2021 SCEP Symposium Schedule
Southern California Eukaryotic Pathogen Symposium — Oct. 27, 2021
We are delighted to welcome you all this year. Check out our sensational program below.
11th Annual SCEP Symposium zoom link:
https://ucr-edu-hipaa.zoom.us/j/92906670540?pwd=VHlNMjJjQUdKSzE5MnNkMHU2Rk0yQT09
Meeting ID: 929 0667 0540
Passcode: 723755
Schedule of Event
Schedule subject to change
9:00 — 9:15 a.m. |
Welcome to 11 years of SCEPOpening remarks for the 11th Annual SCEP symposium |
9:15 — 9:30 a.m. |
Morning Session: Chair, Dr. Emma WilsonAngeline Wijono (UCLA, HIll lab)
"Identification of Lineage-Specific Microtubule Inner Proteins (MIPs) in Trypanosoma brucei"
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9:30 — 9:45 a.m. |
Melvin Williams (CSUF, Jimenez lab)
"Mitochondrial function is regulated by mechanosensitive channels in Trypanosoma brucei"
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9:45 — 10:00 a.m. |
Lucy Paddock (HMC, Schulz lab)
"Bromodomain proteins show increased occupancy at binding sites as African trypanosomes differentiate from bloodstream to procyclic forms"
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10:00 — 10:15 a.m. |
Todd Lenz (UCR, Le Roch lab)
"Chromatin structure and var2csa – a tango in regulation of var gene expression in the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum?"
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10:15 — 10:30 a.m. |
SCEP Lightning TalksAkshara Kannan (CSUF, Jimenez lab) "Regulation of the contractile vacuole function and flagellar homeostasis by mechanosensation"
Izra Abbaali (UCI, Morrisette lab)
"Analysis Pipeline for Candidate Apicomplexan Parasite-Selective Microtubule-Targeting Agents" Skylar Rains (UCR, SOM)
"There’s a Fungus Afoot! A Case Study of Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis"
Michelle Shimogawa (UCLA, Hill lab)
"Developing a microfluidic-based chemotaxis assay for Trypanosoma brucei"
Stephanie Orchanian
"Defining the Molecular Basis of Immune Cell Recruitment to the Central Nervous System"
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10:30 — 10:45 a.m. | BREAK |
10:45 — 11:00 a.m. |
Nelly El-Sakkary (UCSD, Caffrey lab)
"High-Content (HC) Imaging and Gene Expression Profiling (GEP) in a Flatworm Parasite"
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11:00 — 11:15 a.m. | Ivan Chavez (UCLA, Hallem lab) "Parasitic nematodes exhibit life stage-specific interactions with host-associated and environmental bacteria" |
11:15 — 11:30 a.m. |
Suhani Bhakta (Cal Poly, Mercer lab)
"Determining how protozoan parasite Trichomonas vaginalis is degraded and digested during trogocytosis"
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11:30 — 11:45 a.m. | William Maciejowski (U of A, Decks lab)) "Evolution of Membrane Trafficking Machinery in Tritrichomonas foetus" |
11:45 a.m. — 12 p.m. | Break and ready for Keynote! |
12:00 — 1 p.m. |
Keynote SpeakerJane Carlton, Ph.D. - Julius Silver, Roslyn S. Silver, and Enid Silver Winslow Professor at NYU Department of Biology The trickiness of Trichomonas genomes" |
1 — 2:30 p.m. |
Lunch. Poster Viewing and interactions in SLACK |
2:30 — 2:45 p.m. |
Afternoon Session: Chair, Dr. Meera NairSarah Bobardt (UCR, Nair lab)
"Endocannabinoid Receptor-Signaling Regulates Host-Parasitic Nematode Interactions"
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2:45 — 3:00 p.m. | Kristina Bergersen (UCR, Wilson lab) "Chronic Brain Neutrophils Protect Against Toxoplasma gondii Infection" |
3 — 3:15 p.m. |
Peter Back (UCLA, Bradley lab)
"An essential IMC protein complex governs Toxoplasma invasion and egress"
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3:15 — 3:30 p.m. | Stephanie Matsuno (UCI, UCI Lodoen lab) "The inflammatory role of caspase-8 during T. gondii infection of human monocytes" |
3:30 — 3:45 p.m.
3:45 — 4:00 p.m. |
Chandrasekaran “Arun” Sambamurthy (Arizona, Koshy lab)
"Using Toxoplasma gondii to redefine the neuronal innate immune response"
Awards and Thank you's! |