Sunday
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2:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Arrival and Check-in
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 7:40 pm |
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
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7:40 pm - 9:30 pm |
Parasite Motility
Discussion Leader: Photini Sinnis (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, United States)
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7:40 pm - 7:45 pm |
Opening Remarks
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7:45 pm - 8:05 pm |
Freddy Frischknecht (Heidelberg University, Germany)
"Forces, Shapes and Proteins Modulating Malaria Parasite Migration"
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8:05 pm - 8:15 pm |
Discussion
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8:15 pm - 8:35 pm |
Eva Gluenz (University of Glasgow, United Kingdom)
"Leishmania Parasite-Host Interactions: Insights From Functional Genomics"
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8:35 pm - 8:45 pm |
Discussion
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8:45 pm - 9:05 pm |
Maryse Lebrun (INSERM and University of Montpellier - CNRS, France)
"Motility and Invasion of Host Cells by Malaria Parasites"
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9:05 pm - 9:15 pm |
Discussion
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9:15 pm - 9:25 pm |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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9:25 pm - 9:30 pm |
Discussion
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Monday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Genome Stability and Genetic Diversity
Discussion Leader: Galadriel Hovel-Miner (George Washington University, United States)
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9:00 am - 9:20 am |
Gerald Spaeth (Institut Pasteur, France)
"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Leishmania Genome Instability in Environmental Adaptation and Fitness Gain"
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9:20 am - 9:30 am |
Discussion
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9:30 am - 9:50 am |
Jane Carlton (New York University, United States)
"The Trichy World of Trichomonas Vaginalis and its Closest Relatives in Birds"
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9:50 am - 10:00 am |
Discussion
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10:00 am - 10:10 am |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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10:10 am - 10:15 am |
Discussion
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10:15 am - 10:25 am |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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10:25 am - 10:30 am |
Discussion
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10:30 am - 11:00 am |
Coffee Break
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11:00 am - 11:20 am |
Jianbin Wang (University of Tennessee, Knoxville, United States)
"Programmed DNA Elimination in Parasitic Nematodes"
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11:20 am - 11:30 am |
Discussion
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11:30 am - 11:50 am |
Jennifer Guler (University of Virignia, United States)
"DNA Recombination and the Generation of Drug Resistance in Plasmodium"
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11:50 am - 12:00 pm |
Discussion
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12:00 pm - 12:10 pm |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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12:10 pm - 12:15 pm |
Discussion
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12:15 pm - 12:25 pm |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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12:25 pm - 12:30 pm |
Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Free Time
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3:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizer: Veronica Jimenez (California State University, Fullerton, United States)
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4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
Immunology and Immuno-Suppression
Discussion Leader: Tracey Lamb (University of Utah, United States)
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7:30 pm - 7:50 pm |
Eva Frickel (The University of Birmingham, United Kingdom)
"Control of Toxoplasma Gondii by Human Cells"
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7:50 pm - 8:00 pm |
Discussion
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8:00 pm - 8:20 pm |
P'ng Loke (National Institutes of Health, United States)
"Heterogeneity of Type 2 Immune Responses to Helminth Infections"
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8:20 pm - 8:30 pm |
Discussion
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8:30 pm - 8:50 pm |
Meera Nair (University of California, Riverside, United States)
"Old and New Pathways of Macrophage-Parasitic Worm Interaction: RELM Proteins and Endocannabinoids"
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8:50 pm - 9:00 pm |
Discussion
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9:00 pm - 9:10 pm |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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9:10 pm - 9:15 pm |
Discussion
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9:15 pm - 9:25 pm |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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9:25 pm - 9:30 pm |
Discussion
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Tuesday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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8:30 am - 9:00 am |
Group Photo
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Parasite Dormancy and Persistence
Discussion Leader: Bill Sullivan (Indiana University School of Medicine, United States)
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9:00 am - 9:20 am |
Annemarie Voorberg-van der Wel (Biomedical Primate Research Centre, The Netherlands)
"Plasmodium Cynomolgi Hypnozoite Dormancy and Activation"
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9:20 am - 9:30 am |
Discussion
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9:30 am - 9:50 am |
Jon Boyle (University of Pittsburgh, United States)
"Flexible, Intrahost Life Stage Conversion in Toxoplasma is a Uniquely Evolved Trait"
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9:50 am - 10:00 am |
Discussion
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10:00 am - 10:10 am |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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10:10 am - 10:15 am |
Discussion
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10:15 am - 10:25 am |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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10:25 am - 10:30 am |
Discussion
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10:30 am - 11:00 am |
Coffee Break
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11:00 am - 11:20 am |
Jean-Claude Dujardin (Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Belgium)
"Drug Resistance and Quiescence: Two Faces of Treatment Failure in Leishmaniasis"
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11:20 am - 11:30 am |
Discussion
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11:30 am - 11:50 am |
Alexander Paredez (University of Washington, United States)
"Cellular Signaling in the Regulation of Giardia Cyst Formation"
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11:50 am - 12:00 pm |
Discussion
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12:00 pm - 12:10 pm |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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12:10 pm - 12:15 pm |
Discussion
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12:15 pm - 12:25 pm |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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12:25 pm - 12:30 pm |
Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Free Time
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4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
Sexual Differentiation and Quorum Sensing
Discussion Leader: Bjorn Kafsack (Weill Cornell Medicine, United States)
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7:30 pm - 7:50 pm |
Laura Knoll (University of Wisconsin Madison, United States)
"Oxylipin Derivatives of Linoleic Acid Allow Toxoplasma to Have Sex Anywhere"
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7:50 pm - 8:00 pm |
Discussion
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8:00 pm - 8:20 pm |
Isabel Roditi (University of Bern, Switzerland)
"African Trypanosomes and pH Responses: Quorum Sensing or Chemotaxis?"
