Registration is now open!

Past Seminar –  XXVII Seminário Laveran & Deane

XXVII Seminário Laveran & Deane
2nd to 6th, September 2024
Itacuruçá – Rio de Janeiro

 
XXVII Seminário Laveran & Deane

Coordinator:
Cláudio Tadeu Daniel Ribeiro

Organizers: Cláudio Tadeu Daniel Ribeiro and
Maria de Fátima Ferreira da Cruz Senior

Senior Professors:
Ademir Martins Junior (IOC/Fiocruz, RJ)
Antônio Pacheco (PROCC/Fiocruz, RJ)
Catherine Lavazec, (CNRS, France)
Daniel Antunes Maciel Villela (PROCC/Fiocruz, RJ)
Debora Guerra Peixe, (USP-SP)
João Hermínio Martins da Silva, (Fiocruz Ceará, CE)
Georges Snounou (Institut Pasteur - France)
Mariano Gustavo Zalis (UFRJ, RJ)
Mathieu Nacher (Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne/INSERM, French Guiana)
Patrícia Cuervo Escobar (IOC/Fiocruz, RJ)
Ricardo Lourenço de Oliveira (IOC/Fiocruz, RJ)
Silvia Beatriz Boscardin (USP-SP)
Vanessa Salete de Paula (IOC/Fiocruz, RJ)

Rapporteur Professors:
Djane Clarys Baía da Silva (FMT-AM)
Pablo Secato Fontoura (CEMA/DEDT/SVSA-DF)
Luciane Storti de Melo (UFS,SE)

Brazilian Malaria Elimination Coordinator:
Alexander Vargas (CEMA/DEDT/SVSA-DF)

Biomanguinhos Speaker:
Patrícia Alvarez, PhD

Sponsors:
Instituto Oswaldo Cruz / Fiocruz
Brazilian Ministry of Health Surveillance (CEMA/DEDT/SVSA-DF)
French Government
Biomanguinhos / Fiocruz

Executive Secretary
Claudia Castro Carvalho

Administrative assistant
Cleven de Almeida dos Santos

TUTORS / STUDENTS LIST AND GROUPS OF DISCUSSION

Program 2024

3h00 pm: Departure from Rio de Janeiro - campus of Fiocruz

5h30 pm: Arrival at the Hotel Pierre – Itacuruçá

6h30 pm: Welcome speech, introduction of students and professors, distribution of documents and identification cards – Professors Cláudio Tadeu Daniel-Ribeiro and Maria de Fátima Ferreira da Cruz

7h00 pm: Conference: Recombinant monoclonal antibodies as tools for developing vaccines and treatments against malaria – Professor Silvia Boscardin (USP-SP)

8h15 pm: Cocktail and dinner

7h30 - 8h30 am : Breakfast

8h30 - 8h55 am: Conference: Malaria in Brazil: epidemiological scenarios, perspectives and challenges for elimination – Professor Alexander Vargas (SVSA - DF)

9h00 - 9h25 am: Conference: Detection, typing, and genomic analysis of Plasmodium in blood donors in Brazil – Patrícia Alvarez, PhD (Biomanguinhos, Fiocruz)

9h30 - 10h20am: Presentation of MSc student Cindy Megumi Kimura – Project : “Identification of Molecular Markers for Susceptibility to Infection by Human Plasmodium Species in the Primary Neotropical Malaria Vector, Nyssorhynchus darlingi”

10h20 - 10h40 am: Coffee break

10h40–11h30 am: Presentation of Cristopher Bryan da Silva Gomes – Project: “Characterization of etramp family’s members as vaccine candidates for malaria Vivax”

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

12h30 pm: Lunch

2h30–3h20 pm: Presentation of PhD student Pamela Rosa Gonçalves – Project: “Investigation of neuroimmune aspects of cognitive dysfunction in non-severe experimental malaria”

3h20 pm - 4h10pm: Presentation of MSc student Nadia Roseline Frida Kèmi AHLONSOU – Project: “Polymorphisms of the pfk13 gene associate with chemoresistance of Plasmodium falciparum to artemisinin in areas of Roraima state in the era of elimination”

