BSP Spring Meeting 2019
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Monday 15 April
16 April
17 April
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DAY 1Renold C16Renold C2Renold C9Renold C15Enigma CaféDAY 1Renold F2Reynolds F6
DAY 2
10:00 10:00
Workshop I
Chairs: Dee-Ann Johnston, University of Manchester  
Renold F2
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Workshop II
Chairs: Ceri Harrop, University of Manchester  
Renold F2
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13:00 13:00 Lunch served for Attendees of workshop only Flash talk recording session
13:00 (30 mins)
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13:30 13:30 Flash talk recording session
13:30 (30 mins)
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Plenary
Renold C16
Primate Parasites in Madagascar: contrasting lemurs and humans
14:00 (50 mins)
Keynote Speaker: Patricia Wright, Stony Brook University  
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15:45 Coffe and Teas Break Coffee and Tea Break 15:45 Flash talk recording session
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Host-Pathogen interactions - I
Chairs: Carl De Trez, Vrij Universiteit Brussel  
Renold C16

Influence of paromomycin resistance on Leishmania fitness inside the sandfly vector
16:45 (15 mins)
Sarah Hendrickx, Universiteit Antwerpen  

Cercariae on the campus: a follow-up study of swimmer’s itch acquired in a faculty pool
17:00 (15 mins)
Tomas Machacek, Charles University, Faculty of Science, Prague  

Identifying the role of the different reservoir hosts of zoonotic schistosomiasis in West Africa
17:15 (15 mins)
Elsa Leger, Royal Veterinary College, University of London  

When to make an entrance.
17:30 (15 mins)
Petra Schneider, University of Edinburgh  

Using single-cell dual RNA sequencing to interrogate host immunity to pathogens
16:45 (15 mins)
Musa Hassan, University of Edinburgh  

An in vitro larval growth model of Dirofilaria immitis as a drug model for veterinary heartworm
17:00 (15 mins)
Amy Marriott, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine   

Distribution of trypanosomes in tsetse, cattle and humans in Southern Chad: Mandoul and Maro foci.
17:15 (15 mins)
Mahamat Alhadj Moussa Ibrahim, University of Bremen  

The Plasmodium LAP complex affects crystalloid biogenesis and oocyst cell division
17:30 (15 mins)
sadia saeed, London school of hygiene and tropical medicine  
Human Interventions - I
Chairs: Meta Roestenberg, Leiden University Medical Center  
Renold C9
Anti-parasitic vaccines as global health technologies: Building their public health value propositions and business cases
16:15 (30 mins)
Keynote Speaker: Maria Elena Bottazzi, Baylor College of Medicine National School of Tropical Medicine  

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.
16:45 (15 mins)
Lisette van Lieshout, Leiden University Medical Center  

Evaluating the evidence for lymphatic filariasis elimination thresholds
17:00 (15 mins)
Emma Davis, University of Warwick  

Improving variability in egg excretion during controlled human hookworm infection: the road to testing vaccines.
17:15 (15 mins)
Marie-Astrid Hoogerwerf, Leiden University Medical Center  
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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.
17:45 (3 mins)
Sameena Haq, University of Salford  

A review on parasites of Australian cormorants
17:48 (3 mins)
Shokoofeh Shamsi, Charles Sturt University  

Genome-led vaccine target discovery for animal African trypanosomiasis
17:51 (3 mins)
Gavin Wright, Wellcome Sanger Institute  

M2 macrophage-associated protein Ym1 mediates parasite expulsion in T. muris infection
17:54 (3 mins)
Hannah Smith, University of Manchester  

Nanopore sequencing significantly improves genome assembly of the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi
17:57 (3 mins)
Florencia Díaz-Viraqué, Institut Pasteur Montevideo  

Tick-borne pathogens in passerine migratory birds in Lithuania
18:00 (3 mins)
Vesta Matulaitytė, Vytautas Magnus university  

Prevalence of parasitic infections in surgically removed appendices: parasitological and histopathological studies
18:03 (3 mins)
Alaa Amer, Faculty of medicine Tanta university  

