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ICOPA XI - Draft Programme Sunday 6 August 2006 9.00-10.30 Clyde Auditorium Forth Room Gala Room Lomond Auditorium Alsh 1 Alsh 2 Boisdale 1 Boisdale 2 Carron Dochart Etive PREVIEW Fyne Leven Room Morar Room ASP COUNCIL Ness Room Hall 5 Hall 1 REGISTRATION 10-30-11.00 REFRESHMENT BREAK 11.00-12.30 Clyde Auditorium Forth Room Gala Room Lomond Auditorium Alsh 1 Alsh 2 Boisdale 1 Boisdale 2 Carron Dochart Etive PREVIEW Fyne Leven Room Morar Room ASP COUNCIL Ness Room Hall 5 Hall 1 REGISTRATION 12.30-14.00 LUNCH 1 14.00-15.30 Clyde Auditorium Forth Room Gala Room Lomond Auditorium Alsh 1 Alsh 2 Boisdale 1 Boisdale 2 Carron Dochart Etive PREVIEW Fyne BSP COUNCIL Leven Room Morar Room ASP COUNCIL Ness Room Hall 5 Hall 1 REGISTRATION 15.30-16.00 16.00-17.30 Clyde Auditorium Forth Room Gala Room Lomond Auditorium Alsh 1 Alsh 2 Boisdale 1 Boisdale 2 Carron Dochart Etive PREVIEW Fyne BSP COUNCIL Leven Room Morar Room Ness Room Hall 5 Hall 1 REGISTRATION 17.30-19.00 Clyde Auditorium Forth Room Gala Room Lomond Auditorium 2 Alsh 1 Alsh 2 Boisdale 1 Boisdale 2 Carron Dochart Etive PREVIEW Fyne Leven Room Morar Room Ness Room Hall 5 Hall 1 WELCOME RECEPTION? REGISTRATION 19.30 3 Monday 7 August 2006 9.00-10.30 Clyde Auditorium OPENING OF ICOPA OPENING SESSION AND PLENARY LECTURE R Khan, President ICOPA H. Hurd, President BSP K Calman, Chancellor University of Glasgow The Lord Provost of the City of Glasgow K. Vickerman, President of Congress Lord R May, Plenary Speaker. Parasites, People And Policy. Forth Room Gala Room Lomond Auditorium Alsh 1 Alsh 2 Boisdale 1 Boisdale 2 Carron Dochart Etive Preview Fyne Press Leven Room Morar Room Ness Room Hall 5 Posters & Exhibition Hall 1 Registration 10-30-11.00 Refreshment Break 11.00-12.30 Clyde Auditorium MALARIA ANTIMALARIAL RESISTANCE MECHANISMS CHEMOTHERAPY A Keynote: Patrick Bray. 1792 Paul Hunt Molecular And Genetic Analysis Of Malaria Parasites Resistant To Artemisinin. 1589 Mr Jonathan Mwangi The Origin And Dispersal Of Drug Resistant Malaria In Kenya. 875 Richard Pearce. Evidence of strong positive selection for resistant dhps Alleles in African Plasmodium falciparum populations in South East Africa. 2067 Tim Anderson Joint Molecular And Clinical Assessment Of Antimalarial Drug Resistance In Laos. Forth Room ASP PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS Gala Room MALARIA CLINICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL STUDIES PATHOGENESIS A Keynote: Dan Milner, USA 2037 Michael Griffiths, USA. Genome-Wide Comparison Of Host Transcript Abundance In Patients Infected With Plasmodium Falciparum Or Vivax Offers Insight Into Malaria Anaemia Pathogenesis. 1865 Abigail Lamikanra, UK The Mechanism Of Erythroid Inhibition By Haemozoin And Implications For Severe Malarial Anaemia. Lomond Auditorium POPULATION POPULATION BIOLOGY OF NEMATODES BIOLOGY OF Invited: John Gilleard, UK. NEMATODES 823 Emmanuel Liénard, France. Haemonchidae As Markers And/Or Tracers Of Wild Ungulates Displacements In France. 1042 Peter Hunt, Australia. Virulence In Haemonchus Contortus: Genetic And Phenotypic Differences Between Isolates. 1885 Dante Zarlenga, USA. Extant Trichinella; The Evolution Of An Archaic Genus In A Post-Miocene World. 2163 Aaron Jex, Australia. A Review Of The Pinworms (Thelastomatoidea: Oxyurida) Of Arthropods: Summary, Perspectives And Future Directions. 540 Steve Paterson, UK. Consequences of genetic diversity for evolution and epidemiology in a parasitic nematode, Strongyloides ratti. 4 Alsh 1 PARASITES AND POVERTY A Alsh 2 CESTODE BIOLOGY A Boisdale 1 PARASITOID POLYDNA VIRUSES A Boisdale 2 WOLBACHIA PARASITES AND POVERTY A Plenary: Lord R May, UK. Invited: Jimmy Whitworth, UK. Animal Health And The Millennium Development Goals. Invited: Lorenzo Savioli, Switzerland. TBA BIOLOGY OF CESTODE INFECTIONS Keynote: Akiro Ito, Japan. Recent Advances In DEVELOPMENT And Use Of Molecular Tools For Taeniid Cestodes. 599 Francois Lefebvre, UK. Origin And Evolution Of The Diversity Of Life History Strategies In Cestodes 1677 Ninoska Donaires, Australia. Detection Of Exposure To Taenia solium Oncospheres Using Recombinant Antigens. 1745 Mara Rosenzvit, Argentina. Genomic And Expression Analysis Of A Major Secreted Antigen Of Echinococcus granulosus: The Antigen B f. 1207. Rossanna Rodriguez-Canul, Mexico. Taenia solium, Taeniasis And Cysticercosis In Southern México, 1996-2005. POLYDNAVIRUS GENOMES Keynote: Jean-Marie Drezen, France. Bracovirus Genome And Evolution. Invited: Brian Federici. Invited: Michael Cusson. Invited: Dawn Gundersen-Rindal. Invited: Yeon Je. Etive WOLBACHIA Invited: Mark Blaxter, UK. Wolbachia genomes. 598 Peter Fischer, USA. The Presence Of A Wolbachia Gene c. Fragment In The Genomes Of Brugia malayi, B. timori And Of B. pahangi Indicates Horizontal Gene Transfer In A Common Ancestor. 1125 Stuart Langley, UK. Brugia malayi, Wolbachia activates macrophages through TLR2. 1273 Ben Makepeace, UK. The Rate of Elimination of Wolbachia pipientis by Doxycycline In Vitro Increases Following Drug Withdrawal. 1630 Joseph Turner, UK. Potential macrofilaricidal activity of doxycycline in human onchocerciasis. Keynote: Achim Hoerauf: Antibiotic therapy. LEISHMANIA AND POST-GENOMICS TRYPANOSOMES A Keynote: Alberto Carlos Frasch 1211 Ken Stuart, USA. Exploring Trypanosoma brucei Mitochondrial Proteome. 996 D - 845; Mrs Claudia Colasante, Germany. Comparative Proteomics Of Glycosomes From Bloodstream And Insect-Form Trypanosoma brucei brucei. 1050 Stephen Hajduk, USA. Alternative Editing of mRNA Generates Protein Diversity. 43 Daniel Bridges, UK. A Membrane Proteome Analysis To Investigate Drug Resistance In African Trypanosomes. 494 Christine Clayton, Germany; Control Of mRNA Degradation In Trypanosoma brucei. DEVELOPMENTAL SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION PATHWAYS BIOLOGY AND Keynote: Phil LoVerde, USA. Signaling Pathways In Schistosomes With Emphasis On SIGNALLING Male-Female Interactions. PROCESSES IN Invited: Klaus Brehm, Germany. Host-Parasite Cross Communication Via Insulin-, EGFHELMINTHS And TGF- Signaling Systems In Alveolar Echinococcosis. Preview Fyne Press Leven Room PARASITES OF AQUATIC PARASITOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY: RESPONSES TO ENVIRONMENTAL AQUATIC ANIMALS CHANGE A 1747 Brian Fredensborg, USA.Potential Consequences Of Global Warming On Cercarial Transmission In California Saltmarsh Trematodes. 629 Frankie Thielen, Germany. Effects Of The Inauguration Of The Main-Danube-Canal On The Biodiversity In The River Rhine, With Special Emphasis On Eel Parasites. 668 Julianne Kalman, USA. Ectoparasites Of Fishes Associated With Wastewater Discharge In The Southern California Bight 1468 Leopoldina Aguirre-Macecdo, Mexico. The Helminth Infra-communities Of The Fiddler Crab (Uca thayery) As Bioindicators Of Chemical Pollution Of Coastal Lagoons Of Yucatan, Mexico. 1243 Bernd Sures, Germany. Modulation Of Ecotoxicological Biomarkers By Parasites. 977 I.D.S.I.P. (Indunil) Thilakaratne, Canada. Biomarkers Of Fish Health: Sublethal Effects Of Pollution And Parasites In Spottail Shiners (Notropis hudsonius). Invited: Dave Hoole, UK. Acute Phase Proteins And Apoptosis In The Immune Response Of Carp, Cyprinus Carpio. PROTEOMICS A Keynote: Rob Benyon, UK. 43 Daniel Bridges, UK. A Membrane Proteome Analysis To Investigate Drug Resistance In African Trypanosomes. Invited :106 Antonio Marcilla, Spain. Proteomic Analysis Of Excretory/Secretory Extracts Of Echinostoma friedi (Trematoda) From Chronic And Acute Infections. 1121 Lisa Murphy, UK. Investigating The Protective Immune Response To Teladorsagia circumcincta Using Genomic And Proteomic Methods. Carron Dochart Morar Room 5 Ness Room Hall 1 ECTOPARASITES A TICK AND TICK PATHOGENS Keynote: Vish Nene 714 David Kemp, Australia. Tick DNA microsatellites to identify populations of Boophilus microplus in an eradication zone in Australia. 445 Nicholas Jonsson, Australia. Pen Trials Using Metarhizium anisopliae As A Biopesticide On Cattle Infested With Cattle Tick (Boophilus microplus). 1103 Rika Umemiya, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Japan. A Homologue Of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor From The Hard Tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis. 17 Rasool Madani, Iran, Evaluation and Identification of immunodomiant proteins of midgut of Hyalomma anatolicum anatolicum. Keynote: Sam Telford. POSTERS & EXHIBITION REGISTRATION 12.30-14.00 LUNCH BREAK Hall 5 14.00-15.30 Clyde Auditorium MALARIA COMBINATION STRATEGIES TO COMBAT RESISTANCE CHEMOTHERAPY B Keynote: Peter Winstanley, UK. Invited: Allan Schapira Strategies For Global Implementation Of Combination Strategies In Malaria Chemotherapy. 1045 Jean-Rene Kiechel New Artemisinin Combination Therapies in 2006 for the Treatment of Falciparum Malaria. 1775 Angus Bell A Novel Artemisinin-Quinine Hybrid With Antimalarial Activity. 2066 Moshe Hoshen Artesunate-amodiaquine: Are we getting it right? Forth Room HAEMOZOIN HAEMOZOIN JEKYLL AND/OR HYDE Invited: Tim Egan Invited: Ernst Hempelmann, Germany. Haemozoin Biogenesis In Plasmodium falciparum. Invited: Martin Olivier, Canada. Pro-Inflammatory Property Of Plasmodium Haemozoin: A Signalling Point Of View. Invited: Evelin Schwarzer, Invited: Donatella Taramelli, Italy. Interactions Between Haemozoin And Human Endothelial Cells. Gala Room MALARIA EXPERIMENTAL MODELS OF MALARIA PATHOGENESIS B Keynote: Louis Schofield, Australia. Invited: 1753 Magdalena Plebanski, Australia. T cell and DC subsets involved in natural and vaccine induced malaria specific immunity: a story of mice and men. 483 Srabasti Chakravorty, UK. Co-Operation Between Plasmodium falciparum-Infected Red Blood Cells And Sub-Optimal Levels Of TNF In The Amplification Of ICAM-1 Expression And Regulation Of Gene Transcription In HUVEC. Lomond Auditorium PARASITIC PARASITIC NEMATODE GENOMES NEMATODE Invited: Mark Viney, UK. Genomic Analysis Of The Parasitic Nematode Strongyloides Ratti. GENOMES 1098 Min Hu, Australia. Mitochondrial genomics of parasitic nematodes. 1008 Ramon Carreno, USA. Phylogenetic Analysis Of The Metastrongyloidea. Inferred From Ribosomal RNA Gene Sequences. Invited: Mark Blaxter, UK. Comparative Nematode Genomics. Alsh 1 PARASITES AND PARASITES AND POVERTY POVERTY B Invited: Margaret Whitehead Keynote: Charles King, USA. Why Schistosomiasis Matters: The Affordability Of Treating Chronic Helminthic Infection In Endemic Populations. Invited: Kara Hanson Alsh 2 CESTODE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CESTODE INFECTIONS BIOLOGY B Keynote: David Heath, New Zealand. The Role Of Cestode Vaccines In The Epidemiology And Transmission Of Cestodes. 1446 YuRong Yang, China. Echinococcosis: a significant public Health problem in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (NHAR), China. 775 Philip Craig, UK. Echinococcosis in Tibetan communities. 1156 David Jenkins; Australis. Australian Hydatid Control & Epidemiology Program; Use of satellite telemetry to determine the impact of Australian wild dogs (dingoes and dingo/domestic dog hybrids) in the transmission of Echinococcus granulosus. 2133 Nazmiye Altintas, Turkey. Echinococcosis In The Villages Around Kars, Eastern Turkey. Boisdale 1 PARASITOID POLYDNAVIRUSES: PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS POLYDNAVIRUSES Invited: Beatrice Lanzrein. B Invited: Nancy Beckage. Invited: Yonggyun Kim. Boisdale 2 MICROSPORIDIA A Carron LEISHMANIA AND GENOMICS TRYPANOSOMES B Invited: Prof Chris Peacock, UK. Leishmaniasis Disease Diversity: Searching For Answers Using Comparative Genomics. 6 Dochart SNAIL SCHISTOSOME INTERACTIONS A Etive PREVIEW Fyne PRESS Leven Room MONOGENEA A Morar Room Ness Room Hall 5 Hall 1 15.30-16.00 2116 Prof Ed Louis, UK. Telomere Libraries And Specific Chromosome Ends Of Several Trypanosoma Strains And Species By Telomere Trapping. 407John Kelly, UK. Functional and biochemical mapping of centromeric DNA in trypanosomes. 1798 Hubert Renauld, UK. Capturing Principles Of Subtelomere Architecture In Eukaryotic Parasites. 