BSP Spring Meeting 2018

Posters

Shradha Maharjan
Kingston University
1Host-parasite signalling through lipid rafts in the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni
Janine Coombes
University of Liverpool
2Developing a 3D intestinal epithelium model for studying gastrointestinal infections of livestock species
Rowaida Bakri
Umm-Al- Qura University
Saudi Arabia
3Subtyping identification of Blactocystis sp. isolated from symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals in Makkah, KSA
Claire Beaufay
UCL/LDRI/GNOS
Belgium
4Evaluation Of Antitrypanosomal Activity And Selectivity Of Natural And Semi-Synthetic Triterpenic Derivatives
Corinna Benz
Lancaster University
5Trypanosoma brucei cycling sequence binding proteins?
Teteh Champion
University of Glasgow
6Characterising and Curbing Environmental Contamination by Schistosoma mansoni.
Alessandra Crusco
Aberystwyth University
7Design, synthesis and anthelmintic activity of 7-keto-sempervirol analogues
Rachel Currier
Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center
Germany
8Characterizing the unusual function of thioredoxin 2 - an essential mitochondrial protein in Trypanosoma brucei
Annabelle Dairain
University of Bordeaux
France
9Does parasitism interfere with trace metal sensibility? A case of study in a bioturbator species
Ahmed Daoud
Tanta University Faculty of Medicine
Egypt
10Is there relationship between Toxoplasma gondii IgG seropositivity and idiopathic Parkinsonism and does it have correlation with cortisol blood level ?
Carys Davies
Imperial College London
11Whole genome RNAi library screens identify repressors of metacyclic VSG expression site transcription in bloodstream form T. brucei
Obiora Eneanya
Imperial College London
14Modelling the environmental limits of Lymphatic filariasis in Nigeria.
Matt Evans
Queen's University Belfast
15Neoblast-like cells of Fasciola hepatica
Nadin Fathallah
Lancaster University
16Correlating Trypanosoma brucei localisation with neuropsychiatric symptoms in the rodent model
Caroline Fenn
Ridgeway Research Ltd
17Comparison of hepatic, pathology and antibody response in lambs challenged with identical Fasciola hepatica infections.
Cyril Hammoud
Royal Museum for Central Africa
Belgium
18Untangling the drivers of parasite diversity along gradients of natural and anthropogenic variables in a tropical crater-lake system (Kasenda, Uganda).
Daniel Horton
Brunel University London
19Epigenetic modifications in the Biomphalaria glabrata snail induced by Schistosoma mansoni
Rachel Hutchinson
University of Bristol
20Characterising Trypanosoma suis, a neglected livestock pathogen
Shiromani Jayawardhana
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
21Recrudescence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection following sub-curative Benznidazole treatment during the acute and chronic stages
Ruth Kirk
Kingston University
22Itchy and scratchy? An investigation of human cercarial dermatitis in the UK
Isabel Blasco-Costa
Natural History Museum of Geneva
Switzerland
23A functional trait framework to study diversity of helminth parasites
Ana Moro Bulnes
Instituto Parasitología y Biomedicina López-Neyra
Spain
24Cytidine deaminase in Trypanosoma brucei: a mitochondrial enzyme involved in de novo biosynthesis of pyrimidines.
Martin Mutuku
Kenya Medical Research Institute
Kenya
25Comparative efficiency of Biomphalaria pfeifferi and B. sudanica as intermediate host snails for Schistosoma mansoni in Kenya.
Adefunke Ogunkanbi
University of Manchester
26Gut dwelling helminths drive intestinal regulation through direct induction of host TGF-β
Ewan Parry
University of York
27Investigating developmental regulators of infectious Leishmania parasites
Anna Paziewska-Harris
Cardiff University
28High-throughput in vitro culture system for Cryptosporidium oocysts: replacing animals in research
Gabriel Rinaldi
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
30Using CRISPR-Cas9 to develop a selectable marker for schistosome transgenesis
Eljelani Salim
Salford University
31Occurrence of Cryptosporidium and Eimeria infections in UK sheep
Claudia Schaffner
University of Edinburgh
33Pharmacological inhibition of the vacuolar ATPase in bloodstream form Trypanosoma brucei rescues genetic knockdown of mitochondrial gene expression
Eman Shakir
Kingston University
34Cell signalling during male-female interactions by Schistosoma mansoni
Marianne Silva
Swiss TPH
Switzerland
35Metronidazole in mono- and combined therapy against Trypanosoma cruzi - a drug repurposing strategy for Chagas disease
Kirstin Spence
University of York
36Investigating the molecular machinery that controls autophagy during Leishmania spp. differentiation
Doko-Miles Thorburn
Queen Mary University of London
38Do parasites maintain extreme polymorphism in their host’s immune genes?
