Sunday
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Arboviruses and
Vector-Parasite Interactions
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
"Emerging Urban Arboviruses Invading the Americas: Chikungunya, Zika and What Next?"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
"Eliminating Sleeping
Sickness: Expanding the Vector Control Toolbox"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Research and Control for Worms and Neglected Bacteria
9:00 am - 9:15 am
"Type 1-Skewed Neuroinflammation and Vascular Leakage Associated with Orientia tsutsugamushi Infection"
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am
"Heparin-Binding Protein Release Is Strongly Induced by Leptospira spp . and Is a Candidate as Early Diagnostic Marker of Human Leptospirosis"
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am
"Exploiting Schistosome-Host Cell Interactions Using Nano Scale Tools"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:00 am
"Hookworms Ain't All Bad News: Treating Inflammatory Diseases with Hookworms and Their Secreted Proteins"
11:00 am - 11:10 am
Discussion
11:10 am - 11:30 am
"Function of Monocytes and Macrophages in Immunity and Inflammation to Hookworms"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:00 pm
"Small-Molecule Drug Screening Approaches for Helminth Parasites"
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
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
Chagas Disease and Leishmaniasis, Pathogenesis and Immunity
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
"Surface Proteins as Virulence Factors in Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania : The Case for Trans-Sialidases and Amastins"
7:45 pm - 7:55 pm
Discussion
7:55 pm - 8:10 pm
"Multiple Roles of Mitochondria in Chagas Disease"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
"Glycan-Based Vaccine for Chagas Disease"
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:00 pm
"Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Protective and Pathogenic Immune Response in Chagas Disease"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
"Recruitment, Modulation, and Activation of Inflammatory Cells in the Skin Following Infection with Leishmania: Implications for Vaccination"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Emergent Arboviruses: Zika, Dengue and Chikungunya
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Zika Virus Congenital Syndrome and Its Emergence in the Americas"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"Zika Virus – Mosquito Interactions: Exploring Transmission Bottlenecks"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:10 am
"Vector Competence Analysis of Aedes spp. Mosquitoes from the Americas for Zika Virus"
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am
"Role of Aedes microRNAs in Chikungunya Virus Replication"
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"New Findings in Zika Pathogenesis, Immunology, and Diagnostics"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
"Structure of the Thermally Stable Zika Virus"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
"Development of a Sustainable Live Attenuated Vaccine Candidate for Zika Virus"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
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
Microbiomes of Vectors and Leishmania
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Impact of Sand Fly Nanobiome on Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Development"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
"Leishmania RNA Viruses and Parasite Virulence"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
"The Contribution of Insect Microbiota to Vector-Borne Disease"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
"The Unlikely Suspect: A Vital Role for Midgut Microbiota in Virulence of Vector-Transmitted Leishmania Parasites"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Advances in Vector Biology Research
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Tick Inhibition of NLRC4 Inflammasome Activation During Microbial Transmission"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"Plasmodium Evasion of Mosquito Immunity and the Global Spread of Malaria"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
"Paratransgenesis: The Unlikely Road from Lab to Field"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:10 am
"Colonization of the Tsetse Fly Midgut with Commensal Enterobacter Inhibits Trypanosome Infection Establishment"
11:10 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:25 am
"Beyond Metacyclogenesis: The Secret Behind the Remarkable Success of Leishmania Transmission by a Vector Bite"
11:25 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
"GM Fungi to Control Insecticide Resistant Mosquito Populations"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
"Mosquito Behavior Modifying Odors as Prophylactics for Malaria, Dengue and Zika"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
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
Basic and Field Work Advances in Malaria
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
"Immunogenomics of Malaria: Genome-Wide Host-Parasite Interactions and Novel Regulators in IFN-I Signaling"
7:45 pm - 7:55 pm
Discussion
7:55 pm - 8:10 pm
"Cross-Regulation of Type I IFN Signaling Pathways in pDCs Dictates Anti-Malaria Immunity and Host Mortality"
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
"Mechanisms for Coordinating Expression of Multicopy Gene Family Members in Malaria Parasites"
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 8:55 pm
"Unraveling the Cellular and Molecular Basis of Immunity to Malaria"
8:55 pm - 9:05 pm
Discussion
9:05 pm - 9:20 pm
"PfSPZ Vaccines to Prevent and Eliminate Malaria"
9:20 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; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Translational Strategies to Prevent Tropical Diseases
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Sm-p80-Based Vaccine for Intestinal and Urinary Schistosomiasis"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"Designer Adjuvants for Neglected Infectious Diseases"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
"Early Interaction Between DCs and the Live Attenuated Leishmania donovani Parasites Reveals Novel Biomarkers of Protective Immunity Against Visceral Leishmaniasis"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:10 am
"Estimating Vector Exposure and Risk of CL Development Using Lutzomyia intermedia Linb13"
11:10 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:25 am
"Targeting Tyrosine Metabolism as a Novel Approach for Tsetse Control"
11:25 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
"Global Access Strategies for NTD Vaccines: Translating Science into Sustainable Business Cases and Innovative Investment Mechanisms"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
"Using Wolbachia in an Integrative Approach to Control Arboviruses"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
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
Keynote Session: Host-Parasite Interactions and Innate Immunity
7:30 pm - 8:15 pm
"Killing of Plasmodium vivax Infected Reticulocytes by Killer T Cells"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm
"What Peptides Taught Us About the Life Cycle
of the Malaria Parasite"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure