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Friday, September 18
Monday, September 21
09:45 AM - 12:05 PM
Welcome/Plenary Session/Session 2A, Epitranscriptomics
Welcome from Manoj Duraisingh, Nina Papavasiliou, Boris Striepen, MPM Organizers
Welcome from Tracey DePellegrin, GSA Executive Director
Polling of Attendees, Omar Harb
Welcome from Manoj Duraisingh, Nina Papavasiliou, Boris Striepen, MPM Organizers
Welcome from Tracey DePellegrin, GSA Executive Director
Polling of Attendees, Omar Harb
Chairs
Veronica Jimenez, California State University Fullerton
Jeff Dvorin, Harvard University
11:05 AM - 12:05 PM
Session 2B, Nuclear and Telomere Biology
Chairs
Jorge Cruz Reyes, Texas A&M University
Bibo Li, Cleveland State University
Session 3B, Single-cell Analysis/Session 4B, Nutrition and Metabolism
Chairs
Shruthi Vembar, Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology
Natalia de Miguel, INTECH
Session 3A, Sensing and Salvage/Session 4A, Lab and Field Genomics
Chairs
Luisa Figueiredo, Instituto de Medicina Molecular
Theresa Gwira, University of Ghana
04:10 PM - 05:20 PM
Special Session: Black Lives Matter in Parasitology
Chair
Regina Joice Cordy, Wake Forest University
Tuesday, September 22
09:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Memorials
Chairs
Dominique Soldati-favre, University of Geneva
Andy Waters, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Parasitology
Session 5A, Host-Parasite manipulation/Session 6A, Developmental cell biology
Chairs
Chi-Min Ho, Columbia University
Clare Harding, University of Glasgow
Session 5B, Functional Cell Division/Session 6B Host determinants
Chairs
Markus Ganter, Heidelberg University
Josh Beck, Iowa State University
Session 7B, Organellar Biology/Session 8B, Invasion
Chairs
Sumiti Vinayak, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Gira Bhabha, NYU School of Medicine
Session 7A, Egress to Invasion/Session 8A, Mitochondrial Biology
Chairs
Vasant Muralidharan, University of Georgia
Melissa Léger-Abraham, Harvard Medical School
Wednesday, September 23
Session 9B, Drug Development/Session 10B, Metabolites and Lipids
Chairs
Mattie Pawlowic, School of Life Sciences University of Dundee
Jennifer Guler, University of Virginia
Session 9A, Biology for Vaccines/Session 10A, Biology for Drugs
Chairs
Sophie Uyoga, KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme
Maria Francia, Institut Pasteur de Montevideo
Session 11A, Metabolism/Session 12A, Tissue Tropism
Chairs
Cyrille Botté, CNRS, Université Grenoble Alpes
Anita Koshy, University of Arizona
Session 11B, Evolution and Genomics/Session 12B, Antigenic Variation
Chairs
Monica Mugnier, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Praveen Nina, Central University of Tamil Nadu
04:05 PM - 04:35 PM
Parasite Trivia
Join your fellow parasitologists in an online trivia game and see which team will be crowned parasite royalty! Please register by 12:00 noon EDT on Wednesday.
Join your fellow parasitologists in an online trivia game and see which team will be crowned parasite royalty! Please register by 12:00 noon EDT on Wednesday.
