Vector-Borne Disease Symposium June 19

June 19, 2017 | 8:00 am to 5:30 pm

The University of Texas at San Antonio
John Peace Library Assembly Room (JPL 4.04.22)

Abstract Deadline: June 10, 2017
Symposium Registration Deadline: June 15, 2017

George Dimopoulos, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University

Helen Lazear, Ph.D.
University of North Carolina

Mary Ann McDowell, Ph.D.
University of Notre Dame

Joao Pedra, Ph.D.
University of Maryland

8:00 – 8:45		Registration / Breakfast
8:45 – 9:00		Welcome
9:00 – 9:55		Keynote Speaker: Dr. Joao Pedra, University of Maryland “Tick Humoral Responses: Marching To the Beat of a Different Drummer”
9:55 – 10:15		Dr. Janakiram Seshu, University of Texas San Antonio
10:15 – 10:35		Dr. Adalberto Perez de Leon, Knipling-Bushland U.S. Livestock Insects Research Laboratory
10-minute break
10:45 – 11:05		Dr. Megan Wise de Valdez, Texas A&M University San Antonio
11:05 – 12:00		Keynote Speaker: Dr. Helen Lazear, University of North Carolina “Zika Virus Tropism and Pathogenesis”
12:00 – 2:30		Poster session and lunch in the BSE atrium
2:30 – 3:20		Keynote Speaker: Dr. Mary Ann McDowell, University of Notre Dame
3:20 – 3:40		Dr. Phil LoVerde, UT Health San Antonio
3:40 – 4:00		Dr. Evelien Bunnik, UT Health San Antonio
10-minute break
4:10 – 4:30		Dr. Kirsten Hanson, University of Texas at San Antonio
4:30 – 5:20		Keynote Speaker: Dr. George Dimopolous, Johns Hopkins University “Interfering with Vector-Pathogen Interactions for Disease Control”
5:20 – 5:30		Closing and Poster Prizes

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