In an academic setting, this event will focus on the current research into parasitic infection and disease.
Over three days, this international summit will cover recent research and developments relating to diagnosis, treatment and drug design. Parasitic infections including malaria and neglected diseases, such as trypanosomiasis, will be discussed in detail, as well as discussion about methods of eradication.
Deadlines
- The deadline for abstract submissions for oral presentation is 10th April 2016.
- The early registration deadline is 20th April 2016
- The deadline for abstract submissions for poster presentation is 14th June 2016
Who Should Attend: This event is suited to anyone with an academic or professional interest in parasitic infection and its research; including researchers, senior scientists, postgraduate students, clinicians, pharmacologists, and those who work in research and development of pharmaceuticals and related technology.
Talks Include
Talk Title | Speaker | Affiliation | Country |
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Natural products as leads to new antiprotozoal drugs | Dr Colin Wright | Bradford School of Pharmacy | United Kingdom |
Long-term artemisinin pressure in falciparum Malaria induces multidrug tolerance | Dr Françoise Benoit-Vical | National Institute of Health and Medical Research | France |
When peptide chemistry meets antimalarial drug development | Dr. Paula Gomes | University of Porto | Portugal |
Natural Products in Drug Developmentand Environmental Control of Malaria | Dr Joseph M. Agbedahunsi | Obafemi Awolowo University | Nigeria |
Recent Progress in Structure-Guided Drug Discovery for Parasitic Diseases | Dr Raymond Hui | University of Toronto | Canada |
Epidemiological profile of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the province of Taza (Morocco) | El-houcine Sebbar | The Military Hospital of Instruction Med V | Morocco |
Malaria: situational analysis of prevention and treatment in Africa, with specific reference to South Africa and Cameroon. | Professor Anne Grobler | North-West University | South Africa |
New tools for Malaria Intervention | Dr David W. Wright, | Vanderbilt University | United States |
Tick borne Disease (TBD) and Louse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF) in the era of globalization and immigration | Assistant Professor Paola Di Carlo | University of Palermo | Italy |
Can the parasitic worm product ES-62 be used to develop drugs for treating allergic and autoimmune diseases? | Professor William Harnett | University of Strathclyde | United Kingdom |
Glimpse of index of infectious parasites incidence in Nigeria: Enugu study | Emmanuel Chike Amadi | Enugu State University of Science and Technology | Nigeria |
Control of arthropod-borne infectious diseases – extrapolating from the known to the unknown | Professor Andrew Taylor-Robinson | CQ University | Australia |
Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) for diagnosing malaria in endemic areas | Professor Ranjan Ramasamy | Anglia Ruskin University | United Kingdom |
The sera from adult patients with signs suggestive of autoimmune diseases present antinuclear autoantibodies | Dr Sami Lakhal | IPT-IRVT | Tunisia |
Detection of Opisthorchis viverrini Infection in the Rural Community of thailand by Using Korat-Ov Verbal Screening Test and Mini Parasep SF Concentration Technique | Dr. Natthawut Kaewpitoon, Suranaree | University of Technology | Thailand |
Conditional inactivation of the Interleukin-1 receptor gene reveals an important role for cytokine regulation during Trichuris muris infection in mice. | Werner Müller | University of Manchester | United Kingdom |
New biomarkers and interventions for severe and cerebral Malaria | Dr. Kevin C. Kain | Toronto General Hospital | Canada |
TBC | Dr Yee Ling Lau | University of Malaya | Malaysia |
Point-of-care device for malaria diagnosis and drug resistance status | Professor Sanjeev Krishna | University of London | United Kingdom |
An integrated approach to control intestinal helminth infections | Dr. Giovanna Raso | University of Basel | Switzerland |
NANOHAT: developing a safer and more effective sleeping sickness drug. | Dr. Sarah A. Thomas | King's College London | United States |
Establishment of chronic infection in malaria involves a novel method of immune evasion | Dr. Adam James Reid | Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute | United Kingdom |
TBC | Dr. Sittiporn Pattaradilokrat | Chulalongkorn University | Thailand |
