2nd International Caparica Conference on Leishmaniasis 2020

26th- 28th October 2020 | Caparica | Portugal

Keynote Speakers

Eva Gluenz, PhD

Institute of infection, immunity & inflammation, University of Glasgow (UK)

Dissecting the functions of the Leishmania flagellum using a CRISPR knockout library

Carla Maia, PhD

EBVS European Vertinary Specialist in Parasitology, NOVA University of Lisbon, Lisbon (Portugal)

Sand fly-borne pathogens in Mediterranean Basin: not only Leishmania 

Susan Wyllie, PhD

School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee (United Kingdom)

Mittra Bidyottam, PhD

Departmenf of Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, Berwyn (USA)

Dario S. Zamboni, PhD

Department of Cell Biology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo (Brazil)

Innate immune responses to Leishmania infection

Claudia Masini d’Avila, PhD

Oswaldo Cruz Institute (IOC) (Brazil)

Can mishandling and contamination account for all the reports of monoxenic trypanosomatids in mammals?

Fabrizia Veronesi, PhD

Department of Veterinary Medicine of Perugia (Italy)

Epidemiological survey on emerging feline vector-borne pathogens in Italy.