BSP Spring Meeting 2019

One health and interconnectivity: schistosomiasis in a changing world
			Prof Joanne Webster
Session :
Room:

Mon15 Apr01:00pm(30 mins)

Flash talk recording session

Room:
Reynolds F6

Mon15 Apr01:30pm(30 mins)

Flash talk recording session

Room:
Reynolds F6

Primate Parasites in Madagascar: contrasting lemurs and humans
Mon15 Apr02:00pm(50 mins)			Prof Patricia Wright
Session : Plenary
Room: Renold C16

The impact of poultry disease on public health and welfare: a major development challenge
Mon15 Apr02:50pm(50 mins)			Prof Fiona Tomley
Session : Plenary
Room: Renold C16

Mon15 Apr03:45pm(30 mins)

Flash talk recording session

Room:
Reynolds F6

Keynote: Anti-parasitic vaccines as global health technologies: Building their public health value propositions and business cases
Mon15 Apr04:15pm(30 mins)			Prof Maria Elena Bottazzi
Session : Human Interventions - I
Room: Renold C9

Keynote: How does the African trypanosome surface mediate its interaction with its mammalian host?
Mon15 Apr04:15pm(30 mins)			Prof Matthew Higgins
Session : Host-Pathogen interactions - I
Room: Renold C16

Impact of Anopheles reproductive traits on the transmission of Plasmodium falciparum parasites
Mon15 Apr04:15pm(30 mins)			Prof Flaminia Catteruccia
Session : Cell Biology - I Sponsored by eLife
Room: Renold C2

Influence of paromomycin resistance on Leishmania fitness inside the sandfly vector
Mon15 Apr04:45pm(15 mins)			Mrs Sarah Hendrickx
Session : Host-Pathogen interactions - I
Room: Renold C16

Using single-cell dual RNA sequencing to interrogate host immunity to pathogens
Mon15 Apr04:45pm(15 mins)			Dr Musa Hassan
Session : Cell Biology - I Sponsored by eLife
Room: Renold C2

Early diagnosis of acute schistosomiasis by detection of the circulating antigen CAA in serum and urine in a cluster cohort of 34 Belgium travellers exposed in South Africa.
Mon15 Apr04:45pm(15 mins)			Dr Lisette van Lieshout
Session : Human Interventions - I
Room: Renold C9

Evaluating the evidence for lymphatic filariasis elimination thresholds
Mon15 Apr05:00pm(15 mins)			Miss Emma Davis
Session : Human Interventions - I
Room: Renold C9

An in vitro larval growth model of Dirofilaria immitis as a drug model for veterinary heartworm
Mon15 Apr05:00pm(15 mins)			Miss Amy Marriott
Session : Cell Biology - I Sponsored by eLife
Room: Renold C2

Cercariae on the campus: a follow-up study of swimmer’s itch acquired in a faculty pool
Mon15 Apr05:00pm(15 mins)			Mr Tomas Machacek
Session : Host-Pathogen interactions - I
Room: Renold C16

Improving variability in egg excretion during controlled human hookworm infection: the road to testing vaccines.
Mon15 Apr05:15pm(15 mins)			Mrs Marie-Astrid Hoogerwerf
Session : Human Interventions - I
Room: Renold C9

Identifying the role of the different reservoir hosts of zoonotic schistosomiasis in West Africa
Mon15 Apr05:15pm(15 mins)			Dr Elsa Leger
Session : Host-Pathogen interactions - I
Room: Renold C16

Distribution of trypanosomes in tsetse, cattle and humans in Southern Chad: Mandoul and Maro foci.
Mon15 Apr05:15pm(15 mins)			Mr Mahamat Alhadj Moussa Ibrahim
Session : Cell Biology - I Sponsored by eLife
Room: Renold C2

The Plasmodium LAP complex affects crystalloid biogenesis and oocyst cell division
Mon15 Apr05:30pm(15 mins)			dr sadia saeed
Session : Cell Biology - I Sponsored by eLife
Room: Renold C2

