Sunday, 4 September 2016 to Wednesday, 7 September 2016

Posters

Gloria Amegatcher
University of Edinburgh
1The significance of respiratory complex I and mitochondrial retrograde signalling in the transition of Trypanosoma brucei from bloodstream to insect form
Leticia Perez-Diaz
School of Sciences, UdelaR
Uruguay
2Involvement of an RNA binding protein containing Alba domain in the stage-specific regulation of beta-amastin expression in Trypanosoma cruzi
Sinclair Cooper
University of Edinburgh
3The mitochondrial genome and gRNA-ome of pleomorphic Trypanosoma brucei
Karolina Subrtova
University of Edinburgh
5FoF1-ATP synthase subunit α - A tale of two fragments
Samuel Duncan
The University of Dundee
6Identifying highly divergent glycosyltransferases in the African trypanosome
Fernanda Grecco Grano
University of York
7Kinetic of detection of Leishmania donovani DNA in the brain during experimental infection in mice
Migla Miskinyte
University of Edinburgh
8Characterizing genes involved in function and biogenesis of mitochondrial DNA in Trypanosoma brucei
Claudia Schaffner
University of Edinburgh
9Chemical V-ATPase inhibition fully compensates for ablation of mitochondrial RNA editing ligase 1 in Trypanosoma brucei
Laura Piel
Institut Pasteur
France
10Phenotypic and functional genetic analysis of virulence attenuation in Leishmania donovani
Helena De la Torre Olvera
University of Glasgow
11Functional characterisation of six essential protein kinases in Trypanosoma brucei reveals 3 that are required for cytokinesis
Christelle Cren
Institut Pasteur
France
12Importance of trypanosome motility in the early infection
Harriet Lane-Serff
University of Oxford
13Evolutionary diversification of the trypanosome haptoglobin-haemoglobin receptor from an ancestral haemoglobin receptor
Jean-Claude Dujardin
Institute of Tropical Medicine
Belgium
14An improved Leishmania donovani reference genome after PacBio SMRT sequencing: the road to Whole Genome Sequence of the parasite
Hazel Hamilton
University of Glasgow
15Parasite Secretomics: Investigating the secretome of Leishmania mexicana to elucidate mechanisms of intracellular survival
Suad Al Kufi
Strathclyde University
16Mutational analysis of the phosphorylation sites of the Leishmania mexicana kinesin homologue LmxKin29
Sara Sajko
University of Vienna
Austria
17Structural and functional studies of Trypanosoma brucei TbMORN1 protein
Helen Price
Keele University
18Screening for antiparasitic leads from a library of natural products from temperate zone plants
José M. Pérez-Victoria
IPBLN-CSIC
Spain
19Trypanosomatid parasites rescue heme from endocytosed hemoglobin through lysosomal HRG transporters
kathryn Crouch
University of Glasgow
20Data mining using TriTrypDB resources
Jenna Perry
Brown University
United States
21TbSmee1 regulates hook complex biogenesis in procyclic Trypanosoma brucei
Natalie Wiedemar
Swiss TPH
Switzerland
22Forward Genetics of Suramin Resistance in African Trypanosomes
Amy Sinclair-Davis
Brown University
United States
23Functional analysis of TOEFAZ1 uncovers protein domains essential for cytokinesis in Trypanosoma brucei
Aris Aristodemou
Ludwig Maximilians University - Munich
Germany
24A cAMP response protein necessary for Trypanosoma brucei social motility
Jonathan Miller
University of Massachusetts Amherst
United States
25Multiple Mechanisms of kDNA Maintenance by Polymerase IC in Trypanosoma brucei.