422 David Barry, UK, Generation Of Diversity In Trypanosome Antigenic Variation. SNAIL SCHISTOSOME INTERACTIONS 459 Anne Lockyer, UK. Snail-schistosome interactions: Microarray gene expression analysis in Biomphalaria glabrata, intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni. 427 Matty Knight, USA. Studies of the role of cysteine proteases in the snail Biomphalaria glabrata and Schistosoma mansoni interaction. 497 Ben Hanelt, USA. Immune response of Biomphalaria glabrata to Schistosoma mansoni and other pathogens. 741 Ulrike Zelck, Germany. Specific Inhibitors Of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase And PI3k Pathways Impair Immune Responses By Hemocytes Of Trematode Intermediate Host Snails. HOST PARASITE INTERACTIONS AND EVOLUTION Keynote: Ian Whittington, Australia. Neobenedenia ‘Melleni’ (Monogenea: Capsalidae): Is This Enigmatic Infamous Pest Of Fishes Worldwide A Cryptic Species Complex? 1239 Diana Perdiguero-Alonso, Spain. Morphology And Host Specificity Of Diclidophora merlangi (Monogenea). 420 Miguel Rubio-Godoy, Mexico. Transmission Dynamics Of Discocotyle sagittata (Monogenea) In Farmed Trout. 2136 Ruth Kirk, UK. Pseudodactylogyrus Spp. On European Eels (Anguilla anguilla L.) In The River Test And The River Thames, England. 1949 Monica Caffara, Italy. Gyrodactylosis In Cultured Gilthead Seabream (Sparus aurata): A New Threat For Mediterranean Mariculture? APOPTOSIS APOPTOSIS 218 A. Ambit, UK. Characterisation Of Metacaspases From Trypanosomatids. 981 M. Duszenko, Caspase-Independent Programmed Cell Death In Trypanosoma brucei By J Series Prostaglandins Involves Reactive Oxygen Species. 56 Shashini Arambage, Characterisation Of The Mechanisms Of Apoptosis In Plasmodium berghei Ookinetes. 1266 B. Meslin, Evidence For Plasmodium falciparum Apoptosis In A Metacaspase Dependant Manner. 2118 Z. Mahmoud, Induction Of Apoptosis In Leishmania Using Phage Display Antibodies 981 M. Cols Vidal, Molecular Studies On Apoptosis In The Immune System Of Common Carp, Cyprinus carpio L. ECTOPARASITES B BIOLOGY AND CONTROL OF ECTOPARASITES 563 Alasdair Nisbet, UK.The Identification, Characterisation And Expression Of Vaccine Candidate Molecules From Sheep Scab Mites, Psoroptes ovis. 1696 Jens Mattsson, Sweden. Molecular Characterisation Of Glutathione Transferases From Sarcoptes scabiei. 994 Mamura Nazrullaeva, Uzbekistan. Biology, Epidemiology, Economical Impact And Statutory Measures For Bovine Hypodermosis Control In Uzbekistan. 1722 D. Otranto, Italy. The Endogenous Life Cycle Of Hypoderma sinense (Diptera, Oestridae) Affecting Yaks And Cattle In China. 347 Mosa Tavassoli, Iran. Iran Goat warble fly, Przhevalskiana spp (Brauer), (Diptera: Oestridae) in goats in West Azarbaijan North-West of Iran. 467 Betty Bisdorff, University of Bristol, United Kingdom, The relationship between ectoparasite infestation in sheep and farm management practices in Great Britain. POSTERS & EXHIBITION REGISTRATION REFRESHMENT BREAK 16.00-17.30 Clyde Auditorium Forth Room MALARIA CHEMOTHERAPY C MALARIA CELL BIOLOGY A NEW ANTI-MALARIAL DRUGS DEVELOPMENTAL GENE REGULATION IN MALARIA PARASITES Keynote: Pietro Alano, 1870 Louisa McRobert The Role Of The Cyclic-GMP Signalling Pathway In The Sexual Development Of P.falciparum 1951 Dominique Dorin-Semblat MAPK signalling pathways in malaria parasites. 1266 Benoît Meslin, France. Evidence for Plasmodium falciparum apoptosis in a metacaspase dependant manner. 2070 Colin Sutherland Identification Of Stage-Specific Antigens On The Surface Of 7 Erythrocytes Infected With Plasmodium falciparum Gametocytes. MALARIA PARASITE AND PATHOGENESIS PATHOGENESIS C Keynote: J. Alexandra Rowe, UK. Invited: Peter Preiser, Singapore. Mapping The Region Of The CIDR-1 Domain Responsible For Binding To The Cd36 Receptor Molecule. 1521Taco Kooij, UK. A Single Var Gene Is Responsible For The Clumping Phenotype Associated With Severe Malaria. 1089 Andrew Pearce, Australia. The Export And Surface Expression Of Recombinant Pfemp1 Into The Host Red Cell Of Plasmodium falciparum. 1529 Daniel Jeffares. UK. A Genome-Wide Analysis Of Genetic Diversity And Evolution Between Three P. falciparum Isolates And P. reichenowi. Lomond Auditorium CHEMOTHERAPY CHEMOTHERAPY OF FILARIASIS OF FILARIASIS Keynote: Pat Lammie, USA. Refining The Strategy – Balancing The Ideal And The Pragmatic In The Effort To Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis. 1966 Reda Ramzy, Egypt. The Impact Of Mass Drug Administration With Diethylcarbamazine And Albendazole On Bancroftian Filariasis In Egypt. 1709 Hanan Helmy, Egypt. Assessment Of Anti-Filaria Antibodies In Young Children To Measure Changes In Lymphatic Filarisis Transmission Following Mass Drug Administration In Egypt. 1735 Lynsey Blair, UK. Control Of Schistosomiasis And Lymphatic Filariasis On Zanzibar: A Synergistic Approach. 1660 Sébastien Pion, Imperial College, United Kingdom. Onchocerciasis Control With Ivermectin: Long-Term Effects On The Parasite Under Different Treatment Regimes. Alsh 1 PARASITES AND PARASITES AND POVERTY C POVERTY C Invited: Myrtle Perreira, Sri Lanka. Invited: L. Drake, UK. TBA Alsh 2 CESTODE ANIMAL MODELS OF CESTODE INFECTION BIOLOGY C Keynote: Anna Flisser, Mexico. Laboratory Animal Models For Human Taenia solium Adult Parasites. 1671 Patricia Tato, Mexico. Cytokine profile produced by cells in the inflammatory reaction around Taenia solium metacestodes in different stages of degeneration 888 Carlos Larrale, Mexico. The Multi-Epitope Anti-Cysticercosis Vaccine From The Laboratory To The Field: New Delivery Systems And Alternative Routes For Vaccine Administration 1612 Kaethe Willms, Mexico; Analysis Of Biological Factors Related To Infectivity Of The Taenia crassiceps (Wfu Strain) Larval Cestode In Experimental Hamsters. 1568 Abdollah Rafiei, Ahwaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Iran; Evaluation And Comparison Of Albendazole, Praziquantel And Combination Of Them In Prevention Of Experimental Cystic Echinococcosis. Boisdale 1 VACCINE VACCINE TARGETS IN HELMINTH PARASITES TARGETS IN Keynote: Alex Loukas, Australia. The Hookworm Intestine – From Genes To Vaccines. HELMINTH 701 Tegan Don, Australia. Putative haemolysins involved in blood-feeding from parasitic PARASITES helminths. 1902 Guadalupe Ortega-Pierres, Mexico. Evaluation Of The Protection Induced By The 30mer Peptide From Trichinella spiralis 43-Kda Antigen Expressed On The Surface Of Attenuated Salmonella enterica In Experimental Murine Trichinellosis. Invited: David Knox, UK. Vaccines Targeting Proteases Of Gastrointestinal Nematodes Of Livestock – An Update. Boisdale 2 MICROSPORIDIA A Gala Room Carron LEISHMANIA AND TRYPANOSOMES C Dochart SNAIL SCHISTOSOME INTERACTIONS B Etive PREVIEW SYSTEMS BIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY Keynote: Barbara Bakker Invited: Mike Barrett, UK. 145 Takashi Aoki, Japan. Novel Ouabain-Insensitive Na+-Atpase In Trypanosoma cruzi Cell Membrane. 34 Kevin Tyler, UK. Roles For Lipid Rafts And Microtubules In Trypanosome Invasion. 403 Jennifer Stephens, USA. Mitochondrial Fatty Acid Synthesis In Trypanosoma brucei. 1200 Tony Walker, UK. Cell Signalling in Molluscan Defence Cells: Do Trematode Parasites Disrupt the Signal Transduction Machinery of their Intermediate Hosts? 909 Judith Humphries, USA. Cell Signaling Pathways Regulating Biomphalaria glabrata Hydrogen Peroxide Production In Response To Schistosoma mansoni And PathogenAssociated Molecular Patterns. 843 François Guillou, France. Molecular interactions between Biomphalaria glabrata and Echinostoma caproni : study of host gene expression and parasite immunosuppressive factors. 919 Si-Ming Zhang, USA. Functional Investigation Of The Members Of Fibrinogen-Related Proteins (Freps) And Their Encoded Genes In The Snail Biomphalaria glabrata After Infection With The Trematode Echinostoma paraensei. 852 Les Noble, UK. Advances In Characterizing The Biomphalaria glabrata Genome: Elucidating The Molecular Basis Of Snail-Trematode Interactions. 814 André Theron, France. Biomphalaria glabrata/Schistosoma mansoni Interactions: New Insights In The Light Of Population-Based Compatibility Polymorphisms. 8 Fyne Leven Room APOPTOSIS WORKSHOP MONOGENEA B Morar Room PROTEOMICS B Ness Room NON HUMAN MALARIA PARASITES POSTERS & EXHIBITION REGISTRATION Hall 5 Hall 1 MONOGENEA MODEL ORGANISMS FOR TESTING WIDER PRINCIPLES Invited: Kazuo Ogawa, Japan. Tiger Puffer Vs. Heterobothrium Okamotoi (Diclidophoridae): A Model For Biological Studies Of Monogeneans. 650 Joseph Jackson, UK. Heterogenous Interspecific Interactions In Host-Parasite Systems: A Monogenean Model. 2048 Paolo Galli, Italy. Use Of Three-Dimensional Reconstruction For Morphometric Investigation Of Monogenoidean Sclerites. 65 Cristina Gheorghiu, Canada. Concentration-Dependent Effects Of Waterborne Zinc On Gyrodactylus turnbulli Morphology, Reproduction And in vitro Survival. 1372 Tine Huyse, UK. An in silico Approach To Detecting Mitochondrial Markers For Gyrodactylus (Monogenea, Platyhelminthes). PROTEOMICS Keynote: Jo Hamilton Invited: Terence Spithill 1877 Jonathan Wastling, UK.The Proteome Of The Rhoptry Organelles Of Toxoplasma gondii. 996 Claudia Colasante, Germany. Comparative Proteomics Of Glycosomes From Bloodstream And Insect-Form Trypanosoma brucei brucei 17.30-19.00 Clyde Auditorium WRIGHT MEDAL Forth Room Gala Room Lomond Auditorium Alsh 1 Alsh 2 Boisdale 1 Boisdale 2 Carron Dochart Etive PREVIEW Fyne PRESS Leven Room Morar Room Ness Room Hall 5 Hall 1 19.30 POSTERS & EXHIBITION REGISTRATION CIVIC RECEPTION IN GLASGOW SCIENCE CENTRE 9 Tuesday 8 August 2006 9.00-10.30 Clyde Auditorium PLENARY 2 K Marsh, Kenya. M Capron, France. Forth Room Gala Room Lomond Auditorium Alsh 1 Alsh 2 Boisdale 1 Boisdale 2 Carron Dochart Etive PREVIEW Fyne PRESS Leven Room Morar Room Ness Room 10-30-11.00 REFRESHMENT BREAK 11.00-12.30 Clyde Auditorium BILL AND MELINDA BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION SYMPOSIUM A GATES FOUNDATION Invited: Brian Greenwood, UK. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Malaria Partnership. SYMPOSIUM A Invited; Chris Hentschel, Switzerland. Medicines for Malaria Venture. Invited: David Schellenberg, Tanzania. Intermittent Preventive Treatment of infants (IPTi Consortium). Invited: Melinda Moree, USA. Malaria Vaccine Initiative. Invited: Janet Hemingway. UK. Innovative Vector Control Consortium. Forth Room ASP PRESIDENT’S ASP PRESIDENT’S SYMPOSIUM ON INNATE IMMUNITY IN VECTORS SYMPOSIUM ON Invited: Elena Levashina INNATE IMMUNITY IN Invited: Coenraad Adema, USA. Diversification Of Freps Reveals The Dynamic Nature VECTORS Of Molecular Responses In Snails To Digenean Trematode Infections. Invited: Mick Lehane, Gala Room HELMINTH IMMUNO- HELMINTH IMMUNOMODULATORY PRODUCTS MODULATION A Invited: Billy Harnett, UK. Immunomodulatory Properties Of The Filarial Nematode Secreted Product, ES-62. 1477 Richard Lucius, Germany. Downregulation of inflammatory immune responses by filarial proteins 1577 Irma Schabussova, Austria. Novel O-Methylated Glycans From Toxocara Modulate Dendritic Cell Phenotype And Function Via TLR. Invited: Gabi Schramm, Germany. IPSE/α-1, A Putative Immunoregulatory Molecule Secreted From Schistosoma Mansoni Eggs. Lomond Auditorium MALARIA VACCINES A Alsh 1 VETERINARY PROTOZOOLOGY A Alsh 2 VECTORS A TICK BORNE DISEASE Keynote: Ivan Morrison, UK. Invited: Brian Shiels, UK. Investigation Of Theileria annulata As A Modulator Of Host Cell Structure And Activation. 837 Kirsty Jensen. Theileria Annulata Infection Induces Different Transcriptional Responses In Macrophages Derived From Resistant And Tolerant Breeds Of Cattle. 1672 Diego Miranda-Saavedra, UK. Comparative kinome analysis of the Apicomplexa Plasmodium, Theileria and Cryptosporidium. 404 Olivier Sparagano, UK. Monitoring tick-borne diseases in small ruminants using a multi-probing system. 2214 Sibusiso Mtshali, South Africa. Molecular Epidemiology Of Bovine Anaplasmosis In The Free State Province, South Africa. METHODS OF CONTROL Keynote: Vu Sinh Nam. 528 Ghosh Susanta Kumar, India. Experience Of Larvivorous Fish In Malaria Control Over A Decade In India And Need For Study On Biodiversity Implications. 10 Boisdale 1 WATER BORNE PARASITES A Boisdale 2 MONOGENEA C Carron LEISHMANIA AND TRYPANOSOMES D Dochart SCHISTOSOME GENOMICS A Etive PREVIEW Fyne PRESS Leven Room MICROSPORIDIA C Morar Room PROSPECTS FOR CONTROL OF TREMATODE INFECTIONS Ness Room PARASITOID POLYDNAVIRUSES A 12.30-14.00 LUNCH BREAK 97 Mohammad Hassan Kayedi, Iran. Entomological Evaluation Of Three Brands Of Manufactured Insecticidal Nets And Nets Conventionally Treated With Different Doses After Repeated Washing. 