Soil Transmitted Helminthiasis among Primary School Children in Abeokuta, Nigeria
Tue12 Apr04:45pm(15 mins)			Uwemedimo Ekpo
Session : NTDs: 4 - Epidemiology, Infection and Morbidity
Room: Great Hall - Sherfield Building

Science Comunnications: 1

Writing a film brief and visualising data
Tue12 Apr04:45pm(15 mins)			Alice Hawash
Session : Science Comunnications: 1
Room: Lt 340 - Huxley Building

NTDs: 4 - Epidemiology, Infection and Morbidity

Systematic review and meta-analysis of soil-transmitted helminth treatment efficacy studies and the case for sharing individual patient data
Tue12 Apr05:00pm(15 mins)			Julia Halder
Session : NTDs: 4 - Epidemiology, Infection and Morbidity
Room: Great Hall - Sherfield Building

Science Comunnications: 1

Deep End: notes from a public engagement novice
Tue12 Apr05:00pm(15 mins)			James Edwards-Smallbone
Session : Science Comunnications: 1
Room: Lt 340 - Huxley Building

NTDs: 4 - Epidemiology, Infection and Morbidity

Anti-morbidity effects of second generation tetracycline antibiotics in pre-clinical lymphatic filariasis disease models
Tue12 Apr05:15pm(15 mins)			Stephen Cross
Session : NTDs: 4 - Epidemiology, Infection and Morbidity
Room: Great Hall - Sherfield Building

Plenary 5 Sponser - PLoS NTDs

Achieving Sustainable Development Goals through NTD Control and Elimination
Tue12 Apr12:15pm(5 mins)			Peter Hotez
Session : Plenary 5 Sponser - PLoS NTDs
Room: Lt 308 - Huxley Building

BES: 5 - Co-infections

Keynote: Coinfections and heterologous reactivity: a case study of Theileria
Wed13 Apr09:00am(30 mins)			Mark Woolhouse
Session : BES: 5 - Co-infections
Room: Lt 308 - Huxley Building

NTDs: 5 - Functional Genomics

Keynote: Developing & applying ‘poly-omics’ tools to enrich our understanding of schistosome biology
Wed13 Apr09:00am(30 mins)			Karl Hoffman
Session : NTDs: 5 - Functional Genomics
Room: Great Hall - Sherfield Building

Apicomplexa: 4 - Chemotherapy and Control I

Keynote: Chemotherapy to fight malaria, selected travel notes and snapshots of an ongoing journey
Wed13 Apr09:00am(30 mins)			Ilaria Russo
Session : Apicomplexa: 4 - Chemotherapy and Control I
Room: Lt 311 - Huxley Building

Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis: 4 - Diagnostics

Keynote: Elimination of sleeping sickness requires implementation of novel tools and strategies
Wed13 Apr09:00am(30 mins)			Joseph Ndung'u
Session : Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis: 4 - Diagnostics
Room: Lt 340 - Huxley Building

BES: 5 - Co-infections

Dientamoebiasis: an emerging human diarrhoeal disease and its diagnosis
Wed13 Apr09:30am(15 mins)			John Ellis
Session : BES: 5 - Co-infections
Room: Lt 308 - Huxley Building

NTDs: 5 - Functional Genomics

Functional genomics for schistosomes: retroviral-based transgenesis and CRISPR-Cas9
Wed13 Apr09:30am(15 mins)			Gabriel Rinaldi
Session : NTDs: 5 - Functional Genomics
Room: Great Hall - Sherfield Building

Apicomplexa: 4 - Chemotherapy and Control I

Screening the MMV “Malaria Box” for rapid rate-of-kill
Wed13 Apr09:30am(15 mins)			Imran Ullah
Session : Apicomplexa: 4 - Chemotherapy and Control I
Room: Lt 311 - Huxley Building

Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis: 4 - Diagnostics

Expression of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense antigens in Leishmania tarentolae. Potential for use in rapid serodiagnostic tests (RDTs)
Wed13 Apr09:30am(15 mins)			Barrie Rooney
Session : Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis: 4 - Diagnostics
Room: Lt 340 - Huxley Building

BES: 5 - Co-infections

Assessing the impact of mass deworming on worm burden and co-infections with other parasites and commensals using molecular techniques
Wed13 Apr09:45am(15 mins)			Alice Easton
Session : BES: 5 - Co-infections
Room: Lt 308 - Huxley Building

