Location & dates
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
29 - 31 May 2017
Deadlines
Registration closed
Abstract submission closed
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Conference Programme
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| Time | Speaker | |
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| 09.30-11.00 | Registration | |
| 11:00-11:15 | Welcome and Introduction | |
| 11:15-12:30 |
Scientific Session 1 Vector Biology |
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| 11:15-11:45 | Keynote lecture What do we know about malaria vectors Elena Levashina - MPI for Infection Biology, Germany |
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| 11:45-12:00 | A high throughput genetic screen for malaria transmission phenotypes in the Plasmodium berghei – Anopheles gambiae experimental model George Christophides - Imperial College London, United Kingdom |
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| 12:00-12:15 | An old secret language between malaria parasite and its vector S.Noushin Emami - Stockholm University, Sweden |
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| 12:15-12:30 | Malaria parasite lifecycle progression from host to vector reflected in the Plasmodium berghei epigenetic footprint Kathrin Witmer - Imperial College London, United Kingdom |
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| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch and meet the Keynote speaker | |
| 14:00-15:30 | Scientific session 2 Immunobiology Chairs: Hedda Wardemann, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Germany and Gathoni Kamuyu, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, United Kingdom |
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| 14:00-14:30 | Keynote Lecture Recent insights into the cell biology of humoral immunity to malaria Peter Crompton - NIAID/NIH, United States of America |
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| 14:30-14:45 | Protective immunity differs between routes of administration of attenuated malaria parasites independent of parasite liver load Blandine M.D. Franke-Fayard - Leiden University Medical Centre, The Netherlands |
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| 14:45-15:00 | Clec9a+ CD8+ Dendritic Cells are Key Players in Controlling Plasmodium chabaudi chabaudi Infection Si Min Lai - Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
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| 15:00-15:15 | Binding properties and anti-sporozoite activity of monoclonal antibodies from protected Tanzanian volunteers Joshua Tan - Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Switzerland |
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| 15:15-15:30 | Speed Talks for Poster Session 1 | |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 16:00-18:00 | Poster Session 1 - Odd numbers | |
| 18:00-18:45 | Lifetime Achievement Award | |
| 18:45-20:30 | Dinner | |
| 20:30-23:00 | Welcome Reception/After Dinner Drinks with SOULmate Band | |
| Time | Speaker | |
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| 09:00-10:30 | Scientific session 3 Big data and New technologies Chairs: Mario Recker, University of Exeter, United Kingdom and Anush Chiappino-Pepe, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland |
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| 09:00-09:30 | Keynote Lecture Single cell RNA sequencing resolves bifurcation of T cell fates during Plasmodium chabaudi infection Tapio Lönnberg - University of Turku, Finland |
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| 09:30-09:45 | Single-cell transcriptomics of malaria parasites Arthur Talman - Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, United Kingdom |
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| 09:45-10:00 | Chromatin accessibility based characterization of gene regulation in Plasmodium falciparum Richard Bartfai - Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands |
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| 10:00-10:15 | Draft genome of bat malaria parasite reveals host switch and adaptation Mohamed Almarri - Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, United Kingdom |
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| 10:15-10:30 | Population transcriptomics studies of the origins of drug resistance of Plasmodium falciparum in the Greater Mekong Subregion Zbynek Bozdech - School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University Singapore |
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| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00-12:30 | Scientific session 4 Host - Parasite Interaction Chairs: Peter Bull - University of Cambridge, United Kingdom and Yvonne Adams - University of Copenhagen, Denmark |
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| 11:00-11:15 | Malaria & PfEMP1´s ABC – easy as 1-2-3? Thomas Lavstsen - University of Copenhagen, Denmark |
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| 11:15-11:30 | Plasmodium falciparum infected erythrocytes from cerebral malaria cases bind preferentially to brain microvascular endothelium; a study in Malawian children Janet Storm - Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom |
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| 11.30-11.45 | Plasmodium falciparum Heterochromatin Protein 1 reveals expression of a clonally variant PfEMP1 member on the surface of sporozoites Gigliola Zanghì - Institut Pasteur, France |
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| 11.45-12.00 | Differential location and interactions of PfRH1 processing products during merozoite invasion Peter Preiser - Nanyang Technological, University Singapore |
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| 12.00-12.15 | Profiling Plasmodium falciparum Sexual Commitment at the Single Cell Level Nicolas Brancucci - University of Glasgow, United Kingdom |
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| 12.15-12.30 | Dynamics of Plasmodium gametocytes in the host bone marrow Mariana De Niz - Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology, United Kingdom |