When to make an entrance.
Mon15 Apr05:30pm(15 mins)			Dr Petra Schneider
Session : Host-Pathogen interactions - I
Room: Renold C16

Exploring the Nedd8 pathway of Plasmodium falciparum
Mon15 Apr05:45pm(3 mins)			Dr Maryia Karpiyevich
Session : Poster Pitches CB I
Room: Renold C2

A Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases: Towards New Therapeutic Solutions for Chagas Disease and Leishmaniasis
Mon15 Apr05:45pm(3 mins)			Dr Mags Leighton
Session : Poster Pitches HI I
Room: Renold C9

Population Genetics as a Tool for the detection of vertical transmission of Toxoplasma gondii in a wild population of Apodemus sylvaticus (long-tailed woodmouse) from Malham Tarn, UK.
Mon15 Apr05:45pm(3 mins)			Dr Sameena Haq
Session : Poster Pitches HP I
Room: Renold C16

Nucleoside analogues against trypanosomatid parasites: phenotypic screening and mechanism-of-action
Mon15 Apr05:48pm(3 mins)			Mr Camila Santos
Session : Poster Pitches CB I
Room: Renold C2

Diagnostic screening for Plasmodium falciparum by Illumigene.
Mon15 Apr05:48pm(3 mins)			Dr Foekje F. Stelma
Session : Poster Pitches HI I
Room: Renold C9

A review on parasites of Australian cormorants
Mon15 Apr05:48pm(3 mins)			Dr Shokoofeh Shamsi
Session : Poster Pitches HP I
Room: Renold C16

Diagnostic performance of the Alere™ Ultra-sensitive rapid diagnostic test for Plasmodium falciparum malaria infections in asymptomatic pregnant women in Timika, Indonesia
Mon15 Apr05:51pm(3 mins)			Mrs Vera Unwin
Session : Poster Pitches HI I
Room: Renold C9

Vivaxin: a novel cell-surface gene family in Trypanosoma vivax with potential applications in an animal trypanosomiasis vaccine
Mon15 Apr05:51pm(3 mins)			Miss Alessandra Romero Ramirez
Session : Poster Pitches CB I
Room: Renold C2

Genome-led vaccine target discovery for animal African trypanosomiasis
Mon15 Apr05:51pm(3 mins)			Dr Gavin Wright
Session : Poster Pitches HP I
Room: Renold C16

M2 macrophage-associated protein Ym1 mediates parasite expulsion in T. muris infection
Mon15 Apr05:54pm(3 mins)			Miss Hannah Smith
Session : Poster Pitches HP I
Room: Renold C16

Functions of the BBSome protein complex in Leishmania mexicana
Mon15 Apr05:54pm(3 mins)			Dr Helen Price
Session : Poster Pitches CB I
Room: Renold C2

Profiling the best-performing community medicine distributors for mass drug administration: a comprehensive, data-driven analysis of treatment for schistosomiasis, lymphatic filariasis, and soil-transmitted helminths in Uganda
Mon15 Apr05:54pm(3 mins)			Dr Goylette Chami
Session : Poster Pitches HI I
Room: Renold C9

The SUMO protease is important for flagellum biogenesis in Leishmania mexicana.
Mon15 Apr05:57pm(3 mins)			Mr Meshal Daalah
Session : Poster Pitches CB I
Room: Renold C2

Novel Water Treatments for the Zoonotic Waterborne Pathogen Cryptosporidium
Mon15 Apr05:57pm(3 mins)			Mr Bozo Lugonja
Session : Poster Pitches HI I
Room: Renold C9

Nanopore sequencing significantly improves genome assembly of the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi
Mon15 Apr05:57pm(3 mins)			Miss Florencia Díaz-Viraqué
Session : Poster Pitches HP I
Room: Renold C16

Test-and-treat with doxycycline as an alternative strategy for the acceleration of onchocerciasis elimination in a loiasis co-endemic region of South-West Cameroon
Mon15 Apr06:00pm(3 mins)			Dr Armelle Forrer
Session : Poster Pitches HI I
Room: Renold C9