Marta Bogacz
Heidelberg University
Germany
26Ferroptosis in African trypanosomes
Esteban Erben
University of Heidelberg
Germany
27Gene expression regulatory networks in Trypanosoma brucei: the RBPome awakens
Martin Zoltner
University of Dundee
28Evidence for a cullin RING ligase ubiquitylation switch modulating the surface proteome in African trypanosomes
Daja Schichler
University of Würzburg
Germany
29Characterisation of the hook complex protein TbSmee1 (Tb927.10.8820)
Simon Young
Centre for Biomolecular Sciences
30A chemical tool to characterise essential catabolic functions within the trypanosomatid lysosome.
Anna Fesser
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute; University of Basel
Switzerland
31Stage-specific reporter gene expression in Trypanosoma cruzi
Kathrin Bajak
University of Heidelberg
Germany
32mRNAs encoding ribosomal proteins might be regulated by a novel RNA-binding protein
Nilma de Souza Fernandes
University of York
33Natural compounds: A potential source of novel chemical entities to kill Leishmania?
Michael Urbaniak
Lancaster University
34Dynamic regulation of the Trypanosoma brucei transferrin receptor is mediated via the 3’UTR
Jennifer Afua Ofori
University of Ghana
Ghana
35Molecular Characterization of Lifetime Infections with Trypanosomes in Individual Cattle in Ghana
Roberto Hernandez
Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas UNAM
Mexico
36Trypanosoma cruzi RNA polymerase I: The trypanosomatid specific subunit TcRPA31 bears a functional nuclear localization signal.
Lorna Maclean
University of Dundee
37Leishmania Strain Panel Development for Phenotypic Screening
Jaksha Chandrathas
Life Sciences - Keele University
38ARF regulating proteins as novel drug targets against kinetoplastids
Theresa Manful Gwira
University of Ghana
Ghana
39Serum Biochemical Parameters and Cytokine Profiles Associated with Animal African Trypanosomiasis in Naturally Infected Cattle in Ghana
Jiri Tyc
Oxford Brookes University
40Cep164 genes in the transition zone of the mature basal body
Sarah Oates
School of Life Sciences
42Magnetic Hyperthermia as a Novel Approach for Treatment of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
Corinna Benz
Lancaster University
43Elutriation of PCF and BSF Trypanosoma brucei allows separation of cell cycle stages
Khalid Jamaan H Alzahrani
University of Glasgow
44Can folate/pteridine transporters transport pyrimidine in protozoa?
Laura Makin
University of Oxford
45Are vesicles from the Leishmania flagellum a source of virulence factors?
Martin Taylor
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
46Evidence of asynchronous replication of Trypanosoma cruzi amastigotes within single infected cells in vivo
Anton Horvath
Comenius University, FNS, Dept. Biochemistry
Slovenia
48FtsH protease of Trypanosoma brucei
Tomas Kovalinka
Comenius University
Slovenia
49FtsH protease of Trypanosoma brucei
Cher Pheng Ooi
Imperial College London
50Blocking VSG synthesis in bloodstream form Trypanosoma brucei triggers an ER stress response
Daniel Martel
Institut Pasteur
France
51Deciphering the role of Leishmania Casein kinase 1 in host subversion
Eva Gluenz
University of Oxford
52A genome editing toolkit for Leishmania
Nicole Eisenhuth
University of Wuerzburg
Germany
53Nuclear factors involved in developmental differentiation of Trypanosoma brucei
Viviane Da Silva
University of Glasgow
55Nucleotide excision repair in trypanosomatids – streamlining and neofunctionalisation of the machinery due to multigenic transcription
James Budzak
Imperial College London
56Selecting for simultaneous activation of two VSG expression sites
Alexander Haindrich
Institute of Plant Sciences - University of Bern
Switzerland
57Amino acid transporters of the AAT7 family facilitate uptake of neutral amino acids
Carla Cristi DC Avila
University of São Paulo
Brazil
58SI-2, a quinone derivative with potential sirtuin inhibitor activity decreases the replication of T. brucei procyclic forms and induces apoptosis-like cell death mechanism
Catarina de Almeida Marques
University of Dundee
59Antigenic variation in Trypanosoma brucei: dissecting VEX1, a VSG allelic exclusion regulator
Fiona Achcar
University of Glasgow
60Mapping metabolism in the parasite Trypanosoma brucei using U-13C-labelled amino acids and LC-MS.
