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Alberta Serwah Anning
Country of Birth: Ghana
University of Cape Coast, Ghana
Supervisor: PROF. JOHNSON N. BOAMPONG & DR. ELVIS O. AMEYAW
Abstract: IN VITRO ANTI-LEISHMANIAL ACTIVITY OF SOME
SELECTED LOCAL MEDICINAL PLANTS IN GHANA |
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Aline Araujo Zuma
Country of Birth: Brazil
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Supervisor: Maria Cristina Machado Motta
Abstract: Inhibition of Trypanosoma cruzi histone ethyltransferases
affects parasite proliferation, cell cycle and ultrastructure |
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Alok Kumar Singh
Country of Birth: India
Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Supervisor: Prof. Rentala Madhubala
Abstract: A proteomic based approach to gain insight
into reprogramming of THP-1 cells exposed to Leishmania
donovani over an early temporal window |
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Anna Frieda Fesser
Country of Birth: Germany
University of Basel, Switzerland
Supervisor: Pascal Mäser, Marcel Kaiser
Abstract: Stage-specific reporter gene expression in Trypanosoma cruzi |
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Bilal Zulfiqar
Country of Birth: Pakistan
The Eskitis Institute for Drug Discovery, Australia
Supervisor: Prof. Vicky Avery
Abstract: Development of a promastigote resazurin based
viability assay in 384-well format for high throughput
screening of Leishmania donovani DD8. |
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Carolina Bioni Garcia Teles
Country of Birth: Brazil
Fundação Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ / RO), Brazil
Supervisor: Dr. Luís Marcelo Aranha Camargo
Abstract: ACTIVITY OF SOME COMPOUNDS ISOLATED
FROM COMBRETUM LEPROSUM IN THE INFECTIVITY
AND INTRACELLULAR DEVELOPMENT OF
L. AMAZONENSIS IN MURINE MACROPHAGES |
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Cathia Cecilia Coronel Molas
Country of Birth: Paraguay
CEDIC/FIOCRUZ/FOCEM/COF 0311, Paraguay-Brazil
Supervisor: Dra. Ma. Celeste Veja
Abstract: Cribado farmacologico sobre T. cruzi y Leishmania sp |
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Celestin Nzanzu Mudogo
Country of Birth: Democratic Republic of Congo
University of Tübingen, Germany
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Michael Duszenko
Abstract: EXPRESSION, REFOLDING AND
PURIFICATION OF A PUTATIVE CYCLOOXYGENASE
LIKE-ENZYME FROM TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI
FOR STRUCTURAL STUDIES |
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Cláudia Jassica Gonçalves Moreno
Country of Birth: Cabo Verde
Institute of hygiene and tropical medicine of Lisbon, Portugal
Supervisor: Dr. Marcelo Silva
Abstract: ESTABLISHMENT OF MURINE MODEL
FOR MODULATION OF TOXICITY OF BENZNIDAZOLE
DURING TREATMENT OF CHAGAS DISEASE (TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI). |
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Cristiane França Da Silva
Country of Birth: Brazil
Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Brazil
Supervisor: Maria de Nazaré Correia Soeiro
Abstract: In vitro and in vivo activity of the
chloroaryl-substituted imidazole viniconazole
against Trypanosoma cruzi |
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Daniel N.A Tagoe
Country of Birth: Ghana
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Supervisor: Harry P. de Koning
Abstract:INVESTIGATING THE DOWNSTREAM EFFECTORS
OF CAMP SIGNALLING AS POTENTIAL
DRUGGABLE TARGETS IN TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI |
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Daniel Paape
Country of Birth: Germany
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Supervisor: Richard McCulloch & Jeremy C. Mottram
Abstract:Dissecting the kinome of T. brucei:
RIT-seq of cell cycle sorted T. brucei identifies kinases
involved in the regulation of nuclear DNA replication |
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Daniela Ribeiro Alves
Country of Birth: Brazil
University of State of Ceará, Brazil
Supervisor: Selene Maia de Morais
Abstract: Assessment of Primary and Secondary
Metabolites From Fungi and Vegetals as Leishmanicidal Drugs |
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Darlan da Silva Candido
