Symposium “Diagnosis and strategies for control of ticks and tick-borne pathogens including immunity and vaccines”
Date: Thursday September 5th
Place: Room Guamá, Meliá Internacional Varadero
Chairman
PhD. Alina Rodriguez Mallon, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Cuba
| Schedule | Activity |
|---|---|
| 9:30-10:00 | Michel Labuschagne Director of Research Innovation, Clinglobal Title: Acaricide resistance: From genomics to a field-based genotyping assay |
| 10:00-10:15 | Adela Oliva University of Wisconsin, USA Title: Identification of tick antigens after vaccination with extracellular vesicles in white-tailed deer |
| 10:15-10:30 | Ingrid Dijkgraaf Maastricht University, Netherlands Title: In silico identification and chemical remodelling of tick protein epitopes for vaccine antigen development |
| 10:30-10:45 | Chyntia Quetzalli Pérez Almeida (PhD Student) Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Title: The Translationally Controlled Tumor Protein (TCTP) of Babesia bovis induces neutralizing antibodies and participates in the establishment of an acute infection |
| 10:45-11:00 | Joseph Byaruhanga Research Center for Tropical Diseases and Vector Control (RTC), Makerere University, Uganda Title: Next generation tick &tick-borne disease control strategies in Uganda: Preparing for the post-acaricide era! |
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:30-11:45 | Catherine Hartley University of Liverpool, United Kingdom Title: The Tick Cell Biobank – fifteen years of this unique research resource |
| 11:45-12:00 | Jinyu Shan University of Leicester, United Kingdom Title: Unlocking Bacteriophages: Pioneering Diagnostics and Marker Discovery for early diagnosis of Lyme and tick-borne diseases |
| 12:00-12:15 | Faith Mutavi (PhD Student) Wageningen University and Research Title: Acaricide resistance: The performance of acaricides active ingredients and acaricide formulations against tick treatments in bioassay tests |
| 12:15-12:30 | Anna Moniuszko Malinowska Medcial University in Białystok, Poland Title: Changes in the serum proteome profile of patients with neuroborreliosis, foresters, and patients treated according to ILADS method |
| 12:30-12:45 | Pavle Banović Pasteur Institute Novi Sad,Serbia and Montenegro Title: Exploration of emerging tick-borne pathogens and neglected tick-borne diseases in Serbia: Balkan model of One Health approach |
| 12:45-13:00 | Onyinyechukwu Ada Agina University of Nigeria Title: Association of the bovine leukocyte antigen major histocompatibility complex exon II DRB3*020:02:01 to host resistance to Theileria orientalis infection in crossbred Kedah-Kelantan cattle |
| 13:00-13:15 | Francesca Rubino University of California, USA Title: Effects of Ash on Ixodes pacificus and Dermacentor Spp. Survival, Behavior, and Host Interaction |
| 13:15-13:30 | Tshifhiwa Nefefe Agricultural Research Council – Onderstepoort Veterinary Research, South Africa Title: Screening for immune biomarkers associated with infection or protection against Ehrlichia ruminantium by RNA-sequencing analysis |
| 13:30-15:00 | Lunch |
| Posters (17:00-18:00) Important Note: Posters of all symposia will be presented on Monday September 2nd and Tuesday September 3th in the room Cetro of the Meliá Cohiba hotel. They assembled on Sunday, September 1st | |
| 17:00-18:00 | Aldo Josué Pavón Rocha (PhD Student) Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Mexico Title: Identification of peptides containing B-cell epitopes of the VDAC and Rl-86 proteins of Rhipicephalus linnaei and assessment of their immunogenicity. |
| 17:00-18:00 | Alexis Dziedziech Institute Pasteur, France Title: Identification of biomarkers after Ixodes ricinus tick bite exposure as a diagnostic and surveillance tool |
| 17:00-18:00 | Ana Gonçalves Domingos IHMT – Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal Title: In silico methodologies combined in vivo assessment of immunogenicity to uncover Rhipicephalus bursa– Babesia ovis interactions. |
| 17:00-18:00 | Ana Gonçalves Domingos IHMT – Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal Title: Production of monoclonal antibodies against Babesia ovis relevant proteins |
| 17:00-18:00 | Ana Isabel Amaro Gonçalves Domingos IHMT – Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal Title: Dissecting Hazara virus-tick dynamics: the role of viral-derived DNA forms in Hyalomma marginatum |
| 17:00-18:00 | Ana Oleaga Pérez Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Salamanca (CSIC), Spain Title: Vaccinomics-based selection and validation of protective salivary antigens from Ornithodoros moubata |
