BSP Spring Meeting 2016, London - From Science to Solutions: optimising control of parasitic diseases

Posters

Michi Yassa
Rajiv Gandhi University
India
1Diversity of parasitic monogenoids (Platyhelminthes) in Arunachal Pradesh- Evaluating the state of knowledge
Shawky Aboelhadid
Beni-Suef University
Egypt
4Molecular diagnosis of Eimeria stiedae in hepatic tissue of experimentally infected rabbits
Shawky Aboelhadid
Beni-Suef University
Egypt
5 Comparison of conventional and Real-time PCR assays for diagnosis of Trypanosoma evansi infection
Abdulwahed Alrefaei
UEA
6Multilocus Sequence Typing (MLST) for genetic characterization of Trichomonas gallinae isolates
Noemi Bahamontes Rosa
GSK
Spain
8Efficacy models for antimalarial molecules
Hannah Shaw
Moredun Research Institute
9Are rabbits a source of Cryptosporidium parvum infection for calves?
Aver Hemben
Cranfiled University
10Malaria Detection using an Electrochemical Biosensor
Natasha Hirst
Kingston University
11Phosphoproteomic Analysis of Adult Schistosoma mansoni
Federica Giordani
University of Glasgow
12Distamycin A derivatives: a new class of minor groove binders for the treatment of animal trypanosomiasis
Jennifer Palmer
Centre of African Studies,University of Edinburgh
14The importance of ‘opportunistic’ testing behaviour: understanding passive case detection success in human Africa trypanosomiasis (HAT) in an era of elimination
Hajri Alshehri
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
15High prevalence of giardiasis and intestinal schistosomiasis along the shoreline of Lake Albert,Uganda.
Basim Othman
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
23Molecular analysis of malaria parasite and host cell responses to co-adhesion interactions
Matthew Gibbins
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
26Immunodominant CD8+ T cell responses and protection against malaria pre-erythrocytic infection
Alison J Mbekeani
University of Durham
27Peroxisomes in Toxoplasma gondii?
Adam Reid
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
28A role for the pir gene family in establishing chronic Plasmodium infections
Amjed Alqaisi
Durham University
29Functional analyses of sphingolipid biosynthesis in an apicomplexan parasite
Willow Smallbone
Cardiff University
30Wild v ornamental immune function differences leads to variation in susceptibility and tolerance of parasitism
Faiz Abdulaziz Alfaiz
University of Strathclyde/ SIPBS
31Mast cells in gastrointestinal helminth infection
Erica Gardiner
Queens university Belfast
32Studying growth in the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica
Uwemedimo Ekpo
Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta
Nigeria
33Assessment of the prevalence of soil-transmitted helminthiasis after 5 years of mass drug administration for Onchocerciasis and Lymphatic filariasis in Kebbi State, Nigeria
Uwemedimo Ekpo
Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta
Nigeria
34Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and prevalence of Soil Transmitted Helminths (STH) in communities under mass drug administration in Kebbi State, Nigeria
Aidan Mark Emery
Natural History Museum
35The truth is out there: To control schistosomiasis we need to collect schistosomes and snails
Julia Dunn
Imperial College London
36Population distribution of soil-transmitted helminths in two villages in southern Myanmar
Muna Abubaker
University of Salford
37Second-phase lead optimisation of Emetine Dihydrochloride for repositioning as an antimalarial drug
Narissara Jariyapan
Chiang Mai University
Thailand
38Molecular identification of Leishmania martiniquensis and Leishmania siamensis
Marwa Elfaham
Marwa El-Faham
39Schistosoma mansoni cercarial elastase (SmCE): differences in immunogenic properties of native and recombinant forms
Marwa Elfaham
Marwa El-Faham
40Identification of a Schistosoma mansoni worm surface antigen involved in immune-dependent chemotherapy of experimental schistosomiasis
Kehinde Sowunmi
University of Nottingham
42Cross-reactivity of biomphalaria glabrata glycoproteins with schistosoma mansoni glycoconjugates
Veronica Molina Hernandez
Queen's University Belfast
43Cellular and molecular profile of liver pathogenesis in the peritoneum during early infection of sheep with Fasciola hepatica
Samuel Thorburn
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
45Blockade of the CTLA4 inhibitory pathway augments CD8 T cell mediated protection against malaria pre-erythrocytic stages
Myriam Shafie
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
46WormBase ParaSite: more data, better tools
Sarah-Jane Ryan
Queen's University Belfast
48Fasciola hepatica Aspartic Protease
Hamza Hameed
Keele University
49Screening for antiparasitic leads from a library of natural products from temperate zone plants
Emilie Giraud
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
50Leishmania proteophosphoglycans regurgitated from infected sand flies accelerates dermal wound repair and exacerbates leishmaniasis via insulin-like growth factor 1-dependent signalling.
David Waterhouse
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
51Establishing the factors that drive drug partitioning and compartmental drug accumulation in Brugia malayi.
