BSP Spring Meeting 2024

Posters

Bismark Dankwa
Aberystwyth University
1An integrated bioinformatics/cheminformatics drug repurposing pipeline to identify novel anti-schistosomal compounds
Alex Grannell
Royal Veterinary College
2Role of thrombospondin type 1 repeat (TSR) domain proteins in motility and virulence of Babesia parasites.
Gabrielle Thompson
St Andrews University
4Generating evidence for antibiotic stewardship through NTD control
Chukwunonso Obi
University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Nigeria
5Drug-resistant trypanosome isolates populations in dogs in Enugu North Senatorial Zone, Southeastern Nigeria
Chukwunonso Obi
University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Nigeria
6Albendazole efficacy against gastrointestinal nematodes of pigs in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, Nigeria
Chukwunonso Obi
University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Nigeria
7Comparative serum biochemical changes in Nigerian local dogs following single infections of drug-sensitive and multidrug-resistant Trypanosoma congolense and Trypanosoma brucei brucei
Solange M. GennariI
University of Sao Paulo
Brazil
8Toxoplasma gondii Antibodies in Tropical Seabirds from the Rocas Atoll Biological Reserve, Brazil
MD Hasanuzzaman Talukder
Bangladesh Agricultural University
Bangladesh
9 Molecular epidemiology of tick-borne bovine blood protozoa deciphering the emerging and new variants in Bangladesh
Anil Ata
University of Strathclyde
10Targeting LmxMKKK19 for better understanding of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase cascades in Leishmania mexicana
Adam Hayward
Moredun Research Institute
11T-helper cell phenotype in wild Soay sheep: patterns of (co)variation and associations with parasites and fitness
Rory Barnes
University of Glasgow
12A Lateral Flow Assay for Schistosome cfDNA Detection in Urine
Raymond Tersoo Ada
University of Salford
13Unravelling the epidemiology of ticks and tick-borne infections in Benue state, Nigeria.
Alexei Kostygov
University of Ostrava
Czechia
14Phylogenetic framework to study the evolution of traits in trypanosomatids
Porntida Kobpornchai
Mahidol University, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj hospital, Department of Parasitology
Thailand
16Deploying a new reagent and method for detecting dormant and dead malaria parasite in the sample analysis
Fay Webster
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Faculty of Life Sciences
Germany
17Immunological profile indicates diminished health in hybrid mice regardless of infection status
Insani Hubi Zulfa
SRUC
18Nematode-virus co-infection has a variable impact on the resistance and tolerance to H.polygyrus in genetically diverse mice
Elissavet Arapi
Cardiff University
19Restless nights when sick: ectoparasite infections alter rest-activity cycles of diurnal fish hosts
Nipa Thammasonthijarern
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
Thailand
20Novel cystatin of Trichinella spiralis (TsCstN) ameliorates ovalbumin (OVA)-induced lung inflammation in asthmatic mouse model
Muhammad Bilal
University of Calgary
Canada
22Genetic analysis of cattle lice and the development of novel molecular diagnostic tools to monitor burdens and treatment effectiveness
Leslie Stout
University of Bordeaux
France
23Elucidation of the life cycle of the trematode Curtuteria arguinae using molecular techniques, with insights into ecological relationships
Katie Bull
University of Bristol
24Next generation sequencing reveals a single species is responsible for the first reported case of macrocyclic lactone resistant cyathostomins in the UK
Elli Rosa Jolma
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Netherlands
25Warming effects on the life cycles and ecological impacts of two invasive parasitic copepods infecting native blue mussels
Noor Kuhlemaijer
Leiden University Medical Centre
Netherlands
26Glycoengineering of ex vivo cultured Schistosoma mansoni adult worms using chemical mannosidase inhibitors
Terence (Terry) William Spithill
La Trobe University
Australia
27Evaluation of multiple tegument proteins and FhTLM as vaccines against Fasciola hepatica in cattle
Aradhana Singh
University of Edinburgh
28Evolutionary analysis of Fasciolopsis buski isolated from a human in India
Marianna Laura Elis Chocobar
Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia
Brazil
29Filarids with zoonotic potential in non-coastal areas: first epidemiological surveillance in Acre, northern Brazil
Shannon Quek
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
30The RNA Virome of human and animal parasitic nematodes
Isobel Gabain
Royal Veterinary College
31Bayesian network analysis to determine the potential causal association between helminth infection and childhood stunting.
