Programme
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| Time | Speaker | |
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| 09:00 - 10:45 | Registration | |
| 10:45 - 11:00 | Opening Remarks | |
| 11:00 - 12:15 |
Scientific Session 1: Vector Biology and Transmission |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Keynote Lecture |
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| 11:30 - 11:45 |
Conserved heterodimeric structure & glycan specificity of C-type lectins Anopheles gambiae CTLMA2 and CTL4 |
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| 11:45 - 12:00 |
The regulatory genome of the human malaria vector, Anopheles gambiae: an integrated analysis of chromatin accessibility and transcription |
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| 12:00 - 12:15 |
Glycosylation of Plasmodium falciparum thrombospondin repeats drives mosquito transmission and sporozoite virulence |
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| 12:15 - 13:45 | Lunch and Meet the Keynote Speaker | |
| 12:45 - 13:45 | Workshop: Crowdsourcing Data Science Challenges in Malaria Research Chairs: Geoffrey Siwo, Carol Sibley |
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| 12:45 - 13:45 | Workshop: Online Resources for Malaria Biology Chairs: Matt Berriman, Omar Harb, Dan Lawson |
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| 13:45 - 15:30 | Scientific Session 2: BIG Data and New Tools Chairs: Jessica Bryant, Edgar Deu |
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| 13:45 - 14:15 |
Keynote Lecture |
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| 14:15 - 14:30 | Using experimental genetic crosses and bulk segregant analysis to investigate Plasmodium falciparum fitness determinants throughout the life cycle Sudhir Kumar - Seattle Children’s Research Institute, USA |
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| 14:30 - 14:45 |
Comparative mapping of Plasmodium proteomes provides new insights into erythrocyte remodelling |
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| 14:45 - 15:00 |
Decoding a riddle: Plasmodium falciparum long dry season pilgrimage |
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| 15:00 - 15:15 |
IPS cell technology: A great tool to study hypnozoites and pave the road towards malaria elimination |
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| 15:15 - 15:30 | Stem cells as a tool to study malaria: the host side of the infection Alena Pance - The Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK |
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| 15:30 - 16:00 | Flash Talks - Odd Numbers (abstract: #55, #57, #89, #97, #119, #121, #135, #139) | |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee Break and Meet the Keynote Speaker | |
| 16:30 - 18:30 | Poster Session 1 - Odd Numbers | |
| 18:30 - 19:15 | Lifetime Achievement Award | |
| 19:15 - 20:30 | Dinner in the EMBL Canteen | |
| 20:30 - 23:00 | Welcome Reception in the ATC Rooftop Lounge | |
| Time | Speaker | |
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| 09:00 - 10:30 | Scientific Session 3: Development and Differentiation Chairs: Bjorn Kafsack, Kathrin Witmer |
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| 09:00 - 09:30 |
Keynote Lecture |
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| 09:30 - 09:45 | The patatin-like phospholipase PNPLA1 is crucial for gametocyte induction in the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum Gabriele Pradel - RWTH Aachen University, Germany |
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| 09:45 - 10:00 |
A parasite load regulator important for virulence and transmission of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum |
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| 10:00 - 10:15 |
Plasmodium falciparum immature gametocytes development in human primary erythroblasts |
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| 10:15 - 10:30 |
A Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase is Required for Efficient Development of Plasmodium in the Mosquito Vector |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break and Meet the Keynote Speaker | |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Scientific Session 4: Drug Development and Resistance Chairs: Selina Bopp, Stefan Rahlfs |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 | Keynote Lecture Targetting Proteostasis for Antimalarial Drug Development Leann Tilley - The University of Melbourne, Australia |
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| 11:30 - 11:45 | Cyclic AMP-mediated activation of erythrocyte permeability increases antimalarials uptake by Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes Catherine Lavazec - INSERM, France |
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| 11:45 - 12:00 | Function of Kelch13 in Artemisinin-resistance in malaria parasites Sabine Schmidt - Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Germany |
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| 12:00 - 12:15 | Redox homeostasis as a drug target in Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes Dina Coertzen - University of Pretoria, South Africa |
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| 12:15 - 12:30 | A novel antimalarial resistance mechanism leads to structure guided identification of resistance breaking Plasmodium N myristoyltransferase inhibitors Anja Schlott - The Francis Crick Institute, UK |
