This conference, organized by the Morgridge Institute for Research, discusses topics related to immunoparasitology and diagnostics, drugs and resistance, developmental biology, model organisms, new technologies and methods, and host-parasite interactions.
Therapeutics and drug resistance
Date: Wednesday, 28 June 2023
Time: 17:50 – 19:30
| New anthelmintic chemical entities: considerations for development and access Sabine Specht, Head of Filarial Disease, DNDi |
| Wb 5, a novel biomarker for monitoring efficacy and success of mass drug administration programs for Wuchereria bancrofti elimination Sasisekhar Bennuru, Associate Scientist, NIH |
| Prophylactic drugs that target early stages of filarial worms can support the elimination goals for onchocerciasis Sara Lustigman, Head of Department, New York Blood Center |
| Long non-coding RNAs involved with reduced sensitivity to praziquantel in Schistosoma mansoni Murilo Amaral |