586 Maxwell CRYPTOSPORIDIUM Invited: Una Ryan Invited: Andy Tait Invited: RC Andrew Thompson, Australia. Zoonotic Versus Anthroponotic Transmission Of Cryptosporidium. 578 Thomas Geurden, Belgium. Cryptosporidium And Giardia Genotypes And Subgenotypes In Different Ruminant Populations In Belgium. 1564 Edward Siñski, Poland. Diversity Of Cryptosporidium Spp. In Mammals And Humans In Poland. 677 Quach Truong, Australia. Zoonotic Or Host Specific Proteome Differential Display Of Cryptosporidium parvum And Crytosporidium andersonii. 1842 Emily Brook, UK. Molecular epidemiology of cryptosporidiosis in cattle - a longitudinal study. GYRODACTYLIDS: THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE Keynote: Phil Harris, UK. Evolution – The Past. Speciation And Specificity In Gyrodactylus – The Role Of The Quaternary. Invited: Jo Cable, UK. Evolutionary Interactions. Evolutionary Impact Of Gyrodactylids On Their Hosts. Invited: Andrew Shinn The Database At Present. Invited: Bjorn Ove Johnsen, Norway. Control – Present. The Monogenean Gyrodactylus salaris, A Pathogen Of Atlantic Salmon In Norwegian Rivers: Introduction, Effects And Mitigation Measures. Invited: Carey Cunningham Host Resistance – The Future. The Analysis Of Genetic Responses Of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo Salar L.) To Infection By Gyrodactylus Salaris Malmberg, 1957. CELL BIOLOGY Keynote: Rob McMaster, Canada. 458 Martin Wiese, Germany. Lmxmpk2, A Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Involved In Cytokinesis And Maintenance Of Cell Shape And Polarity. 1899 Lucia Guther, UK. Procyclins And Free GPI Glycolipids Are Not Essential For The Growth Of Procyclic Form Trypanosoma brucei. 325 Helen Price, UK. The Divergent Golgi-Localizing Trypanosoma brucei Arf1 Has A Central Role In Endocytosis. 23 Mark Field, UK. A Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Is Required For Golgi Complex Segregation In Trypanosoma brucei. 456 Roderick Williams, UK. Autophagy In Leishmania: Necessary For Differentiation And Induced By Stress And Starvation. SCHISTOSOME GENOMICS AND POST-GENOMICS; THE GENOME AND TRANSCRIPTOME Keynote: Najib El-Sayid, USA. Invited: Sergio Verjofsky-Almeida. Brazil Invited: Feng-Zheng. Peoples Republic of China 1845 Guilherme Oliveira, Brazil. Large scale production of ESTs of Schistosoma mansoni 2052 Malcolm Jones, Australia. Laser microdissection microscopy and tissue-specific transcriptomes of helminths. PROSPECTS FOR CONTROL OF TREMATODE INFECTIONS Keynote: Herman Raadsma, 1680 Piedrafita, Development Of A Predictive Index For Parasite Burdens In Sheep Infected With Fasciola gigantica. 1977 Jaros, The New Vaccine Antigen Candidate - Phosphoglycerate Kinase From Adult Fasciola hepatica 926 Rioux, Biomarkers Of Fasciola hepatica Infection During The First Twelve Weeks Of Infection In Sheep 163 Horweg, Epidemiology Of The Giant Liverfluke Fascioloides magna In The Intermediate Host Snail Galba truncatula In Austria. 14.00-15.30 Clyde Auditorium BILL AND MELINDA Lymphatic filariasis. GATES FOUNDATION 11 SYMPOSIUM B Forth Room ARTEMESIN COMBINATION THERAPIES FOR FALCIPARUM MALARIA Gala Room HELMINTH TH2 RESPONSES AND THEIR MODULATION IMMUNOMODULATION Invited: Ed Pearce, USA. WITHDRAWN. B 1365 Stephen Jenkins, IUK. Costimulatory Requirements For Dendritic Cell Induction Of The Th2 Response To Schistosomes. 1841 Subash Babu, USA. Regulatory And Tolerance Networks Induced By Live Parasites Impair Both Th1 And Th2 Responses In Patent Human Lymphatic Filariasis. 1760 Tomohiro Yoshimoto, Japan. IL-18 protects against Strongyloides venezuelensis infection by activating mucosal mast cell-dependent type-2 innate immunity. 807 Maria Doligalska, Poland. Apoptosis and immune regulation during Heligmosomoides polygyrus infection in BALB/c mice. Lomond Auditorium PHASE II AND III DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF THE RTS,S VACCINE TRIALS OF THE RTS,S Invited: Ripley Ballou, Belgium. MALARIA VACCINE Alsh 1 VETERINARY PROTOZOOLOGY B Alsh 2 VECTORS B Boisdale 1 WATER BORNE PARASITES B Boisdale 2 MONOGENEA D Carron LEISHMANIA AND TRYPANOSOMES E Dochart SCHISTOSOME GENOMICS B Invited: Pat Conrad, Sea Otters Serve As Sentinels For Toxoplasma gndii Flow Into The Marine Environment. 2093 Fiona Tomley, UK. Apical Membrane Antigens In Eimeria Tenella. 2181 John Barta, Canada. High-Resolution 2d Gel Mapping To Differentiate Between The Sporozoites Of Two Immunologically Distinct Strains Of Eimeria maxima (M6 And GS). 1780 Damer Blake, UK. Genetic Identification Of Antigens Protective Against Eimeria maxima Using The Immune Host. 664 Genevieve Morris, Australia. Rapid And Cost-Effective Species-Specific Monitoring Of Chicken Coccidiosis In Australia. METHODS OF CONTROL Invited: Jun Nakagawa, Japan. Decentralization And Effective Management Of Vector Control: Lessons Learned From Chagas Disease Vector Control In Central America. 1554 Ashraf Ahmed, Egypt. A Dual Effect For Black Seed Oil On The Malaria Vector Anopheles gambiae: Enhances Immunity And Decreases Reproductive Cost. 208 Hassan Vatandoost, Iran. 1425 Nusrat Jahan, Pakistan. Efficacy Of Bacillus Thuringiensis israelensis And Bacillus sphaericus Against Anopheline (Laboratory-Reared) And Wild Caught Culex Mosquito Larvae In Pakistan. 898 Jennifer Stevenson. UK. Use of fungi against adult malaria mosquitoes. GIARDIA Invited: Simone Caccio Invited: RC Andrew Thompson Invited: Theo Mank GYRODACTYLUS SALARIS PATHOGENICITY AND HOST IMMUNE RESPONSES 579 Kurt Buchmann, Dominican Republic. Comparative Expression Of Immune Relevant Genes In East Atlantic And Baltic Salmon During Gyrodactylus salaris Infection. 723 Iveta Matejusova, UK. Gene Expression Profiles Of Some Immune Relevant Genes From Skin Of Susceptible And Responding Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.) Infected With Gyrodactylus salaris. 849 Cath Jones. UK. Transcriptome Responses In Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.) Following Ectoparasite Infection. 744 Thomas Lindenstrøm, Denmark. Interactions Between The Host Complement System And Ectoparasites Of The Genus Gyrodactylus. 184 Thomas Rohde Jørgensen, Denmark. Pathogenicity And Characterisation Of A Danish Strain Of Gyrodactylus salaris. BIOCHEMISTRY Keynote: Malcolm MacConville, 1326 George Hill, USA. Cyp51 From Trypanosoma cruzi And T. brucei. Species- Specific Residue In The Β Helix Defines Substrate Preferences Of Sterol 14α Demethylase. 1190 Kirstee Martin, UK. Inositol Metabolism In Bloodstream Form Trypanosoma brucei: Why Is de novo Synthesis Essential? 707 Daniel Ken Inaoka, Japan; Crystal Structure And Catalytic Mechanism Analysis Of Trypanosoma cruzi Dihydroorotate Dehydrogenase. 1020 Yasutoshi Kido, University of Tokyo, Japan. Purification Of Recombinant Trypanosome Alternative Oxidase (RTAO). THE TRANSCRIPTOME AND PROTEOME Keynote: Karl Hoffmann. UK. Schistosome DNA Microarrays: High Throughput Screens For Drug Targets, Vaccine Candidates And Host/Parasite Interactions. Invited: David Williams. USA. Transcriptional Profiling Of Schistosoma mansoni Development And Sexual Differentiation Using Serial Analysis Of Gene Expression. Invited: R. Alan Wilson, UK. Proteomics To Characterise The Apical Membranes Of The Schistosoma mansoni Tegument. 12 Etive PREVIEW Fyne PRESS Leven Room DRUG RESISTANCE IN NEMATODES A Morar Room FASCIOLA TREATMENT AND IMMUNOLOGY Ness Room TRICHINELLA A 15.30-16.00 Refreshment Break DRUG RESISTANCE IN NEMATODE POPULATIONS Keynote: Nick Sangster, Australia. Drug Resistance In Nematodes. 600 Philip Skuce, UK. Genetic Changes In Candidate Ivermectin Resistance Genes In A Triple-Resistant Field Isolate Of Teladorsagia circumcincta 676 Mary Davey, Australia. Transport Proteins in Drug Resistant Nematodes. 1375 Catherine Bourguinat, Canada. selection on O. volvulus effects on genotype and fertility. 900 Helminth in-breeding and the detection of drug resistance. RECENT RESEARCH ON TREATMENT AND IMMUNOLOGY Invited: George V. Hillyer, Puerto Rico. Fascioliasis Vaccination: A Step Forward. Invited: 2079 Ian Fairweather, UK. Progress In Understanding Triclabendazole Resistance. 1270 M. Sethadavit, Thailand. Identification Of Novel Immunogenic Proteins From Fasciola gigantica Newly Excysted Juveniles. 1247 M.A. McCoy, UK. The Efficacy Of The Experimental Flukicide, Compound Alpha Against Triclabendazole-Resistant Fasciola hepatica Infections In Sheep. 1932 Kesier, Fasciocidal Activity Of Artemisinin Derivatives. BASIC BIOLOGY OF TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS 370 Tohru Suzuki, Japan. Chromosomal Mapping Of Host Resistance Locus To Trichinella spiralis Infection In Rats. 468 Holly Afferson, UK. Purinergic Regulation Of Mast Cell Activation By Trichinella spiralis. 1362 Catherine Lawrence, UK. The Role Of Mast Cell Derived Cytokines In The Induction Of Protective And Pathological Responses During Trichinella spiralis Infection. 1903 Romel Hernández Bello, Mexico. Caveolin-1 Is Expressed In Oocyte And During Early Development Of NBL Of Trichinella spiralis. 499 Mélanie Picherot, France. Swine Immunity To Trichinella spiralis Infection: Analysis Of Intestinal And Systemic Responses. 615 Fabrizio Bruschi, Italy. Organ Specific Antigens Recognized By Late Trichinellosis Patient Sera. 16.00-17.30 Clyde Auditorium BILL AND MELINDA SCHISTOSOMIASIS (SCI) AND HOOKWORM VACCINE. GATES FOUNDATION Invited: Peter Hotez, USA. The Human Hookworm Vaccine Initiative. SYMPOSIUM C Invited: Alan Fenwick UK. Development Of National Control Strategies In Africa Against Schistosomiasis And Intestinal Helminths, And Integration With Other Disease Control Programmes. Invited: Narcis Kabatereine, Uganda. Implementation of the national bilharzia and worm control programme in Uganda: strategy, health impact and way forward. Invited: Amadou Garba, Niger. Implementation Of National Schistosomiasis Control Programmes In West Africa. Invoted: Artemis Koukounari, UK. Data Analysis Data Analysis Within SCI. Discussion. Forth Room MSF FIELD DIAGNOSING PARASITIC INFECTIONS – LESSONS LEARNED FROM MSF FIELD DIAGNOSTICS EXPERIENCE. WORKSHOP Martine Usdin, MSF Topics for discussion will include: Access issues in diagnosis of parasitic diseases: field needs and the role of community research. Chagas disease in Bolivia: field needs as a catalyst for integrated management. The problems in diagnosing Kala Azar and sleeping sickness in MSF projects and their consequences. The use of RDTs in malaria; implications for patient care and impact on disease prevalence. Gala Room HELMINTH MECHANISMS OF IMMUNO-SUPPRESSION IMMUNOMODULATION Invited: David Elliott, USA. Helminths Induce T Regulatory Cell Circuits And Modulate C Mucosal Inflammation. 2235 Matthew Taylor, UK. The Role Of Regulatory T Cells In The Establishment And Persistence Of Helminth Infections. 388 Bruno Gottstein, Switzerland; Unveiling immunosuppression in alveolar echinococcosis. 500 Sonja Kock, UK. Trichinella spiralis Secreted Proteins Inhibit Nucleotide-Induced Migration Of Dendritic Cells. e. 1136 Dominic Rees-Roberts, UK. Characterisation Of A Carboxypeptidase From Trichinella spiralis Which Inhibits C5a-Mediated Chemotaxis Of Human Granulocytes. Lomond Auditorium MALARIA VACCINES MALARIA VACCINE DEVELOPMENT: BLOOD STAGE ANTIGEN TARGETS. BLOOD-STAGE Invited: Chetan Chitnis. ANTIGEN TARGETS 847 Richard Pleass, UK. Determining the relative importance of IgG and IgA in mediating protection to malaria. 13 1676 Joanne Casey, Australia. Peptides that mimic an inhibitory epitope on apical membrane antigen-1 generate antibodies that block invasion of erythrocytes by Plasmodium falciparum. 1676 David Cavanagh, UK. Plasmodium falciparum MSP-1 Block 2 as a vaccine candidate. 947 Jamiu Ogunbanwo, Australia. Antigenicity and immunogenicity of a recombinant Plasmodium vivax Thrombospondin related Adhesive Protein (PvTRAP), a potential malaria vaccine candidate. 