Salah Alhajri
Nottingham Trent University
62A model to study the effect of Leishmania parasite virulence on interaction with host cells
Caroline Clucas
Glasgow University
63An APOL1 variant that kills all T. brucei sub-species including T.b. gambiense
Remo Schmidt
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Switzerland
64Lifecycle-dependent localization of the signature sequence free potassium channel TbIRK in T. brucei
Jessica Valli
University of OXford
65A 3D electron microscopy study of interactions between the Leishmania amastigote flagellum and the parasitophorous vacuole
Maria Jose Ribeiro Bezerra
FIOCRUZ - Pernambucco
Brazil
66Two different cap binding proteins (eIF4Es) are associated with distinct mRNA populations in Trypanosoma brucei.
Sabine Bachmaier
Ludwig - Maximilians - University Munchen
Germany
67A molecular survey of cAMP response proteins (CARPs) reveals a novel, non-linear signaling network
Chatitali Chakraborty
Universitat Heidelberg
Germany
68 Trypanosomes lacking the expression of ZC3H30 are hypersensitive to stress
Omar Alfituri
The Roslin Institute
69Effects of host-derived chemokines on the motility and viability of Trypanosoma brucei brucei
Carina Goos
Biozentrum der Universität Würzburg
Germany
70The proteome of trypanosome nuclear periphery granules
Emilia Kruzel
University at Buffalo, SUNY
United States
71Cargo selection and VSG transport in the early secretory pathway of Trypanosoma brucei
Catherine Perez
Murdoch University
Australia
72The effect of genotypic diversity on the progression of T. cruzi infections
Galadriel Hovel-Miner
George Washington University
United States
73Generation of a Trypanosoma brucei whole-genome gain-of-function library
Lucie Kafkova
University at Buffalo
United States
74PRMT or not a PRMT: The major protein arginine methyltransferase in T. brucei functions as an enzyme-prozyme complex.
Louisa Messenger
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
76Towards improving early diagnosis and surveillance of congenital Chagas disease in an endemic setting: lessons from the Bolivian Chaco
Frederik Van Den Broeck
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
Belgium
77Genome analyses reveal unexpected levels of diversity and hybridization in natural populations of Trypanosoma congolense
Geoff Hide
School of Environment & Life Sciences
79Variation in Toll-like Receptor 2 and 4 Genes in the European Badger (Meles meles) in relation to infection with Trypanosoma (Megatrypanum) pestanai.
ThankGod Ebenezer
University of Cambridge
81The genome of Euglena gracilis: Annotation, function and expression
Christine Elizabeth Clayton
ZMBH
Germany
82The mRNAs that are increased after heat shock of procyclic-form Trypanosoma brucei include many that are induced during differentiation to mammalian-infective forms
Manu De Rycker
University of Dundee
83Discovery And Lead-Optimisation Of A Promising New Antileishmanial Compound Series Within An Academic-Industry Partnership.
Jack Daniel Sunter
University of Oxford
85Flagellum Attachment Zone and the control of Leishmania flagellar pocket shape
Mark C. Field
university of Dundee
86Enzymatic activation of the aminomethylphenoxy benzoxaboroles through hosts and pathogens
Marissa Maciej-Hulme
Keele University
87Analysis of heparan sulphate and its role in the invasion of host macrophages by Leishmania parasites
Ahmad Garziz
Bangor University
88Molecular detection of Leishmania RNA virus 2 in Leishmania infantum
Pascale Pescher
Institut Pasteur
France
89Correlative RNAseq and proteomics analyses of hamster-isolated L. donovani amastigotes and derived promastigotes reveal stage-specific regulation of protein abundance independent of transcript levels.