NTDs: 5 - Functional Genomics

The genome of Onchocerca volvulus: a first view of filarial chromosomes
Wed13 Apr09:45am(15 mins)			James Cotton
Session : NTDs: 5 - Functional Genomics
Room: Great Hall - Sherfield Building

Apicomplexa: 4 - Chemotherapy and Control I

Vaccination against Eimeria ameliorates drug resistance in commercial poultry production.
Wed13 Apr09:45am(15 mins)			David Chapman
Session : Apicomplexa: 4 - Chemotherapy and Control I
Room: Lt 311 - Huxley Building

Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis: 4 - Diagnostics

Metabolic markers of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT)
Wed13 Apr09:45am(15 mins)			Isabel Vincent
Session : Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis: 4 - Diagnostics
Room: Lt 340 - Huxley Building

BES: 5 - Co-infections

Helminths coinfection patterns in a population of Rattus norvegicus from an urban Brazilian slum affected by human leptospirosis
Wed13 Apr10:00am(15 mins)			Ticiana Carvalho Pereira
Session : BES: 5 - Co-infections
Room: Lt 308 - Huxley Building

NTDs: 5 - Functional Genomics

Protein families with a putative role in parasitism in Strongyloides nematodes
Wed13 Apr10:00am(15 mins)			Vicky Hunt
Session : NTDs: 5 - Functional Genomics
Room: Great Hall - Sherfield Building

Apicomplexa: 4 - Chemotherapy and Control I

Role of an S-S link between cysteines 532 and 580 of the P. falciparum K13 Kelch propeller
Wed13 Apr10:00am(30 mins)			David Warhurst
Session : Apicomplexa: 4 - Chemotherapy and Control I
Room: Lt 311 - Huxley Building

Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis: 4 - Diagnostics

Quantifying the progression of visceral leishmaniasis
Wed13 Apr10:00am(15 mins)			Lloyd Chapman
Session : Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis: 4 - Diagnostics
Room: Lt 340 - Huxley Building

BES: 5 - Co-infections

Nematode diversity in feral Soay sheep
Wed13 Apr10:15am(15 mins)			Alexandra Chambers
Session : BES: 5 - Co-infections
Room: Lt 308 - Huxley Building

NTDs: 5 - Functional Genomics

Museomics; an emerging tool for disease research in parasitology
Wed13 Apr10:15am(15 mins)			Andrew Briscoe
Session : NTDs: 5 - Functional Genomics
Room: Great Hall - Sherfield Building

Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis: 4 - Diagnostics

Exploring anti-α-gal antibodies as a novel tool for diagnosing infections of old world cutaneous leishmaniasis
Wed13 Apr10:15am(15 mins)			Krishanthi Subramaniam
Session : Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis: 4 - Diagnostics
Room: Lt 340 - Huxley Building

BES: 6 - General Parasite Ecology

Keynote: Reconstructing transmission processes from different data types
Wed13 Apr11:00am(30 mins)			Dan Haydon
Session : BES: 6 - General Parasite Ecology
Room: Lt 308 - Huxley Building

NTDs: 6 - In Vitro and In Vivo Molecular Insights

Schistosoma life in the blood (and in the lab) illuminated by RNA-sequencing
Wed13 Apr11:00am(15 mins)			Arporn Wangwiwatsin
Session : NTDs: 6 - In Vitro and In Vivo Molecular Insights
Room: Great Hall - Sherfield Building

Apicomplexa: 5 - Chemotherapy and Control II

Pfk13-independent resistance mechanisms in Plasmodium falciparum: a potential threat to ACT efficacy in Africa
Wed13 Apr11:00am(30 mins)			Colin Sutherland
Session : Apicomplexa: 5 - Chemotherapy and Control II
Room: Lt 311 - Huxley Building

NTDs: 6 - In Vitro and In Vivo Molecular Insights

A mouse model for the dynamic imaging of collagen deposition during hepatic schistosomiasis
Wed13 Apr11:15am(15 mins)			Geoffrey Gobert
Session : NTDs: 6 - In Vitro and In Vivo Molecular Insights
Room: Great Hall - Sherfield Building