Dysregulated gene expression in oocysts of Plasmodium berghei LAP mutants
Mon15 Apr06:00pm(3 mins)			Dr Annie Tremp
Session : Poster Pitches CB I
Room: Renold C2

Tick-borne pathogens in passerine migratory birds in Lithuania
Mon15 Apr06:00pm(3 mins)			Mrs Vesta Matulaitytė
Session : Poster Pitches HP I
Room: Renold C16

Prevalence of parasitic infections in surgically removed appendices: parasitological and histopathological studies
Mon15 Apr06:03pm(3 mins)			Dr Alaa Amer
Session : Poster Pitches HP I
Room: Renold C16

Characterising in vitro G-Quadruplexes (G4) in S. mansoni
Mon15 Apr06:03pm(3 mins)			Miss Holly M. Craven
Session : Poster Pitches CB I
Room: Renold C2

Mechanisms of pyrethroid resistance in Aedes aegypti populations from Saudi Arabia
Mon15 Apr06:03pm(3 mins)			Ms Ashwaq Alnazawi
Session : Poster Pitches HI I
Room: Renold C9

In silico analysis of putative cell surface proteins of Tritrichomonas foetus, the causative agent of bovine trichomoniasis.
Mon15 Apr06:06pm(1 mins)			Miss Eleanor Senior
Session : Poster Pitches CB I
Room: Renold C2

Hand washing as an effective method for intestinal parasites control among school children in Gaza city: Public Health point of view
Mon15 Apr06:06pm(3 mins)			Prof Adnan Ibrahim Al-Hindi
Session : Poster Pitches HI I
Room: Renold C9

The Vector Biology of Ectoparasites on Rodents from the ‘Asir Region of Saudi Arabia
Mon15 Apr06:06pm(3 mins)			Mrs Samia Alghamdi
Session : Poster Pitches HP I
Room: Renold C16

Genetic diversity patterns of Haemonchus contortus isolated from sheep and goats in Bangladesh
Mon15 Apr06:07pm(3 mins)			Dr Mohammad Zahangir Alam
Session : Poster Pitches CB I
Room: Renold C2

Gastrointestinal Parasites on Cattle in Kulon Progo District of D.I. Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Mon15 Apr06:09pm(3 mins)			Mrs Fitrine Ekawasti
Session : Poster Pitches HP I
Room: Renold C16

Impaired development of miltefosine-resistant leishmania infantum In the sand fly vectors phlebotomus perniciosus and lutzomyia longipalpis
Mon15 Apr06:10pm(3 mins)			Miss Lieselotte Van Bockstal
Session : Poster Pitches CB I
Room: Renold C2

More than just chips: what are you getting with your fish?
Mon15 Apr06:12pm(3 mins)			Dr Shokoofeh Shamsi
Session : Poster Pitches HP I
Room: Renold C16

Activity of Imidocloprid against Hyalomma Marginatum in Nili Ravi Buffalo (Bubalus Bubalus Indicus)
Mon15 Apr06:15pm(3 mins)			Prof Muhammad Mazhar Ayaz
Session : Poster Pitches HP I
Room: Renold C16

Mon15 Apr06:15pm(90 mins)

Poster session I

Room:
Renold C15

Mon15 Apr08:00pm(180 mins)

YPP & Britsh Ecological Society -SIG networking event

Room:
Renold C16

Keynote: Theory and practice of parasite management in multi-host systems
Tue16 Apr09:00am(30 mins)			Dr Josephine Walker
Session : Ecology and Ecosystems - I Sponsored by BES
Room: Renold C9

Keynote: Leishmania-myeloid cell interactions at the tissue level
Tue16 Apr09:00am(30 mins)			Prof Paul Kaye
Session : Host-Pathogen interactions - II
Room: Renold C16

Keynote: Cellular mechanisms of immunity and pathology in filariasis
Tue16 Apr09:00am(30 mins)			Dr Joseph Turner
Session : Cell Biology - II
Room: Renold C2