Safa Amairia
National school of veterinary medicine of Sidi Thabet
Tunisia
32Molecular prevalence of Sarcocystis spp. and Toxoplasma gondii in slaughtered equids in North Tunisia
Tomas Machacek
Charles University, Prague
Czechia
33Experimental infection of mice with Trichobilharzia franki, the major causative agent of swimmer's itch in Europe
Paul Campbell
University of Glasgow
34Assessing anthelmintic resistance in gastrointestinal nematodes of Scottish dairy calves
Carolina De Marco Verissimo
National University of Ireland Galway
Ireland
35Heterogeneous glycosylation of proteins from Fasciola hepatica invasive stage reveals higher complexity in parasite-host interactions
Zikmund Bartonicek
Natural History Museum London / Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre CAS
36Endoparasitic rotifers in UK earthworms: new host and locality records for Albertia vermiculus Dujardin, 1838 and Balatro calvus Claperéde, 1867 (Monogononta: Dicranophoridae)
Ivan Casas Gomez-Uribarri
University of Glasgow
38Effect of an infected blood meal on the survival of mosquitoes
Venera Tyukmaeva
University of Liverpool
39The genetic basis of Drosophila-trypanosomatid interaction
Sekeleghe Kayuni
Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Programme
Malawi
40Occurrence of hybrid and mixed genital schistosomiasis with associated infections in men and women of Nsanje and Mangochi districts in Southern Malawi.
Fatima Zohra ZEDAM
USTHB
Algeria
41First record in Algeria of Derogenes minor Looss 1901 (Digenea; Derogenidae) from a new host Xyrichthys novacula Linnaeus,, 1758 (Labridae): Morphological description
John Archer
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
42Molecular diagnosis of intestinal schistosomiasis: An overview of current protocols and what is needed, highlighted using data from a Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma haematobium co-endemic area
Chahinez Bouguerche
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Sweden
43The complete mitogenome of Tristoma Diesing, 1850 (Monopisthocotylea, Capsalidae), a gill parasite swordfish Xiphias gladius
Samuel Duncan
University of Glasgow
44Establishing an in vitro culture method and genetic approaches to investigate the infection biology of the parasitic nematode Teladorsagia circumcincta
Rachel Francoeur
University of Chester
45Higher blood concentrations of the main metabolite of praziquantel, R-trans-4-OH-PZQ, is associated with higher Schistosoma mansoni egg reduction and lower reinfection rates
Sophie Hawkes
University of Warwick
46Tick, tick, boom! Trends in Anaplasma marginale seroprevalence in Mojave desert bighorn sheep
Cristian Koepfli
University of Notre Dame
United States
47Highly multiplexed ddPCR amplicon sequencing reveals persistent Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax transmission in the Ethiopian highlands
Jennifer McIntyre
University of Glasgow
48Improving genomic tools to investigate ivermectin resistance in Teladorsagia circumcincta
Ruqayyah Hamidu Muhammad
Nigeria
49Studies on the toxicity and Anti-plasmodial activity of Hymenocardia acida in albino mice
Pegine Walrad
University of York
50The RNA-bound Proteome of Trypanosoma cruzi
James Budzak
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU)
Germany
51Heterogeneous elongation of RNA polymerase I transcription at the active VSG expression site in Trypanosoma brucei
Christopher Collins
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Sweden
52In vitro exploration of interactions and stressors in Caco-2 cell cultures versus the infective L3 larva stage of Toxocara canis and Parascaris univalens
Shashika Abeysekara
Aberystwyth University
53Characterization of the Schistosoma mansoni Bromodomain containing protein 3 (SmBRD3)
Onyinyechukwu Agina
University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Nigeria
55Association of bovine leukocyte antigen DRB3*007:01 and *009:02 to host resistance to Candidatus Mycoplasma haemobos infection in Kedah-Kelantan x Brahman cattle
Pablo Antequera
Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López Neyra
Spain
56The nucleotide triphosphohydrolase HD82 maintains genome integrity and replication stability through dNTP homeostasis control in Trypanosoma brucei
Olugbenga Samuel Babatunde
Aberystwyth University
57Isolating the Isolate: Proteomic Profiling of Triclabendazole-Susceptible and Resistant Fasciola hepatica
Antonella Bacigalupo
University of Glasgow, SBOHVM
58A genomic basis for the transition to hematophagy in triatomines, vectors of Chagas disease.
