| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:15 pm | Meeting information |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | PATHOGEN FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS |
| Discussion Leader: GEORGE CROSS (Rockefeller University) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:55 pm | GEORGE CROSS (Rockefeller University)
"Trypanosome genes: New tools for virtual and experimental analysis" |
| 8:05 pm - 8:30 pm | ELIZABETH WINZELER (Scripps Research Institute & Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation)
"Using functional genomics to find new drug targets and immunogens for malaria" |
| 8:40 pm - 9:05 pm | BO JIANG (Elitra Pharmaceuticals)
"Essential gene identification in C. albicans and A. fumigatus, and applications to antifugal drug discovery" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | additional speaker to be selected from submitted abstracts |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | RECEPTORS AND ENDOCYTIC PATHWAYS |
| Discussion Leader: STEVE HAJDUK (Marine Biological Laboratories) |
| 9:00 am - 9:25 am | ISABELLE COPPENS (Johns Hopkins University)
"Role of a coat protein in the Toxoplasma vacuole" |
| 9:35 am - 10:00 am | MARKUS ENGSTLER (University of München)
"Endocytosis and recycling in Trypanosoma brucei" |
| 10:00 am - 10:40 am | Photo/Coffee Break |
| 10:40 am - 11:05 am | STEVE HAJDUK (Marine Biological Laboratories)
"Host resistance and susceptibility to African trypanosomes" |
| 11:15 am - 11:40 am | ETIENNE PAYS (University of Brussels)
"The mechanism of trypanosome lysis by apolipoprotein L-I"
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| 11:50 am - 12:30 pm | additional speaker(s) to be selected from submitted abstracts |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | POSTER SESSION |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | SIGNALING PATHWAYS |
| Discussion Leader: JEREMY MOTTRAM (University of Glasgow) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:55 pm | JEREMY MOTTRAM (University of Glasgow)
"Cyclins and cell cycle progression in Trypanosoma brucei" |
| 8:05 pm - 8:30 pm | JOSEPH HEITMAN (Duke University)
"Sex, MAT, and the evolution of virulence in Cryptococcus neoformans" |
| 8:40 pm - 9:05 pm | NORMA ANDREWS (Yale University)
"Regulation of lysosomal fusion by synaptotagmin VII" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | additional speaker to be selected from submitted abstracts |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY & DRUG DESIGN |
| Discussion Leader: WIM HOL (University of Washington) |
| 9:00 am - 9:25 am | WIM HOL (University of Washington)
"Medicinal protein crystallography and structural genomics for tropical diseases" |
| 9:35 am - 10:00 am | KATJA BECKER (University of Gießen)
"Redox-active proteins as antimalarial drug targets" |
| 10:10 am - 10:40 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:40 am - 11:05 am | WILLIAM HUNTER (University of Dundee)
"Structure-function-organisation in the non-mevalonate route to isoprenoid precursors" |
| 11:15 am - 11:40 am | ALBERT BERGHUIS (McGill University)
"Exploitation of an antimycotic drug target: Structural studies of homoserine dehydrogenase" |
| 11:50 am - 12:30 pm | additional speaker(s) to be selected from submitted abstracts |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | POSTER SESSION |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | CARBOHYDRATE FUNCTION |
| Discussion Leader: NEIL GOW (University of Aberdeen) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:55 pm | NEIL GOW (University of Aberdeen)
"Cell surface mannan and the Candida-host interaction" |
| 8:05 pm - 8:30 pm | STEPHEN BEVERLEY (Washington University)
"The role of Leishmania major surface glycoconjugates in differentiation and virulence" |
| 8:40 pm - 9:05 pm | MALCOLM McCONVILLE (University of Melbourne)
"Regulation of glycosylation pathways and virulence in Leishmania" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:40 pm | IGOR ALMEIDA (University of Sao Paolo)
"Identification and immunological roles of the highly glycosylated variable surface coat of Trypanosoma cruzi trypomastigotes" |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | CLASSICAL, MOLECULAR & POPULATION GENETICS |
| Discussion Leader: ANDY TAIT (University of Glasgow) |
| 9:00 am - 9:25 am | ANDY TAIT (University of Glasgow)
"Genetic analysis in Trypanosoma brucei: A new approach to defining genes of importance to the control and transmission of disease" |
| 9:35 am - 10:00 am | BRENDAN CORMACK (Johns Hopkins University)
"Contingency genes in Candida glabrata: Regulation of a sub-telomeric family of adhesin genes" |
| 10:10 am - 10:40 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:40 am - 11:05 am | ELISABETTA ULLU (Yale University)
"RNAi in trypanosomes: Mechanism and biological significance" |
| 11:15 am - 11:40 am | KIRK DEITSCH (Cornell University)
"Switching genes on and off: Antigenic variation in malaria" |
| 11:50 am - 12:15 pm | XINZUAN SU (National Institutes of Health)
"Genome diversity and molecular evolution of malaria parasites" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | POSTER SESSION |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | IMMUNE MECHANISMS |
| Discussion Leader: JOHN McKINNEY (Rockefeller University) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:55 pm | JOHN McKINNEY (Rockefeller University)
"Living with the enemy: Persistence strategies of Mycobacterium tuberculosis" |
| 8:05 pm - 8:30 pm | LUIGINA ROMANI (University of Perugina)
"Innate immunity to fungi: Sensing the pathogens and regulating the adaptive immunity" |
| 8:40 pm - 9:05 pm | JULIO ALIBERTI (Duke University)
"Dendritic cell recognition of Toxoplasma gondii" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | additional speaker to be selected from submitted abstracts |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | COMPARATIVE GENOMICS OF EUKARYOTES |
| Discussion Leader: HEIDI ELMENDORF (Georgetown University) |
| 9:00 am - 9:25 am | HEIDI ELMENDORF (Georgetown University)
"The cytoskeleton of Giardia lamblia: New questions coming from genomics analyses" |
| 9:35 am - 10:00 am | PATRICIA JOHNSON (University of California at Los Angeles)
"Trichomonas vaginalis: Something old, something new" |
| 10:10 am - 10:40 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:40 am - 11:05 am | BORIS STRIEPEN (University of Georgia)
"The evolution of nucleotide metabolism in Cryptosporidium parvum" |
| 11:15 am - 11:40 am | L. ARAVIND (National Institutes of Health)
"Coevolution of gene superfamilies in hosts and pathogens" |
| 11:50 am - 12:05 pm | additional speaker to be selected from submitted abstracts |
| 12:15 pm | BUSINESS SESSION |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | POSTER SESSION |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | VECTOR BIOLOGY & EVOLUTION |
| Discussion Leader: ROBERT SINDEN (Imperial College) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:55 pm | ROBERT SINDEN (Imperial College)
"Proteomic analysis of malaria biology throughout the parasite life cycle" |
| 8:05 pm - 8:30 pm | ELENA LEVASHINA (University of Strasbourg)
"Keeping parasite numbers low: role of the mosquito immune system" |
| 8:40 pm - 9:05 pm | GREGORY LANZARO (University of California at Davis)
"Host immunity as a force affecting the evolution of blood-feeding insects" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | additional speaker to be selected from submitted abstracts |
| 10:00 pm | CLOSING PARTY |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Departure |