Survival costs of reproduction are mediated by immune responses and parasites in wild Soay sheep
Tue16 Apr09:30am(15 mins)			Dr Adam Hayward
Session : Ecology and Ecosystems - I Sponsored by BES
Room: Renold C9

Keynote: Full development of tsetse-transmitted trypanosomes in advanced human skin tissue models
Tue16 Apr09:30am(30 mins)			Mr Markus Engstler
Session : Host-Pathogen interactions - II
Room: Renold C16

Exposing a role for liver fluke stem cells in the flukicide response
Tue16 Apr09:30am(15 mins)			Mr Nathan Clarke
Session : Cell Biology - II
Room: Renold C2

First profile of long non-coding RNAs in the liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica
Tue16 Apr09:45am(15 mins)			Dr Paul McVeigh
Session : Cell Biology - II
Room: Renold C2

Patterns of genetic variation in the parasitic nematode Strongyloides ratti.
Tue16 Apr09:45am(15 mins)			Miss Rebecca Cole
Session : Ecology and Ecosystems - I Sponsored by BES
Room: Renold C9

Transcriptomics of Brugia malayi larval stages reveal insights into Wolbachia metabolism switch during population expansion
Tue16 Apr10:00am(15 mins)			Mr Shannon Quek
Session : Cell Biology - II
Room: Renold C2

Investigating the role of eosinophils in barrier function in infection
Tue16 Apr10:00am(15 mins)			Miss Sheila Macharia
Session : Host-Pathogen interactions - II
Room: Renold C16

A non-invasive sampling coupled with high-throughput sequencing for helminth characterisation from cetacean faecal samples
Tue16 Apr10:00am(15 mins)			Dr Natalia Fraija-Fernández
Session : Ecology and Ecosystems - I Sponsored by BES
Room: Renold C9

Exploring trophic niches and parasite communities of sympatric Arctic charr and brown trout populations of southern Norway
Tue16 Apr10:15am(15 mins)			Dr Rachel Paterson
Session : Ecology and Ecosystems - I Sponsored by BES
Room: Renold C9

Drug selection and CRISPR-Cas for schistosome transgenesis
Tue16 Apr10:15am(15 mins)			Dr Gabriel Rinaldi
Session : Cell Biology - II
Room: Renold C2

Assessing the role of neutrophils in vector-transmitted Trypanosoma brucei infections
Tue16 Apr10:15am(15 mins)			Dorien Mabille
Session : Host-Pathogen interactions - II
Room: Renold C16

Keynote: Environmental impacts on host susceptibility in mesocosms for This Wormy World
Tue16 Apr11:00am(30 mins)			Prof Andrea Graham
Session : Ecology and Ecosystems - II Sponsored by BES
Room: Renold C9

Keynote: Chronic infection and virulence: a role for the Plasmodium pir gene family?
Tue16 Apr11:00am(30 mins)			Prof Jean Langhorne
Session : Host-Pathogen interactions - III Sponsored by Qiagen
Room: Renold C16

Keynote: On the expansion of an exported kinase family in virulent malaria
Tue16 Apr11:00am(30 mins)			Dr Heledd Davies
Session : Cell Biology - III
Room: Renold C2

Disparate education of inflammatory and patrolling monocytes underpins tissue-specific immunity during gastrointestinal infection.
Tue16 Apr11:30am(15 mins)			Miss Kelly Wemyss
Session : Host-Pathogen interactions - III Sponsored by Qiagen
Room: Renold C16

Single nucleotide polymorphism linkage groups define population structure in Cryptosporidium hominis
Tue16 Apr11:30am(15 mins)			Dr Anna Paziewska-Harris
Session : Ecology and Ecosystems - II Sponsored by BES
Room: Renold C9

A membrane component of the apical annuli structures in Toxoplasma gondii is essential for parasite survival and replication
Tue16 Apr11:30am(15 mins)			Miss Huiling Ke
Session : Cell Biology - III
Room: Renold C2

