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Parasite Models and Development

Day One — Thursday, January 4, 2018

Time	Event
8:30-9:30am	Registration and Coffee
8:50-9am	Welcoming Remarks by Program Organizers
9am-12pm	Panel I — Parasitic Nematode Models Chair: Kris Gunsalus, NYU New York and NYU Abu Dhabi
	9-9:30am — Host immune responses and parasite development in the real world Mark Viney University of Bristol, UK
	9:30-10am —Programmed DNA elimination in nematodes Richard Davis University of Colorado Medical School
	10-10:30am — Developing heterorhabditis bacteriophora as a model for nematode parasitism John Hawdon George Washington University
10:30-11am	Break and Refreshments
	11-11:30am — A self-recognition system in nematodes Ralf Sommer Max Planck Institute Tuebingen
	11:30am-12pm — Nippostrongylus brasiliensis: a model for understanding cholinergic regulation of immunity Murray Selkirk Imperial College
12-2pm	Lunch
2-4:30pm	Panel II — Development, Behavior, and Host Interactions Chair: Oliver Hobert, Columbia; HHMI
	2-2:30pm — Molecular and behavioral analysis of neuronal remodeling events in the C. elegans dauer Oliver Hobert Columbia; HHMI
	2:30-3pm — Molecular and cellular dissection of a conserved hitchhiking behavior of the nematode Junho Lee Seoul National University
3-3:30pm	Break and Refreshments
	3:30-4pm — The chemical language of worms: semantics and host interference Frank Schroeder Cornell; Boyce Thompson
	4-4:30pm — Mucosal immunity and mitigation of helminth-induced tissue injury De'Broski Hebert University of Pennsylvania
4:45-5:45pm	Campus Tour
6:30-8pm	Public Program — A World Without Parasitic Worms: Why, When, and How? Tim Geary McGill University *Immediately followed by public reception

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Genomics and Therapeutics

Day Two — Friday, January 5, 2018

Time	Event
8:30-9am	Registration and Coffee
9am-12pm	Panel III — Natural Variation and Genomics Chair: Erik Andersen, Northwestern University
	9-9:30am — Using C. elegans natural diversity to elucidate anthelmintic resistance mechanisms Erik Andersen Northwestern University
	9:30-10am — Genetic variation and the molecular epidemiology anthelmintic resistance in Haemonchus contortus and related nematodes John Gilleard University of Calgary
	10-10:30am — Looking for nematode biology in tera-bases of sequence data Makedonka Mitreva Washington University
10:30-11am	Break and Refreshments
	11-11:30am — Population genetics, life histories, and evolution in mammalian parasitic nematodes Warwick Grant La Trobe University
	11:30am-12pm — Identifying novelty in parasitic nematode genomes: horizontal genetic transfer, gene birth, and gene duplication Mark Blaxter University of Edinburgh
12-2pm	Lunch
2-4:30pm	Panel IV — Chemical Genomics and Anthelmintics Chair: Hala Fahs, NYU Abu Dhabi
	2-2:30pm — A non-toxic biological control agent as a cure for soil-transmitted helminths Raffi Aroian University of Massachusetts, Worcester
	2:30-3pm — High throughput chemical genomics in C. elegans to screen for novel anthelmintics and their targets Hala Fahs NYU Abu Dhabi
3-3:30pm	Break and Refreshments
	3:30-4pm — Bacillus thuringiensis, a multipotential bacteria: applications to screen for new bioinsecticides and bionematicides Mireille Kallassy Saint-Joseph University, Beirut
	4-4:30pm — Addressing the challenges of anti-helminthic drug development James McKerrow University of California at San Diego
4:30-6:30pm	Poster Session

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Emerging Technologies

Day Three — Saturday, January 6, 2018

Time	Event
9-9:30am	Coffee
9:30am-12pm	Panel V — Emerging Technologies Chair: James Lok, University of Pennsylvania
	9:30-10am — Transgenesis and genome manipulation in Strongyloides spp James Lok University of Pennsylvania
	10-10:30am — The role of 'omics' and other molecular tools in the quest to eliminate human filariasis Sara Lustigman NY Blood Center
10:30-11am	Break and Refreshments
	11-11:30am — The nematode intestine: a key host interface Doug Jasmer Washington State University
	11:30am-12pm — Measuring acute drug responses in C. elegans Andrew Fraser University of Toronto
12-2pm	Lunch