BES: 6 - General Parasite Ecology

Juvenile immunity, growth, parasite load and fitness in wild Soay sheep
Wed13 Apr11:30am(15 mins)			Rebecca Watson
Session : BES: 6 - General Parasite Ecology
Room: Lt 308 - Huxley Building

NTDs: 6 - In Vitro and In Vivo Molecular Insights

New macrofilaricide discovery and development through targeting Wolbachia
Wed13 Apr11:30am(15 mins)			Kelly Johnston
Session : NTDs: 6 - In Vitro and In Vivo Molecular Insights
Room: Great Hall - Sherfield Building

Apicomplexa: 5 - Chemotherapy and Control II

Normocyte binding protein NBPXa is required for human erythrocyte invasion by Plasmodium knowlesi
Wed13 Apr11:30am(15 mins)			Robert Moon
Session : Apicomplexa: 5 - Chemotherapy and Control II
Room: Lt 311 - Huxley Building

BES: 6 - General Parasite Ecology

People, parasites and wildlife – a balanced one-health perspective, not a one-way street
Wed13 Apr11:45am(15 mins)			RC Andrew Thompson
Session : BES: 6 - General Parasite Ecology
Room: Lt 308 - Huxley Building

NTDs: 6 - In Vitro and In Vivo Molecular Insights

Re-purposing the Medicines for Malaria Venture compound library against the Wolbachia endosymbiont drug target for lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis
Wed13 Apr11:45am(15 mins)			Rachel Clare
Session : NTDs: 6 - In Vitro and In Vivo Molecular Insights
Room: Great Hall - Sherfield Building

Apicomplexa: 5 - Chemotherapy and Control II

Attraction of malaria mosquitoes to children infected with (different life cycle stages of) Plasmodium falciparum.
Wed13 Apr11:45am(15 mins)			Annette Busula
Session : Apicomplexa: 5 - Chemotherapy and Control II
Room: Lt 311 - Huxley Building

BES: 6 - General Parasite Ecology

Maternal transfer of helminth-specific antibodies and fitness in neonatal Soay sheep
Wed13 Apr12:00pm(15 mins)			Alexandra Sparks
Session : BES: 6 - General Parasite Ecology
Room: Lt 308 - Huxley Building

NTDs: 6 - In Vitro and In Vivo Molecular Insights

Development of murine models of loiasis to assess microfilaricidal activity of pre-clinical candidate anti-filarial drugs
Wed13 Apr12:00pm(15 mins)			Hanna Sjoberg
Session : NTDs: 6 - In Vitro and In Vivo Molecular Insights
Room: Great Hall - Sherfield Building

Apicomplexa: 5 - Chemotherapy and Control II

The in vitro pharmacodynamic response of antimalarial endoperoxides on P. falciparum gametocytes
Wed13 Apr12:00pm(15 mins)			Ahmed Saif
Session : Apicomplexa: 5 - Chemotherapy and Control II
Room: Lt 311 - Huxley Building

Plenary 6

Keynote: Wright Medal Lecture - Decoding antitrypanosomal drug action and resistance
Wed13 Apr05:00pm(30 mins)			David Horn
Session : Plenary 6
Room: Lt 308 - Huxley Building

NTDs: 7 - Controll, elimination and diagnostics I

Keynote: The era of elimination: progress and challenges in fighting helminthiases
Wed13 Apr02:00pm(30 mins)			Steffi Knopp
Session : NTDs: 7 - Controll, elimination and diagnostics I
Room: Great Hall - Sherfield Building

Apicomplexa: 6 - Cell biology

Keynote: Molecular switches controlling atypical mitosis in Plasmodium
Wed13 Apr02:00pm(30 mins)			Rita Tewari
Session : Apicomplexa: 6 - Cell biology
Room: Lt 311 - Huxley Building

NTDs: 7 - Controll, elimination and diagnostics I

Quantifying polyparasitism in Beira, Mozambique: Detection of intestinal parasites in fecal samples by microscopy and real-time PCR
Wed13 Apr02:30pm(15 mins)			Lynn Meurs
Session : NTDs: 7 - Controll, elimination and diagnostics I
Room: Great Hall - Sherfield Building

Apicomplexa: 6 - Cell biology

Biogenesis of the crystalloid organelle in Plasmodium involves microtubule-dependent vesicle transport and assembly.
Wed13 Apr02:30pm(15 mins)			sadia saeed
Session : Apicomplexa: 6 - Cell biology
Room: Lt 311 - Huxley Building

