| Sunday, June 20 |
| 2:00 p.m. |
Registration Opens |
| 6:00 p.m. |
Dinner |
| I. Genetics of Susceptibility to Parasites in the Mammalian
Host and Insect Vector |
| 7:30 - 10:10 p.m. |
- Session Chair: Alain Dessein - Genetics as a tool to identify
the critical steps of pathogenesis in human schistosomiasis
- Simon Foote - Synergy between loci modifying host responses to
malaria and Leishmania
- Erwin Schurr - Genetic determinants of host resistance to
tuberculosis and leprosy
- Bruce Christensen - Mosquitoes, immune peptides, and parasites -
making mosquitoes do the right thing
|
| Monday, June 21 |
| 7:30 a.m. |
Breakfast |
| II. Genetics and Biochemistry of Drug Action and
Resistance |
| 9:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. |
- Session Chair: Dyann Wirth - ABC transporters and drug resistance
- Meg Phillips - Structure/function analysis of Trypanosoma brucei
ornithine decarboxylase
- Steve Beverley - Divergent evolution of pteridine uptake and
metabolism in Leishmania
- Pradip Rathod -Accelerated drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum
- Doris Cully - Glutamate-gated chloride channels as targets for
anthelmintics and insecticides
|
| 12:30 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 2:00 - 6:00 p.m. |
free time |
| 6:00 p.m. |
Dinner |
| III. First contact: Host/Vector/Parasite Interactions and
Mechanisms of Innate Immunity |
| 7:30 - 10:10 p.m. |
- Session Chair: Etienne Pays - What can you do with a VSG?
- Karen Norris - Parasite interference with host Innate immunity:
Complement resistance in Trypanosoma cruzi
- David Sacks - Molecules controlling vector/parasite and vector/host interactions in leishmaniasis
- Carolina Barillas - Signaling path
ways and cell biology of mosquito responses to Plasmodium: If the vector
responds, why is parasite transmission still taking place?
|
| Tuesday, June 22 |
| 7:30 a.m. |
Breakfast |
| IV. Parasite-induced Changes in Host Cells |
| 9:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. |
- Session Chair: Keith Joiner - Rhoptry protein targeting:
literal and figurative connections to the host cell
- David Hackam - Membrane traffic and phagosome formation
- Michel Desjardins - A proteomic approach to study host-pathogen
interaction and phagolysosome biogenesis during Leishmania infection
- Norma Andrews - Lysosomes and trypanosomes: the regulation of
exocytosis and cell invasion
- Dan Friend - Response to Trichinella spiralis Infection - mast
cells,
eosinophils and lymphocytes
|
| 12:30 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. |
free time |
| 5:00 6:00 p.m. |
Poster Session I |
| 6:00 p.m. |
Dinner |
| V. Novel Organelles |
| 7:30 - 10:10 p.m. |
- Session Chair: Patricia Johnson - Evolutionary origins of
hydrogenosomes and mitochondria
- David Roos - The mystery of the apicoplast -- Where does it come
from? What does it do?
- Marilyn Parsons - Genetic analysis of Leishmania glycosomes
- Dan Goldberg - Hemoglobin degradation in the Plasmodium food
vacuole
|
| Wednesday, June 23 |
| 7:30 a.m. |
Breakfast |
| VI. Mechanisms of Acquired Immunity and Parasite
Clearance |
| 9:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. |
- Session Chair: Lloyd Kasper - Mucosal immunity in toxoplasmosis
- Tom Wynn - Solving the Puzzle: Can knockout mice elucidate the
mechanisms of vaccine-induced resistance to Schistosoma mansoni?
- Rick Maizels - New genes in immune evasion and new candidates
for vaccines
- Elizabeth Nardin - The role of HLA and adjuvant in the human
response to synthetic peptide malaria vaccines
- Rick Tarleton - CD8+ T Cell Responses and Vaccine Discovery in
Trypanosoma cruzi
|
| 12:30 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. |
free time |
| 5:00 6:00 p.m. |
Poster Session II |
| 6:00 p.m. |
Dinner |
| VII. Oral Presentations of Selected Abstracts |
| 7:30 - 10:10 p.m. |
6 x 12 min. each + 3 min. discussion; Norma Andrews to Chair;
posters selected by Session Chairs before meeting, based on abstracts |
| Thursday, June 24 |
| 7:30 a.m. |
Breakfast |
| VIII. Attachment, Invasion and Intracellular
Life |
| 9:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. |
- Session Chair: Bill Petri - New insights into adherence and cell
killing by Entamoeba histolytica
- John Adams - Expression and function of malaria merozoite
adhesion molecules
- Kasturi Haldar - Modifications in erythrocyte structure induced
by the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum
- Judy Appleton - Making a living in the intestine: Invasion of
epithelia by Trichinella spiralis
- John Boothroyd - Genetic analysis of calcium-induced egress in
Toxoplasma
|
| 12:30 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 2:00 - 6:00 p.m. |
free time |
| 6:00 p.m. |
Banquet |
| IX. Evasion of Host Immune Response |
| 7:30-10:10 p.m. |
- Session Chair: Tom Wellems - Epigenetics and transcription
switches in the antigenic variation of Plasmodium falciparum
- Chris Newbold - Antigenic variation in malaria. molecules,
mechanisms and function
- Ted Nash - Antigenic variation in Giardia - It's not like it appears
- Stuart Kahn - The CD4 T-cell response to the variant surface
protein superfamily of Trypanosoma cruzi
|
| 10:10 p.m. - 1:00 a.m. |
Party |
| Friday, June 25 |
| 7:30 a.m. |
Breakfast |
| 9:00 p.m. |
Conferees Depart |