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| 12.30-14:00 | Lunch and meet the Keynote speaker | |
| 13:00-14:00 | Workshop 1: Imaging Freddy Frischknecht - Heidelberg University, Germany |
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| 13:00-14:00 | Workshop 2: Single Cell sequencing Tapio Lönnberg - University of Turku, Finland |
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| 14:00-16:00 | Scientific Session 5 Molecular and Cellular Biology Chairs: Moritz Treeck, The Francis Crick Institute - United Kingdom and Manuela Carrasquilla - Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute/University of Cambridge, United Kingdom |
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| 14:00-14.30 | Keynote Lecture Till Voss - Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Switzerland |
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| 14:30-14:45 | Plasmodium falciparum Dipeptidyl Aminopeptidase 3 Is Important for Efficient Attachment of Merozoites to Erythrocytes Christine Lehmann - The Francis Crick Institute, United Kingdom |
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| 14.45-15.00 | The role of host factors in P. falciparum-mediated host erythrocyte modification Jude Przyborski - Philipps University, Germany |
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| 15.00-15.15 | Plasmodium falciparum CRK4 directs continuous rounds of DNA replication during schizogony and is critical for transmission Markus Ganter - Heidelberg University Medical School, Germany |
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| 15.15-15.30 | Single-molecule analysis reveals that DNA replication dynamics vary across the course of schizogony in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum Catherine Merrick - Keele University, United Kingdom |
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| 15.30-15.45 | Speed Talks for Poster Session 2 | |
| 15:45-16:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 16.30-18.30 | Poster Session 2 - Even numbers | |
| 18.30-20.00 | Gala Dinner | |
| 20.00-21.00 | PI Band Pumphandle Blues | |
| 21.00-24.00 | DJane Heidi Van De Alm, University of Popular Music and Music Business, Mannheim | |
| Time | Speaker | |
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| 09:00-10:30 | Scientific session 6 - Pathology and Epidemiology Chair: Lars Hviid - University of Copenhagen, Denmark and Jo-Anne Chan - Burnet Institute, Australia |
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| 09:00-09:30 |
Keynote Lecture |
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| 09:30-09:45 | Magnetic resonance imaging of cerebral malaria patients reveals distinct pathogenetic processes in different parts of the brain Samuel Wassmer - London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom |
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| 09:45-10:00 | Retinal Endothelial Dysfunction in Malawian Children with Fatal Cerebral Malaria Valentina Barrera - University of Liverpool, United Kingdom |
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| 10:00-10:15 | Development of an experimental human blood stage infection model of Plasmodium malariae James McCarthy - QIMR Berghofer, Australia |
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| 10:15-10:30 | Correlates of protection from Controlled Human Malaria Infections (CHMI) in semi-immune Kenyan adults Faith Osier - Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany |
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| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00-15:30 | Scientific session 7 Molecular and Cellular Biology Chair: Katja Becker - University of Giessen, Germany and Emilie Njila - RWTH Aachen University, Germany |
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| 11.00-11.15 | Dissecting the role of PfAP2-G in the regulation of gametocytogenesis Gabrielle Josling - The Pennylvania State University, United States of America |
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| 11:15-11:30 | The RNA binding ALBA3 protein acts as a positive regulator of Plasmodium erythrocytic cycle and gametocyte production Nisha Philip - Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom |
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| 11.30-11.45 | Quantitative chromatin proteomics reveals a dynamic histone post-translational modification landscape that defines asexual and sexual Plasmodium falciparum parasites Lyn-Marie Birkholtz - University of Pretoria, South Africa |
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| 11.45-12.00 | CRISPR-Cas9 in P. knowlesi enables rapid, iterative and scalable targeted modification of the parasite genome Franziska Mohring - London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom |
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| 12.00-12.15 | Re-evaluation of calcium during merozoite invasion Viola Introini - University of Cambridge, United Kingdom |
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| 12.15-12.30 | Understanding artemisinin action in Plasmodium falciparum Natalie Spillman - The University of Melbourne, Australia |
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| 12.30-14:00 | Lunch and meet the Keynote speaker | |
| 13:00-14:00 | Workshop 3: CRISP/Cas9 Marcus Lee - Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, United Kingdom and Jose Juan Lopez Rubio - University of Montpellier, France |
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| 13:00-14:00 | Workshop 4: Analysis of big data Thomas D Otto - Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, United Kingdom |
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| 14:00 -14:15 |
MMV sponsored talk A perforin like protein facilitates entry of Plasmodium falciparum merozoites by forming calcium permissive pores in the host erythrocyte |
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| 14:15-15:30 | Panel Discussion: Now what? -Careers in Academia, Industry and Education | |
| 15.30-15.45 | Awards for best Posters and Oral presentations |
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| 15:45-16:00 | Closing remarks | |
| 16.30 | Bus to Frankfurt Airport and downtown | |