Speakers Announced for 25th Annual Molecular Parasitology/Vector Biology Symposium
Please join us on April 28 & 29 for the 25th Annual Molecular Parasitology/Vector Biology Symposium inMahler Hall at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education. For more information and to register click here.
Please note we will have a reception on Tuesday, April 28 at 6:00 pm at the Coverdell Center’s Rotunda.
Schedule of Talks
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
8:30 am Registration and Poster Set-up
9:00 am Opening Remarks: Daniel Colley, CTEGD and Dept. of Microbiolgy, UGA
9:10 am Amy Styer, CTEGD and Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, UGA
Trypanosome Lytic Factor-1 Causes Peroxide-induced Osmotic Lysis of Trypanosoma brucei brucei
9:30 am Eizo Takashima, Proteo-Science Center, Ehime university, Japan
Identification of Plasmodium falciparum PfMAS170 as Novel Blood-stage Malaria Vaccine Candidate
9:50 am Courtney Murdock, Dept. of Infectious Diseases, Odum School of Ecology, UGA
Diverse Environmental Drivers of Malaria Infection in Anopheles Mosquitoes
10:10 am Break – Poster Viewing
10:50 am Susanne Warrenfeltz, Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, UGA
EuPathDB: Basic Functions and Expanding Roles
11:10 am Kumiko Nakada-Tsukui, Dept. of Parasitology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan
Conservation and Uniqueness of the Lysosome Traffic in the Enteric Protozoan Parasite Entamoeba histolytica
11:30 am Ciaran McCoy, CTEGD and Dept. of Infectious Diseases, UGA
RNA Interference in Adult Ascaris suum is Potent, Persistent and Reproducible
11:50 am Demba Sarr, CTEGD and Dept. of Infectious Diseases, UGA
Tempol Delivery via Drinking Water Does Not Rescue Poor Pregnancy Outcomes in Plasmodium chabaudi AS-infected pregnant mice
12:10 pm Lunch – Poster Viewing
1:20 pm Satyanarayana Lagishetty, EPIC and Dept. of Genetics & Biochemistry, Clemson University
Regulation of Cryptococcus neoformans XFP1 Activity by Phosphorylation of Serine454
1:40 pm Masayuki Morita, Proteo-Science Center, Ehime University, Japan
Genome-wide Immunoscreening to Identify Blood-stage Malaria Vaccine Candidates of Plasmodium falciparum
2:00 pm Rudo Kieft, Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, UGA
Escape from Allelic Exclusion Expands the Antigenic Repertoire and Allows Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense to Infect Humans Upon Tsetse Fly Transmission
2:20 pm Shungo Kano, Dept. of tropical Medicine & Malaria, National Center for Global Health & Medicine, Japan
A New Shuttle Vector system to Evaluate Potential Mutagenic Risks of Anti-malarial Drugs
2:40 pm Break – Poster Viewing
3:10 pm Koji Watanabe, Dept. of Infectious Diseases & International Health, University of Virginia
The Impact of E. histolytica Infection on Acute Appendicitis Among HIV-1 Infected Individuals in Japan
3:30 pm Pooja Saraf, Dept. of Microbiology, University of Tennessee
Transmission and Expansion of Major Clonal Lineages of Toxoplasma gondii
3:50 pm Sumiti Vinayak, Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, UGA
Genetic Engineering of the Diarrheal Pathogen Cryptosporidium parvum
4:15 pm Introduction of Keynote Speaker
4:20 pm James Kazura, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Paradoxes on the Road to Malaria Elimination
5:20 pm Adjourn
6:00 pm Reception at the Coverdell Center Rotunda
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
8:30 am Takeshi Annoura, Dept. of parasitology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan
New Members of the Plasmodium 6-Cys Family-related Proteins have Distinct and Critical Roles in Liver Stage Development
8:50 am Carmen Dickinson-Copeland, Dept. of Microbiology, Biochemistry & Immunology, Morehouse School of Medicine
Heme-mediated Induction of CXCL10 and Depletion of CD34+ Progenitor Cells is Toll-like Receptor 4 Dependent
9:10 am Introduction of Keynote Speaker
9:15 am Takafumi Tsuboi, Proteo-Science Center, Ehime University, Japan
WGCFS: An Innovative Technology for Post-genome Malaria Vaccine Research
10:15 am Break – Poster Viewing
10:45 am Ciara McKnight, CTEGD and Dept. of Cellular Biology, UGA
The Inositol Phosphate and Calcium Signaling Pathways of Toxoplasma gondii
11:05 am Grace Kisirkoi, Dept. of Genetics & Biochemistry, Clemson University
Investigating the Role of Acetate Transport in Cryptococcus neoformans
11:25 am Daisuke Kimura, Dept. of molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Japan
IL-27-producing CD4+ T Cells Regulate Protective Immune Responses During Malaria Infection
11:45 am Elena Suvorova, Dept. of Molecular Medicine & Global Health and the Florida Center for Drug Discovery and Innovation, University of South Florida
A Novel Bipartite Centrosome Coordinates the Apicomplexan Cell Cycle
12:05 pm Lunch – Poster Viewing
1:05 pm Yijian Evan Qiu, EPIC and Dept. of Genetics & Biochemistry, Clemson University
Evidence for a Novel Function of Hexokinase 2 in the Flagellum of Trypanosoma brucei
1:25 pm Daniel Inaoka, Dept. of Biomedical Chemistry, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Trypanosoma brucei Alternative Oxidase Inhibitors are Promising Candidate for Development of New Anti-trypanosomal Drug
1:45 pm Tara Bracken, CTEGD and Dept. of Infectious Diseases, UGA
Minimal Tissue Factor Expression Reduces Blood Brain Barrier Permeability and Susceptibility to Neurological Symptoms in Experimental Cerebral Malaria
2:05 pm Break – Poster Viewing
2:20 pm Kanako Komaki-Yasuda, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health & Medicine, Japan
Identification of a Novel Transcription Factor Which Works in the Intraerythrocytic Stage of Plasmodium falciparum
2:40 pm Keats Shwab, Dept. of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
The Impact of Sylvatic and Domestic Environments on the Evolution of Virulence in Toxoplasma gondii
3:00 pm John Harrington, Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, UGA
Trypanosoma brucei Extracellular Vesicles Cause Host Anemia
3:20 pm Concluding Remarks