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Vector-Borne Disease Symposium June 19

June 2, 2017

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)

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

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Keynote Speakers

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

 

Schedule of Events

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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