BSP Spring Meeting 2017

Posters

Victoria Pam
Federal University Lafia,Nassarawa State,Nigeria
Nigeria
1Intestinal parasites
Michele Tinti
School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee
3Protein complexes in T. brucei and changes in the proteome across the cell cycle.
Ibrahim Ali
Keele University
4Redesigning the brrok assay: a high throughput tool to determine rate of kill for discovery anti-malarials.
Catarina A. Marques
University of Dundee
5A genome-scale screen for cell cycle defects in the African trypanosome
Ami Mitonga
Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University
South Africa
6Report on the phylogenetic studies of diplostomatids parasites
Monsuru Adeleke
Osun State University
Nigeria
7 Insecticide susceptibility status of Anopheles Gambiae complex in Osun state, southwestern Nigeria
Nubia Carolina Manchola Varon
Biomedical Science Institute - USP
Brazil
8The influence of the branched chain amino acids degradation pathway on the differentiation in trypanosoma cruzi
Renata Candido
University of Western Australia
Australia
9Study on the feasibility of using magneto-archimedes levitation to fractionate schistosome eggs from faecal samples
David Cutress
Aberystwyth University - IBERS
10Towards Validation of an Immune suppressor protein from liver fluke : Prostaglandin D Synthase as a drug target
Basim Othman
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
11Transcriptome analysis of malaria parasite and endothelial cell responses to co-adhesion interactions
Federica Giordani
University of Glasgow
12Development of novel DNA minor groove binders for the treatment of animal African trypanosomiasis
Uwemedimo Ekpo
Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta
Nigeria
13Water Resource, Hygienic Practice, and Soil Transmitted Helminthiasis in Some Rural Communities of Osun State, Nigeria
Paul Odeniran
University of Edinburgh
15Practices of cattle keepers of southwest Nigeria in relation to bovine trypanosomosis
Piyaporn Jirawatcharadech
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
16Expression and characterisation of Plasmodium falciparum NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase
Lalitha Sastry
University of Dundee
17Large-scale screening effort to identify new chemical starting points for visceral leishmaniasis using a novel in vitro screening cascade
Antoine Sanou
University of Glasgow
18The behaviour and ecology of highly insecticide resistant malaria vectors in south-western Burkina Faso.
Sebastian Kirchner
University of Glasgow
19Profiling of Transposase Accessible Chromatin Reveals General Features of the Regulator Chromatin Landscape in Malaria Parasites
Irene Hallyburton
University of Dundee
20Biochemical and Structural Characterization of Selective Allosteric Inhibitors of the Plasmodium falciparum Drug Target, Prolyl-tRNA synthetase
Eljelani Salim
Salford University
21Occurrence of Cryptosporidium in UK sheep
shahnaz shirbazou
University of Medical Sciences
Iran
22 Study the therapeutic Potential of Philokinone in Experimental Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
Jo James
Environment Agency
23A-lice through the looking glass: monitoring sea louse infection of wild salmonids in the River Tamar, England (UK)
Helen Price
Keele University
24Investigating nanoparticle-induced hyperthermia as a novel method for treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis
Alaa Al-Khafaji
University of Liverpool/ Institute of Infection and Global Health/ Department of Infection Biology
25Co-evolutionary analyses of the symbiosis between the sheep tick (Ixodes ricinus) and its symbiont 'Midichloria' by multi-locus sequence typing
Ali Alghamdi
Institute of Infection Immunity and Inflammation, Glasgow University
27Morphology and molecular diversity of Leishmaniasis and sand fly species in Albaha region, Saudi Arabia.
Titilola Kalejaiye
University of Glasgow
28Evaluation of Trypanosoma cruzi phosphodiesterases as potential drug targets
Andreia Albuquerque
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
Germany
29Comparative evaluation of molecular methods to detect Leishmania DNA in dogs
Lorna MacLean
Drug Discovery Unit
30Addition of a Leishmania Strain Panel to the hit discovery screening cascade for visceral leishmaniasis improves translation to in vivo efficacy studies.
Fiona Tyson
Aberystwyth University
31Improved Equine faecal egg counting - Validation of a novel method: FECPAKG2
Amani Alhejely
Glasgow University
32MFS Transporters in African trypanosomes: looking for a function.
