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Module 1 - Bioinformatics (6/14/25-6/18/25)

Omar Harb

Kathryn Crouch

6/15/25 - Evening

Jana Broadhurst (BoP Alum)

Clinical Cases in Parasitology

6/17/25

Bjorn Kafsack

One is the loneliest number: Single cell exploration of sexual commitment in malaria parasites

Module 2 - Cell Biology (6/20/25-7/2/25)

6/20/25

Jim Collins

The Biology of Schistosomes

6/21/25

Megan Povelones

Cellular adaptations to host environments by trypanosomatids

6/23/25

Michael Povelones

Molecular interactions between mosquitoes and parasites

6/24/25

Meg Phillips

Blout Lecture: Developing new drugs for Malaria using target-based and phenotypic-based approaches

6/25/25

Katy Ralston

Chew your food: Exploring the interplay between host and parasite during Entamoeba histolytica trogocytosis (cell-nibbling)

6/26/25

Gary Ward

Science lecture: Into the breach! Host cell membrane perforation during invasion by Toxoplasma

6/27/25 Morning

Sabrina Absalon

Harnessing Expansion Microscopy to Unveil the Mechanisms of Plasmodium Parasite Cell Division

6/27/25 Evening

Gary Ward

Publishing lecture

6/28/25

Chris de Graffenried

Morphogenesis in Trypanosomatids: how parasites get their shape

6/30/25

Adler Dillman

Nematode venom: Host-parasite interactions and the immunomodulatory influence of nematode proteins released during infection.

7/1/25

Vern Carruthers

Food for a foodborne parasite

7/2/25

Student Presentations + BBQ

Module 3 - Vector Biology (7/3/25-7/16/25)

7/3/25

Stephanie Blandin

Understanding and manipulating mosquito / parasite interactions

7/5/25

Daniel Sojka

Blood Processing in Ticks: (1) Ticks and Their Gut – A General Introduction (2) Midgut-Associated Metabolism During Tick Ontogenesis

7/7/25

Ryan Smith

Mosquito hemocytes: (1) Functional roles and their characterization, (2) Contributions to mosquito vector competence

7/8/25

Katia Gondim 

1) Converting blood into fat: Lipid synthesis in the vector insect Rhodnius prolixus. 2) Burn fat and keep going: Lipid mobilization in Rhodnius prolixus.

7/9/25

Isabel Roditi - online

(1) One hundred years of sleeping sickness - a historical perspective, (2) A sense of direction - cooperative behaviour and chemotaxis by Trypanosoma brucei

7/10/25

Joel Vega (NIH)

How Mosquito Adaptation to Hematophagy Shaped the Transmission of Malaria Parasites and other vector borne diseases

7/11/25

Davide Sassera - online

Bacterial symbionts of parasites and vectors: (1) a general introduction, (2) focus on ticks

7/12/25

Nsa Dada

The Mosquito Microbiome: Another Wrinkle in the Insecticide Resistance Conundrum

7/14/25

Conor McMeniman

Chemosensory Biology of Malaria Transmission

7/15/25

Carolina Barillas Mury (NIH)

1. Plasmodium Evasion of Mosquito Immunity; 2. Mosquito Midgut Receptors of Dengue Virus and Plasmodium

7/16/25

Student presentations + BBQ

Module 4 - Immunology (7/17/25-7/28/25)

7/17/25

Phillip Scott

Introduction to Immunology

7/18/25

Jude Uzonna

TBD

7/18/25 - Evening

Alan Sher

Englund Endowed Lecture

7/19/25

Pedro Gazzinelli

1 - Interaction between allergen- and helminth-driven type-2 immune responses, 2 - Eosinophils and Host Defense Against Parasites

7/21/25

Melissa Lodoen

Innate immunity to Toxoplasma infection

7/22/25

Walderez Dutra

TBD

7/23/25

Irah King

Lecture 1: “Type 2 immunity: what we have learned and what we have yet to find out” and Lecture 2: “Discovering unique mechanisms of host defense across the life cycle of an intestinal helminth”

7/24/25

Fernanda Novais

Lecture 1: Pathogenic T cells in cutaneous leishmaniasis and Lecture 2: Hypoxia and immune responses to cutaneous leishmaniasis

7/25/25

Kirk Jensen

TBD

7/26/25

Camila Coelho

1 - Malaria Vaccines: How We’ve Gotten So Far and What’s Next, 2- Malaria Transmission-Blocking Vaccines and How They Can Help Africa Prevent Malaria

7/28/25

Student presentations + BBQ