- MONDAY
- TUESDAY
- WEDNESDAY
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
- Role of miR146a-5p in regulating macrophage plasticity during Leishmania donovani infection – Nahid Ali (Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, India)
- From sampling procedures to parasite identification: experiences on diagnosing leishmaniases through real time PCR / HRM – Ricardo Zampieri (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
- Exploring old and new compounds in the search for new treatments for acute and chronic Toxoplasmosis – Érica Martins Duarte (UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil)
- 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
- The Antioxidant systems of Leishmania and their role in parasite infectivity: a tale of fascinating enzymes – Ana Tomaz (Universidade do Porto, Lisboa)
- 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)
- Trypanosoma cruzi modulates host transcription and splicing machinery during infection – Munira Baqui (USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil)
- 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
- Cell invasion by Leishmania infective forms: unveiling hidden routes of infection and their possible impacts – Thiago de Castro (UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil)
- 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)
- Leishmania-Induced Dendritic Cell Migration and Its Potential Contribution to Parasite Dissemination – Juliana Perrone Bezerra de Menezes (Fiocruz, Salvador, BA, Brazil)
- Innate immunity in the vasculature and the CNS during Toxoplasma gondii infection – Melissa Lodoen (UCI, Irvine, USA)
RT.04 – ECRs
- Transcriptomic analysis revealed a conserved protein regulated by arginase activity in Leishmania amazonensis – Juliana Ide Aoki (USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
- 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)
- Giardia duodenalis reshapes intestinal mucosal immunity to prevent tissue damage and attenuate Toxoplasma gondii-driven inflammation – Aline Sardinha da Silva (NIAID, NIH, USA)
- 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