Manal Natto
Glasgow University
33Heterologous expression of Trichomonas vaginalis Equilibrative Nucleoside Transporter Family Members in Trypanosoma brucei
Pieter Steketee
The Roslin Institute
34Metabolomics analysis of the livestock trypanosomes
Miriam Yague Capilla
Instituto de Parasitologia y Biomedicina "Lopez-Neyra"
Spain
35Nitric oxide, DNA damage and genome integrity in Trypanosoma brucei: role of uracil-DNA glycosylase
Charlotte Marsboom
University of Glasgow
36Characterisation and validation of Phosphodiesterase-d in trypanosomes
Marc Nicolas Faber
University of Aberdeen
37Targeting PKD: DNA vaccine trials based on host specific gene expression
Helen Price
Keele University
38ARF-regulating proteins in Trypanosoma brucei
Sara Palomo Diaz
GSK
Spain
39Malaria bifunctional DHFR-TS enzyme as a target for drug discovery against asexual stages of p. Falciparum
Sarah Pye
Aberystwyth University
40Functional genomics approach to investigate the Giant Panda roundworm Baylisascaris schroederi: global proteomics for diagnostics and control.
Alice Garrett
University of Glasgow
41Development of a point-of-care diagnostic for Schistosoma infections to improve drug-efficacy monitoring
Titilola Kalejaiye
University of Glasgow
42Evaluation of phosphodiesterases as potential drug targets in Trypanosoma cruzi.
Flavia Silva Damasceno
University of São Paulo
Brazil
43 Glutamine is used for glutamylation of proteins, a post-translational modification, that is important for cell proliferation and cytokinesis in Trypanosoma brucei bloodstream forms.
Clare Florence Collett
Aberystwyth University
44Towards the penside detection of triclabendazole efficacy against liver fluke parasites of livestock
John Thomas
University of Dundee - Drug Discovery Unit
45Development of a stringent screening cascade for Trypanosoma cruzi phenotypic screening
Panwar Priyanka
University of Salford
46Fast tracking antimalarial drug discovery through molecular modelling and repositioning: Lead optimisation of synthetic emetine analogues SALF01/02
Tansy Hammarton
University of Glasgow
47Engaging students to enhance the parasitology curriculum in schools
Sujatha Manthri
university of Dundee
49Identification of new chemical starting-points for visceral leishmaniasis drug discovery through primary screening and re-assessment of historic screening campaigns.
Bridget Power
Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology
50Delineating the role of stage-specific histone modifications and regulators of histone acetylation in sexual development of the rodent malaria parasite, Plasmodium berghei
Jo James
Environment Agency
51Pomphorhynchus: Something Old, Something New?
Jamila Rizgalla
University of Stirling
52First description of a digenean trematode associated with dusky grouper dermatitis (DGD) lesions in Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe) from Libyan waters
Marco Crotti
University of Glasgow
53The effect of mass drug administration on Schistosoma mansoni population genetic diversity and structure
Sinead Mutton
N/A
57Evidence for novel gene duplications associated with pyrethroid resistance in Anopheles minimus.
Luca Nelli
Univertsity of Glasgow
58Mapping insecticide resistance using spatially explicit statistical models: a simulation approach to investigate pyrethroid resistance in mosquito in Banfora district, Burkina Faso.
Amy Marriott
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
60Near Infra-Red optical imaging to track fluorescently labelled filarial parasites in vivo
Arporn Wangwiwatsin
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
61Co-culture of schistosomes with mammalian cells to reveal host pathogen interactions
Ruth Kirk
Kingston University
62Kingston University Mosquito Watch
Amy Marriott
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
63Long term in vitro culture of adult Brugia malayi parasites
Rebekah Stuart
Aberystwyth University
64Functional transcriptomic approaches to understanding anthelmintic metabolism in the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica
Julie Kovarova
University of Dundee
66Signalling pathway from glucose transporter towards FOF1-ATPase
Daniel García
CSIC
Spain
67Endonuclease V processes hypoxanthine-containing RNA in Trypanosoma brucei brucei
Amber Fanthome
Aberystwyth University
68Potential antimicrobial activity of parasite EVs
Philipp Schwabl
University of Glasgow
70Spliced Leader Pull Out for Trypanosomatid Genomics
John Tomes
Aberystwyth University
71Imaging Ellipsometry as a Novel Detection Method for Protein-Protein Interactions.
