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Programa Cientifico/Scientific Program (PDF)
16h30 – 17h00 | Opening | Room A
17h00 – 18h00 | Opening Conference – Samuel Pessoa Award | Room A
Chair: Camila Indiani de Oliveira
Control and Pathology in Leishmania braziliensis Infection: Lessons from Corte de Pedra
Edgar Marcelino de Carvalho (Fiocruz – BA – Brazil)
18h00 – 19h30 | Brainstorm | – Preprint publishing in Science – Room A
Chair: Jennifer Ann Black
19h00 – 20h30 | Dinner
20h30 – 22h30 | Poster Session – ODD | GYMNASIUM
09h00 – 11h00 | Oral Presentations
OP.01 – Oral Presentations | ROOM A
Chairs: Renata Tonelli and Walter Colli
HP01 – Iron and heme status at the Leishmania-host interface: effect of iron deficiency anemia on the Leishmania (L.) amazonensis virulence.
AHYUN AVERY HONG
HP02 – Functional characterization of the Asparagine Synthetases of Trypanosoma cruzi
ANDREA KATHERINE PINTO MARTINEZ
HP03 – First report of Leishmania RNA virus 2 (LRV2) in Leishmania infantum strains from canine and human visceral leishmaniasis in the Southeast of Brazil
RODRIGO PEDRO PINTO SOARES
HP04 – Phase I and II of NasoLeish®, a novel vaccine against canine visceral leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania infantum.
OTONI ALVES DE OLIVEIRA MELO JUNIOR
TB01 – Rna Binding Proteins As Trans-Regulators Impacting Surveillance And Infectivity In Leishmania.
NATÁLIA MELQUIE MONTEIRO-TELES
TB02 – Development Of Amphotericin B Microparticulated Implants By Spray-Drying For Local Treatment Of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
FELIPE CARVALHO GONDIM
TB03 – A genome-wide yeast surface display screen to identify vaccine targets for Chagas disease
MIRA LOOCK
TB04 – Whole genome analysis of paromomycin resistant lines and susceptible isolates of Leishmania amazonensis reveals changes in chromosomal somy and variable polymorphisms
ELIZABETH MAGIOLO COSER
TB05 – Paving the road for genomic surveillance of leishmaniasis: source tracing of L. donovani in recent outbreaks of visceral leishmaniasis in West Nepal
JEAN-CLAUDE DUJARDIN
TB06 – Antileishmanial of Drugs Identified by High Content Screening against Intracellular Amastigotes
LETÍCIA DE ALMEIDA
TB07 – Search for new Drugs and Potential Molecular Targets Associated with Benznidazole Resistance Phenotype in Trypanosoma cruzi
DAVI ALVARENGA LIMA
OP.02 – Oral Presentations | ROOM B
Chairs: Angela Hampshire and Ana Maria Murta
PV01 – Role of ?-tubulin acetylation in the cell cycle of Trypanosoma cruzi
VICTORIA LUCIA ALONSO
PV02 – Development of paratransgenic Lutzomyia longipalpis by engineered bacteria driving refractoriness to Leishmania infantum chagasi infection.
ANA CAROLINA PEDRO SANTOS RIBEIRO
PV03 – The three-dimensional genome organization in Trypanosoma cruzi
NATÁLIA KARLA BELLINI
PV04 – Iron Uptake Controls Trypanosoma cruzi Metabolic Shift and Cell Proliferation
CLAUDIA FERNANDA DICK
PV05 – Mitochondrial inheritance in Toxoplasma gondii is dependent on actin and myosin A
RODOLPHO ORNITZ OLIVEIRA SOUZA
PV06 – Accessing The Genomic Elements And Structural Variants Between Crithidia Sp LVH60a AND C. Fasciculata Genomes
LUANA APARECIDA ROGERIO
PV07 – Loss of RNase H1 in Leishmania leads to an altered DNA replication programme and increased genome variability.
