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7h30 - 8h30 AM : Breakfast

8h30 - 9h30 AM : Conference: Malaria in Brazil: perspectives and challenges for its elimination – Paola Marchesini (CGVZ, SVS-Ministry of Health)

9h30 - 10h20 AM : Presentation of MSc student: Aline Marzano Miranda – Antibodies against the synthetic peptide p314 derived from Plasmodium vivax Merozoite Surface Protein 1 (PvMSP-1) as biomarkers of infection

10h20 - 10h40 AM : Coffee break

10h40 - 11h30 AM : Presentation of PhD student: Anne Caroline Alves Meireles – Anopheles mosquitoes in urban malaria foci at Porto Velho, Rondônia: natural infection by Plasmodium spp. and environmental characterization

11h30 am-12h30 pm: Discussion of αx, βy e ɣz groups

12h30 PM : Lunch

2h30 - 3h20 PM : Presentation of PhD student: Hugo Amorim dos Santos de Souza – Study of the potential of Plasmodium vivax metacaspase-1 (PvMCA1) as a potential therapeutic target in malaria: in vitro and in silico approaches

3h20 - 4h10 PM: Presentation of PhD student: Erika Gomez Martinez – Evaluation of Plasmodium vivax from treated patients able to
infect Anopheles darlingi and Anopheles aquasalis: Effect of different drug treatments on vector competence

4h10 - 4h30 PM : Coffee break

4h30 - 5h20 PM: Presentation of PhD student: Lucas Freire Antunes – The role of neutrophils in regulation of the immune response and development of experimental cerebral malaria

5h20–6h20 PM: Discussion of αz, βx e ɣy groups

8h00 PM: Dinner

7h30 - 8h30 AM: Breakfast

8h30h - 9h00 AM: Mini-conference – Anthropogenic landscape, biodiversity and malaria in the Brazilian Amazon – Maria Anice Sallum (USP)

9h00h - 9h30 AM : Mini-conference – What is the future of scientific publishing ? – Maria Goreti da Rosa Freitas (Ceniac, Campinas)

9h30 - 10h20 AM : Presentation of MSc student Eunice Brandão de Almeida – Study of the prevalence and diversity of wolbachia (rickeattsiales: rickettsiaceae) in Anopheles spp collected in Manaus and surroundings

10h20 - 10h40 AM : Coffee break

10h40 - 11h30 AM : Presentation of MSc student Jéssica de Oliveira Bonsanto Gonçalves – Plasmodium falciparum genomes surveillance: prevalence of pfhrp2 and pfhrp3 gene deletions in endemic areas of Brazil

11h30 am–12h30 pm: Discussion of αy, βz e ɣx groups

12h30 : 2h00 PM: Lunch

2h00 - 2h50 PM: Presentation of PhD student Mariana Pinheiro Alves Vasconcelos – Malaria and coinfections with viral hepatitis and intestinal parasites in a Yanomami indigenous area

2h50 - 3h40 PM: Presentation of MSc student: Welington da Silva Paula Nascimento – Antimalarial activity of the compound bi-triazol 8RJj on the assexual and sexual forms of Plasmodium spp.

3h40–4h30 pm: Discussion of αx, βy e ɣz groups

4h30–4h50 pm: Coffee break

4h50 - 5h40 PM : Presentation of MSc student: Jéssica Evangelista Araújo – Evaluation of malaria transmission blocking compounds in mosquito infections with Plasmodium vivax

5h40 - 6h30 PM: Presentation of MSc student: Keithy Wenny Plaster Lima – Implications of the genetic variability of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum in the diagnosis of malaria

6h30–7h30 pm: Discussion of αz, βx e ɣy groups

8h30 pm: Dinner

7h30 - 8h30 AM: Breakfast

8h30 - 9h20 AM: Presentation of PhD student Letícia Guerra Morosini – Study of the PbANKA 1038800 gene of P. berghei as a potential target for blocking malaria transmission

9h20 - 10h10 AM: Presentation of PhD student Myrela Conceição Santos de Jesus – Parasite and host genetic factors associated with the immunopathogenesis of malaria by Plasmodium vivax in an endemic area of the Brazilian Amazon

10h10 - 10h30 AM: Coffee break

10h30 - 11h20 AM: Presentation of PhD student Laura Cordeiro Gomes – Malaria-induced inflammation: a novel pathway for cardiovascular disease

11h20 - 12h10 PM: Presentation of MSc student: Marina Edwiges Orefice Rangel – Investigation of the presence of Plasmodium spp in Anophelinae (Diptera: Culicidae) from Vale do Ribeira, South Eastern Atlantic Forest, State of São Paulo, Brazil

12h10- 1h10pm: Discussion of αy, βz e ɣx groups

1h10: Lunch

3h30 - 4h30 PM: Meeting of tutors and students

4h30 - 4h45 PM: Coffee break

4h45 - 6h45 PM: Meeting of professors for final discussion about the thesis projects and preparation of the final document with suggestions for the students. Time of students to prepare the final report taking into account suggestions received during the seminar

6h45 - 8h00 PM: Consolidation of the final report on the thesis projects with the suggestions for the students (professors) and the students’ final reports. Filling evaluation forms

8h00 PM: Dinner 

7h30 - 8h30 AM: Breakfast

8h30 - 12h00 PM : Final comments by students and professors. Discussion among professors and among students for critical analysis and profiting of the seminar. Certification

12h00 PM: Lunch