Session in Schistosomes

Schedule : Session in Schistosomes

Schistosome Biology I

Keynote: A non-ribosomal peptide pheromone controls male-induced female sexual development in schistosomes
Tue22 Jun03:00pm(30 mins)			Jim Collins
Session : Schistosome Biology I
Room: Conference room 2

Excretion patterns of Schistosoma mansoni circulating antigens CAA and CCA by adult male and female worms, using a mouse model and ex vivo parasite culture
Tue22 Jun03:30pm(15 mins)			Miriam Casacuberta Partal
Session : Schistosome Biology I
Room: Conference room 2

In vitro-matured schistosomes, a valuable tool for drug discovery and studying schistosome development
Tue22 Jun03:45pm(15 mins)			Helmut Haas
Session : Schistosome Biology I
Room: Conference room 2

Cell signalling during Schistosoma mansoni male-female interactions
Tue22 Jun04:00pm(15 mins)			Eman Shakir
Session : Schistosome Biology I
Room: Conference room 2

Schistosomiasis - Chemotherapy/new drugs/drug screening

Keynote: Schisto drug discovery in Sunny San Diego – tools and technologies
Wed23 Jun03:00pm(30 mins)			Conor Caffrey
Session : Schistosomiasis - Chemotherapy/new drugs/drug screening
Room: Conference room 2

Docking-based virtual screening identification of multi kinase-targeting inhibitors with in vitro phenotypic activity against Schistosoma mansoni
Wed23 Jun03:30pm(15 mins)			Bernardo Moreira
Session : Schistosomiasis - Chemotherapy/new drugs/drug screening
Room: Conference room 2

From bugs to drugs: discovery of novel antischistosomal compounds from insects
Wed23 Jun03:45pm(15 mins)			Simone Haeberlein
Session : Schistosomiasis - Chemotherapy/new drugs/drug screening
Room: Conference room 2

Anti-schistosomal activities of quinoxaline-containing compounds: from hit identification to lead optimisation
Wed23 Jun04:00pm(15 mins)			Gilda Padalino
Session : Schistosomiasis - Chemotherapy/new drugs/drug screening
Room: Conference room 2

Schistosome ‘omics’

Keynote: Towards a chromosomal view of schistosome genome evolution
Wed23 Jun11:00am(30 mins)			Matthew Berriman
Session : Schistosome ‘omics’
Room: Conference room 2

Life stage-specific glycosylation of schistosome-derived extracellular vesicles (EV) directs interactions of EV with lectin receptors on host cells
Wed23 Jun11:30am(15 mins)			Cornelis Hokke
Session : Schistosome ‘omics’
Room: Conference room 2

Genomic landscape of introgression between blood flukes infecting livestock (Schistosoma bovis) and humans (S. haematobium) across Africa
Wed23 Jun11:45am(15 mins)			Roy Platt
Session : Schistosome ‘omics’
Room: Conference room 2

Simultaneous genotyping of snails and infecting trematode parasites using high-throughput amplicon sequencing.
Wed23 Jun12:00pm(15 mins)			Cyril Hammoud
Session : Schistosome ‘omics’
Room: Conference room 2

Schistosomiasis - Immunology & host-parasite interactions

Keynote: Pulmonary and intestinal immune responses during Schistosoma mansoni infection
Wed23 Jun01:00pm(30 mins)			Andrew MacDonald
Session : Schistosomiasis - Immunology & host-parasite interactions
Room: Conference room 2

Nitric oxide harms the neuropathogenic schistosome Trichobilharzia regenti in mice, partly by inhibiting its vital peptidases
Wed23 Jun01:30pm(15 mins)			Barbora Šmídová
Session : Schistosomiasis - Immunology & host-parasite interactions
Room: Conference room 2

In-depth exploration of Trichobilharzia regenti neuroinvasion in mice: host immune response and helminth-induced neuropathogenicity
Wed23 Jun01:45pm(15 mins)			Tomas Machacek
Session : Schistosomiasis - Immunology & host-parasite interactions
Room: Conference room 2

Harnessing the diagnostic potential of highly specific anti-glycan antibodies in schistosomiasis
Wed23 Jun02:00pm(15 mins)			Anna Kildemoes
Session : Schistosomiasis - Immunology & host-parasite interactions
Room: Conference room 2

Schistosome Biology II

Keynote: The WEome of Schistosoma mansoni – a non-coding DNA resource shaping schistosome biology, variability, and evolution?
Thu24 Jun11:00am(30 mins)			Christoph G. Grevelding
Session : Schistosome Biology II
Room: Conference room 2

Diversity and Evolution of Antigens in the Tetraspanin Protein Family of Schistosoma japonicum
Thu24 Jun11:30am(15 mins)			Daniel Parsons
Session : Schistosome Biology II
Room: Conference room 2