Parasitic agents of infectious diarrhoea: A comparative analysis between rural and urban communities in South Africa. | Dr. Amidou Samie | University of Venda | South Africa |
Schistosomiasis and STH | Professor Russell Stothard | Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine | United Kingdom |
TBC | Dr Maria José Umbelino Ferreira | University of Lisbon | Portugal |
Differential local immune response of the human placanta against the protozoan parasites Trypanosoma cruzi and Toxoplasma gondii | Professor Ulrike Kemmerling | Universidad de Chile | Chile |
TBC | Professor Andrea Crisanti | Imperial College London | United Kingdom |
Acanthamoeba corneal infection | Professor John Dart, | University College London | United Kingdom |
DNA repair in Trypanosoma cruzi: A mechanism of survival and persistence in its hosts | Professor Norbel Galanti | University of Chile | Chile |
Plasmodium knowlesi malaria | Dr. Janet Cox-Singh | University of St Andrews | United Kingdom |
A chemical drug delivery approach to improve antimalarial activity | Dr. Francisca Lopes | Universidade de Lisboa | Portugal |
Discovery of secondary metabolites for treatment of malaria disease on different stage of Plasmodium life cycle | Dr. Giuseppina Chianese | University of Naples "Federico II" | Italy |
The parasitic worm immunomodulator ES-62 resets the effector: regulatory B cell balance in inflammatory disease | Professor Margaret Harnett | University of Glasgow | United Kingdom |
TBC | Dr. Rob Leurs | VU University Amsterdam | Netherlands |
The role of mast cell in malaria infection | Dr. Panop Wilainam | Mahidol University | Thailand |
Modeling Importations and Exportations of Infectious Diseases via Travelers | Dr. Eduardo Massad | University of Sao Paulo | Brazil |
Chemical genetics approach to study the role of essential protein kinases in malaria parasite. | Dr Mahmood Alam | MRC Leicester | United Kingdom |
Exploration of natural compounds to treat drug resistant malaria | Dr Prakash Udhawdas Tahiliani, | Prime Ever Ayurvedic Research Laboratories | India |
Fake Medicines: How can we know? | Dr. Harparkash Kaur | LSHTM | United Kingdom |
Advisory Board Members
Member | Affiliation | Country |
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Professor Ranjan Ramasamy | Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge | United Kingdom |
Dr. Niroshini Nirmalan | University of Salford | United States |
Dr Henk D.F.H. Schallig | Royal Tropical Institute / Koninklijk Institut voor de Tropen – Parasitology Unit, KIT Biomedical Research | Netherlands |
Professor Andrew Taylor-Robinson | CQ University | Australia |
Dr Emmanuel Chike Amadi | Enugu State University of Science and Technology | Nigeria |
Assistant Professor Catherine Demailly-Mullie | Universite de Picardie Jules Verne | France |
Parasitic Infection 2016 has an open abstract session: Abstracts can be submitted on any subject related to parasitic infection and disease.
CPD Credits
Credits from The Institute of Biomedical Science (code) | Approved by the Royal Society of Biology for purposes of CPD | ||
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18(MD023N6) | This event may be counted as 54 CPD credits | ||
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Contact
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Registration Fee
Registration includes entry to all the event, lunch and all refreshments, networking opportunities and access to exhibitions.
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REGISTRATION FEE |
LATE REGISTRATION FEE |
Standard |
£534 (£445 + VAT) |
£654 (£545 + VAT) |
Academic |
£354 (£295 + VAT) |
£474 (£395 + VAT) |
Student |
£234 (£195 + VAT) |
£354 (£295 + VAT) |
If you do not want to attend the full three days you can also book single days at the following price
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REGISTRATION FEE |
LATE REGISTRATION FEE |
Standard |
£234 (£195 + VAT) |
£330 (£275 + VAT) |
Academic |
£150 (£125 + VAT) |
£234 (£195 + VAT) |
Student |
£114 (£95 + VAT) |
£174 (£145 + VAT) |
Please note: As our services are held in the UK we are obliged to charge VAT even if you are coming from outside the UK
Discounted Group Bookings
If 3 or more people register together, then you will receive a discount of £20.00 off for each person in the group
These discounts are applied automatically on registration
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Venue, Accommodation and Travel Details
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