Infectious Disease Research Initiative Scotland symposium

This meeting brings together researchers from the Universities of Dundee, Glasgow and Edinburgh to hear about the exciting range of work at our different institutions.

Programme

Wednesday 6 March

Session 1: from 1 pm

Nisha Philip (UoE) - TBC

Jeziel Dener Damasceno (UoG) - Using conditional genome engineering with DiCre and CRISPR/Cas9 to understand the genome maintenance strategies in Leishmania

Manu De Rycker (UoD) - Challenges in Chagas Disease drug discovery

Migla Miskinyte (UoE) - Maintenance of mitochondrial DNA in trypanosomes: genetic and phenotypic screens to identify factors and inhibitors

Session 2: from 3.45 pm

Mattie Pawlowic (UoD) - Genetic tools to study Cryptosporidium biology

Lilach Sheiner (UoG) - Lost in translation - trying to understand and target Apicomplexan mitochondrial translation

Short Talks from poster presenters

 

Thursday 7 March

Session 3: from 9.00 am

Alan Fairlamb (UoD) - History of the Drug Discovery Unit

Thomas Otto (UoG) - Opportunities of scRNA-Seq in parasites

Wiebke Nahrendorf (UoE) - Malaria remodels the spleen to imprint tolerance

Beatriz Baragana (UoD) - Lysyl-t-RNA Synthetase as a dug target in Apicomplexan parasites

Public Engagement - Led by Ali Floyd (UoD) and Vickie Curtis (UoG)

Session 4: from 11.15 am

Richard Wall (UoD) - Overexpression library reveals the target of the clinical and veterinary trypanocidal benzoxaboroles

Jenny Regan (UoE) - Sex differences in innate immunity and ageing: a Drosophila perspective

Mahmood Alam (UoG) - Targeting essential protein kinases in malaria parasites

The main meeting is followed on Thursday afternoon by a special session for early career researchers

Accommodation and transport

Please let Hilary Snaith (hilary.snaith@ed.ac.uk) know as soon as possible if you are intending to presenting a poster, as we may be able to provide transport to Dundee and overnight accommodation, depending on numbers.