Programa Cientifico/Scientific Program (PDF)

16h30 – 17h00 | Opening | Room A

17h00 – 18h00 | Opening Conference – Samuel Pessoa Award | Room A
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Control and Pathology in Leishmania braziliensis Infection: Lessons from Corte de Pedra
Edgar Marcelino de Carvalho (Fiocruz – BA – Bazil)

18h00 – 19h30 | Brainstorm | Room A
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19h00 – 20h30 | Dinner

20h30 – 22h30 | Poster Session – ODD | GYMNASIUM

09h00 – 11h00 | Oral Presentations

OP.01 – Oral Presentations | ROOM A
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OP.02 – Oral Presentations | ROOM B
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11h00 – 11h30 | Coffee break

11h30 – 12h10 | Conference 01 | ROOM A
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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 – Host-Parasite Interaction | ROOM A
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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)

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 – Viruses of Protozoan Parasite Vectors | ROOM B
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Identification of Endogenous Viral Elements (EVEs) in different populations of Sandflies in Brazil
Antonio Tempone (FIOCRUZ – RJ – Brazil)

Viruses and antiviral defenses in Rhodnius prolixus
Attilio Pane (UFRJ – Brazil)

Eric Aguiar (UESC – Brazil)

16h30 – 17h00 | Coffee break

17h00 – 17h30 | Conferences 02 e 03

CO.02 –  | ROOM A |
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Claudia Brodskyn (FIOCRUZ-CPqGM – Salvador – BA – Brazil)

CO.03 –  | ROOM B
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Trichomonas vaginalis extracellular vesicles in cell communication
Natalia de Miguel (INTECH – Argentina)

17h30 – 18h00 |Conferences 04 e 05

CO.04 –  | ROOM A
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Elisa Cupolillo (FIOCRUZ – Ro de Janeiro – RJ – Brazil)

CO.05 – | ROOM B
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The ultrastructure of cell division coordination in Toxoplasma gondii
Maria Eugênio Frância (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 – Biology of protozoan and their vectors | ROOM A
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Uncovering the Mechanisms of VSG mRNA Regulation through Multi-Omics Analysis
Esteban Erben (UGSAM – Argentina)

Fábio T. M. Costa (UNICAMP – Brazil)

Otávio H. Thiemann (USP – São Carlos – SP – Brazil)

Sheila Nardelli (FIOCRUZ –  PR – Brazil)

RT.04 – ECRs | ROOM B
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Modeling of epidemiological parameters in vector-borne diseases
Gabriel Zorello Laporta (Brazil)

Integrative systems biology of host-Plasmodium interactions
Luiz Gustavo Araujo Gardinassi (Brazil)

Carolina Alcantara (Brazil)

Sandra Maruyama (Brazil)

11h00 – 11h30 | Coffee break

11h30 – 12h00 | Conference 06 | ROOM A
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Cyrille Botte (University Grenoble – France)

12h00 – 12h30 | Conferences

CO.07  | ROOM A
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Implications of G. lamblia extracellular vesicle functions for inter-pathogen communication
Maria Carolina Touz (UNICET – Argentina)

CO.08  | ROOM B
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Laura Parfrey (UBC – Canada)

12h30 – 14h30 | Lunch

14h30 – 16h30 | Round-Tables 05 e 06

RT.05 – Translational biology | ROOM A |
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Irene Soares (USP – São Paulo – SP – Brazil)

João Luis Garcia (UEL – Londrina – PR – Brazil)

Otacílio Moreira (FIOCRUZ – Rio de Janeiro – RJ – Brazil)

Rubens do Monte (FIOCRUZ – Belo Horizonte – MG – Brazil)

RT.06 – Genomics | ROOM B
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João Marcelo Pereira Alves (USP – São Paulo – SP – Brazil)

Omar Harb (University of Pennsylvania – USA)

Mosaic aneuploidy in Leishmania and its role in adaptation
Malgorzata Domagalska (University of Antwerp –  Belgica)

Mary Ann McDowell (University of Notre Dame – USA)

16h30 – 17h00 | Coffee break

17h00 – 17h30 |Conferences 09 e 10

CO.09 –  | ROOM A
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RNA editing in non-model kinetoplastids
Vyacheslav Yurchenko (University of Ostrava – CZ)

CO.10 – | ROOM B
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Update on Malaria-Associated Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Sabrina Epiphanio (USP – SP – Brazil)

17h30 – 18h30 | Closing Conference | ROOM A

Narcisa Leal da Cunha-e-Silva (UFRJ – Rio de Janeiro – RJ)

18h30 – 19h30 | Closing Cerimony, Remarks and Awards | ROOM A

19h30 – 21h30 | Dinner