Lesley Haddock
Queen's University Belfast
72A ‘Tick’ing Timebomb – A Survey of Public Knowledge of Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases in Northern Ireland
Letícia Marchese
Universidade de São Paulo
Brazil
74Proline metabolism in Trypanosoma cruzi: a possible mechanism of transhydrogenase
Patrick Hanington
University of Alberta
Canada
75Characterization of a schistosome metalloprotease that facilitates S. mansoni infection establishment and maintenance of the snail host.
Stephen Bell
Queen's University Belfast
76Parasites, Pathogens and the Sustainability of Northern Ireland's Honey Bees
Srinivasa P S Rao
Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases
Singapore
79Phenotypic high-throughput screening identified potent Trypanosoma inhibitors with ability to cure Human African Trypanosomiasis
May Rajab
University of Salford
80Investigating Ca2+ Channel Blockers as Antimalarials
Norma Padilla-Mejia
University of Dundee
81Structure and function of the trypanosome nuclear envelope
Elda Iljazi
University of Dundee
82Defining D-Arabinose Metabolism in Leishmania major and Crithidia fasciculata
Stefanie Menzies
University of St Andrews
83Characterisation of a Novel Trypanosomatid Mitochondrial Alternative Oxidase as a Drug Target
Andreu Saura
Instituto de Parasitol. y Biomed. "López Neyra"
Spain
84Trypanosoma brucei TbTAF1 is a transcriptional regulator of VSG expression that negatively regulates differentiation.
Muna Abubaker
University of Salford
85CalcuSyn-based drug interactivity studies to define synergistic anti-malarial combinatorial regimes for Emetine dihydrochloride
Alastair Lyndon
Heriot-Watt University
86New records of the copepod mesoparasite Haemobaphes cyclopterina indicate long-rough dab is a key definitive host.A New Poster Abstract
Alastair Lyndon
Heriot-Watt University
87A tale of two flatties: macroparasite communities in dabs and long-rough dabs.
Alastair Lyndon
Heriot-Watt University
88A thorny issue? – First record of the genus Aspersentis in UK waters: a new acanthocephalan species from the sea scorpion?A New Poster Abstract
Alastair Lyndon
Heriot-Watt University
89Parasite communities of deep-sea fishes: the need for a benthic connection?
Samuel Duncan
The University of Dundee
91Identifying highly divergent glycosyltransferases in the African trypanosome
Renata Candido
University of Western Australia
Australia
93A high field gradient magnetic probe for detecting parasite eggs in faecal matter processed by the Helmintex method
Adnan Al-Hindi
Islamic University-Gaza
Palestinian Territory
94Prevalence, types of Carpets Mites in Gaza, Palestine
Siti Nursheena Mohd Zain
University of Malaya
Malaysia
95Global migration and transmission of disease: a Malaysian case study
Tatiana Kuster
Royal Veterinary College
97Enhanced delivery of a prototype poultry red mite vaccine
Clive Madeiros
West Bar Veterinary Hospital Ltd
100Avian Malaria is an endemic disease in UK birds, which appears to be on the increase. 2015 / 16 was the warmest and wettest year on record for the UK. This paper discusses the possibilities of trying to prevent Avian Malaria in UK domesticated birds.
MICHELA CERONE
University of Glasgow
101Investigation of a possible mitochondrial mechanism of action of naphtoquinone-anacardic acid hybrids compounds against Trypanosomiasis.
Ricardo Canavate del Pino
University of Dundee
102Cullin-RING complexes in Trypanosoma brucei: TbCUL1 complex composition and preliminary function insight.
Nusrat Jahan
Govt College University
Pakistan
103Molecular Identification and relative abundance of Surra vectors from camels of Cholistan desert, Punjab, Pakistan
Karen Fairlie-Clarke
University of Glasgow
104Breeding for resistance to nematode infection in sheep - a diagnostic tool.
Anusheel Varshney
University of Salford
106The use of microbeads to mimic T.gondii uptake by aquatic invertebrates. A possible reservoir for higher vertebrates?
Obiora Eneanya
Imperial College London
107Quantifying the physical, social and economic impact of chronic lymphatic filariasis in Nigeria
Archana Nayak
University of Glasgow
108Time resolved metabolic foot printing of Leishmania mexicana promastigotes in simple defined minimal media.
Lucia Guther
University of Dundee
109New Class of Nucleotide Sugar Transporter inTrypanosome Peroxisome
Julian Fuller
BSP test
110RPA complex is exported from the nucleus in a life cycle dependent manner
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