Country of Birth: Brazil
University of São Paulo, Brazil
Supervisor: Ludmila Rodrigues Pinto Ferreira
Abstract: MARINE NATURAL PRODUCTS AS
CANDIDATES TO TREAT CHAGAS’ DISEASE:
A HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING APPROACH |
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Denise da Gama Jaén Batista
Country of Birth: Panamá
Instituto Oswaldo Cruz , Brazil
Supervisor: Maria de Nazaré C. Soeiro and Marcello A. Barcinski
Abstract: Copper(II)–fluoroquinolone complexes:
biological activity against Trypanosoma cruzi |
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Diego Benítez
Country of Birth: Uruguay
Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, Uruguay
Supervisor: Marcelo Comini
Abstract: OPTIMIZATION OF PAULLONE
SCAFFOLD AS ANTI-TRYPANOSOMATID AGENT
BY TARGET-BASED AND PHENOTYPIC DRUG DISCOVERY APPROCHES |
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Edubiel Arturo Alpizar Sosa
Country of Birth: Mexico
Institut U. Glasgow, Scotland
Supervisor: Marcelo Comini
Abstract: EFFECT OF A DRUG CANDIDATE
FORMULATED INTO NANOPARTICLES IN
LEISHMANIA MEXICANA |
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Elany Barbosa Silva
Country of Birth: Brazil
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Supervisor: Rafaela Ferreira
Abstract: OPTIMIZATION AND BIOLOGICAL
EVALUATION OF A CLASS OF COMPETITIVE
INHIBITORS OF THE PARASITIC ENZYMES
CRUZAIN AND RHODESAIN |
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Elias Matias Laurentino
Country of Birth: Venezuela
Federal University of Goias, Brazil
Supervisor: Carolina Horta Andrade
Abstract: MOLECULAR MODELING STUDY AND
PHARMACOPHORE MAPPING OF CYP51 ENZYME
FOR DESIGN NEW LEISHMANICIDE AGENTS |
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Ender Javier Quintero Troconis
Country of Birth: Venezuela
Universidad de Los Andes, Venezuela
Supervisor: Juan Luis, Concepción and Paul AM, Michels
Abstract: Molecular and biochemical characterization
of Aldose 1-Epimerase and Glucose 6-phosphate
1-Epimerase from Trypanosoma cruzi. |
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Eva Adriana Iniguez
Country of Birth: Mexico
University of Texas at El Paso, USA
Supervisor: Dr. Rosa A. Maldonado
Abstract: RUTHENIUM-CLOTRIMAZOLE COMPLEXES
AS POTENT CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS
AGAINST LEISHMANIA MAJOR. |
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Fabiana Santana Celes
Country of Birth: Brazil
Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz, FIOCRUZ-BA, Brazil
Supervisor: Dr. Camila Indiani de Oliveira
Abstract: Bacterial cellulose bio-curatives containing
DETC for the topical treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis
caused by Leishmania braziliensis |
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Fabrício Castro Machado
Country of Birth: Brazil
Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil
Supervisor: Sergio Schenkman
Abstract: Effects of disubstituted urea compounds
in Trypanosoma cruzi |
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Felipe Andres Monsalve Marin
Country of Birth: Colombia
University of São Paulo, Brazil
Supervisor: Gabriel Padilla Maldonado
Abstract: Production of statins and antiparasitic
molecules by fungi isolated from sugar cane plants of
Brazil using solid state fermentation |
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Fernanda Aparecida Heleno Batista
Country of Birth: Brazil
University of São Paulo, Brazil
Supervisor: Júlio Cesar Borges
Abstract: Identification of Molecules with Selective
Inhibitory Action against Hsp90 of protozoa parasites:
a Thermodynamic and Comparative Approach. |
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Francisco Olmo Arévalo
Country of Birth: Spain
Universidad de Granada, Spain
Supervisor: Manuel Sánchez Moreno
Abstract: A SERIES OF TETRADENTATE POLYAMINES
HAVE POTENTIAL ACTIVITY IN VITRO AND IN VIVO
AS INHIBITORS OF SEVERAL SPECIES OF TRYPANOSOMATIDS. |
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Guillermo Arango Duque
INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier
Centre for Host-Parasite Interactions, Canada
Supervisor: Albert DESCOTEAUX
Abstract: Leishmania promastigotes induce cytokine
secretion in macrophages through the degradation of Synaptotagmin XI |