692 Svetozar Kovacevic, Australia. Development of recombinant Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Surface Protein 4 for iiinclusion in a subunit malaria vaccine. GENOTYPING 517 Keeseon Eom, South Korea; Differential diagnosis of Taenia asiatica by multiplex PCR. 784 Gillian Campbell, UK. Taenia solium genetic variation in communities in Peru 624 Stefano D'Amelio, Italy. Molecular Genotyping Of Echinococcus granulosus In Italy By 12s Mitochondrial Gene Sequencing Confirms The Differentiation Of The G1 And G3 Genotypes 1599 Viliam Šnábel, Slovakia. Genetic variability in Echinococcus multilocularis from west-central Europe 1769 Rihab Omer, Germany. Strain Characterisation of Human Hydatidosis in Sudan 1580 Ian Beveridge, Australia. Multiple Species Of Cestodes Within Rogamotaenia festiva (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae), A Bile-Duct Inhabiting Cestode Of Australian Marsupials. INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE Keynote: Brian Sharp, South Africa. Invited: Jao Pinto. Invited: Pie Muller. 319 Vincent Corbel, France. Synergism Between Insecticides Permethrin And Propoxur Occurs Through Activation Of Presynaptic Muscarinic Negative Feedback Of Acetylcholine Release In The Insect Central Nervous System. e. 416 Isabela Montella, Brazil. Evaluation Of Insecticide Resistance Mechanisms Of Brazilian Aedes aegypti Populations. MALARIA BIOCHEMISTRY AND PROTEIN FUNCTION 2143 Hassan Jomaa, Germany. Identification Of An Apicoplast Localised Electron Transfer Pathway Involved The Isoprenoid Biosynthesis Of P.Falciparum. 2197 Barbara Clough, UK. The SUF Pathway Fror [Fe-S] Cluster Biosynthesis In The Plastid Of Plasmodium Falciparum. 1101 Hiroko Asahi, Japan. Identification Of Components Of Intra-Erythrocytic Plasmodium Falciparum That Interact With Growth Promoting Agents. 1343 Masayuki Nakanishi, Japan. Expression Analyses Of Enzymes Involved In The DOXP Pathway In Plasmodium Falciparum. 1863 Angus Bell, Trinity College Dublin. Biochemical Properties Of Native Tubulins From Plasmodium falciparum. MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND PHYLOGENY 853 Tim Littlewood, UK. Monogenean Monophyly Measured With Mitochondrial Genomes. 1603 Haakon Hansen, Norway. Molecular Taxonomy And Morphometrics Of Gyrodactylus salaris And G. thymalli – New Clues From New Tools? 1804 Lutz Bachmann, Norway. Intraspecific Analysis Of The Complete Mitochondrial Genome Of The Grayling’s Monogenean Parasite Gyrodactylus thymalli. 836 Catherine Collins, UK. Gyrodactylus derjavini Mikailov, 1975 And G. derjavini Sensu Malmberg & Malmberg, 1987. (Monogenea, Platyhelminthes), Two Similar But Different Species - Combined Morphological And Molecular Investigations. 1367 Tine Huyse, UK. Comparing Host And Parasite Phylogenies: Gyrodactylus Flatworms Jumping From Goby To Goby. CELL BIOLOGY 2 Invited: Philippe Bastin, France. 1056 Tansy Hammarton, UK. Trypanosoma brucei Polo-Like Kinase Is Essential For kDNA Segregation And Cytokinesis But Not For Mitosis. 903 Lorie Whitcombe, Canada. IFNγ-Primed Macrophages are Protected from Leishmania donovani-induced Signaling Alterations. 1023 Takashi Suzuki, Japan. Trypanosoma brucei Vacuolar Protein Sorting41 (VPS41) Is Required For Iron Utilization And Maintenance Of Intracellular Morphology. 2132 Christina Naula, UK. Molecular Basis Of Functional Divergence In Leishmania Monosaccharide Transporters. TRANSFORMATION AND TRANSDUCTION Invited: Christoph Grevelding. Germany. Invited: Paul Brindley, USA. Transduction of Schistosoma mansoni by vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein-pseudotyped Moloney murine leukemia retrovirus Invited: Prof Tim Yoshino, USA; RNA Interference As A Functional Genomics Tool In The Study Of Larval Schistosomes. Alsh 1 CESTODES D Alsh 2 VECTORS C Boisdale 1 MALARIA BIOCHEMISTRY AND PROTEIN FUNCTION Boisdale 2 MONOGENEA E Carron LEISHMANIA AND TRYPANOSOMES F Dochart SCHISTOSOME GENOMICS C Etive PREVIEW Fyne PARASITES OF WILD MAMMALIAN PARASITES RODENTS AND SMALL 750 Zuzana Hurníková, Slovakia. Long Term Survey On Parasitofauna Of Red Fox 14 MAMMALS A Leven Room Morar Room Ness Room 17.30-19.00 (Vulpes vulpes) In Territory Of The Slovak Republic With Special Emphasis On Helminthozoonoses. 1796 Rebecca Davidson, Norway.The Parasitic Fauna Of Norwegian Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes): Extra-Intestinal Nematodes And Trichinella Larvae. 1059 Gillian Roddie. Ireland. Transmission Of Toxocara Through Direct Contact With Dogs. 338 Marawan Abu-Madi, Qatar. Intestinal Parasite Fauna Of Stray Cat Populations In Qatar. 1462 Philip Harris, UK. Parasites From Otters (Lutra lutra) In Coastal Environments On The West Coast Of Scotland. 603 Barbara Craig. UK. Parasite Diversity In Individually-Monitored Soay Sheep On St. Kilda. 823 Emmanuel Liénard, France. Haemonchidae As Markers And/Or Tracers Of Wild Ungulates Displacements In France. DRUG RESISTANCE DRUG RESISTANCE IN NEMATODE POPULATIONS IN NEMATODES B Invited: Frank Jackson, UK. Phenotypic And Genotypic Responses To Bz Treatment In A Triple-Resistant Teladorsagia Isolate. 1427 Sarah Lake, UK. The Role Of Beta-Tubulin Gene Mutations In Benzimidazole Resistance In Cyathostomins: A Pyrosequencing Approach. 754 Thomas Walsh, UK. Optimising real-time PCR for the detection and measurement of Benzamidazole Resistance in Haemonchus contortus - The use of LNA Probes ina Taqman Assay. 1454 William Blackhall, Germany. CARS - Consortium for Anthelmintic Resistance SNPs. 1574 David Bartley,UK. Phenotypic Characterisation Of The Effects Of P-Glycoprotein Inhibitors On The Feeding Of A Multiple Drug Resistant Isolate Of Teladorsagia (Tci5). 564 Robin Beech, Canada; A Link From Genes To Phenotype In The Effects Of Moxidectin On Feeding And Movement In Haemonchus contortus. g. 549 Glyn Ball, UK. Chemical Genetic Approach To Anthelmintic Target Discovery In Caenorhabditis elegans. FASCIOLA NEWS IN ETIOLOGY, EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PARASITE-HOST RELATIONSHIPS NEW DEVELOPMENTS Keynote: Santiago Mas-Coma, Spain. Human Transmission And Contamination In Human Endemic Areas: How To Understand The High Prevalences And Intensities. Invited: Maria Adela Valero. The Advanced Chronicity Stage In Fascioliasis: Characteristics And Repercussions. Invited: Maria Dolores Bargues. Fascioliasis Vectors: The Ribosomal DNA ITS-1 As A Molecular Tool For Lymnaeid Studies. 838 S.M. Walker, UK A Phylogeography Of Irish Infrapopulations Of The Liver Fluke, Fasciola hepatica. 2227 K. Ashrafi, Iran. Morphometric Patterns In Fasciolid Adults From Bovines In The Human Endemic Area Of Gilan, Iran. TRICHINELLA B EPIDEMIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL TOOLS FOR TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS 1971 Radu Blaga, France. Molecular identification of the four European Trichinella species by amplification of the Small and Large Subunit Ribosomal mitochondrial RNA genes. 1771 Pascal Boireau, France. Automation Of The Reading And Recognition Of Trichinella Sp. After A Digestion Test. 862 Edoardo Pozio, Italy. Trichinella-Free Areas Or Farms: Is It Possible? 1666 Ray Gamble, National Academy of Sciences, USA. Trichinella In The Horse: Biological And Serological Parameters In Long Term Infections. 2206 Albert Marinculiæ, Croatia. Trichinellosis In Croatia: Past, Present And Future. 1627 Fabrizio Bruschi, Italy. IgG4 Antibodies Directed To The 45 Kda Glycoprotein In Trichinellosis Patients Re-Evaluated 15 Years After Infection. 610 Jean Dupouy-Camet, France. Outbreak Of Trichinellosis In France Related To Bear Meat From Canada. 1393 Lorry Forbes, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Canada. Recently Identified Genotypes Of Trichinella In Canadian Wildlife And Their Relevance To Food Safety. POSTERS OPEN SESSION 1 15 Wednesday 9 August 2006 9.00-10.30 Clyde Auditorium PLENARY C George Cross, USA. Molecular Regulation Of Antigenic Variation In Trypanosomes. Robert Poulin, New Zealand. Are There General Laws In Parasite Ecology? Forth Room Gala Room Lomond Auditorium Alsh 1 Alsh 2 Boisdale 1 Boisdale 2 Carron Dochart Etive PREVIEW Fyne PRESS Leven Room Morar Room Ness Room Hall 5 Hall 1 POSTERS & EXHIBITION REGISTRATION 10-30-11.00 Refreshment Break 11.00-12.30 Clyde Auditorium ASP STOLL STUNKARD Forth Room MALARIA CELL BIOLOGY B Gala Room COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY OF PARASITIC AND FREE-LIVING NEMATODES A Lomond Auditorium PARASITES OF AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES HOST CELL INVASION Keynote: Dominique Soldati, UK. A Conserved Machinery For Gliding Motility And Invasion In Apicomplexans. 1879 Mike Blackman, UK. Rhomboid-Like Serine Proteases In Erythrocyte Invasion By The Malaria Merozoite. 809 Joanne Thompson, Plasmodium Cysteine Repeat Modular Proteins: massive surface proteins with multiple functional motifs, conserved throughout the Apicomplexa. 2115 Doron Greenbaum Identifying the Malarial Cysteine Protease Involved in Rupture from the RBC Host by a Systems Biology Approach. 1196 Cheryl Lobo Invasion of Plasmodium falciparum: Polymorphism of ligands and receptors in Brazil. THE COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY OF FREE-LIVING AND PARASITIC NEMATODES Invited: Dr Collette Britton, UK. Functional Analysis Of Parasitic Nematode Genes And Application Of The C. elegans Model System. 1083 Warwick Grant, New Zealand. Direct Comparison Between Free-Living And Parasitic Nematodes In A Single Species: The Biology And Manipulation Of Parastrongyloides trichosuri. 1203 Holman Massey, USA. The insulin-like receptor tyrosine kinase IRK-1 of Strongyloides stercoralis is orthologous to DAF-2 in Caenorhabditis elegans. 1345 Xing-Quan Zhu, China; Studies Of Gender-Specific Gene Expression In Ascaris suum By Cdna Microarray And Sequencing Analyses Of Subtractive cDNA Libraries. 1905 Louise Ford, USA. Functional Analysis Of The Cysteine Proteases Of Filarial Nematodes Using RNAi. 1279 John Hawdon, USA. Isolation and characterization of a heat shock factor binding protein from the hookworm Ancylostoma caninum. 941 Hairul Hafiz Mahsol, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia; Soil-Transmitted Helminths Infection: The Comparison Between Infected & Uninfected Schoolchildren In Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. PARASITES OF AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES 1538 Matthew Bolek, USA. How Frogs Get Their Worms! Understanding Amphibian Helminth Life Cycle Strategies From A Community Perspective. 1012 Kayla King, Canada. Evidence For Agricultural Pollution Effects On Wetland Ecosystems In The Parasite Communities Of Leopard Frogs (Rana pipiens). 16 Etive 1316 Mauritz Sterner, USA. Presence Of The Myxozoan, Myxidium Sp., Within Gall Bladders Of Amphibians From Various Locations Within The Continental United States. 1194 Joshua Cook, USA. Fatal Infections By Dermomycoides Sp. In The Mississippi Gopher Frog, Rana sevosa, And Other Anurans In The Southeastern United States. 408 Charles Bursey,USA. Gastrointestinal Helminths Of 14 Species Of Lizards From Panama With Descriptions Of Five New Species. 1553 Inobat Kucharova, Uzbekistan, Nematodes Of Reptiles In Uzbekistan. ANIMAL NEOSPORA A PROTOZOAN Invited: Diane Williams, DISEASE C Invited: Alexander Trees, 1559 Arno Vermeulen, The Netherlands. The Effect Of Vaccination Of Previously Infected Cattle On The Risk Of Neospora-Induced Abortion. 1038 Mrs Siv Klevar, Norway. Bovine Natural Killer Cells Act As Primary Responders In The Early Stages Of Neospora caninum Infected Cattle. . 882 Luzia Teixeira, Portugal. A Mucosal And Systemic Immune Response Is Elicited In Balb/C Mice Intragastrically Challenged With Neospora caninum Tachyzoites. 1137 Paul Bartley, UK. Long-Term Passage Of Tachyzoites In Tissue Culture Can Attenuate Virulence Of Neospora caninum in vivo. VECTORS D GENETIC MANIPULATION Invited: Luke Alphey Invited: David O’Brochta nvited: Paul Eggleston. 661 Anthony James USA. Germline-Specific Mos1 "Jumpstarter-Like" Strains Of Aedes aegypti Utilize Nanos Gene Control Sequences. SYSTEMATICS AND PLATYHELMINTHES TAXONOMY A Keynote: Tim Littlewood Invited: Janine Caira, USA. On The Current Status Of Cestode Taxonomy, Systematics, And Phylogenetic Relationships. 892 Anindo Choudhury, Phylogenetics And Biogeography Of The Genus Crepidostomum (Trematoda:Allocreadiidae), Parasites Of North Temperate Freshwater Fishes. 