PennVet Global Parasitology Seminars—speakers and audiences from around the world. The seminars, offered by the Department of Pathobiology, will be held at 12 noon in room 132 Hill Pavilion via ZOOM.
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September 20, 2021
- Michael White, Distinguished USF Health Professor Department of Global Health, University of South Florida “Development of an ex vivo model of Toxoplasma recrudescence”
October 11, 2021
- Catherine Lavazec, Biology of Plasmodium transmission team Institut Cochin, Paris, France“Deciphering host-parasite interactions in Plasmodium falciparum transmission”
October 18, 2021
- Astra Bryant, Dept of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics University of California, Los Angeles “The neural basis of temperature-driven host seeking in the human threadworm Strongyloides stercoralis”
October 25, 2021
- Carolina Barillas, Mury Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institutes of Health “Mosquito Immunity and Malaria Transmission”
November 1, 2021
- Gavin Wright, Cell Surface Signalling Laboratory, Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK“Genome-led vaccine target discovery for animal African trypanosomiasis”
November 8, 2021
- Tobias Spielmann, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM), Germany ”Drugs and nutrients: critical deendencies in malaria parasites”
November 15, 2021
- Phil Newmark, Morgridge Institute for Research Madison, WI “Fc-dependent IgG parasite clearance as a guide for vaccine development against P. falciparum malaria”
For more information: contact Sue Pilder at waddingt@vet.upenn.edu