Filarial-associated pathological lymphatic remodelling is rapidly induced post-larval infection and is mediated by both interleukin 4 receptor alpha-dependent adaptive immune responses as well as recruited inflammatory CCR2+ monocytes.
Tue16 Apr11:45am(15 mins)			Mr Julio Furlong-Silva
Session : Host-Pathogen interactions - III Sponsored by Qiagen
Room: Renold C16

The effect of formulation and radiation – a quantitative imaging-based analysis of sporozoite motility
Tue16 Apr11:45am(15 mins)			Ms Clarize de Korne
Session : Cell Biology - III
Room: Renold C2

Epidemiology of “neglected” tick-borne infections in Nigeria: A (hopefully) early quest of USALTI-Afrique
Tue16 Apr11:45am(15 mins)			Prof Richard Birtles
Session : Ecology and Ecosystems - II Sponsored by BES
Room: Renold C9

Freshwater snails of biomedical importance in the Niger River Valley, Bulinus spp., Biomphalaria pfeifferi and Radix natalensis: a longitudinal survey reveals evidence of spatial and temporal patterns in abundance and distribution.
Tue16 Apr12:00pm(15 mins)			Ms Muriel Rabone
Session : Ecology and Ecosystems - II Sponsored by BES
Room: Renold C9

The unexpected role of Natural Killer cells in the anti-filarial nematode innate immune response
Tue16 Apr12:00pm(15 mins)			Dr Nicolas Pionnier
Session : Host-Pathogen interactions - III Sponsored by Qiagen
Room: Renold C16

RH5-basigin binding tropisms within the Laverania reveal a key event in the origin of Plasmodium falciparum malaria
Tue16 Apr12:00pm(15 mins)			Dr Gavin Wright
Session : Cell Biology - III
Room: Renold C2

Neuropathogenic schistosomes in the spinal cord: does the peripheral immunity register the infection?
Tue16 Apr12:15pm(15 mins)			Mr Martin Majer
Session : Host-Pathogen interactions - III Sponsored by Qiagen
Room: Renold C16

Totiviruses in Leishmania
Tue16 Apr12:15pm(15 mins)			Mr Ahmad Garziz
Session : Ecology and Ecosystems - II Sponsored by BES
Room: Renold C9

New Insights into the Drug Susceptibility of the Primate Malaria Parasite P. knowlesi in vitro and in vivo
Tue16 Apr12:15pm(15 mins)			Dr Colin Sutherland
Session : Cell Biology - III
Room: Renold C2

Proline, a “metabolic penknife” for the dangerous lifestyle of Trypanosoma cruzi
Tue16 Apr12:30pm(15 mins)			Prof Ariel Silber
Session : Cell Biology - III
Room: Renold C2

Assessing selective pressure in fasciola hepatica: challenges and relevance to drug and vaccine gene targets
Tue16 Apr12:30pm(3 mins)			Mr Olukayode Daramola
Session : Poster Pitches EE II
Room: Renold C9

Bioavailability improvement of Artemisinin through cocrystal approach: in-vivo and in vitro studies
Tue16 Apr12:30pm(3 mins)			Miss Manreet Kaur
Session : Poster Pitches HP III
Room: Renold C16

Miltefosine restores the infectivity of miltefosine resistant Leishmania parasites by attenuating the innate immune response
Tue16 Apr12:33pm(3 mins)			Mr Dimitri Bulté
Session : Poster Pitches HP III
Room: Renold C16

Out of sight: do eye flukes alter predator-prey interactions?
Tue16 Apr12:33pm(3 mins)			Miss Meg Huggins
Session : Poster Pitches EE II
Room: Renold C9

Evaluating the effect of hen age on poultry red mite feeding and mortality
Tue16 Apr12:36pm(3 mins)			Dr Francesca Nunn
Session : Poster Pitches HP III
Room: Renold C16

A plan to sequence the genomes of all parasite species from the British Isles
Tue16 Apr12:36pm(3 mins)			Dr Adam Reid
Session : Poster Pitches EE II
Room: Renold C9

