Our
Speakers
Hear from leading experts in parasitology!
All invited speakers listed alphabetically by their first name.
Amandine Guérin, PhD
University of Geneva, Switzerland
Title: Host Manipulation by the Parasite Cryptosporidium
Antonio Barragan, MD, PhD
Stockholm University, Sweden
Title: Sequestration of Parasitized Phagocytes in Cortical Capillaries Promotes Neuronal
Colonization by Toxoplasma gondii
Cyrille Botté, PhD
Universite Grenoble Alpes, France
Title: Host-Apicomplexa Parasite Metabolic Interactions: It’s (almost) All About Lipids!
Dominique Soldati-Favre, PhD
University of Geneva, Switzerland
Title: Glideosome-Associated Connector: Essential Driver of Apicomplexan Motility and Infection
Giovanni Widmer, PhD
Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University
MA, United States
Title: Cryptosporidium – Microbiota Interaction in The Mouse: Can Probiotics Protect against Severe Cryptosporidiosis?
Jennifer L. Small-Saunders, MD, PhD
Columbia University, NY, United States
Title: tRNA Modification Reprogramming Contributes to Artemisinin Resistance in Plasmodium falciparum
Johan Ankarklev, PhD
Stockholm University, Sweden
Title: Uncovering the Mechanisms Underlying Plasmodium Transmission
Kasturi Halder, PhD
University of Notre Dam
IN, United States
Title: Conservation of Apicomplexan Mechanisms Suggest a New Model for Malarial Resistance to Artemisinins
Lilach Sheiner, PhD
Glasgow University, United Kingdom
Title: The Exciting Insights Hiding in the Mitochondrion of Toxoplasma gondii
Lab web: https://lilachsheiner.wixsite.com/sheinerlab-wtcmp
Mathieu Brochet, PhD
University of Geneva, Switzerland
Title: Taking Life Changing Decisions in 10 Seconds: cGMP Signalling in Malaria Parasites
Michael Foley, PhD
La Trobe University, Australia
Title: Human Single Domain I-bodies against AMA1 from Apicomplexan Parasites
Nishith Gupta, PhD
BITS PILANI, Hyderabad, India
Title: Phospholipids-mediated Regulation of Calcium Homeostasis and Lytic Cycle in Toxoplasma
Sabrina Marion, PhD
Institut Pasteur Lille, University of Lille
France
Title: Latent Cerebral Toxoplasma gondii Infection Triggers Unique Neuro-immune Signatures and
Exacerbates Pathophysiological Mechanisms of Alzheimer’s Disease
Shailja Singh, PhD
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Title: Targeting PfProhibitin 2 – Hu-Hsp70A1A Complex during Plasmodium falciparum Invasion of Erythrocytes as a Novel Approach Towards Vaccine Candidacy
William (Bill) J. Sullivan, PhD
Indiana University School of Medicine, IN, United States
Title: “Translational” Research in Apicomplexa
Anat Florentin, PhD
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Title: Dynamic Imaging Reveals the Link Between DNA replication and Apicoplast Biogenesis in Malaria Parasites
Choukri Ben Mamoun, PhD
Yale School of Medicine, CT, United States
Title: Babesia as a Model Organism for Investigating Intraerythrocytic Parasitism and Novel Anti-Parasitic Therapeutic Strategies
Diego Huet, PhD
University of Georgia, GA, United States
Title: Unraveling Interorganellar Communication in Toxoplasma gondii
Elena Suvorova, PhD
University of South Florida
FL, United States
Title: Solving Mysteries of Apicomplexan Cell Cycle
Guan ZHU, PhD
Jilin University, China
Title: The Protein Translational Initiation Machinery is a Novel Target for Developing Rapid-killing Therapeutics against Zoonotic Cryptosporidium parvum
Jessica Kissinger, PhD
University of Georgia, GA, United States
Title: Gene Regulation and Transcription in Cryptosporidium parvum
Karine Le Roch, PhD
University of California, Riverside
CA, United States
Title: A Systems Biology Approach to Antimalarial Drug Discovery
Kourosh Zarringhalam, PhD
University of Massachusetts Boston
MA, United States
Title: Transcriptional Gene Regulation in Apicomplexa: Insights from Integrated Analysis of Single-cell and DNA Occupancy Data
Maritza Jaramillo, PhD
Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Canada
Title: Remodeling of Host Transcriptional and Translational Programs during Toxoplasma gondii Infection
Mathieu Gissot, PhD
Institut Pasteur de Lille, France
Title: Sleeping Beauty’s Nightmare: Toxoplasma gondii Latent Stage and Neuronal Connections
Michael Klemba, PhD
Virginia Tech, VA, United States
Title: Fatty Acid Acquisition by The Erythrocytic Malaria Parasite
Purnima Bhanot, PhD
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, NJ, United States
Title: PfPKG Inhibitors to Prevent Liver Infection by Plasmodium
Sean Prigge, PhD
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, MD, United States
Title: The Secret Life of the Apicoplast
Vern B. Carruthers, PhD
University of Michigan Medical School MI, United States
Title: Food for a Foodborne Parasite
Xian-Ming Chen, MD
Rush University Medical Center
IL, United States
Title: LncRNAs Modulate IFN-gamma-Stimulated Cell-intrinsic Anti-Cryptosporidium Defense