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2nd Annual Symposia of Antiparasites (SAP-2012)


Time: July 30-August 1, 2012
Venue: Guangzhou, China

 

SAP-1: Global Epidemiology, Public Health and Emerging Parasite Infection

SAP1-1: Prevention and Control of Parasitism
Time: 13:30-17:10, July 30, 2012 (Monday)

Chair:

Dr. Ian G. Cook, Professor, Liverpool John Moores University, UK

13:30-13:55

Title: Threats to Longevity in the 21st Century: A Global Environmental Perspective 

Dr. Ian G. Cook, Professor, Liverpool John Moores University, UK

13:55-14:20

Title: An Appropriate Intervention to Reduce the Incidence of Soil Transmitted Helminth Infection in Semarang, Indonesia
Dr. Donald Stewart, Professor, Griffith University, Australia

14:20-14:45 Title: The Outcome of a MDA Project in a Remote Aboriginal Community in Northern Australia to Reduce the Endemic Prevalence of Scabies and Strongyloides stercoralis

Dr. Therese Kearns,Epidemiologist, Menzies School of Health Research, Australia

14:45-15:10 Title: Use of Beauveria Bassiana for the Control of Lutzomyia Longipalpis and Chrysomya Albiceps
Dr. Francisco Marlon Carneiro Feijo, Professor, Federal Rural University of Semi-Arido, Brazil

15:10-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-15:55

Speech Opportunity Available

SAP1-2: Public health and Clinical of Parasites

Time: 13:30-17:10, July 30, 2012 (Monday)

Chair:

Dr. Jef Van den Ende, Professor, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium

13:30-13:55

Speech Opportunity Available

13:55-14:20

Title: TBD
Dr. Jef Van den Ende, Professor, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium

14:20-14:45

Speech Opportunity Available

14:45-15:10

Title: Alarming Situation of Lymphatic Filariasis in Bangladesh
Dr. Moazzem Hossain, Chairman & Director Institute of Allergy and Clinical Immunology of Bangladesh, Bangladesh

15:10-15:30

Coffee Break

SAP1-3: Strategy and Policy for Malaria Control

Time: 13:30-17:10, July 30, 2012 (Monday)

Chair:

Dr. Awash Teklehaimanot, Professor & Director, Columbia University, USA

13:30-13:55

Speech Opportunity Available

13:55-14:20

Title: Progress and Challenges of Malaria Control

Dr. Awash Teklehaimanot, Professor & Director, Columbia University, USA

14:20-14:45

Title: Holistic Approach for Eradication of Malaria Parasitic Infection
Dr. Nelson Martins,
Associate Professor, The University of New South Wales, Australia

14:45-15:10

Title: Novel Strategies for Malaria Control and Elimination
Dr. Leopoldo Villegas,
Adviser, Ministry of Health Suriname, Netherlands

15:10-15:30

Coffee Break

  15:30-15:55 Title: An Integrated Intervention for Malaria Control in the Municipality of Wampusirpi, Gracias a Dios and its Policy Implications
Dr. Prabhjot Singh, Malaria Consultant, Pan American Health Organisation, World Health Organisation, USA

SAP1-4: Eliminate of Lymphatic Filariasis

Time: 13:30-17:10, July 30, 2012 (Monday)

Chair:

Dr. C. P. Ramachandran, Professor Emeritus, Universiti Putra Malaysia, World Health Organization, Malaysia

13:30-13:55

Speech Opportunity Available

13:55-14:20

Title: Progress of Global Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis
Dr. C. P. Ramachandran, Professor Emeritus, Universiti Putra Malaysia, World Health Organization, Malaysia

14:20-14:45

Title: Towards Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis in Sri Lanka
Dr. Mirani V. Weerasooriya, Senior Professor, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka

14:45-15:10

Title: Eliminate of Lymphatic Filariasis and may be Other Mosquito-borne Diseases including Dengue
Dr. Radhika Samarasekera, Research Officer, Natural Products Development Group, Industrial Technology Institute, Sri Lanka

15:10-15:30

Coffee Break


SAP -2: Basic Research and Technology of Parasitology

SAP2-1: Biology and Ecology of Parasites

Time: 08:30-12:10, August 1, 2012 (Wednesday)

Chair:

Dr. Geoff Hide, Professor of Parasitology, School of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Salford, UK