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Happyness Jeremia
Country of Birth: TANZANIA
Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania
Supervisor: Prof.GERALD MISINZO & Dr. WILLIAM MAKUNDE
Abstract: Current epidemiology of Bancroftian filariasis
and clinical disease presentation in rural and
urban settings during elimination process in Tanzania |
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Jean Henrique da Silva Rodrigues
Country of Birth: Brazil
Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Brazil
Supervisor: Dr. Celso Vataru Nakamura
Abstract: THE NOVEL MOLECULE 3-CHLORO-6-
METHOXY-2-(METHYLSULFONYL) QUINOXALINE KILLS
TRYPANOSOMES BY A MIXED CELL DEATH PATHWAY |
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João Henrique Coelho Campos
Country of Birth: Brazil
Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Supervisor: Ana Claudia Trocoli Torrecilhas
Abstract: The splenocyte cellular immune responses
from chronic mice after stimulation with
trypanosoma cruzi vesicles; |
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Joseane Lima Prado Godinho
Country of Birth: Brazil
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Supervisor: Wanderley de Souza
Abstract: TC95, a drug candidate against
Leishmania sp.: antiproliferative effects and mechanisms of action |
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Juan Carlos Ramirez Gomez
Country of Birth: Cuba
Instituto de Ingeniería Genética y Biología Molecular, Argentina
Supervisor: Alejandro Schijman
Abstract: TC95, a drug candidate against
Leishmania sp.: antiproliferative effects and mechanisms of action |
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Julia Medeiros Souza
Country of Birth: Brazil
University of Franca, Brazil
Supervisor: Prof. Dra. Lizandra Guidi Magalhães
Abstract: Screening and in vitro evaluation of
leishmanicidal activity of plant extracts against the
parasite Leishmania amazonensis |
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Juliana Maria Lima
Country of Birth: Brazil
Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Supervisor: Carmen Lúcia Cardoso
Abstract: 2D LC System for on-flow Ligands
Screening by Zonal Biochromatography Approach
for Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinase b from Leishmania major |
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Katerina Doleckova
Country of Birth: CZECH REPUBLIC
HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM, ISRAEL
Supervisor: DR. DANA REICHMANN
Abstract: ROLE OF REDOX-REGULATED INTRINSICALLY
DISORDERED CHAPERONE HSP33 IN THE OXIDATIVE
STRESS DEFENSE SYSTEM OF TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI |
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Kofi Dadzie Kwofie
Country of Birth: Ghana
University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
Supervisor: Dr. Irene Ayi and Dr. Mitsuko Suzuki
Abstract: Novel compounds isolated from CVP005B
crude extract show strong anti-trypanosomal activity in-vitro |
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Lauve Rachel Tchokouaha Yamthe
Country of Birth: Cameroon
University of Yaoundé 1, Cameroon
Supervisor: Fabrice Fekam Boyom
Abstract: Antileishmanial and cytotoxicity activities
of three annonaceae plants from Cameroon |
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Luiz César Borro
Country of Birth: Brazil
University of Campinas, Brazil
Supervisor: Goran Nesic
Abstract: Ranking optimization in virtual screening
using physical-chemical and structural descriptors
of the nano-environment for protein-ligand interactions |
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Luiza Almeida Figueiredo
Country of Birth: Brazil
University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Supervisor: Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara
Abstract: Search for molecular targets for
therapeutic control of infection by trypanosomatids |
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Marcelo Santos da Silva
Country of Birth: Brazil
Butantan Institute, Brazil
Supervisor: Dra. Maria Carolina Quartin Barbosa Elias Sabbaga
Abstract: Modulation of Trypanosoma brucei
Orc1/Cdc6 by ATP binding and hydrolysis |
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Marta Oliveira