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| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch and Meet the Keynote Speaker | |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Workshop: Women In Malaria Research: Visibility, empowerment and leadership Chairs: Elena Gomez-Diaz, Joanne Power |
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Workshop: Drug Discovery for Biologists Chair: Didier Leroy |
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| 14:00 - 15:30 | Scientific Session 5: Immunology and Vaccine Development Chairs: Melanie Walker, Hedda Wardemann |
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| 14:00 - 14:30 | Keynote Lecture Immunological impact of subclinical malaria infections Eleanor Riley - The University of Edinburgh, UK |
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| 14:30 - 14:45 | Importance of functional antibodies in protection of pregnant women from malaria Timon Damelang - University of Melbourne, Australia |
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| 14:45 - 15:00 | Comprehensive analysis of Fc-mediated IgM binding to the Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 family in three parasite clones Lars Hviid - University of Copenhagen, Denmark |
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| 15:00 - 15:15 | The discovery of new insertions in antibodies against malaria Yiwei Chen - Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Switzerland |
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| 15:15 - 15:30 | B cell profiling in malaria reveals expansion and remodelling of CD11c+ B cell subsets Christopher Sundling - Karolinska Institutet, Sweden |
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| 15:30 - 16:00 | Flash Talks - Even Numbers (abstract: #50, #54, #68, #86, #92, #94, #102, #126, #128, #152) | |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee Break and Meet the Keynote Speaker | |
| 16:30 - 18:30 | Poster Session 2 - Even Numbers | |
| 18:30 - 20:30 | Conference Dinner in the EMBL Canteen | |
| 20:30 - 00:00 | Conference Party | |
| Time | Speaker | |
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| 09:00 - 10:30 | Scientific Session 6: Cell and Molecular Biology Chairs: Michael Filarsky, Vera Mitesser |
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| 09:00 - 09:30 |
Keynote Lecture |
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| 09:30 - 09:45 |
Identification of PfAP2-HS as the master regulator of the heat shock response in Plasmodium falciparum parasites |
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| 09:45 - 10:00 |
Formin-2 is the primary nucleator of filamentous actin during intracellular blood stages of P. falciparum, facilitating apicoplast inheritance and completion of cytokinesis |
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| 10:00 - 10:15 |
Plasmodium falciparum dipeptidyl aminopeptidases 1 and 3 play complementary function in erythrocytes invasion |
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| 10:15 - 10:30 |
Functional characterization of a minimal ESCRT-III machinery in P. falciparum |
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| 10:30 - 10:45 |
Plasmodium condensin (SMC2/SMC4) forms differential complexes and is required for atypical cell division during parasite life cycle |
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| 10:45 - 11:00 |
Activation of the malarial cGMP dependent protein kinase (PKG) by cGMP: a tale of co-operation and affinity |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee Break and Meet the Keynote Speaker | |
| 11:30 - 13:00 |
Scientific Session 7: Host-Parasite Interaction |
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| 11:30 - 12:00 | Keynote Lecture A double-edged sword: innate and adaptive immunity to Plasmodium liver infection Stefan Kappe - Center for Infectious Disease Research, USA |
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| 12:00 - 12:15 | Laverania RH5-basigin binding tropisms reveal a key event in the origin of P. falciparum malaria Francis Galaway - The Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK |
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| 12:15 - 12:30 |
"Microbiota"-A new player in Host-Plasmodium affair |
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| 12:30 - 12:45 | var gene expression in malaria naive volunteers experimentally infected with two genetically different P. falciparum strains Jan Stephan Wichers - Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Germany |
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| 12:45 - 13:00 | Combining reverse genetics and live microscopy to dissect P. knowlesi invasion of red blood cells Melissa Hart - London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK |
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| 13:00 - 15:00 | Lunch and Meet the Keynote Speaker | |
| 13:30 - 15:00 | Plenary Session: Changing Practices in Publishing Chair: Gary Ward |
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| 15:00 - 15:10 | Awards for Best Poster and Oral Presentations |
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| 15:10 - 15:20 | Closing remarks | |
| 15:20 - 15:30 |
Departure |
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