1580 Ian Beveridge, Australia. Multiple Species Of Cestodes Within Progamotaenia Festiva (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae), A Bile-Duct Inhabiting Cestode Of Australian Marsupials. SEA LICE BIOLOGY OF SEA LICE Keynote: Simon Wadsworth, UK Invited: Chris Todd, UK. ANNUAL VARIATIONS IN Lepeophtheirus salmonis AND Caligus Elongatus Infestations Of Wild Adult Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar). Invited: Jennifer A Mordue (Luntz), UK. Host And Mate Location In The Salmon Louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis, Copepoda; Caligidae) By The Use Of Semiochemicals. Invited: Bríd O'Shea , Republic of Ireland Invited: Peter Heuch, Norway. Host choice and infection routes of the generalist parasitic copepod Caligus elongates. Invited: James Bron Invited: Andres Quiroz LEISHMANIA AND DRUG TARGETS AND DRUG ACTION TRYPANSOMES F Invited: Prof Jim McKerrow, USA. Developing Drugs for Parasitic Diseases in an Academic Incubator. 575 Karen Grant, UK. Indirubin Inhibitors Of The Leishmania Cyclin-Dependent Kinase, Crk3: Advances In Potency And Parasite-Selectivity. 1883 Anders Hofer, Sweden. Cleavage-Resistant Substrates Of Adenosine Kinase: A New Strategy To Treat African Sleeping Sickness. 1265 Ming Chen, Denmark. Antileishmanial Activity Of Novel Chalcones. 1138 Boris Rodenko, The Netherlands. A Purine Based Strategy Towards New Trypanocidals. 854 Karin Seifert, UK. Anti-Leishmanial Activity And Selectivity Of Phospholipids. TRICHOBILHARZIA TRICHOBILHARZIA: HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS A Keynote: Libor Mikes, Czech Republic. 1736 Martin Kasny, Czech Republic. Peptidases Of Trichobilharzia regenti Cercariae Invited: Adrian Mountford. UK 1694 Lucie Lichtenbergova, Czech Republic. Trichobilharzia regenti Cercariae Stimulate Human Basophils To Degranulation And Il-4 Release. PREVIEW Fyne PRESS Leven Room HUMAN THE IMMUNOLOGY AND IMUNOPATHOLOGY OF HUMAN SCHISTOSOMIASIS SCHISTOSOMIASIS Keynote: Prof Dan Colley, USA. Treatment, Cure And Reinfection In Adults Occupationally Exposed To Schistosomes: Inevitable Cycle Or Longitudinally Altered Host/Parasite Relationship? Keynote: Birgitte Vennervald, Denmark. Keynote: Edgar Carvalho, Brazil. Schistosomiasis Down Modulates The Immune Response And Attenuates Allergy CESTODES E CONTROL PROGRAMMES FOR CESTODE INFECTIONS Keynote: Hector Garcia 522 Laura Vargas-Parada, Mexico. Community education programme for T. solium. Alsh 1 Alsh 2 Boisdale 1 Boisdale 2 Carron Dochart Morar Room 17 Ness Room GIS AND GEOSPATIAL PARASITOLOGY Hall 5 Hall 1 POSTERS & EXHIBITION REGISTRATION 12.30-14.00 LUNCH BREAK 2161 Sonja Gauci, Australia. Mutageneisis For The Investigation Of Structure In Eg95, Host Protective Antigen For Hydatid Disease. 1619 Yan Zhang, PR China. Association Of Hla-Drb1 With Cystic Echinococcosis In China. 2123 William Bradley Scandrett, Canada. Validation Of An Immunohistochemical Assay For Bovine Cysticercosis. GIS AND GEOSPATIAL PARASITOLOGY Keynote: John Malone, USA. ECOLOGICAL FORECASTS ON THE POTENTIAL DISTRIBUTION OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS IN BRAZIL. 471 L. Rinaldi, Italy. GIS and Geospatial Parasitology - Some Italian Case Studies. 171 JG. Guo, PR China Rapid Identification Of Oncomelania Snail Habitats In The Poyang Lake Region By GIS/RS. 743 P. Dubinský, Slovak Republic. Risk Assessment Of The Alveolar Echinococcosis And Trichinellosis Based On GIS Analyses. 26 A.H. Sharief, Sudan. Rapid epidemiological assessement of L.donovani infection in eastern Sudan: immune surveillance and application of GIS. 14.00-15.30 Clyde Auditorium Forth Room Gala Room ASP AWARD SESSION MALARIA CELL BIOLOGY C COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY OF PARASITIC AND FREE-LIVING NEMATODES B MOLECULAR TRAFFICKING Keynote: Alan Cowman, Australia. Erythrocyte remodelling and trafficking of PfEMP1 in Plasmodium. 2240 Marta C Nunes Characterization Of A Novel Protein Kinase Family In Plasmodium falciparum- Infected Red Blood Cells 1089 Andrew Pearce The Export And Surface Expression Of Recombinant Pfemp1 Into The Host Red Cell Of Plasmodium falciparum. 876 Ayman Khattab Rifins Are Not Localised To The Surface Of Plasmodium falciparumInfected Erythrocytes And Are Trafficked To Maurer's Clefts Via A Brefeldin A-Insensitive Pathway 436 Lev Kats Functional Analysis of the Rhoptry Associated Membrane Antigen of Plasmodium falciparum. COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY OF FREE-LIVING AND PARASITIC NEMATODES B 698 Najju Ranjit, Australia. EST analysis of hookworm intestinal transcriptomes using tissue isolated by laser microdissection microscopy. 883 Ariel B Junio, USA. A “Tool Kit” Of Vector Constructs Allowing Cell- And TissueSpecific Transgene Expression In The Parasitic Nematode Strongyloides stercoralis. 884 Ben-Wen Li, USA. Gender-Regulated Gene Expression In The Filarial Nematode Brugia malayi. 1097 Ming Yuan Liu, China. Identification Of Stage Specific Genes Of Trichinella spiralis At Newborn Larvae And Adults Stages By Suppression Subtractive Hybridization. 1682 Danielle Smyth, Australia; Identification And Characterisation Of Astacin-Like Metalloproteases Expressed In The Gut Of Hookworms. 425 Sylvine Raverdy, New England Biolabs, United States; Biochemical characterization of the cofactor independent phosphoglycerate mutase from nematodes. Lomond Auditorium PARASITES OF SHEEP AND UNGULATES Alsh 1 ANIMAL PROTOZOAN DISEASE D Alsh 2 Boisdale 1 NEOSPORA B Keynote: Milt McAllister, USA. Sylvatic Cycles In Neospora canimum. 1256 Anne Rosbottom, UK. Is The Immune Response To Neospora caninum Incompatible With Pregnancy In Cattle? 1802 Rosangela Zacarias Machado, Brazil.Possible Role Of Bovine Trophoblast Giant Cells In The Vertical Transmission Of Neospora caninum In Cattle. 1838 Camilla Björkman, Sweden. Spatial Analysis Of A National Bulk Milk Screening For Neospora caninum Infection. 386 Bruno Gottstein , Switzerland. Economic assessment of putative control strategies against Neospora caninum in Switzerland. VECTORS E GENETIC MANIPULATION Invited: Larry Zweible Invited: SP Sinkins, UK. Wolbachia As A Tool For Mosquito Population Manipulation. 389 Ingrid Faye, Sweden. A Paratransgenic Approach To Malaria Control: A Story Of Mosquito Midgut Bacteria, And Active Molecules. 791 Guido Favia, Italy. Asaia: Possibly A Symbiotic Bacterium Of Anopheles And A Tool For Genetic Manipulation Of Malaria Vectors. 1681 Heather Ferguson, Tanzania. Malaria Parasite Virulence In Mosquitoes And Its Implications For The Introduction And Efficacy Of GMM Malaria Control Programmes. SYSTEMATICS AND SYSTEMATICS B OTHER GROUPS Keynote: Geoff Boxshall 18 TAXONOMY B Boisdale 2 Carron Dochart Etive Invited: Hiroshi Yokoyama, Japan. Present Knowledge On The Systematics Of Myxozoa. 938 Steve Nadler, ?? Evolutionary Relationships Of Ascaridida, Rhigonematida, Spirurida, And Oxyurida Based On Nucleotide Sequence Data. 2180 John Barta, ?? Phylogenetic Position Of The Adeleid Coccidia (Myzozoa: Apicomplexa) Inferred From 18s Ribosomal Dna Sequences. 1008 Ramon Carreno Phylogenetic Analysis Of The Metastrongyloidea Inferred From Ribosomal RNA Gene Sequences. SEA LICE AND SEA LICE AND PARASITIC CRUSTACEA A PARASITIC Invited: Stewart Johnson, CRUSTACEA A Keynote: Dr Ian Bricknell, 986 Martina Davidova, Czech Republic. Relationship Between Virulence And Fecundity Of Salmon Lice (Lepeophtheirus Salmonis Kroyer, 1837) Parasitising Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.): Experimental Study. 1849 Alastair McBeath, UK. Development Of A Real-Time PCR-Based Assay For The Detection Of Lepeophtheirus salmonis And Caligus elongatus Larvae In Scottish Plankton Samples. 1541 Danny Tang. Australia. Phylogeny Of The Taeniacanthidae, A Copepod Family Parasitic On Marine Invertebrate And Vertebrate Hosts. 1106 Marina Shedko. Russian Federation. Fauna And Variation In Morphology Of The Parasitic Copepods Of The Genus Salmincola (Lernaeopodidae) From Graylings Fishes (Thymallidae). LEISHMANIA AND DRUG UTILISATION AND RESISTANCE TRYPANOSOMES H Keynote: Shyam Sundar, India. Treatment Of Visceral Leishmaniasis. 1698 Harry De Koning, UK. Mechanisms Of Resistance To Diamidines And Melaminophenyl Arsenicals In African Trypanosomes. 993 Louis Maes, Belgium. Cross-Validation Of Different In Vitro Culture Systems For Determination Of Drug-Sensitivity Of Leishmania donovani Strains. 2222 Susan Wyllie, UK. Differential Toxicity Of Antimonial Compounds And Their Effects On Glutathione Homeostasis In Macrophages. 651 Katharine Carter, UK. Resistance of Leishmania donovani to sodium stibogluconate is related to the expression of host and parasite gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase. TRICHOBILHARZIA SYSTEMATICS AND OCCURRENCE OF BIRD SCHISTOSOMES B Invited: Sara Brant. USA. The Diversity Of Avian Schistosomes With Special Focus On Trichobilharzia. Invited: Libuse Kolarova. Czech Republic. Keynote: Tim Littlewood, UK. Characterization and uses of mitochondrial genome of Trichobilharzia regenti. 589 Jitka Rudolfova, Czech Republic. Bird schistosomes: new findings from Europe 840 Dr Hubert Ferté, France. Molecular Tools For Epidemiological Survey In A Focus Of Cercarial Dermatitis 984 Emily Imke Leenen, The Netherlands; Survey On Occurrence And Management Practices Of Cercarial Dermatitis In The Netherlands. PREVIEW Fyne WORKSHOP ON CYCLOSPORIASIS Leven Room SCHISTOSOME Invited: Donato Cioli, Italy. CHEMOTHERAPY A 826 Robert Greenberg, USA. Novel Voltage-Gated Ca2+ Channel Subunits In Platyhelminths: Role In Praziquantel Action. 684 Matthew Todd, Australia, The Chemistry and Biology of Praziquantel. 276 Rashida Barakat, Egypt. Efficacy Of Two Treatments Of Praziquantel Against Schistosoma mansoni Infection Among Primary School Children In Areas Of High Endemicity, Nile Delta, Egypt. 451 Sanaa Botros, Egypt. Praziquantel Resistance: Is It A Rapidly Emerging Problem In Egypt? CESTODES F HUMAN CESTODE INFECTIONS-DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND FOLLOW UP 2119 Enrico Brunetti, Italy. Long-Term Follow-Up Of Pair: Single-Center Experience 19872005. 656 Russell Richardson, UK. Natural History And Serological Follow-Up In Untreated Cystic Echinococcosis Patients Over Time. 1661 Stefan Reuter, Germany. Long-Term Follow-Up Of Disease Activity In Alveolar Echinococcosis. 1005 Fabrizio Bruschi, Italy. Liver Hydatidosis Mimicking Alveolar Echinococcosis: Role Of Genome Analysis. 720 Marcello Otake Sato, Japan. Characterization Of Asian, African And American Glycoproteic Antigens For Diagnosis Of Cysticercosis. 1730 Agnes Fleury, Secretaria de Salud, Mexico; Taenia solium: High Effectiveness Antigen Elisa For Diagnosis Of Severe Cases Of Neurocysticercosis. CHAGAS DISEASE – CHAGAS DISEASE – CONTROL, EPIDEMIOLOGY AND GENOMIC CONTROL, Invited: Felipe Guhl, Colombia. Chagas Disease: Current Epidemiological Trends And EPIDEMIOLOGY State Of The Art. AND GENOMICS Invited: Guenter Schaub, Germany. Invited Maria Dolores Bargues, Spain. Molecular Epidemiology In Triatominae: The Usefulness Of The Ribosomal DNA ITS-1 Spacer. Morar Room Ness Room CYCLOSPORIASIS a. Professor John H. Cross, USA 19 Hall 5 Hall 1 15.30-16.00 POSTERS & EXHIBITION REGISTRATION REFRESHMENT BREAK 16.00-17.30 Clyde Auditorium Forth Room ASP BUSINESS MEETING NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN ANTI-KINETOPLAST CHEMOTHERAPY NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN ANTI-KINETOPLAST CHEMOTHERAPY Invited: Blair Palmer Invited: Jean Jannin Invited: Rick Tidwell, USA. Pentamidine-related Compounds as Anti-protozoan Agents. Invited: Mark Felton, Gala Room VACCINE DEVELOP- DEVELOPMENT OF VACCINES AGAINST HELMINTH PARASITES MENT FOR Keynote: John Dalton, HELMINTHS 1339 Sara Lustigman, USA. Onchocerca Volvulus Ov-Asp-1 Protein Is A Potent Novel Adjuvant 2120 Mar Siles-Lucas, Spain. Effectiveness Of A 14-3-3 Vaccine Against Schistosomiasis Largely Depends On The Adjuvants Used For Vaccination. Invited: André Capron, France. Lomond Auditorium BSP AGM Alsh 1 VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY NOVEL CHEMOTHERAPY Alsh 2 VECTORS F Boisdale 1 SYSTEMICS AND CLASSIFICATION WORKSHOP Boisdale 2 SEA LICE AND PARASITIC CRUSTACEA B Carron Dochart Invited: Andrew Hemphill, Switzerland. Nitazoxanide And Other Thiazolides: A Novel Class Of Broad-Range Anti-Parasitic Agents. 