| SATURDAY |
| 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:15 pm - 4:00 pm | Malaria Vaccines and Drug Discovery |
| Discussion Leader: Brendan Crabb (Burnet Institute) |
| 3:15 pm - 3:35 pm | Stephan Meister (University of California, San Diego)
"Towards a liver stage radical cure malaria drug"
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| 3:35 pm - 3:40 pm | Discussion |
| 3:40 pm - 3:55 pm | Bryan Mott (National Institutes of Health)
"High-throughput combination studies identify drug interactions for malaria"
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| 3:55 pm - 4:00 pm | Discussion |
| 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session I |
| 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Malaria Molecular and Cell Biology |
| Discussion Leader: Maria Mota (University of LIsbon) |
| 5:30 pm - 5:50 pm | Swati Garg (ICGEB)
"Calcium-dependent permeabilization of erythrocytes by a perforin-like protein during egress of malaria parasites"
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| 5:50 pm - 6:00 pm | Discussion |
| 6:00 pm - 6:20 pm | Danika Hill (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute)
"Opsonizing antibodies to P. falciparum merozoites associated with immunity to clinical malaria"
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| 6:20 pm - 6:30 pm | Discussion |
| 6:30 pm - 6:50 pm | Stephanie Lopes (University of Campinas)
"Plasmodium vivax: disproportion of peripheral circulating schizonts and its adhesive capacity"
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| 6:50 pm - 7:00 pm | Discussion |
| 7:00 pm - 7:20 pm | Kirsten Hanson (University of Lisbon)
"Torins are potent antimalarials that block the trafficking and replenishment of Plasmodium parasitophorous vacuole membrane proteins"
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| 7:20 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm | Dinner |
| SUNDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Future Technologies |
| Discussion Leader: Oliver Billker (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute) |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | Heather Painter (Princeton University)
"Real-time global transcriptional dynamics of Plasmodium falciparum throughout intraerthrocytic development"
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| 9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:50 am | Ana Rita Gomes (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute)
"High-throughput genetic screening with PlasmoGEM vectors in P. berghei"
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| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Lander Foquet (Ghent University)
"Antibodies directed against the host cell surface membrane molecule CD81 can prevent Plasmodium falciparum liver infection in vivo"
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| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Lia Chappell (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute)
"Directional, amplification-free RNA-seq of a Plasmodium knowlesi in vivo time course"
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| 10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session II |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Functional Genomics to Systems Biology |
| Discussion Leader: Elizabeth Winzeler (University of California, San Diego) |
| 1:30 pm - 1:50 pm | Carla Proietti (Queensland Institute of Medical Research)
"Defining parameter for T cell and B cell recognition in a complex host-pathogen system: potential implications for vaccine design"
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| 1:50 pm - 2:00 pm | Discussion |
| 2:00 pm - 2:20 pm | Adam Reid (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute)
"Gaining insight into malaria host-parasite interactions using transcriptomic analysis of host and parasite"
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| 2:20 pm - 2:30 pm | Discussion |
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill out GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Gordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm. |
