Seminar Series, Winter 2012
Raymond 4-045 Friday 11:30 am
Macdonald Campus, McGill University
| January 20 | Petra Rohrbach Institute of Parasitology Introduction |
| January 27 | Anny Fortin Dafra Pharma Research Developing oleylphosphocholine as a new treatment option against leishmaniasis and other parasitic diseases. |
| February 3 | Cristine Ballesteros Institute of Parasitology Investigation into the Acquisition of Iron and Heme in the Filarial Parasite Brugia malayi |
| February 10 | Philip Zanet Institute of Parasitology Characterization of cathepsin L in Macrostomum lignano Pablo Godoy Institute of Parasitology Haemonchus contortus P-glycoproteins: interaction and possible role in macrocyclic lactones resistance |
| February 17 | Jihad Chehayeb Institute of Parasitology Fluid analysis of different A. suum compartments using a proteomic approach Manal Hassan Institute of Parasitology Identifying biomarkers for Schistosoma mansoni Infection using proteomic technology |
| February 24 | Mohammed Rashid Institute of Parasitology Characterization of putative nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits in Platyhelminth blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni Lisa Starr Institute of Parasitology Histological examination of tissues from parasite infected and protein deficient mice and their stunted offspring |
| March 2 | Thomas Duguet Institute of Parasitology Haemonchus contortus AChR gene diversity: potential new anthelmintic targets? |
| March 9 | Amanda Davidsen Institute of Parasitology Biophysical Investigations of Structural Features and Interactions of Leishmania donovani Peroxin 5 Elizabeth Ruiz Institute of Parasitology In situ and in vitro de-orphanization of Caenorhabditis elegans FLP-GPCRs |
| March 16 | Maeghan O'Neill Institute of Parasitology Characterizing the action of flubendazole on the filarial nematode Brugia malayi Filipe Perez Institute of Parasitology Gyrodactylus local adaptation in the context of a mosaic of coevolution |
| March 23 | Nidhi Sharma Institute of Parasitology RNA interference ( RNAi ) screens of putative neuromuscular receptors in Schistosoma mansoni Kevin MacDonald Institute of Parasitology Acetylcholine-gated Chloride Channel Subunits as Modulators of S. mansoni Motor Function |
| March 30 | Fadi Baakdah Institute of Parasitology Identification of PfCRT interacting proteins Nelly El-Sakkary Institute of Parasitology Dopaminergic Schistosomal Receptors SmGPR-3 and SmD2 |
| April 6 | No Seminar |
| April 13 | Bibiana Gonzales Institute of Parasitology TBA |
| April 20 | Carli Halpenny Institute of Parasitology Health, wealth and diet: Socio-spatial patterns in pre-school child parasitic infection and nutrition among the Ngäbe of Western Panamá |
| April 27 | James McLean Institute of Parasitology TBA |
| May 4 | Cancelled TBA |
| May 11 | Dayal Dasanayake Institute of Parasitology Identification of Toxoplasma gondii factor(s) responsible for the inhibition of IFN γ-mediated up-regulation of MHC Class II |
| May 18 | Louis-Philippe Leroux Institute of Parasitology Subversion of MHC-II antigen presentation by Toxoplasma gondii is mediated by the upregulation of the MHC-II associated invariant chain |