JEZIEL DENER DAMASCENO
PV08 – Diversification of Heterotrophic Microeukaryotes: Insights from Arcellinida and Related Amoebozoan Taxa
DANIEL JOSÉ GALAFASSE LAHR
PV09 – Unveiling a novel Isoprenoid Salvage Pathway in Plasmodium falciparum: new perspectives in fosmidomycin as an antimalarial
MARCELL CRISPIM
PV10 – Molecular Insights into the Evolutionary Origin and Mechanisms of Shell Formation in Amoebozoan Testate Amoebae (Arcellinida:Amoebozoa)
ALFREDO LEONARDO PORFÍRIO DE SOUSA
PV11 – Emerging-3’UTR ncRNAs of duplicated genes in Leishmania major: what is their relevance?
JOSÉ CARLOS QUILLES JUNIOR
PV12 – Recombinant Expression of Trypanosoma cruzi Histones for Nucleosomes Assembly
MATHEUS ISSA
11h00 – 11h30 | Coffee break
11h30 – 12h10 | Conference 01 | ROOM A
Chair: Didier Jean Jacques Salmon
Cyclic AMP signaling and evolution of unusual protein kinase A in kinetoplastids
Michael Boshart (Universität München – Germany)
12h30 – 14h30 | Lunch
13h30 – 14h30 | Council
14h30 – 16h30 | Round-Tables
RT.01 – Immunity against protozoans | ROOM A
Chair: Tiago Wilson Patriarca Mineo
Exhaustion on L. amazonensis and L. brasiliensis infection
Herbert Guedes (UFRJ – Brazil)
Heme Trafficking at the Leishmania-Host Interface
Iqbal Hamza (University of Maryland – USA)
Regulation of Immunological Memory to Toxoplasma gondii
Kirk Jensen (University of California – USA)
The immune response to Trypanosoma cruzi infection is driven by the purinergic system
Maria Del Pilar Aoki (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba – Argentina)
RT.02 – Protozoan Vectors and Viruses | ROOM B
Chair: Yara Maria Traub-Cseko
Viruses and antiviral defenses in Rhodnius prolixus
Attilio Pane (UFRJ – Brazil)
Identification of Endogenous Viral Elements (EVEs) in different populations of Sandflies in Brazil
Antonio Tempone (FIOCRUZ – RJ – Brazil)
Insights into the Interaction between protozoan parasite vectors and Viruses
Eric Aguiar (UESC – Brazil)
16h30 – 17h00 | Coffee break
17h00 – 17h30 | Conferences 02 e 03
CO.02 – Immune Responses In Naive Dogs Exposed To Uninfected Lutzomyia Longipalpis Bites | ROOM A |
Chair: Luis Carlos Crocco Afonso
Claudia Brodskyn (FIOCRUZ-CPqGM – BA – Brazil)
CO.03 – Trichomonas vaginalis extracellular vesicles in cell communication | ROOM B
Chair: Narcisa Leal da Cunha-e-Silva
Natalia de Miguel (INTECH – Argentina)
17h30 – 18h00 |Conferences 04 e 05
CO.04 – Exploring host-specificity: Unraveling the relationship between Leishmania (Viannia) species and its endosymbiont Leishmania RNA Virus 1 | ROOM A
Chair: Jeffrey Shaw
Elisa Cupolillo (FIOCRUZ – RJ – Brazil)
CO.05 –The ultrastructure of cell division coordination in Toxoplasma gondii|ROOM B
Chair: Erica Duarte
Maria E. Francia (Institut Pasteur de Montevideo – Uruguay)
18h30 – 19h30 | Plenary SBPz – Ordinary General Assembly | ROOM B
19h00 – 20h30 | Dinner
20h30 – 22h30 | Poster Session – EVEN | GYMNASIUM
09h00 – 11h00 | Round-Tables
RT.03 – Fascinating peculiarities regarding protozoan parasites | ROOM A
Chairs: MARCELO S. DA SILVA
Uncovering the Mechanisms of VSG mRNA Regulation through Multi-Omics Analysis
Esteban Erben (UGSAM – Argentina)
The chromatin and protein acetylation in Toxoplasma gondii
Sheila Nardelli (FIOCRUZ – PR – Brazil)
Synthesis and translation of selenocysteine in Kinetoplastida and Bacteria
Otávio H. Thiemann (USP – Brazil)
Total parasite biomass but not peripheral parasitaemia is associated with endothelial and haematological perturbations in Plasmodium vivax patients
Fábio T. M. Costa (UNICAMP – Brazil)
RT.04 – Current Topics in Protozoology (organized by the Early Career Research (ECR) committee) | ROOM B
Chairs: Maria Fernanda Laranjeira-Silva
Modeling of epidemiological parameters in vector-borne diseases
Gabriel Zorello Laporta (Fundação ABC – Brazil)
Integrative systems biology of host-Plasmodium interactions
Luiz Gustavo Araujo Gardinassi (UFG – Brazil)
Unraveling the mechanisms of endocytosis by intracellular amastigotes of Trypanosoma cruzi
Carolina Alcantara (UFRJ – Brazil)
What are trypanosomatids presumably exclusive to insects doing in human hosts? A closer look at isolation of Crithidia parasites from visceral leishmaniasis patients in Sergipe, Brazil.