The metabolic energy budget of the tick Ixodes ricinus: effects of season and temperature
Tue16 Apr12:39pm(3 mins)			Mr Saeed Alasmari
Session : Poster Pitches EE II
Room: Renold C9

Inferring Clearance and Reinfection Dynamics of Schistosoma mansoni from Kato-Katz and Circulating Cathodic Antigen-based Diagnostics.
Tue16 Apr12:39pm(3 mins)			Miss Jessica Clark
Session : Poster Pitches HP III
Room: Renold C16

A library of Schistosoma mansoni cell surface and secreted proteins for the identification of vaccine candidates and early serological markers of infection
Tue16 Apr12:42pm(3 mins)			Dr Cecile Crosnier
Session : Poster Pitches HP III
Room: Renold C16

Regulatory influence of Procambarus clarkii, Girad (Decapoda: Cambaridae) on schistosome-transmitting snails in lotic habitats within the River Athi Basin, Kenya
Tue16 Apr12:42pm(3 mins)			Mr Geoffrey Maina
Session : Poster Pitches EE II
Room: Renold C9

Diagnosis of intestinal schistosomiasis by POC-CCA. A new field applicable approach to quantify score intensities.
Tue16 Apr12:45pm(3 mins)			Miss Miriam Casacuberta Partal
Session : Poster Pitches HP III
Room: Renold C16

Host specificity of bat flies in South-Eastern Europe
Tue16 Apr12:45pm(3 mins)			Mr Áron Péter
Session : Poster Pitches EE II
Room: Renold C9

Novel cystatin of Trichinella spiralis inhibits inflammation mediated by bone marrow-derived macrophages
Tue16 Apr12:48pm(3 mins)			Ms Porntida Kobpornchai
Session : Poster Pitches HP III
Room: Renold C16

Speaking with a forked tongue: pentastomid parasites in man’s best friend
Tue16 Apr12:48pm(3 mins)			Dr Shokoofeh Shamsi
Session : Poster Pitches EE II
Room: Renold C9

T. b. gambiense; evidence of absence in NW Uganda
Tue16 Apr12:51pm(3 mins)			Dr Lucas Cunningham
Session : Poster Pitches EE II
Room: Renold C9

Revising the transmission biology of schistosomiasis in Zanzibar
Tue16 Apr12:54pm(3 mins)			Mr Tom Pennance
Session : Poster Pitches EE II
Room: Renold C9

Tue16 Apr01:00pm(180 mins)

Flash talk recording

Room:
Reynolds F6

Reducing the time from Innovation to Impact for infectious disease prevention
Tue16 Apr02:00pm(30 mins)			Prof Janet Hemingway
Session : Special Lecture
Room: Renold C16

Tue16 Apr02:30pm(60 mins)

Poster Session B

Room:
Renold C15

Some Personal Reflections on Connections, Collaborations and Cross-overs: Three Important ‘Cs’ in A Career in Schistosomiasis Research and Control
Tue16 Apr04:00pm(30 mins)			Prof Russell Stothard
Session : Wright Medal Lecture
Room: Renold C16

Tue16 Apr05:00pm(30 mins)

BSP AGM

Room:
Renold C16

Cryptosporidium, a genetically tractable parasite
Tue16 Apr05:30pm(15 mins)			Dr Mattie Pawlowic
Session : Presidents Lecture
Room: Renold C16

Tue16 Apr07:00pm(180 mins)

Conference Dinner and ceilidh

Room:
Renold C16

Keynote: Unravelling the factors that affect immune variability in wild rodents
Wed17 Apr09:00am(30 mins)			Prof Jan Bradley
Session : Ecology and Ecosystems - III Sponsored by BES
Room: Renold C9

Keynote: Heligmosomoides polygyrus secretes multiple immunomodulators of early innate immune responses
Wed17 Apr09:00am(30 mins)			Prof Henry McSorley
Session : Host-Pathogen interactions - IV
Room: Renold C16