1359 Alica Kocisova, Slovakia. The observation of Triflumuron (Baycidal 25 WP) effects on the poultry red mite, Dermanyssus gallinae under practical conditions. 521 David Kemp, Australia. Interaction between TickGARDplus vaccine and macrocyclic lactones in control of Boophilus microplus. 689Yoshisada Yabu, Japan. Effective treatment of Cryptosporidium parvum infected-mice with, an antibiotic, ascofuranone. 1556 Fatemeh Mohammad Nezhad, Iran. Giardia lamblia drug susceptibility to Albendazole, Metronidazole and their equal combination. MALARIA TRANSMISSION: FIELD STUDIES Keynote: Jacob Koella, UK. Why Is Malaria So Successful? 1790 Teun Bousema, The Netherlands. Mosquito Infection At Submicroscopical Plasmodium Falciparum Gametocyte Densities. 1046 Hamza Babiker, Oman. P. falciparum is highly infectious and complex in mosquitoes. 2041 Yvonne Geissbuehler, Switzerland. Implications Of Mosquito Biting Patterns For Malaria Control In Dar Es Salaam. 2091 Lena Huldén, Finland. A socioeconomical cause of decline of endemic malaria — a comparison between Finland and USA. REVISED CLASSIFICATION OF PARASITES OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY IMPORTANCE BASED ON PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS (PARASITIC UNICELLULAR EUKARYOTES; ECDYSOZOA, LOPHOTROCHOZOA). a. Professor Astrid Tenter, Germany. SEA LICE AND PARASITIC CRUSTACEA 1807 Adam Brooker, UK. The Responses Of Lernaeocera branchialis (Linnaeus, 1769)(Copepoda: Pennellidae) To Various Chemical And Physical Cues And Their Potential Role In Host Location. 2043 Conor Jones, Australia. Molecular Identification And Ecology Of Male Cymothoid Isopods From Lizard Island. 696 Alexandra Grutter, Australia. Swimming Performance, Performance In The Wild, And Oxygen Consumption Of Larval Damselfish Pomacentrus amboinensis Are Affected By Parasitic Gnathiid Isopods. 1321 Rachel Fogelman, Australia. Parasitic Castration Of A Vertebrate: Effect Of The Cymothoid Isopod Anilocra apogonae On The Cardinalfish Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus. 2001 Andrey Shukalyuk, Russian Federation. Stem And Germ Cells In Colonial Rhizocephalans Have Universal Features Of Totipotent Cells. 536 Umadevi Kandalam, India. Morphology And Developmental Sequence Of Argulus siamensis Infection From Cultured Carps Of Andhra Pradesh. LEISHMANIA AND VECTORS TRYPANOSOMES I Invited: Steve Torr, 776 Jitka Peckova, Czech Republic. Susceptibility Of Permissive Sand Fly Species To Leishmania Is Correlated With The Expression Of O-Linked Midgut Glycoproteins. 1692 Ewan Macleod, UK. Effects Of Antioxidants On Infection Rates Of T. b. brucei In G. m. morsitans. 1824 Rod Dillon, UK. Analysis And Use Of Expressed Sequence Tags From Lutzomyia longipalpis Sand Flies To Study The Insect Vector-Parasite Relationship. 1176 Lori Peacock, UK. Dynamics Of Infection And Competition Between Multiple Strains Of Trypanosoma brucei In The Tsetse Fly Using Fluorescent Markers. MACRO- AND MICRO-EVOLUTION 20 OF SCHISTOSOMES Etive PREVIEW Fyne ECHINOCOCCUS WORKSHOP SCHISTOSOMES CHEMOTHERAPY B Leven Room Morar Room Ness Room Hall 5 Hall 1 CONTROL OF ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS. Phil Craig, UK. SCHISTOSOMES CHEMOTHERAPY Invited: Juerg Utzinger, Switzerland. Artemisinins For Schistosomiasis And Beyond. Yuesheng Li, PR China. Invited: David Williams, USA. Transcriptional Profiling Of Schistosoma mansoni Development And Sexual Differentiation Using Serial Analysis Of Gene Expression. 2000 Conor Caffrey, USA. Schistosomiasis mansoni: Novel Chemotherapy Using A Cysteine Protease Inhibitor. 1781 Livia Pica-Mattoccia, Italy. The Schistosome Enzyme That Activates Oxamniquine Has The Characteristics Of A Sulfotransferase. 1662 Hoda Farag, Egypt. Triclabendazole (Egaten) In Treatment Of Patients With Concomitant Fascioliasis And Schistosomiasis. LONG TERM FIELD Mammalian Parasites B STUDIES a. 582 D - 328 Dr Brian Boag. SCRI, United Kingdom. Long Term Dynamics And Epidemiology Of Parasites Of The Wild European Rabbit (Oryctolagus Cuniculus). b. 1288 D - 1082 Dr Siti Nursheena Mohd Zain. University of Malaya, Malaysia. Helminth Communities From Two Urban Rat Populations In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. c. 271 D - 261 Mrs Hadas Hawlena. Ben Gurion University, Israel. The Role Of Various Host And Parasite Traits On Their Reciprocal Responses. d. 387 D - 343 P. Pal. United Kingdom. Parasite Infections In Host Populations: An Aggregative Dispersive Dichotomy (ADD) Model. e. 551 D - 489 Dr Gai Murphy. University of Salford. United Kingdom. The Control Of Urban House Mice In Relation To Parasitic Infection. f. 337 D - 312 Dr Shawn Meagher. Western Illinois University, United States. Effects Of Host Inbreeding And Parasite Rapid Evolution On Harm To Oldfield Mice (Peromyscus polionotus) Caused By Trichinella spiralis Infection. g. 1126 D - 945 Mrs Agnieszka Kloch. Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Poland. The Relationship Between Major Histocompatibility Complex Gene Diversity And Parasite Load In Wild Bank Vole, Clethrionomys glareolus. HOST CELL RESPONSE TO PROTOZOAN INVASION WORKSHOP POSTERS & EXHIBITION REGISTRATION HOST CELL RESPONSE TO PROTOZOAN INVASION Kevin Tyler, UK. 17.30-19.00 Clyde Auditorium ASP PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS Forth Room Gala Room Lomond Auditorium Alsh 1 Alsh 2 Boisdale 1 Boisdale 2 Carron Dochart Etive PREVIEW Fyne PRESS Leven Room Morar Room Ness Room Hall 5 POSTERS & EXHIBITION 21 Hall 1 REGISTRATION 19.30 22 Thursday 10 August 2006 9.00-10.30 Clyde Auditorium PLENARY D Professor Pat Nuttall, Director, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, UK - Developing Ectoparasite Vaccines. R Gasser, Australia, Parasite Genomics And Genetics – Advances And Prospects. Forth Room Gala Room Lomond Auditorium Alsh 1 Alsh 2 Boisdale 1 Boisdale 2 Carron Dochart Etive PREVIEW Fyne PRESS Leven Room Morar Room Ness Room Hall 5 Hall 1 10-30-11.00 POSTERS & EXHIBITION REGISTRATION; ASP AUCTION REFRESHMENT BREAK 11.00-12.30 Clyde Auditorium PARASITES AND PREGNANCY A PARASITES AND PREGNANCY Keynote: Lars Hviid, Sweden. Keynote: Artur Scherf, France. A single member of the P. falciparum var gene family mediates binding of infected erythrocytes to placental syncytiotrophoblasts. Keynote: Patrick Duffy, USA. Pregnancy Malaria: Two Parasites And An Inflamed Host. Forth Room PARASITES AS PARASITES AS BIOLOGICAL TAGS OF MARINE FISHES. BIOLOGICAL TAGS OF Keynote: Juan Timi: Parasites as biological tags on the Atlantic coast of South America: MARINE FISHES A present status and perspectives. Invited: Marcello Oliva: Metazoan parasites of Engraulis ringens as biological tags for stock identification in Chile: local versus regional variability. Invited: Simonetta Mattiucci: Genetic identification of anisakid nematodes; their use as biological tags for stocks identification of pelagic and demersal fish species in European waters. Invited: Rasul Khan: Parasites as biological tags for cod, Gadus morhua L., in the Northwest Atlantic. Invited: Neil Campbell: Spatial and temporal variations in parasite prevalence and infracommunity structure of spawning herring caught west of the British Isles. Gala Room HELMINTH IMMUNO-REGULATION BY HELMINTHS IMMUNOMODULATION Keynote: Tom Wynn, USA. D 1629 Joseph Turner, UK. Filarial Wolbachia endosymbiotic bacteria mediate macrophage tolerance to TLR and CD40 stimuli in a MyD88 dependent manner. 2192 Laura Layland, Germany. Absence Of Ccl17 In Schistosomiasis Hinders Treg Action And Helminth Development. Invited: Judith Allen, UK. Lomond Auditorium TRANSMISSIONTRANSMISSION BLOCKING IMMUNITY TO MALARIA BLOCKING IMMUNITY 1550 Chris Drakeley, UK. Comparison of levels of naturally acquired transmission TO MALARIA A blocking immunity in individuals from Hyper and Hypo endemic areas in Tanzania. 302 Henk Schallig, The Netherlands. High prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes- a new view on the reservoir for transmission. 543 Takafumi Tsuboi, Japan. Genome- wide screening of novel malaria transmission blocking vaccine candidates using wheat germ cell-free protein synthesis system. 1408 Mike van der Klock, The Netherlands, Enhancement of Plasmodium falciparum transmission by human sera. 2070 Colin Sutherland, UK. Identification of stage-specific antigens on the surface of 23 Alsh 1 HELMINTH NEUROBIOLOGY A Alsh 2 BSSP SYMPOSIUM PROTOZOAN GENOMICS A Boisdale 1 VECTORS G erythrocytes infected with Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes. MOTOR FUNCT|ION: DRUG TARGETS AND CONTROL A Keynote: Rick Komuniecki, USA. Biogenic Amine Receptors in Nematodes. Keynote: Richard Martin, USA. Neurotransmitter-Neuropeptide Interactions in Ascaris. Keynote: Aaron Maule, UK. Disrupting Motor Function in Plant Parasitic Nematodes. Invited: David Roos, Usa. PARASITE-VECTOR INTERACTIONS Keynote: Yasuo Chinzei, Japan. Host-Parasite Molecular Interactions: Malarial Molecules Essential For Invasion Of Parasites Into The Host Mosquito Tissues. Invited: Mario Rodrigez. Invited: Maria-Gloria Basanez, UK. The Impact Of Parasite Density On Life-Stage Transitions Of Plasmodium Within The Mosquito Vector. Invited: Marcelo Jacos-Lorena, USA. Molecular Interactions Of Plasmodium Sporozoites With The Mosquito Salivary Gland. Invited: Jesus Valanzuela. Boisdale 2 Carron Dochart VIRULENCE AND COEVOLUTION A LEISHMANIA AND TRYPANOSOMES J Etive SCHISTOSOMIASIS LOW ENDEMICITY WORKSHOP PREVIEW Fyne PRESS Leven Room EPIDEMIOLOGY OF NATURAL INFECTIONS Morar Room EDUCATION AND DISTANCE LEARNING HOST-PARASITE RELATIONSHIPS IN COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS Ness Room Hall 5 Hall 1 12.30-14.00 DIAGNOSTICS AND PATHOGENESIS Invited: Philippe Buscher 151 Henk Schallig, The Netherlands. Development Of A Nucleic Acid Sequence Based Amplification Assay For The Detection And Quantification Of Leishmania Parasites In Skin Biopsies. 1820 Stephane Picot, France. Real Time PCR For The Identification Of Leishmania Parasite Species. 1979 Clément Bordier, Switzerland. Evaluation Of A New Immunochromatographic Test For The Diagnosis Of Visceral Leishmaniosis. 1657 Jeremy Sternberg, UK. Virulence Variation In Human African Trypanosomiasis. 1245 Ana Paula Lima, Brazil. Ecotin-Like Serine Peptidase Inhibitors (Isp) Of Leishmania major And The Host-Parasite Interaction. 1180 Liam Morrison, UK. Strain Specific Differences In Pathology Induced By T. brucei: A Genetic Analysis Of Virulence. SCHISTOSOMIASIS IN LOW ENDEMICITY AREAS AND TRAVELLERS Carlos Graeff Tiexeira, Brazil. John Bligh, UK. EPIDEMIOLOGY OF NATURAL INFECTIONS Keynote: Pete Hudson, USA. Short Term Dynmcs And Long Term Trends In The Trichsotroylid Parasites Of Red Grouse And Other Game Species. 360 Bottomley, The Population Biology Of Multispecies Helminth Infection: Competition And Coexistence. 1320 Gaba, Targeted Selective Treatment To Control Early Anthelmintic Resistance In Nematode Parasites Of Sheep: Dream Or Nightmare? 693 Lello, Evidence Of The Mechanism And Effects Of Interaction BetweenTwo Sheep Gut Helminths. 2138 Wilson, Local Adaptation And Gene Flow In Pathogen-Host Systems. 1563 Sinski, Haemoparasites (Babesia microti And Bartonella Spp.) In Wild Rodents From N-E Poland. 271 Hawiena, The Role Of Various Host And Parasite Traits On Their Reciprocal Responses. Keynote: Kiril Galaktionov Invited: Devon Keeney Invited: Kim Mouritsen, XX. The combined effect of climate and parasitism on communities of coastal invertebrates. Invited: Aramdn Kuris POSTERS & EXHIBITION REGISTRATION; ASP AUCTION LUNCH BREAK 14.00-15.30 Clyde Auditorium PARASITES AND PREGNANCY B PARASITES AND PREGNANCY Keynote: Stephen Rogerson Keynote: Lee Innes Keynote: Eskild Petersen 24 Forth Room PARASITES AS PARASITES AS BIOLOGICAL TAGS OF MARINE FISHES. BIOLOGICAL TAGS OF Paul Brickle, Parasites as indicators of population structure in the Patagonian rockcod, MARINE FISHES B Patagonotothen ramsayi (Regan, 1913). Kym Jacobsen, The use of parasites as biological tags for separating expanding stocks of Northeastern Pacific sardines (Sardinops sagax). Joana F. Marques, Parasites of Pleuronectiformes (Pisces) as indicators of the hosts’ biology, ecology, habitat and phylogeny. Charles Criscione, Parasite genotypes identify source populations of migratory fish more accurately than fish genotypes. Tiffany Baker, Stock identification of the Atlantic croaker, Micropogonias undulatus, using macroparasites as biological tags. Eugenia Ferrer Castelló, Parasites and morphometry as tools to predict the locality and season of harvesting of the red-striped mullet, Mullus surmuletus. Gala Room HELMINTH IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOEPIDEMIOLOGY OF NEMATODE INFECTIONS IMMUNOMODULATION Keynote: Jan Bradley, UK E 619 Colin Bleay, UK. The Host Immune Response And Density-Dependent Effects In Strongyloides ratti Infections. 