08:30-08:55

Speech Opportunity Available

08:55-09:20

Title: Does Vertical Transmission Have a Role in Generating the High Prevalences and Ubiquity of Toxoplasma gondii

Dr. Geoff Hide, Professor of Parasitology, School of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Salford, UK

09:20-09:45

Title: The Interactions between Worms and Malaria : Where are We Now
Dr. Mathieu Pierre Nacher, Professor, INSERM CIE 802 Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, France

09:45-10:10

Title: Pathogen Interactions with the Commensal Mcrobiota of the Reproductive Tract and or Genetic Analysis of Chlamydia Trachomatis
Dr. David Nelson,
Assistant Professor, Indiana University, USA

10:10-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-10:55

Title: A PCR-based Assay for Detection of Wuchereria bancrofti in Lao PDR 

Dr. Satoshi Nakamura, Chief, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Japan

SAP2-2: Genetics and Functional Genomics of Parasites

Time: 08:30-12:10, August 1, 2012 (Wednesday)

Chair:

Dr. Mark C. Field, Professor of Cell Biology and Parasitology, University of Cambridge, UK

Co-Chair:

Dr. Michal Shapira, Professor, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev., Israel

08:30-08:55

Speech Opportunity Available

08:55-09:20

Title: Proteomics, Nuclear Pores and the Control of Antigenic Variation
Dr. Mark C. Field, Professor of Cell Biology and Parasitology, University of Cambridge, UK

09:20-09:45

Title: Alterations in the Translation Apparatus of Leishmania during Its Digenetic Life Cycle

Dr. Michal Shapira, Professor, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev., Israel

09:45-10:10

Title: Functional Genomics in Platyhelminth Parasites
Dr. Martin Cancela,
Scientist, The Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

10:10-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-10:55

Title: Understanding of Parasite Biology through Functional Genomics and Genetic Analyses
Dr. Ali Raza Awan, Assistant Professor, Institute of Biochemistry & Biotechnology, University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Pakistan

SAP2-3: Epidemiology of Parasites

Time: 08:30-12:10, August 1, 2012 (Wednesday)

Chair: Call for Chair

08:30-08:55

Speech Opportunity Available

08:55-09:20

Title: Molecular Biology and Molecular Epidemiology of Americam Trypanosomiases (Chagas Disease)
Dr. Egler Chiari, Professor, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil

09:20-09:45

Title: Strongyloides venezuelensis Protein Used in the Epidemiological and Clinical Diagnosis of Human Strongyloidiasis

Dr. Eleuza Rodrigues Machado, Professor & Researcher, Brasília University, Brazil
 09:45-10:10

Speech Opportunity Available

10:10-10:30

Coffee Break

SAP2-4: Mechanisms of Innate Immunity and Acquired Immunity of Parasites

Time: 08:30-12:10, August 1, 2012 (Wednesday)

Chair:

Dr. Jonathan Howard, Professor, University of Cologne, Germany

08:30-08:55

Speech Opportunity Available

08:55-09:20

Title: Cell-autonomous Resistance to Toxoplasma gondii in Man and Mouse

Dr. Jonathan Howard, Professor, University of Cologne, Germany

09:20-09:45

Speech Opportunity Available

09:45-10:10

Title: From Cells to Signaling Cascades: Manipulation of Macrophage Defense by Leishmania Parasites: Role
of the De-ubiquitinating Enzyme A20

Dr. Pijush K. Das, Scientist, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, India

10:10-10:30

Coffee Break

SAP2-5: Molecular Basis of Pathogenesis

Time: 08:30-12:10, August 1, 2012 (Wednesday)

Chair:

Dr. Judith Smith, Professor & Head, University of Salford, UK

08:30-08:55

Keynote Speech:

Title: cGMP Inhibitors as Anti Protozoan Agent

Dr. Tesfaye Biftu, Distinguished Senior Investigator, Merck & Co., USA

08:55-09:20

Title: TBD
Dr. Judith Smith, Professor & Head, University of Salford, UK

09:20-09:45

Title: TBD
Dr. Channe D. Gowda, Professor, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, USA

09:45-10:10

Speech Opportunity Available

10:10-10:30

Coffee Break

SAP2-6: Transmission of Parasites from Host to Vector

Time: 08:30-12:10, August 1, 2012 (Wednesday)

Chair:

Call for Chair

08:30-08:55

Speech Opportunity Available

08:55-09:20

Title: Host-parasite (Vector-host) Interrelationships and How This Effects Transmission of Bacteria (Spirochetes)
Dr. Nordin S. Zeidner, Chief, Vector-Host Laboratory, New York Methodist Hospital, USA

09:20-09:45

Title: Praziquantel in the Treatment of Schistosomiasis, and Mass Drug Administration (MDA) with Mebendazole on the Parasitologic Parameters in Children in Western Visayas, The Philippines
Dr. Vicente Y. Belizario, Vice Chancellor, University of the Philippines Manila, Philippines

09:45-10:10

Title: The Role of Insects in Mechanical Transmission of Human Parasites

Dr. Gehad Taha El-Sherbini, Assistant  Professor, Ocober 6 University, Egypt

10:10-10:30

Coffee Break

SAP2-7: Parasite Proteomics and host responsiveness

Time: 08:30-12:10, August 1, 2012 (Wednesday)

Chair:

Dr. Robert M. Stroud, Professor, University of California, San Francisco, USA

Co-Chair:

Dr. Dan Zilberstein, Professor, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

08:30-08:55

Speech Opportunity Available

08:55-09:20 Title: Structure and Mechanisms of the Chloroquin Resistance Transporter and of the Glycerol Transporter of P.falciparum: Targets for Anti Malarial Drug Intervention
Dr. Robert M. Stroud, Professor, University of California, San Francisco, USA
09:20-09:45 Title: Host Ornithine Decarboxylase and Trypanosoma cruzi Polyamine Transport as Necessary Contributors in Chagas Disease
Dr. Carolina Carrillo, Director, University of Buenos Aires, USA
09:45-10:10 Title: Time Course Phosphoproteomic Analysis of the human Pathogen Leishmania Development Reveals
Novel Drug Targets
Dr. Dan Zilberstein, Professor, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

10:10-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-10:55

Title: Arginase in Leishmania Infections
Dr. Lucile Maria Floeter-Winter, Full Professor & Head of Department, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
10:55-11:20

Title: Trypanotolerance in America, Improvement Program of Selection and Animal Reproduction
Dr. Rita Tamasaukas, Professor, Rómulo Gallegos University, Venezuela

SAP2-8: Parasite Molecular and Cell Biology

Time: 08:30-12:10, August 1, 2012 (Wednesday)

Chair:

Dr. John Ellis, Professor, University of Technology at Sydney, Australia

08:30-08:55 

Speech Opportunity Available

08:55-09:20

Title: TBD
Dr. John Ellis, Professor, University of Technology at Sydney, Australia

09:20-09:45

Title: Monoclonal Antibody 7 (Mab-7) as a Potential Marker to Study Cell Biology of Malaria Parasite
Dr. Gladys Thalia Cortés Cantín,
Professor, National University of Colombia, Colombia

09:45-10:10

Title: Cytoarchitecture of Taeniid Flame Cells: Morphology, Cytoskeleton, 3D Reconstruction and Virtual Immersion
Dr. Javier Ambrosio, Professor, The Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

10:10-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-10:55

Title: Allium sativum Extract Induces Apoptosis in Leishmania Major (MRHO/IR/75/ER) Promastigotes
Dr. Jasem Saki, Director, Medical Parasitology, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Iran

SAP2-9: Veterinary Parasitology

Time: 08:30-12:10, August 1, 2012 (Wednesday)

Chair:

Dr. Ivona Foitova, Principal Investigator, Orangutan Health Project, Masaryk University, Czech Republic

08:30-08:55 

Speech Opportunity Available

08:55-09:20

Title: Parasites and Natural Antiparasitics in Orangutans
Dr. Ivona Foitova, Principal Investigator, Orangutan Health Project, Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk University, Czech Republic

09:20-09:45

Title: Development Stages of Protozoan Piroplasma Species Endemic in Japan
Dr. Seiichi Higuchi, Professor, Kitazato University, Japan

09:45-10:10

Title:Comparative Epidemiology of Coccidial Infections in Mammalian Livestock - It′s Impact on Control Strategies
Dr. Hans-Christian Mundt,
Scientist, Bayer Animal Health GmbH, Germany

10:10-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-10:55

Title: TBD
Dr. Gareth Francis Bath,
Professor, University of Pretoria, South Africa