NTDs: 7 - Controll, elimination and diagnostics I

Diagnosis of active Schistosoma infection in a non-endemic clinical setting using the ultrasensitive lateral flow test for detection of schistosome Circulating Anodic Antigen (CAA) in serum.
Wed13 Apr02:45pm(15 mins)			Lisette van Lieshout
Session : NTDs: 7 - Controll, elimination and diagnostics I
Room: Great Hall - Sherfield Building

Apicomplexa: 6 - Cell biology

Signalling networks during Toxoplasma invasion: calcium provides both positive and negative control of organelle secretion.
Wed13 Apr02:45pm(15 mins)			Ross Waller
Session : Apicomplexa: 6 - Cell biology
Room: Lt 311 - Huxley Building

NTDs: 7 - Controll, elimination and diagnostics I

Efficacy of triple drug regimen in the global elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis
Wed13 Apr03:00pm(15 mins)			Michael Irvine
Session : NTDs: 7 - Controll, elimination and diagnostics I
Room: Great Hall - Sherfield Building

Apicomplexa: 6 - Cell biology

The role of DC8 and 13 PfEMP1 domains in cytoadhesion of Plasmodium falciparum to human brain endothelial cells
Wed13 Apr03:00pm(15 mins)			Yvonne Azasi
Session : Apicomplexa: 6 - Cell biology
Room: Lt 311 - Huxley Building

BES: 8 - General Wildlife and Plant Parasitology

Molecular Characterization of Leptospira Species Isolated from Urban Rats in Peninsular Malaysia
Wed13 Apr03:45pm(15 mins)			Siti Nursheena Mohd Zain
Session : BES: 8 - General Wildlife and Plant Parasitology
Room: Lt 308 - Huxley Building

NTDs: 8 - Control, elimination and diagnostics II

Diagnostics of schistosomiasis by antigen-detection (CAA and CCA): the quest for a single worm.
Wed13 Apr03:45pm(15 mins)			Govert van Dam
Session : NTDs: 8 - Control, elimination and diagnostics II
Room: Great Hall - Sherfield Building

BES: 8 - General Wildlife and Plant Parasitology

From mummy, with love - on vertical transmission of Babesia microti in Microtus spp.
Wed13 Apr04:00pm(15 mins)			Katarzyna Tołkacz
Session : BES: 8 - General Wildlife and Plant Parasitology
Room: Lt 308 - Huxley Building

NTDs: 8 - Control, elimination and diagnostics II

COUNTDOWN in Ghana: Developing the diagnostic capacity for detection and surveillance of soil-transmitted helminthiasis at local and national levels
Wed13 Apr04:00pm(15 mins)			Lucas Cunningham
Session : NTDs: 8 - Control, elimination and diagnostics II
Room: Great Hall - Sherfield Building

BES: 8 - General Wildlife and Plant Parasitology

Developing Neuropeptides as Transgenic Nematicides
Wed13 Apr04:15pm(15 mins)			Leonie Wilson
Session : BES: 8 - General Wildlife and Plant Parasitology
Room: Lt 308 - Huxley Building

NTDs: 8 - Control, elimination and diagnostics II

Community-wide patterns of infection following standard treatment for schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths from a 2 year study in Uganda
Wed13 Apr04:15pm(15 mins)			Arminder Deol
Session : NTDs: 8 - Control, elimination and diagnostics II
Room: Great Hall - Sherfield Building

BES: 8 - General Wildlife and Plant Parasitology

ExoRNAi exposes contrasting roles for sugar exudation in host-finding by plant pathogens
Wed13 Apr04:30pm(15 mins)			Neil Warnock
Session : BES: 8 - General Wildlife and Plant Parasitology
Room: Lt 308 - Huxley Building

NTDs: 8 - Control, elimination and diagnostics II

A novel methodology to assess diagnostic performance when ambiguous results are present, with application to Schistosoma mansoni detection in Côte d’Ivoire and Uganda
Wed13 Apr04:30pm(15 mins)			Michelle Clements
Session : NTDs: 8 - Control, elimination and diagnostics II
Room: Great Hall - Sherfield Building