Herve Serge Lecoeur
Institut Pasteur
France
90Leishmania amazonensis amastigotes reprogram the host macrophage transcriptome to inhibit NF-kB and inflammasome activation
Joel Barratt
University of Technology Sydney
Australia
92Phylogenetic Analyses Including a Novel Australian Trypanosomatid Supports the Supercontinent Hypothesis of Leishmania Origins
NajadZamirah Zaki
University of Glasgow
93Quantitative Proteomic responses of macrophages to Leishmania infection using pulse-chase SILAC approach.
Andrea Zurita
University of Glasgow
94Translesion DNA Polymerases and genome maintenance in Trypanosoma brucei
Jennifer Stortz
University of Glasgow
95Loss of ATR in the Kinetoplastid parasite Trypanosoma brucei de-regulates repression of the silent VSG archive
Daniel Paape
University of Glasgow
97Dissecting the kinome of T. brucei: RIT-seq of cell cycle sorted T. brucei identifies kinases involved in the regulation of nuclear DNA replication
Helena Reis
Biozentrum der Universität Würzburg
Germany
98A novel telomere-binding protein, TelBP1, modulates VSG expression site silencing kinetics in Trypanosoma brucei
Emma Briggs
University of Glasgow
99Does RNA incorporation into the DNA genome of Trypanosoma brucei drive DNA replication and antigenic variation?
Michael Boshart
University of Munich LMU
Germany
100Metabolic signals and glycosomal isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDHg) control procyclic to metacyclic development of Trypanosoma brucei fly stages
Kimberly Paul
Clemson University
United States
101Regulation of Trypanosoma brucei Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase by Environmental Lipids
Ewan Macleod
University Of Edinburgh
102Molecular analysis of Tsetse from Hurungwe, Zimbabwe
Christopher de Graffenried
Brown University
United States
103Cytoskeletal Morphogenesis in Trypanosoma brucei
Ambika Kumar
Queen Mary University of London
104Dissecting the Interstrand Crosslink Repair Pathways of T. brucei
Stefanie Menzies
University of St Andrews
105Investigations into a Novel Alternative Oxidase in Trypanosomatids
Gurdip Singh Mann
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
106A model for vaccine testing against Trypanosoma cruzi infection that exploits highly sensitive bioluminescence imaging
Jaspreet Singh Grewal
University of York
107Insight into a C11 peptidase essential for Trypanosoma brucei kinetoplast maintenance and viability of Leishmania mexicana
Laura Louise Jeacock
University of Dundee
108Reciprocal SHAM-hypersensitivity in aquaglyceroporin-null and melarsoprol-resistant trypanosomes
Balazs Szoor
University of Edinburgh
110Does TbPIP39 target all, or only the newly synthesised glycosomes upon differentiation?
Xinying Wang
University of Tokyo
Japan
111Trypanosoma brucei glycosomal isocitrate dehydrogenase reveals dual coenzyme specificity towards NADP+and NAD+
Monica Campos
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
112Benznidazole causes genome-wide mutagenesis in Trypanosoma cruzi and can confer multi-drug resistance
Fernando Fernandez-Cortes
University of Glasgow
113An in vivo, focused RNAi screen identifies Trypanosoma brucei stress response protein kinases required for survival in mammals
Sarah Forrester
University of York
114Development of a computational model for visceral leishmaniasis drug development using transcriptomic and immunological data
Henriette Zimmermann
Biozentrum der Universität Würzburg
Germany
115Switch or become stumpy!
