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