Keynote: The Delivery and Activity of late blight effector proteins that suppress plant immunity
Wed17 Apr09:00am(30 mins)			Prof Paul Birch
Session : Cell Biology - IV
Room: Renold C2

Divergent roles of the RH5 complex components, CyRPA and RIPR in human-infective malaria parasites
Wed17 Apr09:30am(15 mins)			Dr Ellen Knuepfer
Session : Cell Biology - IV
Room: Renold C2

TGF-β bioactivity in Trichuris muris can induce Foxp3+ T regulatory cells and inhibit Th1 and Th2 polarisation.
Wed17 Apr09:30am(15 mins)			Mrs Adefunke Ogunkanbi
Session : Host-Pathogen interactions - IV
Room: Renold C16

The value of museum collections: a case study to investigate the length relationship between cymothoid isopods and their fish hosts.
Wed17 Apr09:30am(15 mins)			Dr Wynand Malherbe
Session : Ecology and Ecosystems - III Sponsored by BES
Room: Renold C9

Semi-field evaluation of wAlbB Wolbachia potential for population replacement of dengue vector Ae. aegypti from Lahore, Pakistan
Wed17 Apr09:45am(15 mins)			Prof Nusrat Jahan
Session : Ecology and Ecosystems - III Sponsored by BES
Room: Renold C9

The major secreted protein of the whipworm parasite tethers to matrix and inhibits interleukin-13 function
Wed17 Apr09:45am(15 mins)			Dr Allison Bancroft
Session : Host-Pathogen interactions - IV
Room: Renold C16

Using CRISPR-Cas9 genome-editing to study Plasmodium falciparum var genes
Wed17 Apr09:45am(15 mins)			Prof Alex Rowe
Session : Cell Biology - IV
Room: Renold C2

Tailored CRISPR screening in Toxoplasma gondii identifies novel virulence factors in vivo
Wed17 Apr10:00am(15 mins)			Dr Joanna Young
Session : Cell Biology - IV
Room: Renold C2

Human schistosomiasis in the Senegal River Basin: does wildlife matter?
Wed17 Apr10:00am(15 mins)			Mr Stefano Catalano
Session : Ecology and Ecosystems - III Sponsored by BES
Room: Renold C9

3D X-ray microscopy (XRM) for investigating host-parasite interactions and helminth biology reveals a potential novel behavioural-based survival strategy
Wed17 Apr10:00am(15 mins)			Mr James O'Sullivan
Session : Host-Pathogen interactions - IV
Room: Renold C16

Inhibition of fatty acid oxidation: a new treatment strategy for Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis?
Wed17 Apr10:15am(15 mins)			Mr Maarten Sarink
Session : Cell Biology - IV
Room: Renold C2

Towards the development of a novel vaccine for Trichuris trichiura
Wed17 Apr10:15am(15 mins)			Mrs Ayat Zawawi
Session : Host-Pathogen interactions - IV
Room: Renold C16

The sweet spot between the lab and the real world - detailed analysis of the immune response against T. muris in a wild house mouse population
Wed17 Apr10:15am(15 mins)			Dr Iris Mair
Session : Ecology and Ecosystems - III Sponsored by BES
Room: Renold C9

Keynote: Immune-driven control of Toxoplasma gondii in human cells
Wed17 Apr11:00am(30 mins)			Dr Eva Frickel
Session : Host-Pathogen interactions - V
Room: Renold C16

Keynote: Challenges for academia to sustain innovative drug discovery against neglected tropical diseases: focus on Leishmaniasis
Wed17 Apr11:00am(30 mins)			Prof Louis Maes
Session : Human Interventions - II
Room: Renold C9

Keynote: Mutually Assured Destruction - Wolbachia and the role of host autophagy in population control, antibiotic mode of action and viral protection
Wed17 Apr11:00am(30 mins)			Prof Mark Taylor
Session : Cell Biology - V
Room: Renold C2