885 Ricardo Fujiwara, Brazil. Protective Immune Response Against Hookworms: Insights From Irradiated Larvae Vaccination In Dogs. 997 Simon Babayan, UK. Vaccination Against Filarial Nematodes With Irradiated Larvae Provides Long-Term Protection Against The Third Larval Stage But Not Against Subsequent Life Cycle Stages. 1271 Alexander Trees, UK. Protective immunity in onchocerciasis. Lomond Auditorium TRANSMISSIONTRANSMISSION BLOCKING IMMUNITY TO MALARIA BLOCKING IMMUNITY TO MALARIA B Alsh 1 HELMINTH NEUROBIOLOGY B Alsh 2 BSSP SYMPOSIUM PROTOZOAN GENOMICS B BSSP VECTORS H Boisdale 1 Boisdale 2 Carron Dochart Etive MOTOR FUNCT|ION: DRUG TARGETS AND CONTROL B Invited: Michael Kimber, USA. Receptor Characterization. Invited: Francois Noel, Brazil Benzodiazepine receptors in Schistosoma mansoni: characterization and role in neuromotor activity. Invited: Adrian Wolstenholme, Bath (Glutamate-Gated Chloride Channels) 1974 Colin Fleming, UK. RNA interference analysis of plant parasitic nematode neuropeptide gene function: evidence of non-specific effects. 826 Robert Greenberg, USA. Novel voltage-gated Ca2+ channel subunits in platyhelminths: role in praziquantel action. 648 Paula Ribeiro, Canada. Properties of classic neurotransmitters in schistosomes. Keynote: Patrick Keeling, USA. IMMUNE RESPONSES IN DISEASE VECTORS Invited: Carolina Barillas-Mury, Invited: Geroge Dimopoulos, 647 Kristin Michel, UK. Serpins In Anopheles: Systemic And Parasite Centered Functions. Invited: George Christophedes, 908 Anna Schnitger, UK. C-Type Lectins And Their Role In Defence Against Bacteria In The Malaria Vector Anopheles gambiae. VIRULENCE AND COEVOLUTION B LEISHMANIA AND TRYPANOSOMES K CELL BIOLOGY 3 1460 Richard McCulloch, UK. Mismatch Repair, Recombination And Antigenic Variation In Trypanosoma brucei. 1500 Michael Duszenko, Germany. Caspase-Independent Programmed Cell Death In Trypanosoma brucei By J Series Prostaglandins Involves Reactive Oxygen Species. 1119 Michael Ginger, UK. The Flagellar Adenylate Kinase Family Of Trypanosoma brucei Includes Two Novel Related Proteins That Have Specific Roles In Motility. 1094 Reuben Sharma, UK. Trypanosoma brucei Mitotic Chromatid Cohesin Subunit Tbscc1: Expression Profile And Functional Analysis. 768 Thomas Seebeck, Switzerland. Cyclic AMP Signalling In Trypanosoma brucei. 1285???? Smith CONTROL OF HUMAN CONTROL OF HUMAN SCHISTOSOMIASIS A SCHISTOSOMIASIS A Keynote: Dirk Engels, Switzerland. 1768 Elisa Bosque-Oliva, UK. Evaluation of Mali's Schistosomiasis and Intestinal Helminth Control Programme: A Satisfaction Barometer. 1774 James Mwansa, Zambia. Baseline Status Of Schistosomiasis And Intestinal Helminths In Zambia. 470 Seydou Toure, Burkina Faso. The current status of schistosomiasis and soiltransmitted helminths in Burkina Faso. 1731 NJS Lwambo, UK. The Impact Of Chemotherapy On Schistosomiasis And SoilTransmitted Helminth Infections In Tanzania. PREVIEW 25 Fyne PRESS Leven Room CONTROL OF VETERINARY NEMATODES Morar Room PARASITES AND HOST BEHAVIOUR Ness Room MODELLING PARASITE INFECTIONS POSTERS & EXHIBITION REGISTRATION: ASP AUCTION REFRESHMENT BREAK Hall 5 Hall 1 15.30-16.00 CONTROL OF VETERINARY NEMATODES Keynote: Mike Stear, UK. Genetic Analysis Of Resistance To Nematode Infection. 287 Scott, Interleukin-1ß And The Failure Of Acid Secretion During Ovine Teladorsagiosis. 851 Halliday, Local Immune Response Of Sheep During Infection With Teladorsagia circumcincta. 1191 Gordon, In Vitro Studies Using A Larval Feeding Inhibition Assay To Examine The Effect Of Aqueous Plant Extracts On Teladorsagia circumcincta. 855 McBean Comparison Between F10 Scottish Cashmere Goats Selected For Low Faecal Egg Count And Unselected Goats Under Artificial Challenge With Teladorsagia circumcincta And Trichostrongylus vitrinus. EFFECTS OF PARASITES ON HOST BEHAVIOUR Keynote: John Holmes, Canada. Manipulation Of Host Behavior By Parasites: A Reprise. Keynote: Sabra Klein, USA. Hantavirus Manipulation Of Intermale Aggression Among Norway Rats. Keynote: Iain Barber, UK. The Stickleback-Schistocephalus System: A ‘Supermodel’ For Investigating The Ecological Impact Of Parasitism? 16.00-17.30 Clyde Auditorium PARASITES AND PREGNANCY C Forth Room HELMINTH PARASITES OF FISHES Gala Room CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF HELMINTHS PARASITES AND PREGNANCY Keynote: Ermanno Candolfi Keynote: Dicky Akanmori PARASITE COMMUNITIES OF FISH 1469 Abril Rodríguez-González. Mexico. Helminth Communities Of Tonguefish (Symphurus plagiusa) Of The Campeche Coast, Mexico. 1241 Robert Konecny, Austria. Trematodes Of Fishes From The Maldives. 461 Maxwell Barson, Zimbabwe. Helminth Community Structure In Freshwater Fish Inhabiting Temporary Floodplain Pans In Zimbabwe. 341 Teresa González, Chile. Is The Nestedness Of Parasite Component Communities Of The Same Host Species A Pattern Associated With The Geographical Range Of The Host? 1983 Derek Evans, UK. The Spread Of Anguillicola crassus Through The European Eel Population Of Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland. 793 Robert Konecny, Austria. Long - Term Investigation Of The Endoparasite Community In The Stocked Population Of Eel, Anguilla Anguilla L., In Neusiedlersee, Austria. CLINICAL APPLICATION OF HELMINTHS IN IMMUNE-MEDIATED DISEASE Invited: Joel Weinstock. 1963 Laura Cliffe, UK. Chronic nematode infection promotes the development of intestinal neoplasia. 361 Elena Pinelli, The Netherlands; Effect Of Toxocara canis Infection On Allergic Asthma. 1055 Meaghan Hunter, Canada; Hymenolepis diminuta infection evokes enteric expression of alternatively activated macrophage markers, correlating with the blockade of colitis in a murine model. 2185 Miles Markus, Biomedical Analysis International, South Africa; Influence of Helminth-Associated Cytokine Responses in Worm/HIV Co-infection. Lomond Auditorium EPIDEMIOLOGY AND BIOLOGY POPULATION GENETICS OF NONFALCIPARUM MALARIA Alsh 1 Alsh 2 NEUROPEPTIDES RECEPTORS AND SIGNALLING A RECEPTORS AND SIGNALLING A Keynote: Lilliane Schoofs, Belgium. Nematode Receptor Deorphanization. Keynote: Tracey Williams, UK. Neuropeptide Receptors and Drug Discovery. Keynote: Tim Day, USA. Neuropeptide Signalling in Flatworms. MALARIA MALARIA MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION BIOLOGY EPIDEMIOLOGY AND 1960 Tim Anderson, USA. Kinship Relations In Polyclonal Malaria Infections. POPULATION 1028 Marion Bruce, UK .Comparison Of The Epidemiology And Population Genetics Of BIOLOGY Plasmodium falciparum And Plasmodium malariae In Malawi. 1575 Cristophe Rogier, France. P. falciparum Clonal Diversity, Clonal Multiplicity, And Drug Resistance During A Controlled Assay Of Insecticide Treated Nets In Highly 26 Boisdale 1 PLASMODIUMMOSQUITO INTERACTIONS Boisdale 2 PARASITE COINFECTIONS FROM BENCH TO FIELD Carron LEISHMANIA AND TRYPANOSOMES L Dochart SCHISTO AGENDA WORKSHOP Etive PREVIEW Fyne PRESS Endemic Areas. 1172 Badria El Sayed, Sudan. The Impact Of Clearance Of The Dry Season Sub-Patent Parasitaemia On The Prevalence Of P. falciparum In Eastern Sudan. 1046 Hamza Babiker, Oman. P. falciparum Is Both Highly Infectious And Highly Complex In Mosquitoes. 594 Giacomao Maria Paganotti, Italy. Molecular Epidemiology Of Dry Season Malaria In Two Sympatric Ethnic Groups In Burkino Fasso. MALARIA-MOSQUITO INTERACTIONS 496 Andrea Ecker, UK. Functional Characterisation Of Ookinete Proteins Putatively Involved In Parasite-Mosquito Interactions. 873 Rebecca Stanway, UK. Investigation Of The Plasmodium berghei Ookinete Surface Proteome. 72 Adéla Nacer, UK. Interactions Between Plasmodium berghei And Basal Lamina Components: The Role Of Laminin. 415 Prakash Srinivasan, USA. Pbcap1, A Novel Plasmodium Oocyst Capsule Protein Is Necessary For Oocyst Maturation. 2164 Antonio Mendes, UK. Comparative Genomic Analysis Of The Anopheles gambiae Responses To Infection With Plasmodium falciparum And Plasmodium berghei. 2174 Patricia Romans, Canada. Regulation Of Vitellogenin Synthesis In Blood-Fed And Plasmodium-Infected Anopheles gambiae Females. PARASITE CO-INFECTIONS FROM BENCH TO FIELD Invited: Mark Booth, UK. Invited: Helena Helmby, UK. Experimental Co-Infections: A View From The Bench. Invited: Isabella Cattadori, USA. Parasite Community Dynamics In An Age-Structured Wild Herbivore. SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT AND DISEASE Keynote: Morris Agaba, 322 Luis Chaves, USA. Climate Cycles And Forecasting Of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis. 1704 Louis Touratier, France. Towards A Better Understanding Of Non-Tsetse Transmitted Animal Trypanosomoses. 457 Jenna Fyfe, UK. Sleeping Sickness In Eastern Uganda: Humans, Cattle And Control Interventions. e. 2072 Alexandra Shaw, UK. Comparable Costings Of Alternatives For Dealing With Tsetse: Estimates For Uganda. SCHISTOSOMIASIS AGENDA WORKSHOP Dan Colley, USA Evan Secor, USA Leven Room Morar Room Ness Room Hall 5 Hall 1 OLD AND NEW TECHNIQUES FOR ROUTINE DIAGNOSIS OF MALARIA MODELLING PARASITIC INFECTIONS OLD AND NEW TECHNIQUES FOR ROUTINE DIAGNOSIS OF MALARIA Keynote: Dr Ton van Gool, The Netherlands. Keynote: Dr Peter Chiodini, UK. MODELLING PARASITIC INFECTIONS Keynote: Ian Hastings, UK. Invited: Jacob Koella, UK. Malaria Vaccines Might Increase Transmission. Invited: Andrew Fenton, UK. Modelling the evolution of macroparasite life history strategies. Invited: Andrea Pugliese, Italy. Models For Tick Population Dynamics And Tick-Borne Infections. Invited: Stephen Cornell. POSTERS & EXHIBITION REGISTRATION; ASP AUCTION 17.30-19.00 Clyde Auditorium Hall 1 POSTERS OPEN SESSION 2 REGISTRATION; ASP AUCTION 19.30 27 Friday 11 August 2006 9.00-10.30 Clyde Auditorium GENETICS SOCIETY SYMPOSIUM A GENETICS OF MALARIA F Collins F Kafatos Forth Room Gala Room Lomond Auditorium MALARIA IN PREGNANCY A Alsh 1 MALARIA IN PREGNANCY A 2029 Yvonne Adams, Australia. Human Placental Carcinoma Cells (Bewo) Support Adhesion Of Plasmodium Falciparum Infected Erythrocytes In A Chondroitin 4 Sulfate Dependent Manner. 1252 Tobias Apinjoh, Cameroon. Malariometric Indicies, Malaria Parasitisation And Systemic Cytokine Bias In Pregnant Women From South Western Cameroon. 2060 Nicaise Tuike Ndam,, Denmark. Phenotype And Serological Characterisation Of Plasmodium Falciparum Freshly Isolated From Infected Human Placentas. 1707 Madelaine Dahlback, Denmark. Analysis Of Cross-Reactivity Between var2csa Domains From Placental Parasites. 1755 Phillipe Boeuf, Australia. Placental Hypoxia And Functional Impairment In PregnancyAssociated Malaria. 805 Olusegun Akanbi, Nigeria. Anti-MSP-1 19 Antibody And The Reactive Oxygen Species Response Against Malaria Infection In Pregnancy. NEUROPEPTIDES RECEPTORS AND SIGNALLING B AND SIGNALLING B Invited: Nikki Marks, UK. Inter-phyla Activities of Neuropeptides. Invited: Angela Mousley, UK. Tapeworm Neuropeptide F. Invited: Lindy Holden-Dye, Southampton, UK (Nematode Neuropeptides and the Pharynx) OPEN TALKS 1260 Paul McVeigh, UK. Functional analysis of Schistosoma mansoni G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs). 2237 E. Novozhilova, USA. Signalling mechanisms involved in neuropeptide-induced contractions of Schistosoma mansoni muscle fibres. 1386 John Nelson, UK. Surface plasmon resonance analysis of a recombinant flp-18 receptor (Y58G8A.1) from C. elegans. Alsh 2 Boisdale 1 Boisdale 2 Carron THIRD INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON WATERBORNE PROTOZOAN PARASITES LEISHMANIA AND TRYPANOSOMES L THIRD INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON WATERBORNE PROTOZOAN PARASITES Huw Smith, UK. IMMUNOBIOLOGY Keynote: Frank Brombacher 2182 Jean-Frédéric Flandin, Canada. Role Of TLR3 In The Recognition Of Leishmania donovani Promastigotes By IFN-G-Primed Macrophages. 