10:55-11:20
Title: Comparison of Selamectin and Imidacloprid Plus Permethrin in Eliminating Leporacarus Gibbus Infestation in Laboratory Rabbits (Oryctolagus Cuniculus)
Dr. Leslie Lynn Birke,
Clinical Veterinarian, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, USA
11:20-11:45
Title: Prevalence of Parasitic Infestation of Assamese Macaques (Macaca assamensis) in Phu-Khieo National Park, Thailand
Dr. Somboon Sangmaneedet,
Associate Professor, Khon Kaen University, Thailand
11:45-12:10 Title:The Frequency of Intestinal Parasites in Puppies from Mexican Kennels
Dr. Enedina Jimenez Cardoso, Chief, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Mexico

SAP2-10: Zoonotic Parasitologyx

Time: 08:30-12:10, August 1, 2012 (Wednesday)

Chair:

Dr. Albert Ahn, President, AB Science, USA

Co-Chair:

Call for Co-chair

08:30-08:55

Speech Opportunity Available

08:55-09:20

Title: New Developments in Veterinary Ectoparasiticides

Dr. Albert Ahn, President, AB Science, USA

09:20-09:45

Title: Zoonotic Parasites in Southeastern Europe are Still of Major Concern
Dr. Albert Marinculic, Professor, European Veterinary Parasitology College, Germany

09:45-10:10

Title: Treatment of Hepatic Echinococcal Disease: Interventional Procedures and Possible Innovative Techniques
Dr. Vincenzo Lamonaca, Infectious Disease Consultant, Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Therapies, Italy

10:10-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-10:55

Title: Imaging in Neurocisticercosis
Dr. Jose L. Criales, Professor, Hospital General de México, Mexico

10:55-11:20 Title: Soil-transmitted Helminthiasis Control Programs in Vietnam
Dr. Nguyen Thu Huong, Director, National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology, Vietnam
11:20-11:45 Title: Epidemiological and Zoonotic Importance of An Ignored Zoonotic Parasite, Encephalitozoon cuniculi in Human and Animals
Dr. Somaia Saif Abdel Wakeel Abu-Akkada, Assistant Professor, Alexandria University, Egypt

SAP2-11: Aquaculture and Aquatic Parasitology

Time: 08:30-12:10, August 1, 2012 (Wednesday)

Chair:

Call for Chair

    Co-Chair:

Call for Co-chair

SAP2-12: Ectoparasites

Time:  08:30-12:10, August 1, 2012 (Wednesday)

Chair:

Call for Chair

Co-Chair:

Call for Co-Chair

SAP2-13: Host-parasite Interactions

Time: 08:30-12:10, August 1, 2012 (Wednesday)

Chair:

Call for Chair

Co-Chair:

Call for Co-chair

SAP2-14: Kinetoplastida

Time: 08:30-12:10, August 1, 2012 (Wednesday)

Chair:

Call for Chair

Co-Chair:

Call for Co-chair

SAP2-15: Protozoa and Other Parasites

Time: 08:30-12:10, August 1, 2012 (Wednesday)

Chair:

Dr. Eskild Petersen, Associate Professor, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital Skejby, Denmark

08:30-08:55

Speech Opportunity Available

08:55-09:20

Title: Malaria in Europe: Eradication, Import and Reintroduction

Dr. Eskild Petersen, Associate Professor, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital Skejby, Denmark
09:20-09:45

Title: Intestinal Protozoan Infections among European UN Peacekeepers in Central Africa

Dr. Krzysztof Korzeniewski, Head, Epidemiology and Tropical Medicine, Military Institute of Medicine, Poland
09:45-10:10

Title: A Key Role of the EhCPADH Protein Complex for Entamoeba histolytica Virulence

Dr. Cecilia Bañuelos Barrón, Director, Division of Research on Health and Environment, Institute of Science and Technology of Mexico City, Mexico
10:10-10:30 Coffee Break

SAP2-16: Diagnostics of Parasite Infections

Time: 08:30-12:10, August 1, 2012 (Wednesday)

Chair:

Dr. Joseph Mathu Ndungu, Head, Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), Switzerland

08:30-08:55

Speech Opportunity Available

08:55-09:20

Title: Improved Diagnostics to Accelerate Elimination of Sleeping Sickness 
Dr.
Joseph Mathu Ndungu, Head, Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), Switzerland

09:20-09:45

Title: Influence of Climate Change on Parasitic Infections
Dr. Birgitta Maria Evengard, Professor & Senior Consultant, Umea University, Sweden