Antonella Bacigalupo
University of Glasgow, SBOHVM
59Metagenomic surveillance for veterinary and public health relevant bacterial agents carried by blood-sucking arthropods in Chile.
Lesley Bell-Sakyi
University of Liverpool
60A new cell line derived from the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans morsitans, vector of trypanosomes of humans and domestic livestock in sub-Saharan Africa
Paul Campbell
University of Glasgow
61Assessing anthelmintic resistance in gastrointestinal nematodes of Scottish dairy cattle
Michela Cerone
University of St Andrews
62Exploring the activity and the essentiality of the putative Δ6-desaturase in the procyclic and bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma brucei
Praveena Chandrasegaran
University of Edinburgh
63Differential transcriptional responses between heterogenous host-Toxoplasma interactions
Adam Cieplinski
Natural History Museum
64The Schistosome and Snail Resource (SSR) – Maximising snail and cercariae production by investigating snail-schistosome compatibility
Shauna Clancy
Shauna Clancy
65The rumen fluke, Calicophoron daubneyi, express an expanded repertoire of pattern-recognition receptors.
Carlos Cordon Obras
Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López-Neyra (IPBLN-CSIC)
Spain
66Analysis of specific targeting of kinetoplastid ERK8 and GSK3b by kinase inhibitors
Sofia Cortes
Instituto Higiene e Medicina Tropical, NOVA University Lisbon
Portugal
67In vitro antileishmanial activity of tryptophanol derivatives
Krystyna Cwiklinski
Liverpool University
68Comparison of molecular markers used for population genetic analyses of Fasciola gigantica from Pakistan
Luis Fabio da Silva Batista
University of Sao Paulo
69Dog genetic background effect is predominant on clinical-immunological traits of the canine visceral Leishmaniasis
Luis Fabio da Silva Batista
University of Sao Paulo
70Interaction between the dog genetic background and distinct genotypes of Leishmania infantum
Laura Dirkx
University of Antwerp
Belgium
71Effect of visceral leishmaniasis on humoral immunity: parasites hopping on the B cell train.
Vincent Geoghegan
University of York
72Exploring the diversity of Plasmodium falciparum hypervariable RIFINs and their interactions with human immunomodulatory receptors
Ikram Hammi
University Paris Saclay/ University Hassan II
France
73The role of Fc receptors in the physiopathology of cutaneous leishmaniasis
Catherine Hartley
University of Liverpool
74The Tick Cell Biobank: tick and insect cell lines for parasitology research
Charlotte Hughes
University of York
75Development of Efficient CRISPR-Cas9 Precision Editing for Leishmania to Investigate Protein Kinase function
Zaina Ibnahaten
University of York
76The role of Schistosoma mansoni MEG proteins during infection
Nathaniel Jones
University of York
77Deconvoluting the mode-of-action of novel antileishmanial compounds
Sam Jones
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
78A First Report of Pseudosuccinea columella (Say, 1817), an Alien Intermediate Host of Liver Fluke in Malawi
KAMENI MIREILLE
Unit of Immunobiology and Helminth Infections
Cameroon
79Untargeted Metabolomics links alterations of host tyrosine metabolism with susceptibility to Schistosoma mansoni infection
Elvis Leonel Kamguia Meyo
Unit of Immunobiology and Helminth infections (IBHI), CRSPP/IMPM/MINRESI
Cameroon
80Reduced plasma levels of GM-CSF as biomarker of Schistosoma mansoni infection in school aged children
Benedict Karani
University of Glasgow
81Measuring the impact of treatment regimens on the evolution of anthelmintic resistance
Rob Kelly
Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh
82Using deep-amplicon sequencing to understand the dynamics of gastrointestinal nematodes present in co-grazed host species kept in a Scottish zoological collection.
Martha Kivecu
University of Edinburgh
83The Origin and Evolution of Plasmodium falciparum
Ziada Kiwanuka
Aberystwyth University
84Sphingosine kinase (SPHK), a new drug target for treating Schistosomiasis.
Ellen Knuepfer
Royal Veterinary College
85To process or not to process: the role of the PfRh5 pro-domain in red blood cell invasion.
Natalia Kraeva
Life Science Research Centre,University of Ostrava
Czechia
86Intricate balance of dually-localized catalase modulates infectivity of Leptomonas seymouri
Lianne Lansink
University of York
87Novel components of the expression-site body and surrounding splicing bodies discovered by TurboID proximity labelling in African Trypanosomes.
