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Advances in the knowledge of parasite resistance of ruminant hosts and parasites
September 26th to October 7th, 2011
São Carlos, SP, Brazil
Alessandro Francisco Talamini do Amarante
Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Biociências,
Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, SP
Main research areas: epidemiology, diagnosis and prophylaxis of
parasitic diseases of ruminants
Ana Carolina de Souza Chagas
Laboratório de Parasitologia, Embrapa Pecuária Sudeste, São
Carlos, SP
Main research areas: natural product chemistry, phytochemistry,
and veterinary parasitology
Aurea Canavessi
Departamento de Zootecnia, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de
Queiroz, Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP
Main research areas: cellular and molecular immunoparasitology
Christopher Scott Knauer
Veterinary Medicine Research and Development, Pfizer Animal
Health, Kalamazoo, USA.
Main research areas: Animal health antiparasitic discovery,
molecular pharmacology and mechanisms of action of parasiticides
Collette Britton
Division of Veterinary Infection and Immunity, University of Glasgow
Veterinary School, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Main research areas: parasitic nematode vaccine candidate
identification and expression, exploiting techniques used in
C.elegans research
Emily Piper
School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland,
Australia
Main research areas: use of molecular and immunological
techniques in animal genetics
Advances in the knowledge of parasite resistance of ruminant hosts and parasites
September 26th to October 7th, 2011
São Carlos, SP, Brazil
Felix D. Guerrero
Knipling-Bushland USDA, ARS/Livestock Insects Research
Laboratory, Kerrville, TX, USA
Main research areas: genomics of external parasites of cattle,
including cattle tick, horn fly, and screwworm
Fernando Flores Cardoso
Laboratório de Estatística e Genômica, Embrapa Pecuária Sul,
Bagé, RS
Main research areas: genetic evaluation, statistical genomics, and
Bayesian inference
Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna
Institute for Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine Free
University, Berlin, Germany
Main research areas: efficacy, mode of action and mechanism of
resistance of antiparasiticides
Gervásio Henrique Bechara
Departamento de Patologia Veterinária, Faculdade de Ciências
Agrárias e Veterinárias, Universidade Estadual Paulista,
Jaboticabal, SP
Main research areas: host-tick interactions with emphasis in the
immunopathology of the tick-host interface
Isabel Kinney Ferreira de Miranda Santos
Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São
Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP
Main research areas: veterinary immunology, mainly in tick control
with vaccines, markers and semiochemical
Jeffrey G. Scott
Department of Entomology, Comstock Hall, Cornell University,
Ithaca, USA
Main research areas: entomology, genetics and development, and
environmental toxicology
Advances in the knowledge of parasite resistance of ruminant hosts and parasites
September 26th to October 7th, 2011
São Carlos, SP, Brazil
Lane D. Foil
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Main research areas: biology and control of dipteran pests of man
and animals, including stable fly, horn fly, horse fly, sand fly, and
ceratopogionid
Luciana Correia de Almeida Regitano
Laboratório de Biotecnologia, Embrapa Pecuária Sudeste, São
Carlos, SP
Main research areas: genomics and development and application of
molecular markers in animal breeding, with special emphasis in
adaptation to tropical environments
Luciana Morita Katiki
Centro de Pesquisa em Zootecnia Diversificada, Instituto de
Zootecnia, Nova Odessa, SP
Main research areas: determination of compounds with potential
against parasites, use of in vitro tests
Luiz Lehmann Coutinho
Departamento de Zootecnia, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de
Queiroz, Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP
Main research areas: animal genetics and breeding, gene
expression, embryogenesis, and biotechnology
Marcelo Beltrão Molento
Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal do
Paraná, Curitiba, PR
Main research areas: epidemiology, management strategies and
drug resistance in helminth parasites
Marcos Vinicius Gualberto Barbosa da Silva
Embrapa Gado de Leite, Juiz de Fora, MG
Main research areas: genetics, with emphasis on bioinformatics,
QTLs, milk production, animal model and genomic selection
Advances in the knowledge of parasite resistance of ruminant hosts and parasites
September 26th to October 7th, 2011
São Carlos, SP, Brazil
Mauricio de Alvarenga Mudadu
Laboratório de Biotecnologia, Embrapa Pecuária Sudeste, São
Carlos, SP
Main research areas: bioinformatic analysis of large-scale SNP
genotyping data from cattle and association analyses
Mike Taylor
Veterinary Consultant, Wildlife and Emerging Disease Programme
Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA), York, UK
Main research areas: anthelmintic resistance in sheep nematodes,
control of parasites in sheep and cattle
Peter Geldhof
Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of
Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium
Main research areas: molecular veterinary parasitology
Ray M. Kaplan
Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine,
University of Georgia, USA
Main research areas: biology and molecular mechanisms of
anthelmintic resistance in nematode parasites; epidemiology and
control of gastrointestinal parasites of ruminants and horses;
biology and control of filarial nematodes
Reinaldo Otávio Alvarenga Alves de Brito
Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de
São Carlos, SP
Main research areas: phylogeography, population genetics, sexual
selection, neutrality and selection, molecular evolution and
evolution of complex characters
Rosângela Zacarias Machado
Departamento de Patologia Veterinária, Faculdade de Ciências
Agrárias e Veterinárias, Universidade Estadual Paulista,
Jaboticabal, SP
Main research areas: animal parasite protozoology, with research
on dogs and cattle, mainly on T. gondii, T. evansi and E. canis
Advances in the knowledge of parasite resistance of ruminant hosts and parasites
September 26th to October 7th, 2011
São Carlos, SP, Brazil
Simone Cristina Méo Niciura
Laboratório de Biotecnologia, Embrapa Pecuária Sudeste, São
Carlos, SP
Main research areas: animal biotechnology, breeding and
molecular genetics, gene expression, epigenetics and genomic
imprinting
Stephen Bishop
Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies,
University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Main research areas: animal breeding for increased resistance to
disease