| 17:00-18:00 | Belkis Corona González CENSA, Cuba Title: Microfluidic PCR and network analysis reveals complex tick-borne pathogen interactions in the tropics |
| 17:00-18:00 | Elizaveta Ageeva Crimean Federal University named after V.I. Vernadsky, Russia Title: Mediterranean spotted fever on the Crimean Peninsula |
| 17:00-18:00 | Gabriele Margos Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Germany Title: PCR targeting the large subunit of phage terminase – a suitable tool for Borrelia diagnostic? |
| 17:00-18:00 | Giovanna Mendoza Mujica Instituto Nacional de Salud Lima Perú Title: Real Time PCR for Detection of Rickettsia sp. in Rhipicephalus sanguineus collected from areas of extreme poverty in Peru. |
| 17:00-18:00 | Jiri Salat Veterinary Research Institute, Czech Republic Title: Seroprevalence of tick-borne encephalitis in small ruminants and dogs in the Czech Republic and experimental veterinary vaccine development |
| 17:00-18:00 | Katerina Kybicova National Institute of Public Health, Czech Republic Title: High seroprevalence of Bartonella henselae in healthy blood donors in the Czech Republic |
| 17:00-18:00 | Kgomotso Sibeko-Matjila University of Pretoria, South Africa Title: Genome-wide analysis of Theileria parva proteases for identification of potential drug targets |
| 17:00-18:00 | Laís Feliciano de Souza Federak Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Title: MOLECULAR DETECTION AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF Anaplasma marginale IN Rhipicephalus microplus, Stomoxys calcitrans AND Haematobia irritans |
| 17:00-18:00 | Laurine Levillayer Institut Pasteur Paris, France Title: Conventional multiplex PCR for detection of tick-borne pathogens: proof of concept and utility in biological samples |
| 17:00-18:00 | Mayra Mirelle Becerra Reyes (PhD Student) Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Mexico Title: Generation of a recombinant single variable domain (VHH) antibody from the Lama glama model against a Babesia bovis antigen. |
| 17:00-18:00 | Muhammad Asaduzzaman University of Oslo, Norway Title: Evaluation of integrated One Health economic policies to control Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever |
| 17:00-18:00 | Radek Sima (PhD Student) Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic Title: IRIXIN – a novel contact phase coagulation inhibitor from the tick Ixodes ricinus |
| 17:00-18:00 | Raksha Vasantrai Bhoora University of Pretoria, South Africa Title: Integrated Approach for Assessing Tick-Borne Pathogens in South African Horses: Quantitative Detection of Theileria haneyi and Molecular Genotyping of Babesia caballi |
| 17:00-18:00 | Ricardo Pérez-Sánchez (CSIC)- (IRNASA), Spain Title: Development of cocktail vaccines against Ornithodoros argasid ticks. |
| 17:00-18:00 | Rosangela Zacarias Machado FCAV/UNESP, Brazil Title: Ehrlichia Species in Dromedaries and Ruminants from Somalia: With the First Report of Ehrlichia minasensis in Dromedaries, Sheep, and Goats Globally |
| 17:00-18:00 | Roxana Gómez Zaldivar (PhD Student) CNIC, Cuba Title: In vitro evaluation of OleoVET and formulations action on reproductive indicators of teleogins (Rhipicephalus microplus). |
| 17:00-18:00 | Sandra Isabel Da Conceição Antunes IHMT – Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal Title: Establishment of a fluorescence-based method for anti-Babesia ovis drug screening |
| 17:00-18:00 | Costache Delia Faculty of Medicine, Transylvania University Brasov, Romania Title: Diagnostic difficulties in a clinical case of tuberculous meningo-encephalitis complicated by superinfection with West Nile virus |
| 17:00-18:00 | Lianet Abuin Denis (PhD Student) CIGB, Cuba Title: Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay for rapid visual detection of Anaplasma marginale infection in bovines CIGB, Cuba |
| 17:00-18:00 | Marisdania Joglar Piñeiro CIGB, Cuba Title: Obtention of recombinant msp5 antigen to develop an ELISA for Anaplasma sp. diagnostic |
| 17:00-18:00 | Anailí Ávila Espronceda (PhD Student) CIGB, Cuba Title: Amplification of microsatellites of Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks using specific primers from Rhipicephalus microplus ticks. |
| 17:00-18:00 | Joseph Byaruhanga Research Center for Tropical Diseases and Vector Control (RTC), Makerere University. Uganda Title: A novel method for determining the efficacy of acaricides under field trial conditions. |
| 17:00-18:00 | Harriet Matildah Oboge University of Nairobi, Kenya Title: Enhancing East Coast Fever Vaccination: The Potential of TLR Agonists as Adjuvants |