4h10 - 4h30 pm: Coffee break

4h30 - 5h20 pm: Presentation of MSc student Felipe Nery Saldanha Braga – Project: “The Influence of viral hepatitis on the incidence and recurrence of Plasmodium vivax infection in the state of Amazonas, Brazil”

5h20 - 6h20 pm: Discussion of αz, βx e ɣ y groups

8h00 pm: Dinner
  

7h30 - 8h30 am: Breakfast

8h30 - 8h55 am: Conference: How to use public data to ask scientific questions – Professor Débora Guerra Peixe (USP-SP)

9h00 - 9h25 am: Conference: Scientific writing: putting the emphasis where it counts  Professor Mathieu Nacher (Centre Hospitalier de
Cayenne/INSERM, French Guiana)

9h30 -10h20 am: Presentation of MSc student Gabriel Montoia da Silva – Project: “Evaluation of the genetic variability of genes encoding histidine-rich protein 2 and 3 of Plasmodium falciparum and the impact on the diagnosis of malaria”

10h20 - 10h40 am: Coffee break

10h40 - 11h30 am: Presentation of MSc student Hiran Satiro Souza da Gama – Project: “Evaluation of the effectiveness of educational/informational materials combined with a mobile health (mHealth) strategy in promoting adherence to vivax malaria treatment”

11h30 am - 12h30 pm: Discussion of αy, βz e ɣ x groups

12h30 pm: Lunch

2h00 - 2h50 pm: Presentation of PhD student João Pedro da Cunha Tavares – Project: “Characterization of recurrent episodes of vivax Malaria and identification of predictive biomarkers for disease relapse”

2h50 - 3h40 pm: Presentation of MSc student Marcia Viviana Gonçalves Vallejos – Project: “Evaluation of the influence of gametocytes on qPCR positivity in vivax Malaria recurrences using Pv 18S, Pv mtCOX1, and Pvr47”

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

4h30 - 4h50 pm: Coffee break

4h50 - 5h40 pm: Presentation of PhD student Pablo Sebastian Tavares Amaral – Project: “Effect of the Malaria Potential Assessment of Large Projects in the Brazilian Amazon Region on Entomological and Epidemiological Indicators of Malaria”

5h40 - 6h30 pm: Presentation of MSc student Nayanne Quaresma dos Santos – Epidemiology of Malaria in the Indigenous Lands of the Tucumumaque Park

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

8h30 pm: Dinner 

7h30 - 8h30 am: Breakfast

8h30 - 9h20 am: Presentation of PhD student Marcelo Cerilo dos Santos Filho – Project: “Cytochrome P450 in the Treatment of Malaria caused by Plasmodium vivax from Brazilian Amazon: Searching for Biomarkers to Predict Therapeutic Results”

9h20 - 10h10 am: Presentation of PhD student Marcos Paulo de Oliveira – Project: “Comparative assessment of the immune response of recombinant Plasmodium vivax erythrocyte binding proteins (PvRBPs) family in mice and individuals from malaria-endemic areas”

10h10 - 10h30 am: Coffee break

10h30 - 11h20 am: Presentation of PhD student Tuany Rodrigues – Project: “Genomic diversity and Malaria diagnosis: a study of the population structure and deletions in the pfhrp2 and pfhr3 Genes of Plasmodium falciparum in Brazil”

11h20 am - 12h10 pm: Presentation of PhD student Winni Alves Ladeia – Project: “Superspreaders and residual malaria transmission in the main urban hotspot of Brazil”

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

1h10 pm: 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.
Meeting 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 suggestions for the students (professors) and the students' final reports. Filling out evaluation forms.

8h00 pm: Dinner 

7h30 - 8h30 am: Breakfast

8h30 - 12h00 am: Presentation of the students' critical analysis of the impact and relevance of the comments and suggestions received for their thesis projects and how they intend to absorb them. Final comments from students and lecturers on their experience with the Seminário, with their opinions on the importance of the format and content on the usefulness of the event for the training of postgraduates.
Certification.

12h00 pm: Lunch

2h00 pm: Departure to Rio de Janeiro (Fiocruz) 

Photos by: Peter Ilicciev,  Cleven Santos and Claudia Castro Carvalho