Scientific Program
New England Association of Parasitologists Annual Meeting
Saturday November 22, 2003
Ambassador Restaurant, Glastonbury, CT
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9:00 - 9:30 AM Breakfast
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9:30 - 10:30 AM Dr. Michael Cappello, Yale University
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Hookworm pathogenesis: defining the nature of the host Parasite relationship |
10:30-11:00 Noon Thiru Ramalingam (UCHC)
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Role of IL-5 and eosinophils in filarial infections |
11:00-11:30 PM Joseph Mega (UConn Storrs)
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A new tetraphyllidean tapeworm from the Broadfin shark, Lamiopsis temmincki, in Borneo |
11:30-12:00 PM Eszter Deak (Yale University)
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Visceral Leishmaniasis: Do B cells play a role in pathogenesis? |
12:00 - 1:30 PM Lunch
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1:30 - 2:00 PM Business Meeting
2:00 - 3:30 PM Bhargavi Rajan (UCHC) |
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Role of Immunoglobulins in a murine model of Brugian infection |
2:30 – 3:00 PM Ava-Loi Anderson (UConn, Storrs)
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Two new species of tapeworms from the Atlantic weasel shark in Senegal |
3:00 – 3:30 PM Brian Jones (Yale) |
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MIF and hookworm pathogenesis |
3:30 - 4:30 PM Dr. Mark Siddall, American Museum of Natural History
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Phylogeny of Leeches and Historical Insights on Bacterial Symbioses |
