Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Progress in Vaccine Development
Discussion Leader: Santuza Teixeira (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil)
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:15 pm
Maria Elena Bottazzi (Baylor College of Medicine, United States)
"Tropical Medicine and the Vaccine Sciences to Achieve Global Health Equity"
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:45 pm
Adrian Hill (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
"Can Vaccines Trigger Malaria Elimination?"
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:20 pm
Stuart Levitz (University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, United States)
"Cryptococcus Vaccines: Progress and Challenges"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Host-Pathogen Interaction Mechanisms and Evasion of Immune System
Discussion Leader: Walderez Dutra (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:30 am
Hernando A del Portillo (Barcelona Institute for Global Health and Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute , Spain)
"Molecular Approaches to the Study of Cryptic Erythrocytic Infections in Plasmodium Vivax "
9:30 am - 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am - 9:55 am
Teresa O'Meara (University of Michigan, United States)
"Solving a Sticky Problem: Genetic Approaches to Target the Emerging Pathogen Candida Auris "
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 10:50 am
Sangeeta Tiwari (University of Texas at El Paso, United States)
"Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Type VII Secretion Systems at the Face of Host Immunity"
10:50 am - 10:55 am
Discussion
10:55 am - 11:15 am
Oyebola Oyesola (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, United States)
"Parasitic Helminth Interactions with the Host and the Environment"
11:15 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:40 am
Ricardo Gazzinelli (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil)
"Itaconate Impairs Innate and Acquired Immunity to Plasmodium Infection"
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizers: Walderez Dutra (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil) and Pedro Gazzinelli-Guimaraes (The George Washington University, United States)
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Extracellular Vesicles: Pathogenesis and Diagnostics of Infectious Diseases.
Discussion Leader: Leonardo Nimrichter (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:10 pm - 6:35 pm
Carmen Fernandez-Becerra (Barcelona Institute for Global Health and Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute , Spain)
"Extracellular Vesicles as Intercellular Communicators and Potential Biomarkers in Chagas Disease"
6:35 pm - 6:40 pm
Discussion
6:40 pm - 7:00 pm
Stefan Schild (University of Graz, Austria)
"Patho-Physiological Roles of Bacterial Membrane Vesicles"
7:00 pm - 7:05 pm
Discussion
7:05 pm - 7:25 pm
Marcio Rodrigues (Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil)
"An Extracellular Vesicle Peptide as a Candidate to Control a Lethal Fungal Infection"
7:25 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
7:30 pm - 7:55 pm
Anna Lena Jung (Institute for Lung Research, Philipps University Marburg, Germany)
"Pathogenesis and Diagnostics of Infectious Diseases"
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Omics Approaches to Understanding Tropical Infectious Diseases
Discussion Leader: Pedro Gazzinelli-Guimaraes (The George Washington University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:30 am
Sourav Roy (University of Texas at El Paso, United States)
"The Role of Bioinformatics in Unravelling Direct and Indirect Gene Repression by the Ecdysone Cascade During Mosquito Reproductive Cycle"
9:30 am - 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am - 9:55 am
Attila Gacser (University of Szeged, Hungary)
"Decoding Antifungal Resistance in Candida Auris : Multi-Omics Analysis of Laboratory-Adapted Strains"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 10:50 am
Sanjeeva Srivastava (IIT Bombay, India)
"Proteomics and Multi-Omics Technologies: Next-Generation Biomarkers for Malaria and COVID-19"
10:50 am - 10:55 am
Discussion
10:55 am - 11:15 am
Mariana Byndloss (Vanderbilt University Medical Center, United States)
"Understanding the Role of Environmental Factors in Susceptibility to Salmonellagastroenteritis"
11:15 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:40 am
Late-Breaking Topic
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Prospective Immunotherapy and Drug Treatments
Discussion Leaders: Walderez Dutra (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil) and Sangeeta Tiwari (University of Texas at El Paso, United States)
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:10 pm - 6:30 pm
Allan Guimarães (Fluminense Federal University, Brazil)
"Evaluations of Lectin-Fc Fusion Proteins on the Management of Endemic Mycosis"
6:30 pm - 6:35 pm
Discussion
6:35 pm - 6:50 pm
Manu De Rycker (University of Dundee, United Kingdom)
"Developing New Treatments for Chagas Disease"
6:50 pm - 6:55 pm
Discussion
6:55 pm - 7:15 pm
Maria Adelaida Gomez (CIDEIM, Colombia)
"Immune Profiles of Healing to Inform Host-Directed Therapies: Can These be Generalized to All Forms of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis?"
