EMBL Courses and Conferences during the Coronavirus pandemic
With the onsite programme paused, many of our events are now being offered in virtual formats.
Registration is open as usual for many events, with back-up plans in place to move further courses and conferences online as necessary. Registration fees for any events affected by the COVID-19 disruption are fully refundable.
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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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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