Symposium Program and Schedule
Program subject to change
| 8:30-9:00am | Breakfast and Registration and Poster set-up |
| 9:00-9:05am |
Welcome to the 15th Annual SCEP Symposium
Karine Le Roch, PhD.
Director, Center for Infectious Disease and Vector Research, UC Riverside
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| 9:10-9:45am |
"Adventures in Malaria Drug Discovery" SCEP Morning Speaker
Elizabeth Winzeler, PhD.
Associate Dean for Research and Innovation, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Professor of Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, UC San Diego
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| Morning Session | Chair, Emma Wilson, PhD., Professor, UC Riverside |
| 9:45-10am |
"Neutrophil degranulation and lysosomal mobilization during trogocytosis of Trichomonas vaginalis "
Ngoc Thuy Nguyen, Mercer Lab, Cal Poly Pomona
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| 10-10:15am |
"Investigating the interaction between Trichomonas vaginalis and Lactobacillus iners"
Samantha Smedshammer, Riestra lab, San Diego State University
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| 10:15-10:30am |
"Shared binding site but divergent resistance profiles uncover novel resistance mechanisms in Plasmodium HSP90 inhibitors"
Fu-Hsuan Ko, Winzeler lab, UC San Diego
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| 10:30-10:45am |
"Molecular mimicry enables mitochondria-Toxoplasma contact sites (MiToCs)"
Sebastian Kreimendahl, Pernas lab, UC Los Angeles
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| 10:45-11am |
"Sex bias in the resistance to systemic Candida albicans infection in different strain mice"
Edgar Perez Valdes, Buckley lab, Cal Poly Pomona
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| 5-MINUTE STRETCH BREAK | |
| 11:05-11:20am |
"Spatial control of NLRP3 inflammasome assembly defined by a Toxoplasma gondii non-lytic infection model in human monocytes"
Ji-Hun Shin, Lodoen lab, UC Irvine
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| 11:20-11:35am |
"Utilizing a CRISPR dCas9 tethering system to demonstrate that the chromatin interacting protein Bdf3 is sufficient to activate transcription at the EP1 locus in African trypanosomes"
Evan Kim, Schulz lab, Harvey Mudd College
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| 11:35-11:50am |
"The role of neutrophil reactive oxygen species in controlling acute Toxoplasma gondii infection"
Anthony Temm, Lima lab, Cal Poly Pomona
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| 11:50am-12pm | BREAK and SQUEEZE UP! |
| 12-1pm |
“Unraveling the composition and function of the Toxoplasma gondii inner membrane complex”
Afternoon Keynote Speaker
Peter Bradley, PhD.
Professor of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics University of California, Los Angeles
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| 1-2:15pm | LUNCH AND POSTER VIEWING |
| Afternoon Session | Chairs: Jennell Jennett and Jose Martin, UC Riverside |
| 2:15-2:30pm |
"Myeloid-intrinsic PTPN2 regulates inflammatory monocyte differentiation and immunity to intestinal helminths"
Samuel Asiedu, Nair lab, UC Riverside
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| 2:30-2:45pm |
"The role of sex and androgen receptors on the expression of the CB1R and CB2R in the brain and spleen of mice systemically infected with Candida albicans"
Alex Royas, Ph.D., Buckley lab, Cal Poly Pomona
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| 2:45-3pm |
"Parasite-driven epigenetic reprogramming: How Toxoplasma gondii reshapes host chromatin"
Loic Ciampossin, Ph.D. Le Roch lab, UC Riverside
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| 3-3:15pm |
"Long-acting antimalarial prophylaxis via antisense oligonucleotides"
Jason Hsiao, Winzeler lab, UC San Diego
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| 3:15-3:30pm |
"Investigating the trogocytic killing of Trichomonas vaginalis: Neutrophil degranulation and macrophage resolution"
Ximena Corona, Mercer lab, Cal Poly Pomona
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| 3:30-3:45pm |
"Rhoptry protein 42: A novel marker of bradyzoite formation"
Nala Kachour, Wilson lab, UC Riverside
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| 3:45-6pm |
Drinks and Nibbles
Poster presentations (odd numbers 3:45-4:30pm; even numbers 4:30-5:15pm) Announcement of abstract awards and networking (5:15-6:00pm)
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