09:45-10:10

Title: Diagnostic Imaging of pulmonary Paragonimiasis
Dr. Jaturat Kanpittaya, Associate Professor, Khon Kaen University, Thailand

10:10-10:30

Coffee Break

 
10:30-10:55
Title: Evaluation of Rapid Diagnostic Test for Malaria Outbreak Management in High Endemic Area, Indonesia
Dr. Mochammad Hatta,
Professor, Hasanuddin University, Indonesia

SAP -3: Antiparasite Drug Discovery

SAP3-1: Chemotherapy and Drug resistance
Time: 13:30-17:10, August 1, 2012 (Wednesday)

Chair:

Call for Chair

13:30-13:55

Keynote Speech
Title: Malaria Eradication: Ensuring Access to Effective Treatment
Dr. Thomas Teuscher, Deputy Executive Director, Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Partnership, Switzerland

13:55-14:20

Title: Onchocerciasis (River Blindness Disease) in Latin America: A History A International Public Health
Program Success
 

Dr. Guillermo Zea-Flores, Director, Onchocersiasis Elimination Program for the Americas (OEPA), USA

14:20-14:45

Title: Emergence of Resistance to ACTs in Cambodia and the Role of a New ACT, DHA-PPQ, to Fight it
Dr. Claude Faurant,
Owner,  East West Pharmaceuticals, France

14:45-15:10

Speech Opportunity Available

15:10-15:30

Coffee Break

SAP3-2: Development of New Compounds against Malaria
Time: 13:30-17:10,  August 1, 2012 (Wednesday)
Chair:

Dr. David Charles Warhurst, Professor, Pathogen Molecular Biology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK

13:30-13:55

Speech Opportunity Available

13:55-14:20

Title: Recent Discoveries on the Molecular Basis of Quinoline and Arylaminoalcohol Action and Resistance in Malaria Parasites: Implications for Action and Resistance to Artemisinins
Dr. David Charles Warhurst, Professor, Pathogen Molecular Biology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK

14:20-14:45

Speech Opportunity Available

14:45-15:10

Title: Artemisinins - The Logical Mechanism of Action in Targeting Cofactors of Crucial Malaria Parasite Enzymes

Dr. Richard Kingston Haynes, Professor, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China

15:10-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-15:55

Title: Acyclic Nucleoside Phosphonates are Anti-malarial Drug Leads

Dr. Luke Guddat, Associate Professor, The University of Queensland, Australia

15:55-16:20

Title: Pharmacokinetically Guided Lead Optimization of Antimalarial Compounds
Dr. Deepthi Pabbisetty, Senior Research Analyst, JCL Bioassay USA, Inc., USA

SAP3-3: New Chemotherapies for Parasites

Time: 13:30-17:10,  August 1, 2012 (Wednesday)

Chair:

Dr. Kin-Mu Lee, Professor & Director, Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan

13:30-13:55

Speech Opportunity Available

13:55-13:20

Title: TBD
Dr. Kin-Mu Lee,
Professor & Director, Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan

13:20-14:45

Title: TBD
Dr. Vicky M Avery, Associate Professor, Griffith University, Australia

14:45-1510

Title: Betraying the Leishmania Parasite'S Redox System for Drug Discovery
Dr. Vikash Kumar Dubey, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India

15:10-15:30

Coffee Break

SAP3-4: Malaria Vaccines

Time: 13:30-17:10,  August 1, 2012 (Wednesday)

Chair:

Dr. Fred Binka, Professor, INDEPTH-Network, USA

Co-Chair:

Call for Co-chair

SAP3-5: Novel Approaches to Malaria Vaccine Development

Time: 13:30-17:10, August 1, 2012 (Wednesday)

Chair:

Dr. Kathryn C. Zoon, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, USA

Co-Chair:

Call for Co-chair

13:30-13:55

Speech Opportunity Available

13:55-14:20

Title: TBD
Dr. Kathryn C. Zoon, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, USA

14:20-14:45

Title: TBD
Dr. Tarek M. Fahmy, Associate Professor, Yale University, USA

14:45-15:10

Title: Strategies to Malaria Elimination in an Inner City Outbreak
Dr. Eva Lewis-Fuller, Director, International Health, Ministry of Health, Jamaica

15:10-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-15:55

Title: Quantitative Phase Imaging Techniques for the Study of Malaria Infected Red Blood Cells
Dr. Yong Keun Park, Assistant Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea

SAP3-6: Parasites Vaccines

Time: 13:30-17:10, August 1, 2012 (Wednesday)

Chair:

Dr. Farrokh Modabber, Professor, Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative, Switzerland

13:30-13:55

Speech Opportunity Available

13:55-14:20

Title: Leishmaniasis Vaccine Development: From First Generation to Defined Vaccines
Dr. Farrokh Modabber, Professor, Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative, Switzerland

14:20-14:45

Title: TBD
Dr. Olivier A. E. Sparagano, Professor, University of Northumbria, UK

14:45-15:10

Title: Development of Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics for Leishmania Infection
Dr. Farhat Afrin, Assistant Professor, Hamdard University, India

15:10-15:30

Coffee Break


SAP -4: Other Re-Emerging Parasite Infectious Diseases

SAP4-1: Cryptosporidium Infection

Time:  08:30-12:10, August 1, 2012 (Wednesday)

Chair:

Dr. Panagiotis Karanis, Professor, University of Cologne, Germany

08:30-08:55

Speech Opportunity Available

08:55-09:20

Title: Cryptosporidium Infectivity and Illness in Healthy Volunteers
Dr. Cynthia L. Chappell, Professor, The University of Texas School of Public Health, USA

09:20-09:45

Title: Cryptosporidiosis, An Ongoing Threat to Safe Drinking Water
Dr. Pablo C. Okhuysen, Professor, Texas Medical Center, USA

09:45-10:10

Title: Climatic Changes and Its Impact to the Distribution of Infectious Diseases in Particular Waterborne Diseases and New Tools for Rapid Diagnosis
Dr. Panagiotis Karanis, Professor, University of Cologne, Germany

10:10-10:30

Coffee Break

SAP4-2: Plasmodium Parasite Infection

Time: 08:30-12:10, August 1, 2012 (Wednesday)

Chair:

Dr. Brian Neville, Professor, UCL Institute of Child Health, UK

08:30-08:55

Speech Opportunity Available

09:55-09:20

Title: Febrile Seizures in a Malaria Endemic Area
Dr. Brian Neville, Professor, UCL Institute of Child Health, UK

09:20-09:45

Title: TBD
Dr. Jörg J. Möhrle, Director, Medicine for Malaria Venture, Switzerland

09:45-10:10

Title: Clag9 Protein Antigen from Plasmodium Flaciparum and the Cross Species Regulation of Hiuman Malaria
Parasite in Mixed Infections

Dr. Luiz Hildebrando Pereira da Silva, Professor, Academia Brasileira de Ciências, Brazil

10:10-10:30

Coffee Break

SAP4-3: Plasmodium Falciparum Infection

Time: 08:30-12:10, August 1, 2012 (Wednesday)

Chair:

Call for Chair

Co-Chair:

Call for Co-chair

SAP4-4: Leishmania, Trypanosomes and Chagas Disease

Time: 08:30-12:10, August 1, 2012 (Wednesday)

Chair:

Dr. Peter John Myler, Full Member, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, USA

Co-Chair: Dr. David M. Engman, Professor, Pathology and Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University School of Medicine, USA

08:30-08:55

Speech Opportunity Available

08:55-09:20

Title: Insights into Leishmania Biology from High Throughput Sequencing
Dr. Peter John Myler,
Full Member, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, USA

09:20-09:45

Title: Molecular Mechanisms of Flagellar Protein Targeting in Trypanosomes
Dr. David M. Engman, Professor, Pathology and Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University School of Medicine, USA

09:45-10:10

Title: New Antigens of Leishmania Mexicana: EF-1alpha Story
Dr. Hector Samuel Lopez-Moreno,
Director, Universidad Autonoma de Sinaloa, Mexico

10:10-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-10:55

Title: Chagas Disease: Molecualr Epidemiology and Diagnosis
Dr. Guhl Felipe,Professor, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia

10:55-11:20

Title: Biologic and Genetics Aspects of Chagas Disease at Endemic Areas
Dr. Marilanda F Bellini,
Professor, Department of Research and Post-graduation, USC at Bauru, Brazil

11:20-11:45

Title: Identification and Characterization of an Invariant 52 kD Surface Antigen in Trypanosoma evansi
Dr. El Awad Mohammed El Hassan, Associate Professor, King Faisal University College of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Resources, Saudi Arabia

 

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