Keynote: Adopting helminth-induced regulatory strategies: who is exploiting who?
Wed17 Apr11:30am(30 mins)			Prof Hermelijn Smits
Session : Host-Pathogen interactions - V
Room: Renold C16

Keynote: Flagellum length control during the trypanosome life cycle
Wed17 Apr11:30am(30 mins)			Prof Philippe Bastin
Session : Cell Biology - V
Room: Renold C2

Keynote: Is host specificity beneficial to mosquitoes? – the case of the Anopheles gambiae complex Abstract
Wed17 Apr11:30am(30 mins)			Prof Willem Takken
Session : Human Interventions - II
Room: Renold C9

Trafficking itinerary of aquaglyceroporin 2 in T. brucei: new insights into the mode of action of pentamidine.
Wed17 Apr12:00pm(15 mins)			Dr Juan Quintana
Session : Cell Biology - V
Room: Renold C2

A controlled human Schistosoma mansoni infection model to accelerate the development of novel medicine, vaccines and diagnostics.
Wed17 Apr12:00pm(15 mins)			Mrs Marijke C C Langenberg
Session : Host-Pathogen interactions - V
Room: Renold C16

Anthelmintic resistance in sheep farms using pasture in Quebec, Canada
Wed17 Apr12:00pm(15 mins)			Prof Roger Prichard
Session : Human Interventions - II
Room: Renold C9

The diagnostic potential of glycan specific antibodies in schistosomiasis assessed by glycan microarrays
Wed17 Apr12:15pm(15 mins)			Dr Anna Kildemoes
Session : Host-Pathogen interactions - V
Room: Renold C16

Screening for antiparasitic leads from a library of natural products from temperate zone plants
Wed17 Apr12:15pm(15 mins)			Prof Paul Horrocks
Session : Human Interventions - II
Room: Renold C9

In vitro activity of chitosan and derivatives against leishmania major and leishmania mexicana
Wed17 Apr12:15pm(15 mins)			Mr Alaa Riezk
Session : Cell Biology - V
Room: Renold C2

The action of ivermectin against filarial nematodes; new clues from RNASeq and C. elegans genetics
Wed17 Apr12:30pm(15 mins)			Dr Adrian Wolstenholme
Session : Human Interventions - II
Room: Renold C9

Trypanosomal peptidases-promising targets for point of care animal African trypanosomiasis diagnostics
Wed17 Apr12:30pm(15 mins)			Prof Theresa Coetzer
Session : Cell Biology - V
Room: Renold C2

Cellular immunological analysis of naïve European and pre-exposed African volunteers infected with P. falciparum sporozoites
Wed17 Apr12:30pm(15 mins)			Mr Mikhael Manurung
Session : Host-Pathogen interactions - V
Room: Renold C16

Exploring cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases as drug targets in Schistosoma mansoni
Wed17 Apr12:45pm(15 mins)			Prof Harry De Koning
Session : Human Interventions - II
Room: Renold C9

Elucidating the pulmonary immune response in schistosomiasis
Wed17 Apr12:45pm(15 mins)			Ms Emma Houlder
Session : Host-Pathogen interactions - V
Room: Renold C16

Developmental competence and surface antigen switch frequency can be uncoupled in Trypanosoma brucei
Wed17 Apr12:45pm(15 mins)			Prof Keith Matthews
Session : Cell Biology - V
Room: Renold C2

Keynote: The Science Communication Imperative
Wed17 Apr02:00pm(50 mins)			Prof Andy Miah
Session : Science Communications
Room: Renold C16

Keynote: Increasing awareness and dialogue around the themes of Infection and Immunology in non-native English Speakers
Wed17 Apr02:50pm(30 mins)			Prof Sheena Cruickshank
Session : Science Communications
Room: Renold C16

Wed17 Apr03:20pm(40 mins)

Selected Flash talk videos

Room:
Renold C16

Presentations by Time

Monday, 15 April 2019

Tuesday, 16 April 2019

Wednesday, 17 April 2019

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British Society for Parasitology (BSP)

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