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8:20 pm - 8:30 pm |
Discussion
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8:30 pm - 8:50 pm |
Andy Waters (University of Glasgow, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Parasitology, United Kingdom)
"Translational Regulation of Gender in Plasmodium"
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8:50 pm - 9:00 pm |
Discussion
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9:00 pm - 9:10 pm |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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9:10 pm - 9:15 pm |
Discussion
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9:15 pm - 9:25 pm |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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9:25 pm - 9:30 pm |
Discussion
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Wednesday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Host Cell Responses to Manipulation by Parasites
Discussion Leader: Ira Blader (University at Buffalo, SUNY, United States)
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9:00 am - 9:20 am |
Staffan Svard (Uppsala University, Sweden)
"Giardia - On or Off Makes a Difference"
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9:20 am - 9:30 am |
Discussion
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9:30 am - 9:50 am |
Gordon Langsley (INSERM, France)
"Host Cell Transformation by Theileria Parasites"
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9:50 am - 10:00 am |
Discussion
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10:00 am - 10:10 am |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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10:10 am - 10:15 am |
Discussion
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10:15 am - 10:25 am |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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10:25 am - 10:30 am |
Discussion
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10:30 am - 11:00 am |
Coffee Break
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11:00 am - 11:20 am |
Melissa Lodoen (University of California, Irvine, United States)
"Host-Pathogen Interactions in the Vasculature and CNS During Toxoplasma Gondii Infection"
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11:20 am - 11:30 am |
Discussion
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11:30 am - 11:50 am |
Alex Loukas (James Cook University, Australia)
"The Hookworm Pharmacopoeia for Treating Inflammatory Diseases"
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11:50 am - 12:00 pm |
Discussion
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12:00 pm - 12:10 pm |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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12:10 pm - 12:15 pm |
Discussion
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12:15 pm - 12:25 pm |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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12:25 pm - 12:30 pm |
Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Free Time
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4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:00 pm - 7:30 pm |
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
Molecular Biology and Gene Expression
Discussion Leader: Victoria Jeffers (University of New Hampshire, United States)
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7:30 pm - 7:50 pm |
Lyn-Marié Birkholtz (University of Pretoria, South Africa)
"Epigenetic Control of Plasmodium Falciparum Sexual Differentiation"
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7:50 pm - 8:00 pm |
Discussion
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8:00 pm - 8:20 pm |
Iris Bruchhaus (Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Germany)
"Gene Silencing and Overexpression to Study Virulence Factors of Entamoeba Histolytica"
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8:20 pm - 8:30 pm |
Discussion
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8:30 pm - 8:50 pm |
Mohamed-Ali Hakimi (INSERM / University of Grenoble Alpes, France)
"Mechanism of Regulating Gene Expression in Toxoplasma Gondii"
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8:50 pm - 9:00 pm |
Discussion
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9:00 pm - 9:10 pm |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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9:10 pm - 9:15 pm |
Discussion
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9:15 pm - 9:25 pm |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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9:25 pm - 9:30 pm |
Discussion
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Thursday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Metabolism and Drug Targets
Discussion Leader: Sara Lustigman (New York Blood Center, United States)
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9:00 am - 9:20 am |
Frederic Bringaud (University of Bordeaux, France)
"Unusual Functioning of the Compartmentalized Gluconeogenesis in Trypanosomes"
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9:20 am - 9:30 am |
Discussion
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9:30 am - 9:50 am |
Maria Mota (Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (NIF: 506 134 466), Portugal)
"Metabolism of Plasmodium Liver Stage Parasites"
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9:50 am - 10:00 am |
Discussion
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10:00 am - 10:10 am |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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10:10 am - 10:15 am |
Discussion
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10:15 am - 10:25 am |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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10:25 am - 10:30 am |
Discussion
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10:30 am - 11:00 am |
Coffee Break
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11:00 am - 11:20 am |
Maria Adelaida Gomez (CIDEIM, Colombia)
"Treatment challenges for persistent Leishmania infections"
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11:20 am - 11:30 am |
Discussion
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11:30 am - 11:50 am |
Karl Hoffmann (Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom)
"Preclinical Development of Epigenetic Modulators as Next Generation Anti-Schistosomals"
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11:50 am - 12:00 pm |
Discussion
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12:00 pm - 12:10 pm |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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12:10 pm - 12:15 pm |
Discussion
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12:15 pm - 12:25 pm |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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12:25 pm - 12:30 pm |
Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Free Time
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4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
New Intervention Strategies
Discussion Leader: Akhil Vaidya (Drexel University College of Medicine, United States)
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7:30 pm - 7:50 pm |
Emily Derbyshire (Duke University, United States)
"Chemical Biology and the Development of Novel Antimalarials"
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7:50 pm - 8:00 pm |
Discussion
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8:00 pm - 8:20 pm |
Joerg Moehrle (Medicines for Malaria Venture, Switzerland)
"The Drug Development Process for Antimalarials"
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8:20 pm - 8:30 pm |
Discussion
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8:30 pm - 8:50 pm |
Boris Striepen (University of Pennsylvania, United States)
"Cryptosporidium Host Parasite Interaction"
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8:50 pm - 9:00 pm |
Discussion
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9:00 pm - 9:20 pm |
Jennifer Zambriski (Virginia Tech, United States)
"Drug Development for Cryptosporidium"
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9:20 pm - 9:30 pm |
Discussion
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Friday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am |
Departure
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