Yiliu Zhang
National University of Singapore
Singapore
116Different roads to Rome: Targeting of T. brucei Arl13b to the flagellum
Susan Wyllie
University of Dundee
117Activation of bicyclic nitro-drugs by a novel nitroreductase (NTR2) in Leishmania
Louise Kerry
Imperial College London
118The African trypanosome Trypanosoma brucei is susceptible to therapeutic concentrations of RNA polymerase I inhibitors
Samantha Campbell
University of Glasgow
119Genomic adaptation of Leishmania mexicana in serial passage conditions
Elisha Mugo
University of Heidelberg
Germany
120The RNA binding protein-RBP10 defines bloodstream form trypanosome identity
Erick Aroko
University of Wuerzburg
Germany
121Transspecies surface coats of African trypanosomes: What can they teach us about VSG functionality?
Samson Obado
The Rockefeller University
United States
122Evidence towards a role for the GTPase Ran in mRNA export in trypanosomes.
Anneli Cooper
University of Glasgow
123Opposing associations of APOL1 genetic variants with African trypanosomiasis resistance in East and West Africa
Khalid Jamaan H Alzahrani
University of Glasgow
124Can folate/pteridine transporters transport pyrimidine in protozoa?
Paul Capewell
University of Glasgow
125A genetic basis for asymptomatic human African trypanosomiasis
Minu Chaudhuri
Meharry Medical College
United States
126The Small Tim Homologues in the Mitochondrion of Trypanosoma brucei are Critical for Redox Homeostasis and Stability of TbTim17
Ines Subota
Universität Würzburg
Germany
127Towards the identification of the stumpy induction factor (SIF)
Marius Glogger
Universitst Wurzburg
Germany
128N-glycosylation enables high lateral mobility of GPI-anchored proteins at a molecular crowding threshold
Amanda Francisco
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
130Nitroheterocyclic drugs cure experimental Trypanosoma cruzi infections more effectively in the chronic stage than in the acute stage
Sebastian Hutchinson
University of Dundee
131VSG mRNA promotes S-phase in the bloodstream African trypanosome
Pieter Steketee
The Roslin Institute
132Metabolomics-driven development of a minimal essential medium for the animal trypanosomiases
Luis Miguel De Pablos Torro
University of York
133Identifying and Characterising developmentally regulated RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) in Leishmania mexicana.
Juan Pereira de Macêdo
University of Bern
Afghanistan
135Identification and functional characterization of ornithine transporters in Trypanosoma brucei and their involvement in drug action
Samuel Dean
University of Oxford
136Trypanosome flagellum transition zone proteome reveals compartmentalisation and differential dynamics of ciliopathy complexes
Anna Nenarokova
University of South Bohemia
137Functional annotation of Euglena gracilis mitochondrial proteome
Jean-Claude Dujardin
Institute of Tropical Medicine
Belgium
138L. donovani from the Indian Subcontinent is pre-adapted for a rapid development of antimonial resistance, driven by aneuploidy
Binnypreet Kaur
University of South Bohemia
139Developing a genetic modification system of marine protist Diplonema papillatum
Sabine Kaltenbrunner
University of South Bohemia
140TbPH1: a trypanosomatid-specific pleckstrin homology domain containing kinesin-like protein
Gergana Taleva
Biology Centre ASCR, Institute of Parasitology
141Exploring the bioenergetics of the bloodstream T. brucei mitochondrion
Ondřej Gahura
University of South Bohemia
142Posttranscriptional regulation of mitochondrial ATP synthase inhibitor TbIF1 during the life cycle of Trypanosoma brucei
Eva Doleželová
University of South Bohemia
143The role of inhibitory factor IF1 during the life cycle differentiation of the human pathogen T. brucei
Carolina Hierro Yap
University of South Bohemia
144Function of OSCP protein in stator of versatile mitochondrial ATP synthase in Trypanosoma brucei
Sameer Dixit
Institute of Parasitology, Biology Center, Czech Academy of Sciences
145Differential binding of trypanosome mitochondrial transcripts by MRB8170 and MRB4160 regulates distinct RNA processing fates
Estefania Calvo Alvarez
Institut Pasteur
France
146From the fly to the host: sensing in African trypanosomes
Count: 132