Establishing a Female-only Controlled Human Schistosoma mansoni Infection Model: a safety and dose finding study
Thu24 Jun11:45am(15 mins)			Jan Pieter Koopman
Session : Schistosome Biology II
Room: Conference room 2

Schistosoma mansoni lacks the homologue of the human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT), and relies on the snail enzyme for its survival.
Thu24 Jun12:00pm(15 mins)			Matty Knight
Session : Schistosome Biology II
Room: Conference room 2

Schistosomiasis - Molluscan biology & ‘omics’

Keynote: Snail vector biology, perspectives from genome mining
Thu24 Jun03:00pm(30 mins)			Coen Adema
Session : Schistosomiasis - Molluscan biology & ‘omics’
Room: Conference room 2

Bulk segregant analysis of host specificity in schistosome parasites
Thu24 Jun03:30pm(15 mins)			Frédéric Chevalier
Session : Schistosomiasis - Molluscan biology & ‘omics’
Room: Conference room 2

Lack of functional chromatin dynamics through nuclear motor proteins in aged Biomphalaria glabrata snails reveals a mechanism of interest with respect to controlling schistosomiasis.
Thu24 Jun03:45pm(15 mins)			Daniel Horton
Session : Schistosomiasis - Molluscan biology & ‘omics’
Room: Conference room 2

First molecular identification of Bulinus africanus in Lake Malawi with discussions on its transmission potential for human schistosomes
Thu24 Jun04:00pm(15 mins)			Mohammad Alharbi
Session : Schistosomiasis - Molluscan biology & ‘omics’
Room: Conference room 2

Schistosomiasis - Control, epidemiology and One Health I

Keynote: How does one go from schistosome granulomas to schistosomiasis control programs?
Thu24 Jun01:00pm(30 mins)			Dan Colley
Session : Schistosomiasis - Control, epidemiology and One Health I
Room: Conference room 2

The potential of citizen science to tackle the wicked problem of snail-borne diseases
Thu24 Jun01:30pm(15 mins)			Tine Huyse
Session : Schistosomiasis - Control, epidemiology and One Health I
Room: Conference room 2

Citizen scientists versus malacologists: comparing schistosome snail collections in Lake Albert, Uganda
Thu24 Jun01:45pm(15 mins)			Julius Tumusiime
Session : Schistosomiasis - Control, epidemiology and One Health I
Room: Conference room 2

The current and future predicted status of schistosomiasis in South Africa under climate change
Thu24 Jun02:00pm(15 mins)			Lizaan de Necker
Session : Schistosomiasis - Control, epidemiology and One Health I
Room: Conference room 2

Schistosomiasis - Control, epidemiology and One Health II

Keynote: Reaching the WHO elimination targets for schistosomiasis: the importance of a One Health perspective
Fri25 Jun11:00am(30 mins)			Joanne Webster
Session : Schistosomiasis - Control, epidemiology and One Health II
Room: Conference room 2

Remaining pockets of moderate to high endemicity of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis in selected communities in Caraga region, the Philippines
Fri25 Jun11:30am(15 mins)			Allen Jethro Alonte
Session : Schistosomiasis - Control, epidemiology and One Health II
Room: Conference room 2

How much variation in drug response is found in schistosome populations?
Fri25 Jun11:45am(15 mins)			Winka Le Clec'h
Session : Schistosomiasis - Control, epidemiology and One Health II
Room: Conference room 2

Standardising the interpretation of point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen diagnostics for Schistosoma mansoni: A Bayesian latent class analysis study
Fri25 Jun12:00pm(15 mins)			Jessica Clark
Session : Schistosomiasis - Control, epidemiology and One Health II
Room: Conference room 2

Spatial analysis of Schistosomiasis in Endemic Communities in Southern Mindanao, Philippines
Fri25 Jun12:15pm(15 mins)			Vachel Gay Paller
Session : Schistosomiasis - Control, epidemiology and One Health II
Room: Conference room 2

Schistosomiasis - Control, epidemiology and One Health III

Keynote: Schistosomiasis vaccines: their role in disease prevention and elimination
Fri25 Jun02:00pm(30 mins)			Peter Hotez
Session : Schistosomiasis - Control, epidemiology and One Health III
Room: Conference room 2

Using choice modelling to identify popular and affordable alternative interventions for schistosomiasis in Uganda
Fri25 Jun02:30pm(15 mins)			Poppy Lamberton
Session : Schistosomiasis - Control, epidemiology and One Health III
Room: Conference room 2

The Enemy of My Enemy is Perhaps My Friend: Intestinal schistosomiasis is associated with reduced malaria intensity in preschool children in Uganda.
Fri25 Jun02:45pm(15 mins)			Daniel McDowell
Session : Schistosomiasis - Control, epidemiology and One Health III
Room: Conference room 2

New dynamics of schistosomiasis in Lake Malawi
Fri25 Jun03:00pm(15 mins)			Russell Stothard
Session : Schistosomiasis - Control, epidemiology and One Health III
Room: Conference room 2

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