Kristin Lees
Aberystwyth University
88Screening a protein kinase library for new chemical starting points against Schistosoma mansoni
Mia Ley
Aberystwyth University
89Novel environmental biomarkers for liver fluke control.
Yee Wan Liu
University of Glasgow, School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine
90Repurposing drugs to tackle amoebic gill disease in Atlantic Salmon
Lizzie Marriott
Durham University
91Targeted Genetic Knockouts in Leishmania mexicana Reveal Roles for Lipid Metabolism in Drug Sensitivity
Andrew McCarthy
Higher Education Animal Sciences, Canterbury College
92Amphilina bipunctata (Riser 1948) a monozoic cestode from North American Sturgeon in the Dawes Collection, Museum of Life Sciences, King’s College London: a comment on zoogeography and validity.
Ana Maria Mejia
Universidad de Antioquia
Colombia
93Trypanosoma cruzi PUF3 RNA-binding protein modulates genes linked to mitochondrial morphology and function
Arthur Menezes
University of São Paulo
Brazil
94Functional analysis of Trypanosoma cruzi spliceosome proteins
Sarah Monic
University of Cambridge
95Trypanosoma carassii, a model for whole host interaction studies.
Sirapat Nak-On
University of Glasgow
96Development of a LAMP Detection Assay for Dictyocaulus viviparus Lungworm
Conor Noonan
Royal Veterinary College
97A Hybrid Whole Genome Sequencing Approach to Studying the Population Structure of Eimeria Parasites
Marketa Novotna
University of Dundee
98Direct demonstration that histone modification impacts gene expression in trypanosomes
Corinne Ong
Toronto Metropolitan University
Canada
99Cryptosporidium spp. in cattle in a Jamaican watershed
Rossella Panarese
University of Glasgow
100A novel ‘target enrichment’ based approach for genomically characterising Giardia duodenalis in human and animal directly from clinical samples
Cassandra Present
University of Antwerp: Laboratory of Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene
Belgium
101A drug discovery journey: N6-Methyltubercidin cures a cutaneous Leishmania amazonensis mouse model
Naomi Riithi
University of Edinburgh
102It's about time! Do rhythmic interactions between mosquitoes and their microbiota influence malaria transmission?
Brendan Robertson
School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow
103Genomic analysis of Amoebic gill disease causing Neoparamoeba perurans in Atlantic salmon aquaculture
Eman Shakir
Kingston University
104Stem cell proliferation driven by opposite sex excretory-secretory products (ESPs) in Schistosoma mansoni.
Rebecca Shears
Manchester Metropolitan University
105Exploring the Trichuris peptidome as a source of novel antimicrobials
Vivien Shek
University of Dundee
106Novel RELM-β binding molecule identified from Heligmosomoides polygyrus bakeri
Vivien Shek
University of Dundee
107Identification of schistosome-derived immunomodulatory proteins.
Cínthia Portugal
University of São Paulo School of Medicine
Brazil
108Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum infection alters the lipidome of human macrophage
Cínthia Portugal
University of São Paulo School of Medicine
Brazil
109Lipidomic analysis of intracellular Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum amastigotes
Yasmine Socratoff
University of Edinburgh
110Peptide microarray IgM and IgG screening of pre-SARS-CoV-2 human serum samples from Zimbabwe for reactivity with peptides from all seven human coronaviruses: a cross-sectional study
Corey Steele
Aberystwyth University
111Ruminating over host-parasite interaction models for fluke driven immune responses
Dr.Sivapong Sungpradit
Faculty of Veterinary Science, Mahidol University
Thailand
112Morphological and Phylogenetic Analysis of Bothridium pithonis (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidea) in Python Snakes (Malayopython reticulatus) in Thailand
Omar Triana-Chavez
Universidad de Antioquia
Colombia
114L-threonine 3-dehydrogenase protects Trypanosoma cruzi from genetic damage and oxidative stress
Leon Walther
University of York
115Structural and functional dissection of VSG-Exclusion Protein 2 in African trypanosomes
Lauren Wilburn
University of Oxford, Big Data Institute
116Association of current intestinal schistosome infection status with periportal fibrosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis 
Jiaodi Zhang
Imperial College London
117The protective effect of soap against the attachment or penetration of schistosome cercariae to mouse tails
Christopher Smith
Aberystwyth University
118Environmental influences on the distribution and ecology of the fluke intermediate host Galba truncatula: A systematic review.
