Presentations by Room

Schedule : Presentations by Room

Room: Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

Monday, 9 April 2018

Keynote: Targeting epigenetic mechanisms for drug development against Neglected Parasitic Diseases: the A-ParaDDisE project and beyond
Mon9 Apr11:15am(30 mins)			Raymond Pierce
Session : Helminths: Drug Discovery & Resistance I Sponsor - Life Sciences Research Network Wales
Room: Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

Targeting the histone methylation machinery in Schistosoma mansoni
Mon9 Apr11:45am(15 mins)			Gilda Padalino
Session : Helminths: Drug Discovery & Resistance I Sponsor - Life Sciences Research Network Wales
Room: Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

Curcumin induced biochemical and tegumental surface changes in a digenetic fluke : Clinostomum complanatum.
Mon9 Apr12:00pm(15 mins)			Lubna Rehman
Session : Helminths: Drug Discovery & Resistance I Sponsor - Life Sciences Research Network Wales
Room: Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

Computationally-Guided Drug Repurposing Enables the Discovery of Kinase Targets and Inhibitors as New Schistosomicidal Agents
Mon9 Apr12:15pm(15 mins)			Nicholas Furnham
Session : Helminths: Drug Discovery & Resistance I Sponsor - Life Sciences Research Network Wales
Room: Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

In silico profiling and prediction of putative neuropeptide ligand-receptor interactions in parasitic nematodes
Mon9 Apr12:30pm(15 mins)			Fiona Mc Kay
Session : Helminths: Drug Discovery & Resistance I Sponsor - Life Sciences Research Network Wales
Room: Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

Keynote: Small RNAs in nematode-host interactions
Mon9 Apr02:00pm(30 mins)			Amy Buck
Session : Helminths: Molecular Communication. Sponsor - Zoetis
Room: Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

Nematode microRNAs – roles in development and host-parasite interactions
Mon9 Apr02:30pm(15 mins)			Collette Britton
Session : Helminths: Molecular Communication. Sponsor - Zoetis
Room: Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

Characterisation of Schistosoma mansoni Larval Extracellular Vesicle protein 1 (SmLEV1) an immunogenic, schistosome-specific, protein exhibiting developmentally regulated alternative splicing
Mon9 Apr02:45pm(15 mins)			Thomas Gasan
Session : Helminths: Molecular Communication. Sponsor - Zoetis
Room: Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

Optimisation Of Parasitic Extracellular Vesicle Purification for Downstream Analysis To Understand Their Role Within Drug Exposure
Mon9 Apr03:00pm(15 mins)			Chelsea Davis
Session : Helminths: Molecular Communication. Sponsor - Zoetis
Room: Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

MiR-277/4989 regulate transcriptional landscape during juvenile to adult transition in the parasitic helminth Schistosoma mansoni
Mon9 Apr03:15pm(15 mins)			Anna Protasio
Session : Helminths: Molecular Communication. Sponsor - Zoetis
Room: Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

Keynote: Wormbase Parasite
Mon9 Apr03:30pm(10 mins)			Kevin Howe
Session : Helminths: Molecular Communication. Sponsor - Zoetis
Room: Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

Keynote: First contact - Release of schistosome exosome-like extracellular vesicles during early intramolluscan larval development
Mon9 Apr04:15pm(30 mins)			Tim Yoshino
Session : Helminths: Intermediate host - parasite interactions. Sponsor - Zoetis
Room: Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

Comparing the population genetic structure of snail hosts and their schistosome parasites in Northern Senegal
Mon9 Apr04:45pm(15 mins)			Tine Huyse
Session : Helminths: Intermediate host - parasite interactions. Sponsor - Zoetis
Room: Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

Snail infection / pre-patent surveillance approach for intestinal schistosomiasis control and elimination programs: Tanzania
Mon9 Apr05:00pm(15 mins)			Tom Pennance
Session : Helminths: Intermediate host - parasite interactions. Sponsor - Zoetis
Room: Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

Farewell to the God of Plague: Conquering schistosomiasis in China; the last mile
Mon9 Apr05:15pm(15 mins)			Don McManus
Session : Helminths: Intermediate host - parasite interactions. Sponsor - Zoetis
Room: Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

Experimental evaluation of behavioural changes in gilt-head seabream infected with brain-encysted metacercariae of Cardiocephaloides longicollis (Trematoda, Strigeidae)
Mon9 Apr05:30pm(15 mins)			Ana Born-Torrijos
Session : Helminths: Intermediate host - parasite interactions. Sponsor - Zoetis
Room: Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

Mon9 Apr05:45pm(90 mins)

Poster Session I & Drinks, Location: Students' Union

Room:
Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

Tuesday, 10 April 2018

Keynote: Helminths and other environmental factors shaping the immune response: consequences
Tue10 Apr09:00am(30 mins)			Maria Yazdanbakhsh
Session : Helminths: Immuno-modulation
Room: Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

Keynote: *Antigenic cross-reactivity between Schistosoma mansoni* and allergens: a possible alternative explanation for the hygiene hypothesis**
Tue10 Apr09:30am(15 mins)			Mike Doenhoff
Session : Helminths: Immuno-modulation
Room: Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

Unravelling early host intestinal epithelia interactions with whipworms using intestinal organoids
Tue10 Apr09:45am(15 mins)			Maria Adelaida Duque-Correa
Session : Helminths: Immuno-modulation
Room: Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

Antigenic targets of IgG1-associated anti-fecundity immunity against Schistosoma haematobium
Tue10 Apr10:00am(15 mins)			Rebecca Oettle
Session : Helminths: Immuno-modulation
Room: Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