1657 Jeremy Sternberg, UK. Virulence Variation In Human African Trypanosomiasis. 1374 Susana Mendez, USA. Immunomodulation And Disease Prevention By A Live Vaccine Against Leishmania major Containing CPG Motifs. 1182 James Alexander, UK. T Cell Specific IL-4Ra-/-Mice Fail To Control Leishmania mexicana. COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY OF SCHISTOSOME SPECIES Invited: Andreas Ruppel, Germany. Schistosoma japonicum: Comparison Of The Infection Process And Parasite Biology With African Schistosomes. 2159 Stephen Davies, USA. Immunological Influences On Schistosome Development In The Definitive Mammalian Host 1376 Yonglong Li, PR China; Effects Of T Cells On The Development And Reproduction In Mice Of Schistosoma japonicum. 1900 Louis-Albert Tchuem Tchuenté, Cameroon; Mating behaviour in schistosomes 1009 Michelle Steinauer, USA. Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma rodhaini in western Kenya: A study of species boundaries 393 Hélène Moné, France. Evidence Of Strictly Nocturnal Cercarial Emissions In Schistosoma mansoni. Dochart COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY OF SCHISTOSOMES Etive PREVIEW Fyne PRESS Leven Room AQUATIC AQUATIC NEMATODE AND CESTODE PARASITES NEMATODES AND 2098 Michael Burt, Canada. Bigger Fish Have More Tapeworm Biomass. CESTODES 1906 Kirsten Jensen, USA. Towards The Elucidation Of Life-Cycles Of Tapeworms Of Elasmobranchs (Sharks And Rays) In The Northern Gulf Of Mexico. 28 2015 Florian Reyda, USA. Systematics Of Freshwater Species Of Rhinebothrium linton, 1890 (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) From South American Freshwater Stingrays. 606 Jean Dupouy-Camet, France. Current Situation Of Human Diphyllobothriasis In Europe. 1193 Allan Petrie, UK. Analysis Of Abundance Of Anisakids In Monkfish (Lophius sp.) And Cod (Gadus morhua) From Scottish Fishing Waters. 734 Hak-Sun Yu. South Korea. Inhibition Of Asthma Reaction In Mouse By Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF) Like Protein Isolated From Whale Roundworm Larva. Morar Room GENERAL AQUATIC PARASITOLOGY A Ness Room Hall 5 Hall 1 REGISTRATION 10-30-11.00 REFRESHMENT BREAK 11.00-12.30 Clyde Auditorium Forth Room GENETICS SOCIETY SYMPOSIUM B Vet 6 GENETICS OF MALARIA T Wellems, USA. T. Anderson, USA. Gala Room N|EW FRONTIERS Keynote: Tim Geary, USA. The Future of Parasite Chemotherapy. IN ANTIPARASITE Keynote: Jim McCarter, USA. Finding Novel Parasiticides. CHEMOTHERAPY Invited: Steve Buckingham, UK. Classical transmitter receptor drug targets. Invited: Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna, UK. Cyclodepsipeptides. Lomond Auditorium MALARIA IN PREGNANCY B Alsh 1 HELMINTH HELMINTH NEUROBIOLOGY NEUROBIOLOGY 788 Philip Donnelly, UK. Comparative analysis of the effects of RNA interference of a putative amidating enzyme- and neuropeptide-encoding genes on the behaviour of the potato cyst nematode, Globodera pallida. 991 Saurabh Verma, USA. Calcium currents in somatic muscle cells of Ascaris suum. 789 Louise McGonigle, UK. A protease involved in neuropeptide signalling in the liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica? 618 Louise Atkinson, UK. Functional characterisation of Schistosoma mansoni putative G protein subunits. 1891 Hai Qian, USA. Comparison of levamisole receptor properties in C. elegans and parasitic nematodes. 1379 Heather Jewhurst, UK. Ultrastructural examination of the ovijector of the parasitic nematode Ascaris suum. Alsh 2 RSTMH RSTMH SYMPOSIUM ON TRAVELLERS PARASITES SYMPOSIUM ON Keynote: Pat Schlagenhauf TRAVELLERS Keynote: Peter Chiodini PARASITES Keynote: August Stich Boisdale 1 WORKSHOP ON PROTOZOAL PRODUCTION LOSSES IN FARM RUMINANTS PROTOZOAL Franz Conraths PRODUCTION LOSSES IN FARM RUMINANTS Boisdale 2 3RD INT. THIRD INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON WATERBORNE PROTOZOAN PARASITES WORKSHOP Huw Smith, UK WATERBORNE PROTOZOAN PARASITES Carron LEISHMANIA AND EPIDEMIOLOGY/GENETICS TRYPANOSOMES 1195 Annette MacLeod, UK. The Genetic Map Of Trypanosoma brucei And Its Use In M Localizing Genes That Determine Human Infectivity. 1739 Rupert Quinnell, UK. Genetics Of Susceptibility To Visceral Leishmaniasis In The Domestic Dog. 1143 Isabel Mauricio, UK. A Glycoprotein 63 (Gp63) Gene Shows Gene Conversion And Reveal The Evolution Of Old World Leishmania. 1491 Wendy Gibson, UK. Analysis Of A Genetic Cross Between Fluorescent Trypanosomes. 2113 Mohammad Hossein Alimohammadian, Iran; Genetic Variability Of Leishmania major Species In Different Endemic Areas Of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis In Iran. 625 Vera Lucia Pereira-Chioccola, Brazil. PCR- Diagnosis For Detection Of Leishmania From Dogs In An Endemic Area Of Cutaneous And Visceral Leishmaniosis In Sao Paulo – Brazil. Dochart EXPERIMENTAL EXPERIMENTAL SCHISTOSOMIASIS 29 Etive SCHISTOSOMIASIS Invited: Adrian Mountford, UK. 901 Yehia Shaker, Egypt. A Low Molecular Weight Protein Fraction From Human Portal Serum Stimulates Cell Proliferation In Immature S.mansoni. 1405 George Njume, Cameroon. Helminth Infection And Cytokine Responses, CD4+ T Cell Count, And Viral Load In Cameroonians Infected With HIV-1. 577 Poppy H L Lamberton, UK. Trade-offs associated with praziquantel resistance of Schistosoma mansoni under chemotherapeutic pressure. 1843 Guilherme Oliveira, Brazil. Flame Cells Of Schistosoma mansoni Eggs, Miracidia And Sporocysts Contain Actin-Rich. Invited: Helmut Haas, Germany. IPSE/α-1, A Secreted Immunoglobulin-Binding Factor From Schistosoma Mansoni Eggs, Triggers Basophils From Humans And Mice To Release Interleukin-4 PREVIEW Fyne PRESS Leven Room RESPONSES TO ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCES BY FISH AND PARASITES Morar Room GENERAL AQUATIC PARASITOLOGY B Ness Room VECTORS I ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCES AND FISH PARASITES Keynote: Tomas Scholz 629 Frankie Thielen, Germany, Effects Of The Inauguration Of The Main-Danube-Canal On The Biodiversity In The River Rhine, With Special Emphasis On Eel Parasites. 1205 Mark Torchin, Panama. Parasite Release And Biotic Resistance In Introduced Populations Of The Sail-Fin Molly, Poecilia latipinna. 1470 Victor Manuel Vidal-Martínez, Mexico. The Helminth Infracommunities Of The Checkered Puffer (Sphaeroides testudineus) And The Jenny Mojarra (Eucinostomus gula) As Bioindicators Of Chemical Pollution Of Coast Of Yucatan, Mexico. 1747 Brian Fredensborg, USA. Potential Consequences Of Global Warming On Cercarial Transmission In California Saltmarsh Trematodes. 668 Julianne Kalman, USA.Ectoparasites Of Fishes Associated With Wastewater Discharge In The Southern California Bight. MOSQUITO ECOLOGY 2039 Nicodema Govella, Tanzania. Sampling tools for adult malaria vectors in urban Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. 1144 Maurice Odiere, Kenya. Sampling Resting Anopheles gambiae With Clay Pots 1990 Bernadette Huho, Tanzania. Assessing Age And Mating History Of Male Anopheles gambiae. 2035 Prosper Chaki, Tanzania; Community Based Surveillance Of Malaria Vector Habitat Availability, Aquatic Stage Abundance And Resulting Transmission Intensity In Urban Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. 395 Noushin Emami, Iran; Some Bionomic Aspects Of The Anopheles culicifacies S.L. In Iranshahr, A Malarious Area In Sistan And Bluchstan Province, Southeast Of Iran. 1168 Tai-Soon Yong, South Korea. Species Identification Of The Anopheles hyrcanus Complex Found In Korea By Pcr Using Species-Specific Primers. 819 Hassan Vatandoost, Iran. An Overview Of Bionomics Of Malaria Vectors For Implementation Of Malaria Control In Iran. Hall 5 Hall 1 12.30-14.00 LUNCH BREAK 14.00-15.30 Clyde Auditorium Forth Room Gala Room GENETICS SOCIETY SYMPOSIUM C VET 7 GENETICS OF MALARIA Lisa Ranford-Cartwright, UK. Sir David Weatherall, UK. PfEMP-1 AND VAR PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM ERYTHROCYTE PROTEINS AND VAR GENE GENES EXPRESSION 1653 Thomas Lavtsen, Denmark. Differential Var Gene Expression Using Real Time PCR. 1767 Peter Preiser, Singapore. Mapping The Region Of The CIDR-1 Domain Responsible For Binding To The CD36 Receptor Molecule. 2216 Pamela Magestrado, Denmark. CD36 Selection Of Plasmodium falciparum Associated With Severe Childhood Malaria Results In Reduced Var4 Expression. 753 Sanne Schou, Denmark. VSA Expression In Plasmodium falciparum Cells Selected For Binding To Heparin Treated Endothelial Cells. 827 Jean-Phillipe Semblat, UK. Identification Of The Minimal Plasmodium falciparum Erythrocyte Membrane Protein 1 Domain Involved In Non-Specific IgM Binding. 866 Ashfaq Ghumra, UK. Identifying The Non-Specific Binding Site For Pfemp-1 On IgG And IgM. Lomond Auditorium OPEN SESSION 30 Alsh 1 CONTROL OF HUMAN SCHISTOSOMIASIS B Alsh 2 OPEN SESSION Boisdale 1 OPEN SESSION Boisdale 2 THIRD INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON WATERBORNE PROTOZOAN PARASITES Carron OPEN SESSION Dochart SNAILSCHISTOSOME INTERACTIONS Etive PREVIEW Fyne PRESS Leven Room ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR OF AQUATIC PARASITES Morar Room VECTORS J Ness Room Late breaking results CONTROL OF HUMAN SCHISTOSOMIASIS B Keynote: Don McManus, Australia. 236 Gail Williams, Australia. Control of schistosomiasis japonica: mathematical modelling to compare human chemotherapy options. 189 Darren Gray, Australia. A Cluster Randomised Design Bovine Intervention Trial against S. japonicum in PR China. 1910 Abdelaziz Barkia, Morocco. History Of Schistosomiasis In Morocco: From Discovery To Elimination. 800 David Rollinson, UK. Schistosomiasis On Zanzibar: Moving Towards Control. THIRD INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON WATERBORNE PROTOZOAN PARASITES Huw Smith, UK. SNAIL-SCHISTOSOME INTERACTIONS 808 Anne Bouchut, France. Molecular Determinants For Resistance In The Model Biomphalaria glabrata/Echinostoma caproni. 933 Joanna Bridger, UK. Karyotyping The Genome Of The Snail Biomphalaria glabrata. 428 Nithya Raghavan, USA.Characterization Of The Retrotransposon "Nimbus" From The Snail Biomphalaria glabrata. 1890 Nathalie Dinguirard, USA. Investigation Of Biomphalaria glabrata ERM-Like Proteins After Exposure To Schistosoma mansonI Excretory And Secretory Products. 1448 Reyna Rodríguez Olayo, Mexico. Community Patterns Of Trematodes Of Cerithidea pliculosa In Celestún , Yucatan, México. 2086 Natalia Yurlova, Russian Federation. Population Dynamics Of Echinoparyphium aconiatum (Digenea) In Snails At Chany Lake, Western Siberia, Russia. ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR OF AQUATIC PARASITES Keynote: Iain Barber 526 Terrence Miller, Australia. The Cryptogonimidae-Lutjanidae Complex In The IndoPacific: Biogeographic And Evolutionary Inferences. 1311 Martin Kalbe, Germany. Sticklebacks From Rivers And Lakes Differ In Their Parasite Burden And In Immunocompetence. 1611 Kaethe Willms, Mexico. Isolation And Preliminary Biochemical Analysis Of Cestode Gap Junctions. 2139 Katrin Hammerschmidt. Germany. Sweet Temptation: Variance In Surface Carbohydrates And The Adaptation To Different Immune Systems. MOSQUITOES: MOLECULAR MARKERS 896 Amy FW Mikhail, UK. Ageing in Anopheles mosquitoes: mechanisms and markers. 1406 Dabier 759 Arif-Ul- Hasan, Japan. Genetic Differentiation of Cytochrome Oxidase Subunit 2 Gene of Anopheles farauti 7 Population in Solomon Islands. 769 Rici 2110 Navid Dinparast Djadid, Iran. Detection Of A Connexin-Related Gene In Anopheles culicifacies. Hall 5 Hall 1 15.30-16.00 16.00-17.30 Clyde Auditorium Forth Room GENETICS SOCIETY SYMPOSIUM D VET 8 Gala Room OPEN SESSION GENETICS OF MALARIA Adrian Hill, UK. Dominic Kwiatowski, UK. Lomond Auditorium OPEN SESSION Alsh 1 OPEN SESSION 31 Alsh 2 OPEN SESSION Boisdale 1 OPEN SESSION Boisdale 2 OPEN SESSION Carron OPEN SESSION Dochart OPEN SESSION Etive PREVIEW Fyne PRESS Leven Room Morar Room MICROSPOREA AND MYXOZOA OPEN SESSION Ness Room OPEN SESSION Hall 5 OPEN SESSION Hall 1 OPEN SESSION 17.30-19.00 Clyde Auditorium CLOSING SESSION Forth Room Gala Room Lomond Auditorium Alsh 1 Alsh 2 Boisdale 1 Boisdale 2 Carron Dochart Etive PREVIEW Fyne PRESS Leven Room Morar Room Ness Room Hall 5 Hall 1 19.30 32
