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Schistosoma spp. Life Cycle Training Course
November 6-8, 2024
Please contact Margaret Mentink-Kane for questions about the Course.
Email: mmentinkkane@afbr-bri.org
Phone: 301-329-0412
The Schistosomiasis Resource Center at the Biomedical Research Institute offers a training course on the maintenance of three Schistosoma spp. life cycles: S. haematobium, S. japonicum and S.mansoni. The course is designed to acquaint researchers working in the field of schistosomiasis with protocols for maintaining the complete parasite life cycle in their own laboratory. The course provides both lectures and wet-lab exercises, including snail cultivation and exposure to miracidia; shedding infected snails for cercariae collection; generation of schistosomula; protocols to infect rodents and methods for the collection of adult worms and eggs from rodent tissues. The 2 ½ -day course also provides a presentation describing NIH grants and research resources by Glen McGugan, PhD, from the Parasitology and International Programs Branch, NIAID.
The goals of the course include understanding how to maintain the Schistosoma life cycle in your own laboratory and hands-on experience with each life cycle stage of the parasite.
This is a great learning opportunity for students, post-doctoral fellows and Principal Investigators interested in schistosomes, snail vectors and rodent models of infection.
Guest Speakers
Winka, Dr. Le Clec’h , PhD
Staff Scientist
Tim Anderson Lab – Texas Biomedical Research Institute
“A tale of snail, parasite, and human disease”
As part of the Schistosoma spp. Life Cycle Training Course offered by the Schistosomiasis Resource Center, guest speakers are invited to share their research with course attendees.
One of our recent speakers was Winka Le Clec’h , PhD, from the Texas Biomedical Research Institute who presented “A tale of snail, parasite, and human disease.”
To learn more about Dr. Le Clec’h and her research:
Le Clec’h et al., 2021 – Virulence: Genetic architecture of transmission stage production and virulence in schistosome parasites.
Le Clec’h et al., 2021 – Science Translational Medicine: Genetic analysis of praziquantel response in schistosome parasites implicates a transient receptor potential channel.
Si-Ming Zhang, PhD
Research Professor & Principal Investigator
Center for Evolutionary & Theoretical Immunology
“Genomic and genetics of snail resistance to schistosomes”
As part of the Schistosoma spp. Life Cycle Training Course offered by the Schistosomiasis Resource Center, guest speakers are invited to share their research with course attendees.
One of our recent speakers was Dr. Zhang from the University of New Mexico who presented “Genomic and genetics of snail resistance to schistosomes.”
To learn more about Dr. Zhang and his research:
https://unmsiming.weebly.com/
https://ceti.unm.edu/our-members/profile/si-ming-zhang.html
Interested in attending the Schistosoma spp. Life Cycle Training Course?
Contact:
Margaret Mentink-Kane, PhD
Principal Investigator
Schistosomiasis Resource Center
mmentinkkane@afbr-bri.org
or
Gabrielle Bate
Laboratory Operations Coordinator
Schistosomiasis Resource Center
E-mail: gbate@afbr-bri.org
The course fee is $300.00 (USD). Attendees are responsible for their own travel, lodging, and meals. We are located at the Biomedical Research Institute, 9410 Key West Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20850.
Phone 1-301-329-0412; Facsimile 1-301-881-7640.