Country of Birth: Portugal
Centre of Marine Sciences, University of Algarve, Portugal
Supervisor: Luísa Custódio and Luísa Barreira
Abstract: Unlocking the antileishmanial potential
of halophyte plants from the Algarve coast, Portugal |
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Milena Menegazzo Miranda
Country of Birth: Brazil
State University of Londrina, Brazil
Supervisor: Dr. Wander Rogério Pavanelli
Abstract: ACTIONS OF FLAVONOIDS TRANS CHALCONE,
HESPERIDIN METHYL-CHALCONE AND QUERCETIN IN EXPERIMENTAL LEISHMANIASIS |
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Naseer Ali Shah
Country of Birth: Pakistan
COMSATS Institute of Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
Supervisor: Dr. Muhammad Rashid Khan
Abstract: Phytochemical, Antileishmanial and
Cytotoxic evaluation of Artemisia scoparia and
Fraxinus xanthoxyloides, collected from District Islamabad |
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Noura Neffati
Country of Birth: Tunisia
Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Université Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
Supervisor: Pr. Med Habib KAROUI
Abstract: Natural plant based-extracts, a potential
source to fight against cutaneous Leishmaniasis |
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Rajeev Kumar Pandey
Country of Birth: India
National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, India
Supervisor: Dr. Chandrima Shaha
Abstract: Role of Bcl-2 family proteins during Leishmania donovani Infection |
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Sandip Mukherjee
Country of Birth: India
CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, India
Supervisor: Dr Syamal Roy
Abstract: NEW USE OF OLD DRUG: IMIPRAMINE AND
LIPOSOMAL IMIPRAMINE IS AN EFFECTIVE DRUG
AGAINST BOTH ANTIMONY SENSITIVE AND RESISTANT
LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CLINICAL ISOLATES
IN EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION |
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Sanjana Mehrotra
Country of Birth: India
Guru Nanak Dev University, India
Supervisor: Not applicable, Independent position
Abstract: In vitro Antileishmanial Drug Susceptibility
of Clinical Isolates from Patients with Indian Visceral
Leishmaniasis—Status of Newly Introduced Drugs |
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Sergio Sifontes-Rodríguez
Country of Birth: Cuba
Universidad Central “Martha Abreu” de Las Villas, Cuba
Supervisor: Dr. José Antonio Escario/Dr. Miguel Angel Cabrera
Abstract: Rational Discovery of Drugs for the Treatment
of Leishmaniasis & Chagas’ Disease. |
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Thais Alves da Costa Silva
Country of Birth: Brazil
Universidade Estadual Paulista, “Julio de Mesquita Filho”, Brazil
Supervisor: Marcia A. S. Graminha
Abstract: In vitro and in vivo activity of palladium
compound on Leishmania infantum |
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Thais Alves da Costa Silva
Country of Birth: Brazil
Instituto Adolfo Lutz, Brazil
Supervisor: André Gustavo Tempone Cardoso
Abstract: AMITRIPTYLINE AND CYCLOBENZAPRINE
ARE EFFECTIVE IN VITRO ANTILESHMANIALS
AND SUPPRESS PRO-INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES |
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Thaisa Lucas Sandri
Country of Birth: Brazil
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ, Brazil
Supervisor: Iara José de Messias Reason
Abstract: MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY OF
TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI AND ITS CORRELATION
WITH IMMUNOLOGICAL RESPONSE
(OR INFLAMMATORY MARKERS) OF CHRONIC
CHAGASIC PATIENTS IN PARANÁ STATE |
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Tiago Rodrigues Ferreira
Country of Birth: Brazil
Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Supervisor: Angela Kaysel Cruz
Abstract: Study of the effects of PRMT7-catalyzed
methylation on the function and expression of the
RNA-binding protein Alba20 in Leishmania major |
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Vijay Kumar Prajapati
Country of Birth: India
Central University of Rajasthan, India
Supervisor: Professor Shyam Sundar
Abstract: Development of MicroRNA based Therapeutics
for Visceral Leishmaniasis Infection |
