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Biology of Protozoan parasite Extracellular Vesicles: From Bench to the Field
 
Ana Claudia Torrecilhas (Brazil) 
Carmen Fernandez (Spain) 
Thibault Allain (USA) 
Hernando Del Portillo (Spain) 
 
Development of a Live Attenuated Vaccine Against Leishmania: Progress Through Human Clinical Trials
 
Abhay Satoskar (USA)
Hira Nakhasi (USA)
Sanjay Singh (India)
Greg Matlashewski (Canada)

Helminth EVs in Host Communications and Immune Response

 
Antonio Marcilla (Spain) 
Lucienne Tritten (Canada) 
Javier Sotillo (Spain) 
Jianpin Cao (China) 
 
RNA Regulation During Parasitic Infection
 
Angela K. Cruz (Brazil)
Sheila Donnelly (UK)
Reza Salavati (Canada)
Lilach Sheiner (UK)
 
Survival Mechanisms of Intracellular Parasites Within Their Host Cell
 
Jeroen Saeij (USA)
Sebastian Lourido (USA)
Dan Zilberstein (Israel)
Maria Mota (Portugal)
 
Parasite-Host Interactions: How Pathogens Evolve to Better Infect Their Host
 
Robert Poulin (New Zealand)
Kayla King  (UK)
Ana Gutierrez (Mexico).  
Alessandra Guarnieri (Brazil)
 
Parasitic Infections and Circadian Rhythms
 
Filipa Rijo-Ferreira (USA) 
Nicolas Cermakian (Canada)
Charissa De Bekker (Holland) 
Amy Ellison (USA)
 
Host-Directed Immunotherapy of Parasitic Infections
 
Jude Uzonna (Canada)
Simona Stäger (Canada)
Kevin Kain (Canada)
Maria Yazdanbakhsh (Holland)
 
Canadian Parasitology Network Symposium
 
Nathan Peters (Canada)
Irah King (Canada)
Lisa Osborne (Canada)
Melisa Gualdron Lopez (Canada)
 
Helminth Regulation of Inflammatory Diseases
 
Susanne Hartmann (Germany)
Henry McSorley (Scotland)
Luis Terrazas (Mexico)
Constance Finney (Canada)
 
Immunity to helminth infections: mechanisms of host defense in barrier tissues
 
Danielle Karo-Atar (Israel)
Lisa Reynolds (Canada)
Pedro Gazzinelli Guimaraes (USA)
Aline Sardinha-Silva (USA)
 
Protists – Neglected members of the microbiome
 
Arthur Mortha (Canada)
Francesco Asnicar – Francesco (UK)
André Buret (Canada)
Kateřina Jirků (Czech Republic)
 
Novel Approaches Identify Protective Immune Mechanisms in Experimental Malaria Liver and Blood-Stage Infections
 
William Heath (Australia) 
Fidel Zavala (USA)
Noah Butler (USA)
Ashraful Haque (Australia)
 
Pathogenesis of Placental Malaria
 
Stephanie Yanow (Canada)
Julie Moore (USA)
Justin Doritchamou (USA)
Barnard Kanoi (Kenya)
 
Vector Immunity and Parasite Transmission (Bedbugs and Parasites)
 
Omar Triana (Colombia)
Ana Marisa Mejia (Colombia)
Jose E. Pietri (USA)
Omar Akbari (USA)
 
Giardia Genetics and Cell Biology
 
Staffan Svärd (Sweden) 
Carmen Faso (Switzerland)
Pavel Dolezal (Czech Republic)
Janet Yee (Canada)
 
 
Fish Parasites vs Fish Immunity: Innovative Adaptations on Both Sides
 
Brian Dixon (Canada)
Irene Salinas (USA)
Fabio Zanuzzo (Canada)
Steven Leadbeater (Canada)
 
Anthelmintic Resistance: Development, Mechanisms and Monitoring
 
Jan Šlapeta (Australia)
Anastasia Diakou (Greece)
John Gilleard (Canada)
Anne Lespine (France)
 
Innovative Strategies for Leishmaniasis Management and Control
 
Patrícia Veras  (Brazil)
Javier Moreno (Spain)
Alicia Ponte-Sucre (Venezuela)
Rubens Lima do Monte Neto (Brazil)
 
Viruses and Parasites: Hidden Passengers or Facilitators of Virulence?
 
 Vyacheslav Yurchenko (Czech Republic)
Elisa Cupolillo (Brazil)
Nolwenn Dheilly (France)
Jan Tachezy (Czech Republic)
 
Innovative Technologies for Unravelling AMR in Parasites
 
David A. Fidock (USA)
John Gilleard (Canada)
Laura-Isabel McCall (USA)
Marc Ouellette (Canada)
 
Protozoan Parasites & the AMR Frontier: From Bench to Control Strategies
 
Maria Adelaida Gomez (Colombia)
Mallika Imwong (Thailand)
David Leitsch (Austria)
Christopher Fernandez-Prada (Canada)
 
Confronting Anthelmintic Resistance: Mechanisms, Monitoring & Mitigation in Multicellular Parasites
 
Erik Andersen (USA)
Hannah Vineer (UK) 
Bruno Levecke (Belgium) 
James Cotton (UK)
 
 Advancements in Helminth Genomics
 
James Wasmuth (Canada) 
Erik Andersen (USA)
Sarah Buddenborg (UK)
Elizabeth Thiele (USA)
 
Inflammasomes and Innate Immunity to Protozoan Parasites
 
Ricardo Gazzinelli (Brazil)
Shaden Khawami (USA)
Chris Chadee (Canada)
Dario Zamboni (Brazil)
 
Phagocytosis in Host-Parasite Interaction
 
Claudia Brodskyn (Brazil)
Martin Olivier (Canada)
Ana Tomas (Portugal)
Juliana Menezes (Brazil)
 
Parasite Metabolism: Fundamental and Translational Applications
 
Sarah Ewald (USA)
Ariel Silber (Brazil)
Audrey Odom John (USA)
Mike Barrett (UK)
 
International Workshop for Arctic Parasitology VII: Why We Should Continue to Care About Parasites at the Poles
 
Rebecca Davidson (Norway) 
Pikka Jokelainen (Denmark) 
Antti Oksanen (Finland) 
Susan Kutz (Canada) 
 
Anthelminthics: Current Drugs and Vaccines
 
Jennifer Keyser (Switzerland) 
Jonathan Marchant (USA) 
Alasdair Nisbet (UK)
Peter Roy (Canada) 
 
Host-Pathogen Interactions During Cryptosporidium Infection
 
Ryan Pardy, INRS (Canada) 
Mattie Pawlowvic (UK) 
Chelsea Marie Braun (USA) 
Momar Ndao (Canada)