Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
The Structural Biology of Host-Parasite Interaction
Discussion Leader: Damian Ekiert (Johns Hopkins University, United States)
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
Chi-Min Ho (Columbia University, United States)
"Visualizing The Molecular Effects of an Anti-Malarial Translation Inhibitor Inside Malaria Parasites"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Yi-Wei Chang (University of Pennsylvania, United States)
"Toward A Structural Mechanistic Understanding of the Apicomplexan Rhoptry Secretion System at The Host-Parasite Interface"
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:00 pm
C. Erec Stebbins (German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Germany)
"Parasitizing Parasites: The African Trypanosome in Science and Medicine"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Lilach Sheiner (University of Glasgow, United Kingdom)
"Understanding the Divergent Biology of Apicomplexan Mitochondria via Structural Analysis"
9:20 pm - 9:25 pm
Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
The Cell Biology of Parasites and Host-Parasite Interaction
Discussion Leader: Vasant Muralidharan (University of Georgia, United States)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Natalia de Miguel (INTECH (CONICET-UNSAM), Argentina)
"Extracellular Vesicles from The Parasite Trichomonas Vaginalis : Role in Cell Communication"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
Philipp Olias (Justus Liebig University, Germany)
"Insights From Theileria : Commonalities in Host Cell Reprogramming and Exploitation"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:10 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:05 am
Tania Rozario (University of Georgia, United States)
"Exploring Stem Cell And Germ Cell Niches In The Tapeworm Hymenolepis Diminuta"
11:05 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:35 am
Adam Sateriale (Francis Crick Institute, United Kingdom)
"Cryptosporidium: A Growing (Microvilli) Problem"
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
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: Monica Mugnier (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, United States)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Biophysical and Mechanical Aspects of Host-Parasite Interaction
Discussion Leader: Freddy Frischknecht (Heidelberg University, Germany)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Markus Engstler (University of Wuerzburg, Germany)
"Physical Aspects of Trypanosome Biology - From Single Molecule Motion To Collective Behavior in The Host"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
Gira Bhabha (Johns Hopkins University, United States)
"How Microsporidian Parasites Use Ballistic Organelles To Invade Host Cells"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
Isabelle Tardieux (CNRS, France)
"Decoding The Dynamic Interplay Between Adhesion And Force During Toxoplasma Motility"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Leon Lettermann (Heidelberg University, Germany)
"Bridging the Gap Between Surface Flows and Motility Patterns of Malaria Sporozoites"
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Parasite Genomics and Epigenetics
Discussion Leader: Jessie Kissinger (University of Georgia, United States)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Janelisa Musaya (Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme/Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Malawi)
"Hybridization in Urogenital Schistosomiasis (HUGS)"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
Manuel Llinas (Penn State University, United States)
"Exploring The Impact of Structural Variants of PfAP2-G On Sexual Commitment"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:10 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:05 am
T. Nicolai Siegel (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany)
"High-Resolution scRNA-Seq Reveals Genomic Determinants of Antigen Expression Hierarchy in African Trypanosomes"
11:05 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:35 am
Thomas Otto (Universities of Glasgow , United Kingdom)
"Using Computational, Single Cell and Spatial Methods to Explore Host-Parasite Interactions"
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Parasite Evolution and Population Genetics
Discussion Leader: Jayne Raper (Hunter College, City University of New York, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Sarah Auburn (Menzies School of Health Research, Australia)
"Deciphering Recurrent Plasmodium Vivax Infections Using Genetic Relatedness Within and Between Infections"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
Victoria Ingham (Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany)
"Insecticides and Parasites: Do They Interact?"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
Scott Dawson (University of California, Davis, United States)
"Host-Parasite Relationship Drama: New Approaches Uncover Giardia's Secure Attachment Style"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Host Response to Infection and Parasite Countermeasures
Discussion Leader: Emma Wilson (University of California, Riverside, United States)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Monica Mugnier (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, United States)
"Tracking The Antibody Response to VSG During Trypanosoma brucei Infection"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
Shaden Kamhawi (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, United States)
"Blood and Bleeding: A Centerpiece of Sand Fly-Leishmania Interactions"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:10 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:05 am
Elia Tait Wojno (University of Washington, United States)
"Prostaglandin Regulation of Type 2 Inflammation During Helminth Infection"
11:05 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:35 am
Hedda Wardemann (German Cancer Research Center/BMGF, Germany)
"Adaptive Immune Response to Plasmodium Falciparum Circumsporozoite Protein"
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
The Extended Phenotype: Parasite Manipulation of Host Behavior
Discussion Leader: Gerald Spaeth (Institut Pasteur, France)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Ajai Vyas (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
"Nuts and Bolts View of Behavorial Manipulation by Toxoplasma Gondii "
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
Carolyn Elya (Harvard University, United States)
"The Last of (Fung)us: Mechanisms of Fruit Fly Behavioral Manipulation by The Killer Fungus Entomophthora Muscae "
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
Frederic Libersat (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)
"Exploiting Neurotransmitter Crosstalk: The Intricate Chemical Warfare Between A Parasitoid Wasp And its Cockroach Host"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Parasite Developmental Biology
Discussion Leader: Laura Knoll (University of Wisconsin Madison, United States)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Jim Collins (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, United States)
"Sex, Drugs, and Schistosomes: Control of Schistosome Sexual Development by A Non-Ribosomal Peptide Pheromone"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
Ana Gomes (CNRS - University of Montpellier, France)
"Uncovering Cell Cycle Checkpoints in Malaria Parasites"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:10 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:05 am
Sebastian Lourido (Whitehead Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
"Lost in A Crowd: How Toxoplasma Manages Resources at High Density"
11:05 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:35 am
Luisa Figueiredo (Instituto de Medicina Molecular, University of Lisbon, Portugal)
"The Role of Host Adipose Tissue in Trypanosomiasis"
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Parasite Metabolism and Drug Targets
Discussion Leader: David Sibley (Washington University Sch. Med. in St. Louis, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Chris Huston (University of Vermont, United States)
"Identification of Potent and Orally Efficacious Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors to Treat Cryptosporidiosis"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
Margaret Phillips (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, United States)
"Non-Covalent Selective Proteasome Inhibitors for Malaria"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
Ujjini Manjunatha (Novartis BioMedical Research, United States)
"Engineering Tissue-Specific Stability of Phosphatidylinositol 4-Kinase Inhibitors to Treat Pediatric Cryptosporidiosis"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure