Program
FIP 2018 Program
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17:00-21:00 | Opening Session
Chair: Shulamit Michaeli - Bar Ilan University |
17:00-18:00 |
Reception and Registration
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18:00-19:00 |
Nobel Laureate Professor Ada Yonath and Moran Shalev-Benami, Weizmann Institute of Science, Stanford University
"Fighting parasitic infections - the ribosome as a therapeutic target"
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19:00-20:30 |
Cocktail Dinner
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08:30-09:10 | Opening Session
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08:30-09:00 |
Registration and Gathering
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09:00-09:10 |
Neta Regev-Rudzki and David Mirelman, Weizmann Institute of Science
Opening Remarks
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09:10-11:20 | Parasite cell biology, signaling and communication
Chairs: Artur Scherf and Greg Matlashewski |
09:10-09:45 |
Keynote speaker: Alan Cowman , Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Moving in and renovating: invasion and remodeling of the human erythrocyte by the malaria parasite
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09:45-10:05 |
Dominique Soldati-Favre , University of Geneva
Prison Break: The natural egress of Toxoplasma from infected cells is a tightly programmed event
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10:05-10:25 |
Neta Regev-Rudzki , Weizmann Institute of Science
Malaria parasites regulate secretion of vesicles carrying distinct cargo
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10:25-10:45 |
Shulamit Michaeli , Bar Ilan University
Social motility in trypanosomes
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10:45-11:20 |
Coffee Break
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11:20-14:00 | Parasite- host interaction
Chairs: Stefan Kappe and Gerald Spath |
11:20-11:40 |
Dan Zilberstein , Technion
Losing arginine sensing in Leishmania reduces infectivity
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11:40-12:00 |
Melissa Leger-Abraham, Harvard Medical School
Harnessing translation for anti-parasitic drug development
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12:00-12:20 |
Martin Olivier , McGill University
Leishmania Exosomes: Its Impact on Host Response and Progression of Infection.
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12:20-12:25 |
Michael Boshart, LMU Munich
Flash talk: A ligand switch in the unusual Trypanosoma Protein Kinase A suggests a novel second messenger pathway
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12:25-12:30 |
Rodrigo Soares, OSWALDO CRUZ FOUNDATION/FIOCRUZ
Flash talk: Extracellular vesicles released by Acanthamoeba trophozoites exhibit serine protease activity
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12:30-12:35 |
Kirsty McWilliam, The University of Edinburgh
Flash talk: Investigating the linkage between T. brucei pleomorphism and antigen switch frequency
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12:35-12:40 |
Jennifer Ann Stortz, University of Glasgow
Flash talk: Trypanosoma brucei ATR: a protein kinase essential for parasite genome maintenance and host immune evasion
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12:40-14:00 |
Lunch and Poster Session
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14:00-16:35 | Parasite Genetics and Omics
Chairs: Michal Shapira and Peter Crompton |
14:00-14:20 |
Peter Myler , University of Washington
The role of base J in Leishmania transcription
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14:20-14:40 |
Christine Clayton , Heidelberg University
Post-transcriptional control of trypanosome gene expression in response to environmental changes
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14:40-15:00 |
Manuel Llinás, Penn State University
"Capturing transcriptional dynamics in Plasmodium falciparum"
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15:00-15:20 |
Serge Ankri , Technion
Escherichia coli mediated resistance of Entamoeba histolytica to oxidative stress is triggered by oxaloacetate
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15:20-15:25 |
Silvia Haase, Imperial College
Flash talk: First insights into the role of putative Plasmodium falciparum phospholipid translocases in malaria infections
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15:25-15:30 |
Mathieu Cayla, University of Edinburgh
Flash talk: Functional characterisation of a DYRK kinase implicated in quorum sensing in Trypanosoma brucei
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15:30-15:35 |
Tiago D. Serafim, NIH
Flash talk: Leishmania metacyclics dedifferentiate to replicative retroleptomonads exposing a hidden cycle that amplifies infectivity of sand flies ensuring transmission efficacy.