7:15 pm - 7:20 pm
Discussion
7:20 pm - 7:35 pm
Tianyu Zhang (Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
"The Discovery and Development of the Anti-Mycobacterial Drug TB47"
7:35 pm - 7:40 pm
Discussion
7:40 pm - 7:55 pm
Javier Martinez-Picado (ICREA, IrsiCaixa, UVic-UCC, CIBERINFEC, Spain)
"The Role of CD169 as an Attachment Receptor for Enveloped Viruses"
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Clinical Research in Infectious Tropical Diseases
Discussion Leader: Joaquim Gascon (Institute for Global Health, Spain)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:30 am
Tom Harrison (St George's University London, United Kingdom)
"HIV-Associated Cryptococcal Meningitis: Translating Evidence to Practice"
9:30 am - 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am - 9:55 am
Priscila S G Farani (University of Texas at El Paso, United States)
"TESEO Phase-2 Clinical Trial: New Chemotherapy Regimens and Biomarkers for Chagas Disease"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 10:50 am
Fabiana Alves (DNDi, Switzerland)
"Innovation to Foster Elimination: New Therapies for Leishmaniasis"
10:50 am - 10:55 am
Discussion
10:55 am - 11:15 am
Tineke Cantaert (Institut Pasteur Du Cambodge, Cambodia)
"Adaptive Immune Responses to Dengue Virus Infection in Asymptomatic Patients"
11:15 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:40 am
Santuza Teixeira (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil)
"Studies Towards the Understanding of Trypanosomatid Virulence Factors and the Development of Vaccines for Leishmaniasis and Chagas Disease"
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Biology and Vector Control
Discussion Leaders: Eva Iniguez (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, United States) and Tiago D. Serafim (NIAID/NIH, United States)
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:10 pm - 6:30 pm
Carolina Barillas-Mury (National Institutes of Health, United States)
"Role of Mosquito Hemocytes in Antiviral Immunity"
6:30 pm - 6:35 pm
Discussion
6:35 pm - 6:55 pm
Alvaro Acosta-Serrano (University of Notre Dame, United States)
"Exploiting Arthropod Tyrosine Degradation Pathway for Vector Control"
6:55 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:15 pm
Joao Marques (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil)
"Complex I Driven Respiration Determines the Susceptibility of Aedes Aegypti Mosquitoes to Dengue Virus"
7:15 pm - 7:20 pm
Discussion
7:20 pm - 7:35 pm
Lucas Tirloni (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, United States)
"Blood Feeding Activates the Terminal Differentiation of Precursor Cells in Tick Salivary Glands"
7:35 pm - 7:40 pm
Discussion
7:40 pm - 7:55 pm
Claudia Herrera (Tulane University, United States)
"Diversity and Interactions Among Triatoma Sanguisuga, Blood-Feeding Sources, Gut Microbiota, and Trypanosoma Cruzi Transmission"
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Global Health Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases
Discussion Leader: Hernando A del Portillo (Barcelona Institute for Global Health and Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute , Spain)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:30 am
Maria Jesus Pinazo (DNDi, Bolivia)
"New Insights in T. cruzi Infection Therapeutic Approaches"
9:30 am - 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am - 9:55 am
Robert Garry (Tulane University, United States)
"Lassa Fever: The Road Ahead"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Eva Iniguez (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, United States)
"Recovery of Leishmania-Infected Sand Flies From Diverse Microhabitats Highlight the Complexity of Visceral Leishmaniasis Transmission in East Africa"
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:50 am
Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:05 am
Fabian Gusovsky (Eisai Inc, United States)
"Eisai's Efforts in Tropical Infectious Diseases"
11:05 am - 11:10 am
Discussion
11:10 am - 11:25 am
Oluwaremilekun Ajakaye (Adekunle Ajasin University, Nigeria)
"Molecular Surveillance and Epidemiology of Parasitic Diseases in Nigeria"
11:25 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Otacilio Moreira (Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Brazil)
"Emerging Outbreaks of Acute Chagas Disease Through Consumption of Contaminated Food"
11:45 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:00 pm - 12:05 pm
Discussion
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:15 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Keynote Session: Pathogen Glycobiology
Discussion Leader: Alvaro Acosta-Serrano (University of Notre Dame, United States)
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:10 pm - 6:50 pm
Tamara Doering (Washington University Medical School, United States)
"Extracellular Glycans of Pathogenic Fungi: Focus on Cryptococcus "
6:50 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:10 pm
General Discussion
7:10 pm - 7:50 pm
Richard Cummings (Harvard Medical School, United States)
"Immunity to Glycan Antigens of Parasites and Microbes: Insights into Glycoimmunology and Potential Novel Vaccines"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure