Symposium “Taxonomy and evolution of ticks and tick – borne pathogens”
Date: Friday September 6th
Place: Room Internacional I, Meliá Internacional Varadero
Chairman
PhD. Filipe Dantas Torres, Aggeu Magalhães Institute, Brazil
| Schedule | Activity |
|---|---|
| 9:30-10:00 | Filipe Dantas Torres Aggeu Magalhães Institute, Brazil Title: The Rhipicephalus sanguineus group taxonomy: unclosed gaps |
| 10:00-10:20 | Ben J Mans Agricultural Research Council-Onderstepoort Veterinary Research, South Africa Title: Perspectives on Argasid Evolution |
| 10:20-10:40 | Chitimia Dobler Lidia Fraunhofer Institute of Immunology, Infection and Pandemic Research, Germany Title: Nuttalliellidae in Burmese amber: Implications for tick evolution |
| 10:40-11:00 | Anastasios Saratsis Veterinary Research Institute/Hellenic Agricutural Organisation DIMITRA, Greece Title: Discovery of a novel Mediterranean Haemaphysalis (Ornithophysalis) doenitzi group tick species infesting Falco eleonorae on Antikythira Island, Greece |
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:30-11:50 | Stephen C. Barker (Recorded) University of Queensland, Australia Title: Fragments of 12s and 16s mitochondrial genes are useless when compared to fragments of cox 1 in tick taxonomy and diagnosis |
| 11:50-12:10 | Gabriel Andres Tafur Gómez Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria – AGROSAVIA, Mosquera 250047, Colombia Title: Rhipicephalus sanguineus s.l transcriptome analysis along with instar from four natural regions of Colombia |
| 12:10-12:30 | Maria Fernanda Bandeira de Melo Galletti Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA Title: A MALDI-TOF MS approach to differentiate Amblyomma maculatum ticks of public health importance in the United States |
| 12:30-12:50 | Luis Miguel Hernandez Triana Animal and Plant Health Agency, United Kingdom Title: Integrated approaches for surveillance of ticks and tick-borne diseases (Arachnida: Ixodidae) of livestock importance |
| 12:50-13:10 | Sabrina Hepner (Recorded) Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Germany Title: A core genome MLST scheme provides higher resolution insights into the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato species complex |
| 13:10-13:30 | Gabriele Margos (Recorded) Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Germany Title: Borrelia tillae – revival of a Borrelia species from South Africa |
| 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 | Chitimia Dobler Lidia Fraunhofer Institute of Immunology, Infection and Pandemic Research, Germany Title: Description of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) from Dominican amber below consideration of the recent genus Amblyomma |
| 17:00-18:00 | A. Sonia Olmeda Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain Title: Combining morphological and molecular approaches to improve the systematic of the genus Hyalomma Koch, 1844 |
| 17:00-18:00 | Bruna de Azevedo Baêta Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Title: Molecular characterization of Ehrlichia canis TRP36 in thrombocytopenic dogs from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 17:00-18:00 | Sándor Szekeres University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest, Hungary Title: The European badger (Meles meles) as a host for ticks and tick-borne pathogens in peri-urban environments |
| 17:00-18:00 | Katleho Sechaba Monakale (PhD Student) University of South Africa Title: Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of ticks and tick-borne pathogens from cattle in the villages |
| 17:00-18:00 | Luis Enrique Chaves-González (PhD Student) Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR) Title: Description of the larva of Dermacentor latus Cooley, 1937 (Ixodida: Ixodidae) from two localities in Costa Rica |
| 17:00-18:00 | Petunia Malatji University of South Africa Title: A systematic review of ticks and tick-borne pathogens of cattle reared by smallholder farmers in South Africa |
| 17:00-18:00 | Sandra Isabel Da Conceição Antunes IHMT, Portugal Title: Unveiling the genome of Babesia ovis Israeli strain: empowering Babesia research |
| 17:00-18:00 | Lorang C (PhD Student) ANSES, France Title: Non-destructive extraction of DNA: a method to keep the shape ! |
| 17:00-18:00 | Gabriel Andres Tafur Gómez Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria – AGROSAVIA, Mosquera 250047, Colombia Title: Assessing risk factors and tick-borne pathogens in grazing cattle of northeastern Colombia |