Infection-state independent moderation of Th2 inflammation and inflammatory-associated lymphatic remodelling by tetracyclines in pre-clinical lymphatic filariasis pathology models
Tue10 Apr10:15am(15 mins)			Stephen Cross
Session : Helminths: Immuno-modulation
Room: Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

Keynote: ‘Drugging’ Liver Fluke into the 21st Century
Tue10 Apr02:00pm(30 mins)			Aaron Maule
Session : Omics I. Sponsor - WORMBASE Parasite
Room: Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) in the liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica
Tue10 Apr02:30pm(15 mins)			Paul McVeigh
Session : Omics I. Sponsor - WORMBASE Parasite
Room: Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

Determining anti-glycan antibody responses to Haemonchus contortus Barbervax vaccine using glycan array screening.
Tue10 Apr02:45pm(15 mins)			Eve Hanks
Session : Omics I. Sponsor - WORMBASE Parasite
Room: Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

Chromatin structure changes are essential for life cycle progression of the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni
Tue10 Apr03:00pm(15 mins)			Christoph Grunau
Session : Omics I. Sponsor - WORMBASE Parasite
Room: Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

Keynote: Genetic and molecular basis of triclabendazole resistance in Fasciola hepatica
Tue10 Apr04:15pm(30 mins)			Jane Hodgkinson
Session : Helminths: Drug Discovery & Resistance II. Sponsored by Life Sciences Research Network Wales.
Room: Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

Development of a long-term Brugia malayi lymphatic endothelial cell co-culture system and its validation as an alternative to in vivo screening for anti-Wolbachia drug assessment
Tue10 Apr04:45pm(15 mins)			Amy Marriott
Session : Helminths: Drug Discovery & Resistance II. Sponsored by Life Sciences Research Network Wales.
Room: Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

G-quadruplexes in the parasitic platyhelminth Schistosoma mansoni: identification and anthelmintic drugability
Tue10 Apr05:15pm(15 mins)			Holly Craven
Session : Helminths: Drug Discovery & Resistance II. Sponsored by Life Sciences Research Network Wales.
Room: Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

Anthelmintic action of triclabendazole in vivo in juvenile tropical liver fluke, Fasciola gigantica: a scanning and transmission electron microscope study
Tue10 Apr05:30pm(15 mins)			Ahammed Shareef
Session : Helminths: Drug Discovery & Resistance II. Sponsored by Life Sciences Research Network Wales.
Room: Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

The first industrial scale screen of 1.3 million compounds against Wolbachia identifies five promising new leads for the treatment of lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis
Tue10 Apr05:45pm(10 mins)			Rachel Clare
Session : Helminths: Drug Discovery & Resistance II. Sponsored by Life Sciences Research Network Wales.
Room: Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

Tue10 Apr05:45pm(120 mins)

Poster Session II & Drinks, Location: Students' Union

Room:
Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

Wednesday, 11 April 2018

Keynote: Molecular analysis of schistosome reproductive development
Wed11 Apr09:30am(30 mins)			Jim Collins
Session : Helminths: Cell & Molecular Biology
Room: Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

SGTP4–mediated glucose uptake in Schistosoma mansoni is regulated through Akt/PKB signalling
Wed11 Apr10:00am(15 mins)			Anthony Walker
Session : Helminths: Cell & Molecular Biology
Room: Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

Somatic genome editing in the multicellular blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni
Wed11 Apr10:15am(15 mins)			Paul Brindley
Session : Helminths: Cell & Molecular Biology
Room: Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

A propeptide ‘clamp’ mechanism is required for inhibition of Fasciola hepatica Collagenolytic Cathepsin L3
Wed11 Apr10:30am(15 mins)			Carolina De Marco Verissimo
Session : Helminths: Cell & Molecular Biology
Room: Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

Maternal nematode infection induces transcription of Long-term potentiation in the postnatal brain via Wnt signaling
Wed11 Apr10:45am(15 mins)			Manjurul Haque
Session : Helminths: Cell & Molecular Biology
Room: Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

Keynote: Epidemiology and Evolution of zoonotic schistosomiasis in Africa: challenges for reaching the WHO elimination targets’
Wed11 Apr02:15pm(30 mins)			Joanne Webster
Session : Helminths: Epidemiology & Field Work. Sponsor - Elsevier
Room: Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

Schistosoma mansoni praziquantel treatment: low coverage driven by systematic non-compliers or systematically not offered?
Wed11 Apr02:45pm(15 mins)			Poppy Lamberton
Session : Helminths: Epidemiology & Field Work. Sponsor - Elsevier
Room: Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

Impact of malaria coinfections on S. mansoni clearance, intensity and reinfection rates
Wed11 Apr03:00pm(15 mins)			Rachel Francoeur
Session : Helminths: Epidemiology & Field Work. Sponsor - Elsevier
Room: Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

Alternative strategies for onchocerciasis elimination in loiasis co-endemic areas: test-and-treat with doxycycline in combination with targeted vector control in South West Cameroon
Wed11 Apr03:15pm(15 mins)			Louise Hamill
Session : Helminths: Epidemiology & Field Work. Sponsor - Elsevier
Room: Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

Elimination within reach: lymphatic filariasis persists in rural Ghana due to sub-optimal intervention coverage and adherence
Wed11 Apr03:30pm(15 mins)			Corrado Minetti
Session : Helminths: Epidemiology & Field Work. Sponsor - Elsevier
Room: Stream 3 - Physics 0.15 Main

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