Anna Trenaman
University of Dundee
39A high-throughput genetic screen for regulatory 3’-untranslated regions in African Trypanosomes
Suzan Trienekens
University of Glasgow
40Identifying individual risk behaviours and community-level contributions to reinfection with Schistosoma mansoni in school-aged children in rural Uganda.
Miriam Yague Capilla
Instituto Parasitologia y Biomedicina Lopez-Neyra
Spain
41Novel nucleotidases involved in Trypanosoma brucei pyrimidine homeostasis
Alena Zíková
Biology Centre, Institute of Parasitology
Czech Republic
42Mitochondrial metabolic remodeling during Trypanosoma brucei developmental differentiation
Paul Brindley
George Washington University
United States
44Diminished hepatobiliary disease during infection with CRISPR/Cas9-gene-edited Opisthorchis viverrini liver flukes
Wannaporn Ittipraser
The George Washington University
United States
45Diminished hepatobiliary disease during infection with CRISPR/Cas9-gene-edited Opisthorchis viverrini liver flukes.
EduBiel Alpizar Sosa
University of Glasgow
46Polyene resistance in Leishmania probed with metabolomics and genomic approaches
Simão Correia
University of Aveiro
Portugal
47Patterns of trematode parasites communities in Cerastoderma edule cockles from Portugal aquatic systems
Stephen Chiweshe
Stephen Chiweshe
48A Trypanosome Expressed Small non-coding RNA as a Diagnostic Marker
Achim Schnaufer
University of Edinburgh
49Trypanosome mitochondrial DNA: the importance of networking for getting ahead in life
Zandile Nare
Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, University of Edinburgh
50RNA Editing Ligase 1 (REL1) drug discovery and characterisation of REL1/REL2 structure-activity relationships
Achim Schnaufer
University of Edinburgh
51Mitochondrial retrograde signalling in Trypanosoma brucei
Omar Triana-Chavez
Universidad de Antioquia
Colombia
53Functional genomics of hypothetical proteins in Leishmania panamensis: towards the discovery of new vaccines candidates
Juan Macedo
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
54Decoding the regulators of ribosomal DNA transcription in Trypanosoma brucei
Helen Whiteland
Aberystwyth university
55The dual anthelmintic potential for triterpenoids in the treatment of blood and liver flukes
Hoda Elfayoumi
Faculity of Science Beni-suef University
Egypt
56Rhabdias bufonis (Nematoda: Rhabdiasidae) from the lung of the African common toad, Amietophrynus regularis (Bufonidae) in Egypt. A new data on the basis of light and scanning electron microscopic study .
Wafa Al-Kandari
Kuwait University
Kuwait
57Molecular characterization of Acanthoparyphium sp. (Trematoda: Himasthilidae) by mitochondrial genome from Kuwait Bay
Claudia Andrew
Aberystwyth University
58Exploring the Glutathione transferase (GST) family in Schistosoma mansoni: Extracellular vesicle expression
Achim Schnaufer
University of Edinburgh
59Trypanosome mitochondrial DNA: the importance of networking for getting ahead in life
Anna Kildemoes
University of Copenhagen
Denmark
60Host immunopathology in response to Schistosoma mansoni infection in mice with altered gut microbial composition
Ibrahim Alfayez
University of Glasgow
61An Investigation of 5-Fluorouracil Resistance in Kinetoplast Parasites
Diane Anderson-Aidoo
University of Aberdeen
62In vitro models of macrophage activation in Trypanosoma brucei infection.
Santiago Chavez Garcia
Facultad de Ciencias
Uruguay
63Gene expression remodeling at the G1/S transition of the Trypanosoma cruzi cell cycle.
Gregorio Perez Cordon
Cryptosporidium Reference Unit, PHW
64Developing a multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis scheme for Cryptosporidium parvum subtyping.
Samia Alghamdi
Infection Biology Institute of Infection & Global
65The First Investigation of Ectoparasites on Rodents from the ‘Asir Region of Saudi Arabia
Kezia Whatley
Home
66Roboworm 3: Development of an automated drug screening platform for Fasciola hepatica.
