Symposium “Tick Physiology and Metabolism”
Date: Tuesday September 3th
Place: Room Cetro, Meliá Cohiba
Chairman
PhD. Dr. Ladislav Simo, INRAE, France
| Schedule | Activity |
|---|---|
| 9:30-10:15 | Key talk Olaf Kahl Tick-radar GmbH, Germany Title: Water management of Ixodes ricinus and Dermacentor marginatus, two hard tick species in Central Europe with different life cycle strategies |
| 10:15-10:45 | Carola Städele University of Göttingen Medical Center, Germany Title: These legs are made for sensing: Carbon dioxide enhances Ixodes responsiveness to tactile cues |
| 10:45-11:00 | Tereza Kozelková (PhD Student) Institute of Parasitology, BC CAS, Czech Republic Title: Unraveling Tick Lipid Metabolism: ‘Omics’ and Biochemistry Perspectives |
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:30-12:15 | Key talk Steeve Thany Université d’Orléans, France Title: Functional properties of Ixodes ricinus cholinergic receptors expressed in the synganglion |
| 12:15-12:55 | Ladislav Simo French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment Title: Activities of Two Types of Axonal Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptors Mediate Formation of Saliva Cocktail in the Tick Ixodes ricinus |
| 12:55-13:30 | Mohamed Amine Jmel Institute of Parasitology, Biology center, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic Title: The pleiotropic action of a tick salivary serpin on vertebrate haemostasis and its effect on psoriasis-like skin inflammation |
| 13:30-15:00 | Lunch |
| 15:00-15:45 | Key talk Daniel Sojka Biology Centre CAS, Czech Republic Title: Proteolytic enzymes associated with tick gut tissue |
| 15:45-16:10 | David Hartmann Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, CAS, Czech Republic Title: Inhibition of 4-Hydroxyphenylpyruvate Dioxygenase (HPPD) Leads to Melanogenic Self-Catastrophe in Ticks |
| 16:10-16:30 | Veronika Urbanová Biology Centre CAS, Institute of Parasitology, Czech Republic Title: The function of the fat body of Ixodes ricinus in tick immunity |
| 16:30-16:45 | Marcelly Bastos Nassar University of São Paulo, Brazil Title: An inhibitor of apoptosis protein is essential to prevent the death of Amblyomma sculptum ticks upon a redox imbalance |
| 16:45-17:00 | Livia Sofrankova (PhD Student) Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Kosice, Slovakia Title: Electromagnetic radiation alters the mRNA levels of neuropeptide genes in the Ixodes ricinus synganglion |
| 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 | Lianet Abuin Denis (PhD Student) ANSES, France and CIGB, Cuba Title: Kinin neuropeptide in the midgut endocrine cells and innervation of salivary gland of Ixodes ricinus |
| 17:00-18:00 | Livia Sofrankova (PhD Student) Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Kosice, Slovakia Title: Novel neuropeptides involved in the salivary gland innervation of soft tick Ornithodoros moubata |
| 17:00-18:00 | Michael Mares Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Republic Title: Thyropin and cystatin proteins from Ixodes ricinus saliva: highly selective inhibition of host cathepsins explained by 3D structures |
| 17:00-18:00 | Miroslav Baňas (PhD Student) Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Kosice, Slovakia Title: Differential behavioral responses of ticks to radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation exposure |
| 17:00-18:00 | Veronika Urbanová Biology Centre CAS, Institute of Parasitology, Czech Republic Title: Dynamic ultrastructural changes in the midgut of Ixodes ricinus nymphs at different feeding stages |
| 17:00-18:00 | Sabine Rakotobe INRAE, France Title: Octopamine and α-2 adrenergic-like octopamine receptor in Ixodes ricinus salivary glands |