Laura MacKenzie
University of Liverpool
119Multi-host parasites in heterogenous landscapes: Do we see between-species transmission and host specificity of Bartonella grahamii strains infecting fragmented populations of water voles (Arvicola amphibius) and field voles (Microtus agrestis)?
Jenavine Onyinye Mbah
University of Calabar
Nigeria
120Parasitic profile of five species of terrestrial achatina snail in Cross River State, Nigeria: public health implications
Amir reza Varzandi
University of Turin
Italy
122Development of a qPCR Duplex Assay for simultaneous detection of Fascioloides magna and Galba truncatula in eDNA samples: Monitoring beyond boundaries
Claudia Paredes-Esquivel
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Spain
123The increasing concern surrounding the presence of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Mediterranean Europe
Ulrich Dobramysl
University of Oxford
124LeishGEM: A genome-scale database for knockout mutant life cycle fitness phenotyping and subcellular protein localisation in Leishmania mexicana
Haruna Adamu Mamman
University of Salford
125Epidemiology of apicomplexian parasites in livestock-infesting ticks in northwest Nigeria
Elisa Chailler
Station Biologique de Roscoff
France
126Exploring cryptic novel Thraustochytrida (Labyrinthulomycetes, Stramenopiles) diversity in P. olseni-infected clam populations along the French Atlantic Coast
Tchoumbou Melanie
Nature Research Center
Lithuania
127Insights into the exoerythrocytic development of Haemoproteus attenuatus in the Thrush nightingale Luscinia luscinia
Evans Mainsah Ngandung
University of Buea
Cameroon
128Schiff base complexes: A glimpse of hope for anti-onchocercal drug leads
Holly Northcote
Aberystwyth University
129Hide and Caecum: Searching for antimicrobials in the equine tapeworm Anoplocephala perfoliata
Aro Nugawela
York University
130Interrogating the role and regulatory functions of autophagy-related pathways during Trypanosoma brucei differentiation and host adaptation
Elizabeth Spink
University of York
131How is VEX2 recruited to the expression-site body in Trypanosoma brucei?
Richard Thomas
Manchester Metropolitan University
132Whipworm host defence peptides – novel opportunities for parasite control?
Imane El Idrissi Saik
Hassan II University of Casablanca
Morocco
133Temporal Trends and Spatial Patterns of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in the most densely populated Moroccan region.
Hannah Asiki
University of Oxford
134Exploring the mode of action of anti-leishmanial natural product analogues
Alexandra Juhasz
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
135Endoparasites of captive snake collections, in the UK.
Benjamin Miller
University of Liverpool
136Assessing effects of landscape and woodland patch attributes on the density of Ixodes ricinus within woodland creation sites in Scotland
Emma Briggs
University of Edinburgh
137Characterisation of the chronic infection-driving trypanosomes in cattle through single cell transcriptomics
Zihao Chen
University of Edinburgh
138Sexual Reproduction Maintains Mitochondrial Genome Fitness in Trypanosomatid Parasites
Ellen Masters
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
139Anti-Wolbachia drugs have no effect on the viability of extracellular Wolbachia.
Anna Ciezarek
Queen's University Belfast
140Determining the optimum timing for treatment of gastrointestinal nematodes with tree fodder through mathematical modelling.
Ian Will
University of Oxford
141Native microbiota-mediated changes of host immunity and body condition correlate to enhanced virulence when challenged by a novel pathogen invader
Shannan Summers
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
143Population genomics of praziquantel treatment response by Schistosoma mansoni from Uganda
Joanne Power
University of Glasgow
144Investigating gene expression regulation during early ookinete development using Plasmodium chabaudi chabaudi genetic crosses.
Sande Slivrsteri
MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit
Uganda
145Community and stakeholder’s preferences for alternative schistosomiasis prevention strategies beyond mass drug administration in fishing communities of Mayuge District, Eastern Uganda
Olayinka Osuolale
Elizade University
Nigeria
146Leishmaniasis in Nigeria: Unraveling the Past, Navigating the Present, and Charting the Future
Jacob Cohen
University of Liverpool
147Transmission-relevant heterogeneities in Tribolium castaneum infected with a eugregarine gut parasite
Count: 139