Programme Online Conference
Programme for Online Conference, 14.-15. September 2020
International Online Conference on Blood Parasites of Wildlife
14.-15.09.2020.
MONDAY, 14th SEPTEMBER
12:30-12:45
Staffan Bensch. Contaminations contaminate common databases.
Molecular Ecology and Evolution Group, Lund University, Sweden.
12:45-13:00
Milena Svobodova Avian trypanosomes.
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague
13:00-13:15
Mikas Ilgūnas, Carolina Romeiro Fernandes Chagas, Dovilė Bukauskaitė, Rasa Bernotienė, Tatjana Iezhova and Gediminas Valkiūnas. First report on the exo-erythrocytic development of Haemoproteus majoris
Nature Research Centre, Akademijos 2, LT‑ 08412 Vilnius, Lithuania
Coffee break
14:00-14:15
Tony Rinaud. How harmful is Leucocytozoon in the wild?
Department of Animal Behaviour, Bielefeld University, Germany.
14:15-14:30
Nayden Chakarov. Some loosely related observations on Leucocytozoon population dynamics.
Department of Animal Behaviour, Bielefeld University, Germany.
14:30-14:45
Constance Agbemelo-Tsomafo. Diversity in cytochrome b lineages of avian haemosporidian parasites found in Ghana.
University of Ghana.
Coffee break
15:15-15:30
Marcos Lima, de Faria, IP; Bell, JA; Nunes, R; Weckstein, JD & Fecchio, A The effects of mining activity on the prevalence and composition of avian haemosporidian in Northeast Amazonia.
Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Biologia Animal e Vegetal, Brazil.
15:30-15:45
Ralph Eric Thijl Vanstreels. Uncovering the blood parasites of penguins: recent developments and future challenges.
Research and Rehabilitation of Marine Animals (IPRAM), Espírito Santo, Brazil.
15:45-16:00
Spencer Galen. Diverse and complex haemosporidian co-infections revealed by amplicon deep sequencing.
Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, US.
Coffee break
16:30-16:45
Miguel Mejías Ortiz, María de Toro Hernando, José Antonio Oteo Revuelta, Ignacio Ruiz Arrondo. Avian Plasmodium in mosquitoes collected in a northern region of Spain.
Hospital San Pedro-CIBIR, Logroño, Spain
16:45-17:00
Vincenzo A. Ellis, Arif Ciloglu, Staffan Bensch
Haemoproteus nucleocondensus (lineage GRW01) dispersed to the Seychelles archipelago after its host, the Seychelles warbler (Acrocephalus sechellensis)
Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, University of Delaware, US
17:00-17:15
Leticia Soares. Spring relapse of avian haemosporidian infections in a Neotropical migrant.
Advanced Facility for Avian Research, University of Western Ontario, Canada.
17:15-17:30
Nubia Estela Matta, Gonzalez LP, Gutierrez GA, Lotta IA, Vargas MA, Escalante A, Pacheco AM. New hemoparasite findings in neotropical turtles
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Departamento de Biología
TUESDAY, 15th SEPTEMBER
9:45-10:00
Mizue Inumaru, Rui Kimura, Tetsuyoshi Sakamoto, Kazuo Horikoshi,
Hajime Suzuki, Naoko Suzuki, Isao Nishiumi, Yoshio Tsuda, Koichi
Murata, Yukita Sato. Prevalence and transmission cycles of avian haemosporidia and poxvirus in isolated islands of Japan.
Laboratory of Biomedical Science, Dept of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Japan; Institute of Boninology, Japan
Department of Zoology, National Museum of Nature and Science, Japan
Department of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan
Laboratory of Wildlife Science, Dept of Animal Resource Sciences, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Japan.
10:00-10:15
Xi Huang. Seasonal infection patterns of avian haemosporidian parasites in relation to host life stages.
College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
10:15-10:30
Imran Ejotre, Reeder, D.M., Matuschewski, K, and Schaer, J.. Prevalence and parasitemia of Hepatocystis parasites infecting fruit bats in Uganda.
Molecular Parasitology, Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany.
Coffee break
11:15-11:30
Farah Ishtiaq. Population genomics of potential Haemoproteus vector Culicoides tainanus in high elevation Himalaya.
Tata Institute for Genetics and Society (TIGS), India.
11:30-11:45
Yesiloz H, Gupse Kubra Karademir, Arif Ciloglu, Abdullah Inci, Alparslan Yildirim. Molecular evidence on the vector competence of Culicoides circumscriptus to some Haemoproteus lineages in Aegean region of Turkey.
Erciyes University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Kayseri, Turkey.
11:45-12:00
Justė Aželytė, Elena Platonova, Staffan Bensch, Vaidas Palinauskas. A comparative analysis of the dynamics of Plasmodium relictum (GRW4) development in single and mixed infections.
Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Lunch break
14:00-14:15
Arif Ciloglu, Vincenzo A. Ellis, Mélanie Duc, Philip A. Downing, Abdullah Inci, Staffan Bensch. Evolution of vector transmitted parasites by host switching revealed through sequencing of Haemoproteus parasite mitochondrial genomes
Erciyes University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Kayseri & Vectors and Vector-Borne Diseases Implementation and Research Center, Turkey. Molecular Ecology and Evolution Laboratory, Department of Biology, Lund University.
14:15-14:30
Carolina Chagas. Buffy coat method: a tool for detection of blood parasites without staining procedures.
Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania.
14:30-14:45
Tamara Emmenegger. Avian haemosporidian assemblages, prevalences and infection intensities of a long-distance migrant with an expanding breeding range. Swiss Ornithological Institute, Switzerland.
Coffee break
15:15-15:30
Mélanie Duc, Mikas Ilgūnas, Gediminas Valkiūnas. Patterns of Haemoproteus majoris (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae) megalomeront development.
Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania.
15:30-15:45
William Jones. Avian malaria drives sex-biased mortality in collared flycatchers.
Centre of Evolutionary Research, Uppsala University, Sweden. Élvonal Shorebird Science, Department of Evolutionary Zoology and Human Biology, Debrecen, Hungary.