16h30 – 17h00 | Opening

17h00 – 18h00 | Opening Conference – Samuel Pessoa Award

Molecular Biology approaches to understand Leishmania
Lucile Maria Floeter-Winter (USP-IB, São Paulo, SP, Brazil)

18h00 – 19h30 | Brainstorm: Impatient science and academic quantophrenia: reflections on modern scientific culture
Chair: Ariel M. Silber
Marcus Oliveira (UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil)

18h30 – 20h30 | Dinner

20h30 – 22h30 | Poster Session – ODD

09h00 – 11h00 | Oral Presentations

11h00 – 11h30 | Coffee break

11h30 – 12h10 | Conference 01

Organization and dynamics of the Trypanosoma cruzi genome
Carlos Robello – (Institute Pasteur – Montevideo, Uruguay)

12h30 – 14h30 | Lunch

13h30 – 14h30 | Reunião do Conselho

14h30 – 16h30 | Round-Tables

RT.01 – Translational Biology

1. Role of miR146a-5p in regulating macrophage plasticity during Leishmania donovani infection – Nahid Ali (Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, India)
2. From sampling procedures to parasite identification: experiences on diagnosing leishmaniases through real time PCR / HRM – Ricardo Zampieri (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
3. Exploring old and new compounds in the search for new treatments for acute and chronic Toxoplasmosis – Érica Martins Duarte (UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil)
4. Interferon-Gamma and Mitochondrial dysfunction in the pathogenesis of Chagas disease cardiomyopathy: therapeutic targets – Edecio Cunha Neto (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil)

RT.02 – Molecular and Cellular Biology

1. The Antioxidant systems of Leishmania and their role in parasite infectivity: a tale of fascinating enzymes – Ana Tomaz (Universidade do Porto, Lisboa)
2. New insights regarding the regulation of translation in trypanosomatids derived from the study of two eIF4F-like initiation complexes – Oswaldo Pompílio de Melo Neto (Fiocruz, Recife, PE, Brazil)
3. Trypanosoma cruzi modulates host transcription and splicing machinery during infection – Munira Baqui (USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil)
4. Studies on paromomycin resistance in Leishmania amazonensis – Adriano Capellazzo Coelho (UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil)

16h30 – 17h00 | Coffee break

17h00 – 17h30 | Conferences 02 e 03

CO.02 – Treating Latent Infection: Can We Kill Parasites in their Sleep?
Willian J. Sulivan (Indiana University School of Medicine, USA)

CO.03 – Trypanosoma cruzi infection causes cellular stress and a senescence-like phenotype in fibroblasts
Alessandra Filardy (UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil)

17h30 – 18h00 |Conferences 04 e 05

CO.04 – The role of the kynurenine pathway at the host-microbiota interface in blood-feeding insects
Pedro Lagerblad Oliveira (UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil)

CO.05 –APPLYING CRISPR/CAS9 TO STUDY GENE FUNCTION IN Trypanosoma cruzi: INSIGHTS INTO THE FUNCTION OF PEPTIDASES, INHIBITORS, AND PROTEIN KINASES
Ana Paula Cabral Lima (UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil)

18h30 – 19h30 | Plenary SBPz – Ordinary General Assembly

19h00 – 20h30 | Dinner

20h30 – 22h30 | Poster Session – EVEN

09h00 – 11h00 | Orals Presentation

11h00 – 11h30 | Coffee break

11h30 – 12h00 | Conference 06

CO.06 – Extracellular vesicles released from Leishmania infected cells (LiEVs); Biogenesis and putative functions in visceral leishmaniasis
Peter Kima (University of Florida,USA)

12h00 – 12h30 | Conferences 07 e 08

CO.07 – Single-molecule analysis of DNA replication in the binucleated Giardia lamblia trophozoite
Renata Tonelli (UNIFESP, Diadema, SP, Brazil)

CO.08 – Heme trafficking at the host-parasite interface
Iqbal Hamza (University of Maryland, USA)

12h30 – 14h30 | Lunch

14h30 – 16h30 | Round-Tables

RT.03 – Host Parasite Interaction

1. Cell invasion by Leishmania infective forms: unveiling hidden routes of infection and their possible impacts – Thiago de Castro (UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil)
2. In vivo CRISPR screens identify GRA12 as a transcendent virulence factor of Toxoplasma gondii, including in highly virulent South American strains – Francesca Torelli (The Francis Crick Institute, UK)
3. Leishmania-Induced Dendritic Cell Migration and Its Potential Contribution to Parasite Dissemination – Juliana Perrone Bezerra de Menezes (Fiocruz, Salvador, BA, Brazil)
4. Innate immunity in the vasculature and the CNS during Toxoplasma gondii infection – Melissa Lodoen (UCI, Irvine, USA)

RT.04 – ECRs

1. Transcriptomic analysis revealed a conserved protein regulated by arginase activity in Leishmania amazonensis – Juliana Ide Aoki (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
2. Disruption of a single IP6K allele alters cell morphology and leads part of the Trypanosoma cruzi population to quiescence – Marcelo Santos da Silva (UNESP, Botucatu, SP, Brazil)
3. Giardia duodenalis reshapes intestinal mucosal immunity to prevent tissue damage and attenuate Toxoplasma gondii-driven inflammation – Aline Sardinha da Silva (NIAID, NIH, USA)
4. Regulation of Transcription in Leishmania by Bromodomain Factor 5 and the CRKT complex – Nathaniel Jones (YORK University, UK

16h30 – 17h00 | Coffee-Break

17h00 – 17h30 | Conferences 09 e 10

CO.09 – Cell cycle control by ApiAP2 transcription factors in the apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii
Mathieu Gissot (Institut Pasteur de Lille, France)

CO.10 – 10-Year Follow-up study of Plasmodium vivax DBPII immune response in the Brazilian Amazon
Luzia Helena Carvalho (FIOCRUZ – Belo Horizonte – MG – Brazil)

17h30 – 18h30 | Closing Conference

Endosymbiosis in Trypanosomatids and Cell Evolution: Mutual Benefits of Living Together
Maria Cristina Machado Motta (UFRJ – Rio de Janeiro – RJ – Brazil)

19h00 – 20h30 | Dinner

21h30 – 22h30 | Closing, Remarks and Awards