Chairs
Omar Harb, University of Pennsylvania
Selina Bopp, Harvard University
04:45 PM - 05:45 PM
Meet the Professors
4:35 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Meet the Professors
5:15 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Free Social Time
4:35 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Meet the Professors
5:15 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Free Social Time
Thursday, September 24
Session 13A, New tools, new vistas
Chairs
Marc-Jan Gubbels, Boston College
Friedrich Frischknecht, University of Heidelberg
Session 13B, Functional screens, new horizons
Chairs
Jean-Claude Dujardin, Institute of Tropical Medicine
Scott Lindner, Pennsylvania State University
11:30 AM - 01:00 PM
Poster Sessions A and B
A Poster Authors will present 11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
B Poster Authors will present 12:15 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
A Poster Authors will present 11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
B Poster Authors will present 12:15 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
01:15 PM - 02:45 PM
Poster Sessions C and D
C Poster Authors will present 1:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
D Poster Authors will present 2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
C Poster Authors will present 1:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
D Poster Authors will present 2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
03:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Poster Sessions E and F
E Poster Authors will present 3:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
F Poster Authors will present 3:45 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
E Poster Authors will present 3:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
F Poster Authors will present 3:45 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Friday, September 18
Monday, September 21
09:45 AM - 12:05 PM
Welcome/Plenary Session/Session 2A, Epitranscriptomics
Welcome from Manoj Duraisingh, Nina Papavasiliou, Boris Striepen, MPM Organizers
Welcome from Tracey DePellegrin, GSA Executive Director
Polling of Attendees, Omar Harb
Welcome from Manoj Duraisingh, Nina Papavasiliou, Boris Striepen, MPM Organizers
Welcome from Tracey DePellegrin, GSA Executive Director
Polling of Attendees, Omar Harb
Chairs
Veronica Jimenez, California State University Fullerton
Jeff Dvorin, Harvard University
11:05 AM - 12:05 PM
Session 2B, Nuclear and Telomere Biology
Chairs
Jorge Cruz Reyes, Texas A&M University
Bibo Li, Cleveland State University
Session 3B, Single-cell Analysis/Session 4B, Nutrition and Metabolism
Chairs
Shruthi Vembar, Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology
Natalia de Miguel, INTECH
Session 3A, Sensing and Salvage/Session 4A, Lab and Field Genomics
Chairs
Luisa Figueiredo, Instituto de Medicina Molecular
Theresa Gwira, University of Ghana
04:10 PM - 05:20 PM
Special Session: Black Lives Matter in Parasitology
Chair
Regina Joice Cordy, Wake Forest University
Tuesday, September 22
09:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Memorials
Chairs
Dominique Soldati-favre, University of Geneva
Andy Waters, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Parasitology
Session 5A, Host-Parasite manipulation/Session 6A, Developmental cell biology
Chairs
Chi-Min Ho, Columbia University
Clare Harding, University of Glasgow
Session 5B, Functional Cell Division/Session 6B Host determinants
Chairs
Markus Ganter, Heidelberg University
Josh Beck, Iowa State University
Session 7B, Organellar Biology/Session 8B, Invasion
Chairs
Sumiti Vinayak, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Gira Bhabha, NYU School of Medicine
Session 7A, Egress to Invasion/Session 8A, Mitochondrial Biology
Chairs
Vasant Muralidharan, University of Georgia
Melissa Léger-Abraham, Harvard Medical School
Wednesday, September 23
Session 9B, Drug Development/Session 10B, Metabolites and Lipids
Chairs
Mattie Pawlowic, School of Life Sciences University of Dundee
Jennifer Guler, University of Virginia
Session 9A, Biology for Vaccines/Session 10A, Biology for Drugs
Chairs
Sophie Uyoga, KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme
Maria Francia, Institut Pasteur de Montevideo
Session 11A, Metabolism/Session 12A, Tissue Tropism
Chairs
Cyrille Botté, CNRS, Université Grenoble Alpes
Anita Koshy, University of Arizona
Session 11B, Evolution and Genomics/Session 12B, Antigenic Variation
Chairs
Monica Mugnier, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Praveen Nina, Central University of Tamil Nadu
04:05 PM - 04:35 PM
Parasite Trivia
Join your fellow parasitologists in an online trivia game and see which team will be crowned parasite royalty! Please register by 12:00 noon EDT on Wednesday.
Join your fellow parasitologists in an online trivia game and see which team will be crowned parasite royalty! Please register by 12:00 noon EDT on Wednesday.
Chairs
Omar Harb, University of Pennsylvania
Selina Bopp, Harvard University
04:45 PM - 05:45 PM
Meet the Professors
4:35 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Meet the Professors
5:15 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Free Social Time
4:35 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Meet the Professors
5:15 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Free Social Time
Thursday, September 24
Session 13A, New tools, new vistas
Chairs
Marc-Jan Gubbels, Boston College
Friedrich Frischknecht, University of Heidelberg
Session 13B, Functional screens, new horizons
Chairs
Jean-Claude Dujardin, Institute of Tropical Medicine
Scott Lindner, Pennsylvania State University
11:30 AM - 01:00 PM
Poster Sessions A and B
A Poster Authors will present 11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
B Poster Authors will present 12:15 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
A Poster Authors will present 11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
B Poster Authors will present 12:15 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
01:15 PM - 02:45 PM
Poster Sessions C and D
C Poster Authors will present 1:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
D Poster Authors will present 2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
C Poster Authors will present 1:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
D Poster Authors will present 2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
03:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Poster Sessions E and F
E Poster Authors will present 3:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
F Poster Authors will present 3:45 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
E Poster Authors will present 3:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
F Poster Authors will present 3:45 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.