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A unique
course for advanced graduate students, postdocs, and independent
investigators, who are seeking thorough training in modern approaches
to the study of protozoan and helminthic parasites. Limited to 16
students.
The focus of this course is on the molecular basis of parasite function
and the host/parasite interaction with special emphasis on the most
recent and exciting developments in these areas. The course consists of
daily lectures juxtaposed with intensive experimental work. About 40
invited speakers will give a lecture in their area of expertise and
meet informally with students. These lectures will cover virtually all
of the systems and areas of active research in modern parasitology. The
laboratory portion of the course strikes a balance between ensuring
that students acquire the technical expertise necessary to pursue these
areas of research in their own careers while maintaining the element of
the search for the unknown. Furthermore, the students will have the
opportunity to work side-by-side at the benchtop with faculty
recognized as leaders in their respective fields. The following areas
are among those to be covered in the experimental portion of the
course: (1) antigenic variation and cytoadherence in malaria; (2)
vector biology: Anopheles mosquitos and phlebotomine sandflies;
(3) immunology and pathogenesis of protozoan and helminthic infections
and (4) African trypanosome and Toxoplasma host parasite interactions
and cell biology.
This course is supported with funds provided by
Burroughs
Wellcome
Fund
Howard
Hughes Medical Institute
Wellcome
Trust
2012 Faculty:
Billker, Oliver, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Engwerda, Christian, Queensland Institute of Medical Research
Hill, Kent, University of California, Los Angeles
Levashina, Elena, MPI for Infection Biology
MacDonald, Andrew, University of Edinburgh
Sinnis, Photini, The Johns Hopkins University
Soldati-Favre, Dominique, University of Geneva
Tachezy, Jan, Charles University
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