Sandra Maruyama (UFSCAR – Brazil)
11h00 – 11h30 | Coffee break
11h30 – 12h00 | Conference 06 | ROOM A
Chair: Renata Rosito Tonelli
Implications of G. lamblia extracellular vesicle functions for inter-pathogen communication
Maria Carolina Touz (UNICET – Argentina)
12h00 – 12h30 | Conference 07 | ROOM A
Chair: Daniel José Galafasse Lahr
Characterizing the diversity of eukaryotes in the primate gut
Laura Parfrey (UBC – Canada)
12h30 – 14h30 | Lunch
14h30 – 16h30 | Round-Tables 05 e 06
RT.05 – Progress in Vaccine Development and Diagnostic tests for parasitic diseases | ROOM A |
Chair: Santuza M. Ribeiro Teixeira
Toxoplasma gondii vaccines: The past, present, and future
João Luis Garcia (UEL – Brazil)
Non-clinical toxicity and immunogenicity evaluation of repeated administration of a Plasmodium vivax malaria vaccine in mice and rabbits
Irene Soares (USP – Brazil)
Exploring miRNAs as potential biomarkers using an experimental model of chronic Chagas disease cardiomyopathy
Otacílio Moreira (FIOCRUZ – RJ – Brazil)
LeishID: LAMP-based molecular diagnostic tool for species-specific Leishmania detection
Rubens do Monte (FIOCRUZ – MG – Brazil)
RT.06 – Genomics | ROOM B
Chair:João Marcelo Pereira Alves
Genomes of Endotrypanum schaudinni and Zelonia costaricensis: Expansion of multigene families in Leishmaniinae parasites that are close relatives of Leishmania spp.
João Marcelo Pereira Alves (USP – Brazil)
VEuPathDB: Omics support for the global parasite, vector and fungal research communities
Omar Harb (University of Pennsylvania – USA)
Mosaic aneuploidy in Leishmania and its role in adaptation.
Malgorzata Domagalska (University of Antwerp – Belgica)
Updated Genome Assemblies and Metagenomics of Phlebotomus papatasi and Lutzomyia longipalpis
Mary Ann McDowell (University of Notre Dame – USA)
16h30 – 17h00 | Coffee break
17h00 – 17h30 |Conferences 08 e 09
CO.08 – RNA editing in non-model kinetoplastids | ROOM A
Chair: Rodrigo Pedro Pinto Soares
Vyacheslav Yurchenko (University of Ostrava – CZ)
CO.09 –Update on Malaria-Associated Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome |ROOM B
Chair: Julio Scharfstein
Sabrina Epiphanio (USP – SP – Brazil)
17h30 – 18h30 | Closing Conference | ROOM A
Chair: Elvira Maria Saraiva
What we have learned about Trypanosoma cruzi endocytic pathway
Narcisa Leal da Cunha-e-Silva (UFRJ – RJ)
18h30 – 19h30 | Closing Cerimony, Remarks and Awards | ROOM A
19h30 – 21h30 | Dinner