Last talk

		13-April-2016, at 22:00

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		13-April-2016, at 22:00
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		13-April-2016, at 22:00
		Session : Last talk
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		13-April-2016, at 22:00
		Session : Last talk
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		13-April-2016, at 22:00
		Session : Last talk
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BES: 7 - Aquatic Parasitology and Perturbations

Keynote: Aquatic parasitology in a changing world: diversity, emerging diseases and climate change
Wed13 Apr02:00pm(30 mins)			Nico Smit
Session : BES: 7 - Aquatic Parasitology and Perturbations
Room: Lt 308 - Huxley Building

Aquatic Parasite Information - a new resource for data on freshwater fish parasites in the UK
Wed13 Apr02:30pm(15 mins)			Bernice Brewster
Session : BES: 7 - Aquatic Parasitology and Perturbations
Room: Lt 308 - Huxley Building

Fish in an ever uncertain climate: a tale of two parasites
Wed13 Apr02:45pm(15 mins)			Alexander Stewart
Session : BES: 7 - Aquatic Parasitology and Perturbations
Room: Lt 308 - Huxley Building

Effects of flow rate on parasite transmission and fish shoaling behaviour
Wed13 Apr03:00pm(15 mins)			Michael Reynolds
Session : BES: 7 - Aquatic Parasitology and Perturbations
Room: Lt 308 - Huxley Building

Apicomplexa: 7 - Cell and Molecular Biology

A comparative study of malaria parasite cell death following exposure to titratable lethal doses of antimalarial drugs
Wed13 Apr03:45pm(15 mins)			Ibrahim Ali
Session : Apicomplexa: 7 - Cell and Molecular Biology
Room: Lt 311 - Huxley Building

A new long-term cell culturing system for Cryptosporidium
Wed13 Apr04:00pm(15 mins)			Anastasios Tsaousis
Session : Apicomplexa: 7 - Cell and Molecular Biology
Room: Lt 311 - Huxley Building

Plasmodium merozoite motility in red cell invasion: an ultrastructural model of how the actin-myosin motor directs propulsion.
Wed13 Apr04:15pm(15 mins)			Lawrence Bannister
Session : Apicomplexa: 7 - Cell and Molecular Biology
Room: Lt 311 - Huxley Building

Functional analyses of putative assortative-mating genes between the molecular forms of Anopheles gambiae
Wed13 Apr04:30pm(15 mins)			Nancy Dawam
Session : Apicomplexa: 7 - Cell and Molecular Biology
Room: Lt 311 - Huxley Building

Helminth Signalling and Developmental Parasitology I

Keynote: Reprogramming global animal state in C. elegans by O2 and CO2 sensing circuits
Wed13 Apr02:00pm(30 mins)			Mario de Bono
Session : Helminth Signalling and Developmental Parasitology I
Room: Lt 340 - Huxley Building

Probing the role of miRNAs in the growth and development of the liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica
Wed13 Apr02:30pm(15 mins)			Claire Hill
Session : Helminth Signalling and Developmental Parasitology I
Room: Lt 340 - Huxley Building

From planarians to parasitism: Wnt/Hedgehog signalling controls AP patterning during larval and strobilar development in tapeworms
Wed13 Apr02:45pm(15 mins)			Francesca Jarero
Session : Helminth Signalling and Developmental Parasitology I
Room: Lt 340 - Huxley Building

Unexpected activity of a novel kunitz-type parasite inhibitor: inhibition of cathepsins and not serine proteases
Wed13 Apr03:00pm(15 mins)			David Smith
Session : Helminth Signalling and Developmental Parasitology I
Room: Lt 340 - Huxley Building

Helminth Signalling and Developmental Parasitology II

Tapeworm tumours: how not to make a helminth
Wed13 Apr03:45pm(30 mins)			Peter Olson
Session : Helminth Signalling and Developmental Parasitology II
Room: Lt 340 - Huxley Building

Akt signalling in the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni
Wed13 Apr04:15pm(15 mins)			Maxine Mckenzie
Session : Helminth Signalling and Developmental Parasitology II
Room: Lt 340 - Huxley Building

Detecting Molecular Similarities Between Allergenic And Metazoan Parasitic Proteins: Allergy In The Light of Immunity
Wed13 Apr04:30pm(15 mins)			Nicholas Furnham
Session : Helminth Signalling and Developmental Parasitology II
Room: Lt 340 - Huxley Building

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