The Vector Biology of Ectoparasites on Rodents from the ‘Asir Region of Saudi Arabia
18:06 (3 mins)
Samia Alghamdi, Infection Biology Institute of Infection & Global   

Gastrointestinal Parasites on Cattle in Kulon Progo District of D.I. Yogyakarta, Indonesia
18:09 (3 mins)
Fitrine Ekawasti, Indonesia Research Center for Veterinary Science  

More than just chips: what are you getting with your fish?
18:12 (3 mins)
Shokoofeh Shamsi, Charles Sturt University  

Activity of Imidocloprid against Hyalomma Marginatum in Nili Ravi Buffalo (Bubalus Bubalus Indicus)
18:15 (3 mins)
Muhammad Mazhar Ayaz , Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences  

Exploring the Nedd8 pathway of Plasmodium falciparum
17:45 (3 mins)
Maryia Karpiyevich, University of Cambridge  

Nucleoside analogues against trypanosomatid parasites: phenotypic screening and mechanism-of-action
17:48 (3 mins)
Camila Santos, University of Antwerp  

Vivaxin: a novel cell-surface gene family in Trypanosoma vivax with potential applications in an animal trypanosomiasis vaccine
17:51 (3 mins)
Alessandra Romero Ramirez, University of Liverpool  

Functions of the BBSome protein complex in Leishmania mexicana
17:54 (3 mins)
Helen Price, Keele University  

The SUMO protease is important for flagellum biogenesis in Leishmania mexicana.
17:57 (3 mins)
Meshal Daalah, university of the west of Scotland   

Dysregulated gene expression in oocysts of Plasmodium berghei LAP mutants
18:00 (3 mins)
Annie Tremp, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine  

Characterising in vitro G-Quadruplexes (G4) in S. mansoni
18:03 (3 mins)
Holly M. Craven, Aberystwyth Univeristy  

In silico analysis of putative cell surface proteins of Tritrichomonas foetus, the causative agent of bovine trichomoniasis.
18:06 (1 mins)
Eleanor Senior, Eleanor Senior  

Genetic diversity patterns of Haemonchus contortus isolated from sheep and goats in Bangladesh
18:07 (3 mins)
Mohammad Zahangir Alam, Bangladesh Agricultural University  

Impaired development of miltefosine-resistant leishmania infantum In the sand fly vectors phlebotomus perniciosus and lutzomyia longipalpis
18:10 (3 mins)
Lieselotte Van Bockstal, University Antwerp  

A Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases: Towards New Therapeutic Solutions for Chagas Disease and Leishmaniasis
17:45 (3 mins)
Mags Leighton, Durham University  

Diagnostic screening for Plasmodium falciparum by Illumigene.
17:48 (3 mins)
Foekje F. Stelma, Radboud University Medical Center  

Diagnostic performance of the Alere™ Ultra-sensitive rapid diagnostic test for Plasmodium falciparum malaria infections in asymptomatic pregnant women in Timika, Indonesia
17:51 (3 mins)
Vera Unwin, LSTM  

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
17:54 (3 mins)
Goylette Chami, University of Cambridge  

Novel Water Treatments for the Zoonotic Waterborne Pathogen Cryptosporidium
17:57 (3 mins)
Bozo Lugonja, Cardiff University  

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
18:00 (3 mins)
Armelle Forrer, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine  

Mechanisms of pyrethroid resistance in Aedes aegypti populations from Saudi Arabia
18:03 (3 mins)
Ashwaq Alnazawi, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine  

Hand washing as an effective method for intestinal parasites control among school children in Gaza city: Public Health point of view
18:06 (3 mins)
Adnan Ibrahim Al-Hindi, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine  
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18:15 Poster session I
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20:00 YPP & Britsh Ecological Society -SIG networking event
20:00 (180 mins)
There will be a light buffet, drinks and the opportunity to join a Pint Of Science quiz from 8pm at the pub. Rounding off the night will be the Pump Handle Blues Band from 9:30pm (http://www.pumphandleband.co.uk) (musicians inlcuding the likes of our very own BSP Vice President and this years Wright Medalist!). Venue:The Old Abbey Taphouse Guildhall Close Manchester Science Park M15 6SY
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