Linda Anagu
Keele University
67Stress, Sirtuin, and Sever Malaria
Gustavo Campagnaro
University of Glasgow
68Characterisation of Trypanosoma cruzi Equilibrative Nucleoside Transporters by expression in a genetically adapted Trypanosoma brucei cell line
Kathryn Huson
Queen's University, Belfast
69Novel eggshell biochemistry of rumen flukes
Julia Halder
Imperial College London
70Decreasing the Impact of Chagas Disease Through Modelling: The DICTUM framework for retrieving, collating, and analysing serosurvey data for Chagas disease across Latin America
Benjamin Hulme
Aberystwyth University
71Characterisation of a functional α-N-acetylgalactosaminidase (α-NAGAL) in the parasitic blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni
Hajri Alshehri
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
72Molecular detection of equine trypanosomosis from Riyadh region, Saudi Arabia
Zandile Nare
Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, University of Edinburgh
73Towards new drugs for trypanosomatid diseases based on specific high-affinity inhibitors for RNA editing ligase 1
Adam Burgess
Aberystwyth University
74Extracellular-vesicle/Tegumental Unknown protein (ETU): Characterising Proteins of Unknown Function in Schistosoma mansoni
Rachel Francoeur
Rachel Francoeur
75Impact of malaria coinfections on S. mansoni clearance, intensity and reinfection rates
Patrick Driguez
Wellcome Sanger Institute
76Studying the translatome of Schistosoma mansoni using ribosome profiling
Florian Noulin
Keele University
77Investigating the role of RNA G-quadruplex structures in Plasmodium falciparum gene expression
Zhigang Lu
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
78High-quality genome annotation for the V7 assembly of Schistosoma mansoni
Sheila Macharia
University of Manchester
79Investigating the role of eosinophils in barrier function in infection
Woyneshet Gelaye Yalew
Bahir Dar University
Ethiopia
80New foci for Cutaneous leishmaniasis - Ankesha District, Amhara region, Ethiopia
Aboagye Kwarteng Dofuor
University of Ghana
Ghana
81Antitrypanosomal effects of Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides extracts on African trypanosomes
Josephine Forde-Thomas
Aberystwyth University
82Identification of novel anti-schistosomal compounds using an automated high-throughput platform
James Iremonger
Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh
83Mitochondrial acetate production in Trypanosoma congolense
Tegwen Marlais
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
84Comparative ‘Omics’ identification of coproantigens for diagnosis of Strongyloides stercoralis infection
Katerina Doleckova
Keele University, School of Life Sciences
85In search for new treatments of camel trypanosomosis (surra)
Sarah Berry
University of Keele
86Functions of the BBSome protein complex in the protozoan parasite Leishmania mexicana
Paul Horrocks
Institute for Science and Technology in Medicine
87Evaluating the antiparasitic activity of the Phytopure library: natural products isolated from temperate zone plants
Jaksha Chandrathas
Life Sciences - Keele University
88ARF regulating proteins as novel drug targets against Kinetoplastids
Karolina Subrtova
University of Edinburgh
89F1-ATPase as a drug target in parasitic trypanosomatids
Numair Masud
Cardiff University
90Transport stress impacts infection trajectories in an ornamental fish
Kathy Geyer
Aberystwyth University
91Crucial Role of SmMBD2/3 and SmCBX during schistosome neoblast proliferation and oviposition
Gloria Amegatcher
University of Edinburgh
92Mitochondrial retrograde signalling in Trypanosoma brucei
Rachael Magwaza
University of Manchester
93Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of novel leads for drug-resistant malaria
Jessica Kissinger
University of Georgia
United States
94EuPathDB: Free, online genomics resources for eukaryotic pathogens and their hosts.
Maria Ines Neves
The Royal Veterinary College, University of London
95Re-evaluating density-dependent fecundity in human Schistosoma mansoni infections using novel molecular techniques: implications for control and elimination
Charles Ayorinde
The Federal Polytechnic Adoekiti
Nigeria
96Schistosomiasis in Ogbese-Ekiti, Re-Infection After Successful Treatment with Praziquantel
Alison Mbekeani
University of Durham
97Protozoa are a global burden - and need new treatments and novel drug targets
David Cutress
Aberystwyth University - IBERS
98Towards validation of an immune suppressor protein from liver fluke as a drug target
Rebeca Santano
Barcelona Institute for Global Health
Spain
99IgG and IgE responses to Plasmodium falciparum and intestinal parasites antigens in Mozambican children
Akansha Pant
National Institute of Malaria Research
India
100Allosteric Site Inhibitor Disrupting Auto-processing in Falcipains, Cysteine Proteases of Malarial Parasite
Sonia Boughattas
Qatar University
Qatar
101Molecular identification and characterizations of Cryptosporidium spp. among food-handlers in Qatar
Aver Hemben
Cranfiled University
102Screen-printed electrodes for malaria detection
Andreia Albuquerque-Wendt
Medical School of Hannover
Germany
103Apicomplexan C-mannosyltransferases modify adhesins of the TRAP family poster version
Justyna Nalepa-Grajcar
Aberystwyth University
104Genomic and computational analysis of Toxoplasma gondii direct from clinical samples using selective genome whole-genome amplification (SWGA).
Juan Balbuena
ICBiBE, University of Valencia
Spain
106Random Tanglegram Partitions (Random TaPas): a novel approach to cophylogenetic relationships between hosts and parasites
Parul Sharma
University of Nottingham
107Magnitude of the inflammatory response to parasite infection differentiates calf and adult bovine monocytes
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