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15:35-15:40 |
Oren Moscovitz, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
Flash talk: Multifunctional Single Domain Antibodies For Targeting Protozoan Parasites
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15:40-16:35 |
Poster Session & Coffee break
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16:35-20:00 | Developmental Regulation
Chairs: David Horn and Serge Ankri |
16:35-16:55 |
Keith Matthews , University of Edinburgh
A GPR89 family protein transports oligopeptides to induce Trypanosoma brucei quorum sensing
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16:55-17:15 |
Maria Mota , Universidade de Lisboa
Our infections are what we eat
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17:15-17:35 |
Michal Shapira , Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
A network of cap-binding proteins and their interacting partners are involved in the developmental regulation of Leishmania
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17:35-17:55 |
Andy Waters , University of Glasgow
Experimentally Inducible Gametocytogenesis
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17:55-18:15 |
Jeremy Mottram , The University of York
Divide et impera: chemical tools for studying the cell cycle of trypanosomatids
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18:30-20:00 |
Dinner
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08:30-09:00 | Registration and Gathering
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08:30-09:00 | |
09:00-11:20 | Vector Biology and Immunology
Chairs: Manuel Llinas and Shulamit Michaeli |
09:00-09:40 |
Keynote Speaker: David Sacks , NIH
Sexual reproduction and virulence in Leishmania
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09:40-10:00 |
Stefan Kappe, University of Washington
Yin and Yang of innate immune responses to malaria infection
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10:00-10:20 |
Gad Baneth , The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Infection with Leishmania spp. in animals in Israel ? a complex picture of carrier animals and reservoirs for human infection
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10:20-10:40 |
Peter Crompton , NIH
A molecular signature in blood reveals a role for p53 in malaria immunity in children
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10:40-11:20 |
Coffee Break
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11:20-14:00 | Drugs, Vaccine and Diagnosis
Chairs: Ron Dzikowski and Christine Clayton |
11:20-11:40 |
David Horn , University of Dundee
High-throughput genetic screens with antitrypanosomal drugs
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11:40-12:00 |
Monica Leszkowicz Mazuz , Ministry of Agriculture
Babesia bovis integrated live vaccine against both parasites and vector, is it feasible?
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12:00-12:20 |
Charles Jaffe , The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Genomic and proteomic comparison of Sudanese post-kala azar dermal and visceral leishmaniasis strains
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12:20-12:40 |
Dror Avni , Sheba Medical Center
Schistosomal miRNAs: the speaking language of schistosome with the host immune system cells
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12:40-12:45 |
Claudia Demarta, Institut Pasteur
Flash talk: Plasmodium parasite-derived exosomes inhibit antigen-specific T cell responses
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12:45-12:50 |
Anat Florentin, University of Georgia
Flash talk: A bacterial Clp complex regulates plastid biology in malaria parasites
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12:50-12:55 |
Ehud Inbar, NIH
Flash talk: Self-mating generates genotypic and phenotypic variants in Leishmania
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12:55-14:00 |
Lunch
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14:00-16:30 | Virulence and Stress
Chairs: Peter Myler and Maria Mota |
14:00-14:20 |
Gerald Spaeth , Institut Pasteur
Systems analysis of Leishmania donovani stage differentiation and adaptation to stress
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14:20-14:40 |
Greg Matlashewski , McGill University
the use of CRISPR to develop a live attenuated vaccine for Leishmaniasis
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14:40-15:00 |
Ron Dzikowski , The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
A surprising role of an uORF in regulating pregnancy associated malaria
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15:00-15:20 |
Joseph Shlomai , The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The mitochondrial DNA replication initiator protein TbUMSBP2 is essential for chromosome end protection in Trypanosoma brucei
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15:20-15:25 |
Ana Torrecilhas, UNIFESP
Flash talk: Extracellular Vesicles in Chagas Disease
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15:25-15:30 |
Bhanot Purnima, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Flash talk: Invasion of hepatocytes by Plasmodium sporozoites requires cGMP-dependent protein kinase and calcium dependent protein kinases
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15:30-15:35 |
Simona Seizova, Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Researh
Flash talk: The molecular dissection of host manipulation by chronic Toxoplasma gondii
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15:35-15:40 |
Adit Naor, Stanford
Flash talk: In Vitro evolution reveals how epigenetic changes may lead to host-adaptation in Toxoplasma
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15:40-16:30 |
Coffee Break & Poster Session
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16:30-17:50 | Parasite Molecular Biology and Epidemiology
Chairs: Andy Waters and Dominique Soldati-Favre |
16:30-16:50 |
Arhur Scherf, Institut Pasteur
CRISPR technology reveals trans-acting role of ncRNA gene family in monoallelic expression in P. falciparum
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16:50-17:10 |
Lilach Sheiner , University of Glasgow
Redox controlled functions of apicomplexan parasites are promising targets for drug discovery
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17:10-17:30 |
Alon Warburg, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Minimally invasive microbiopsies: a novel sampling method for identifying asymptomatic, potentially infectious carriers of Leishmania donovani
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17:30-17:50 |
Chris Tonkin, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Protein Kinase A negatively regulates host cell exit post invasion by supressing Ca2+ signalling in Toxoplasma gondii
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17:50-18:10 | Concluding Remarks and Travel Award Ceremony
Chair: Dan Zilberstein |
17:50-18:10 | |
18:10-20:00 | Dinner
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18:10-20:00 |
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07:45-20:00 | Excursion Dead Sea Valley
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07:45-20:00 |