Michael Rogan
University of Salford
52Transmission of Echinococcus species in pastoral communities in southern Kyrgyzstan
Rebecca Roscoe
University of Glasgow
53A possible role for adenosine receptors in the development of CNS-stage trypanosome infections.
chelsea davis
Aberystwyth University
54Uncovering Liver Fluke (Fasciola hepatica) Extracellular Vesicle Interactions with the Host Innate Immune Response: a Proteomic Approach
Rail Fattakhov
Tyumen scientifically research institute of regional infectious pathology
Russian Federation
55Infestation of cyprinidae with larvae of agents for opisthorchiasis in irtysh basin on the territory of omsk oblast
Tom Rawlinson
The Jenner Institute, University of Oxford
57Isolation and characterisation of human monoclonal antibodies from individuals vaccinated with Plasmodium vivax Duffy-Binding Protein
May Rajab
University of Salford
59Investigating Ca2+ channel blockers as antimalarials
Thomas Gasan
Aberystwyth Univerisy
60Characterisation of a novel Schistosoma mansoni cercariae/schistosomula secreted protein (SmCSS-1) exhibiting developmentally regulated alternative splicing
Wetpisit Chanmol
Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University
Thailand
61Development of Leishmania siamensis in Axenic Culture
Shannon Quek
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
62An Omics Jigsaw: The relationship Between Wolbachia and Brugia malayi
Caroline Rivers
University of Southampton
63Characterisation of the effect of the cyclo-octadepsipeptide anthelmintic emodepside on behaviour of the potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida
Matthew Sturrock
Queen's University Belfast
65Probing Neuropeptide-like Protein Function in Plant Parasitic Nematodes
Clément Regnault
University of Glasgow
66Microfluidic separation of parasites and parasite-infected cells from blood for the diagnosis of leishmaniasis
James Edwards-Smallbone
Keele University
67A candidate Plasmodium falciparum telomere-binding protein expressed in gametocytes
Marcel Ramirez
instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Brazil
68Microvesicles (MVs) release from Giardia intestinalis modulate the parasite -host cell interaction
Muattaz Hussain
Strathclyde university/ SIPBS
69Studies on expression of gamma glutamylcysteine synthetase (γGCS) in leishmania tarentolae
Nana Efua Andoh
Keele University
71Investigation of the disruption of the blood brain barrier in cerebral malaria: using an in vitro HBEC-astrocyte tandem model
David Calvo Hernandez
GlaxoSmithKline
Spain
72A quick and easy reliable method to estimate Anopheles stephensi Liston (Diptera: Culicidae) pupae numbers in insectaries
Priyanka Panwar
University of Salford
73Fast tracking antimalarial drug discovery through molecular modelling and repositioning: Lead optimisation of synthetic emetine analogues SALF01/02
Amy Marriott
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
76Application of ultrasonography to detect peritoneal filarial dance sign in preclinical rodent Brugia malayi macrofilaricidal drug screening models
Ross Watson
The University of Edinburgh
77Assessing the Subjectivity of Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Results
Natalia Kraeva
Life Science Research Centre,University of Ostrava
Czech Republic
78Tetracycline-inducible gene expression system in Leishmania mexicana
Lisa Murray
The University of Edinburgh
79Improving the Detection of Trypanosoma brucei Parasites in Ugandan Cattle
Ashley Preston
University of Nottingham
80Cellular Localisation of RNA Binding Protein RAP1 in Plasmodium berghei
James Pritchard
Royal Veterinary College
81Identification of vaccine candidates against the poultry red mite using phage display libraries
Khalid Beshir
LSHTM
82P. falciparum hrp2 gene variants in malaria-endemic areas outside South America and their effect on RDT results.
Alexander Webb
Imperial College London
83A protease-based biosensor for the detection of schistosoma cercariae
Julio Furlong-Silva
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
84Inflammatory lymphatic remodelling in a murine preclinical model of filarial infection
Kwadwo K. Frempong
Erasmus MC
Netherlands
85Progress towards lymphatic filariasis elimination in Ghana: a model-based analysis of trends in infection prevalence during 15 years of mass drug administration
Anfal Yousef
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
86The Role of Autophagy in Anti-Wolbachia Treatment
Deborah Cox
Queens' University Belfast
87Homologous neuropeptides direct distinct behaviours across parasitic nematodes
Yuan Shen
University of Edinburgh
88Comparative analysis of Internal Transcribed Spacer 1 based (ITS1) PCR with two species-specific PCR for the detection of Trypanosoma. vivax in Ugandan cattle
Catherine Onley
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
90Babesia microti cell surface protein library for identification of parasite invasion proteins
Stephen Doyle
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
91Discrimination between Onchocerca volvulus and O. ochengi filarial larvae in Simulium damnosum s.l. and their distribution throughout central Ghana using a versatile high-resolution speciation assay
R Mohammed
Cardiff University
92Getting into hot water: sick fish frequent warmer thermal conditions
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