ZaP Worms
Zoom about Parasitic Worms
Anti-helmintics VI (Sept 23-26, 2024.): registration now open
Zapworms: A monthly international scientific seminar series about parasitic worms.
Half hour presentation followed by 15 minutes question and answer.
When: Second Thursday of every month starting
12 noon Eastern Time (USA)
Where: Zoom: https://umassmed.zoom.us/j/91611310733 Passcode: 030292
July 11, 2024: Erich Schwarz, Cornell University
Title: Genomics of hookworm virulence factors
August off for summer break
September off for Anti-helmintics VI
Past talks
June 13, 2024: Cedric Neveu, INRAE
Title: Functional investigation of anthelmintic modes of action and resistance using in ovo & in wormo approaches
May 9, 2024: Vanessa Ezenwa, Yale University
Title: Helminths and immune aging: an organismal perspective
April 11, 2024: Sean Forrester, Ontario Technical University
Title: Inhibitory cholinergic and GABA cys-loop receptors in parasitic nematodes: implications for new anthelmintics
March 21, 2024: Lindy Holden-Dye, University of Southampton
(note: third Thursday of the month, 12 noon Eastern USA = 4 pm UK = 5 pm Central Europe in mid-March)-Title: The pros and cons of C. elegans for anthelmintic discovery
February 8, 2024: Lewis Stevens, Sanger Center
-Title: What sequencing the genomes of individual worms can tell us about parasite biology
January 11, 2024: James Collins, UT Southwestern Medical Center
-Title: Sex drugs and parasites: Control of female schistosome sexual development by a male-derived non-ribosomal peptide pheromone
December 14, 2023: Peter Roy, University of Toronto
-Title: Exploiting the nematode C. elegans to identify lead nematicides
November 9, 2023: Cornelius (Ron) Hokke, Leiden University Medical Center
-Title: Life stage-specific glycosylation of schistosome-derived extracellular vesicles (EV) and secretory glycoproteins directs interactions with host immune cells.
October 12, 2023: Stephen Doyle, Wellcome Sanger Institute
-Title: Improving helminth genomic resources in the post-genome era
September 14, 2023: Makedonka Mitreva, Washington University School of Medicine
-Title: Genomic surveillance of parasitic worms
August 9, 2023: Off for summer break
July 13, 2023: Henry McSorley, University of Dundee
-Title: IL-33 modulation by a helminth parasite
June 8, 2023: John Hawdon, George Washington University
-Title: Potential of the bitter melon, Momordica charantia, as a source of anthelmintics
May 11, 2023: Peter Geldhof, Ghent Universitry
-Title: Plant-based production of anti-nematode vaccines
April 13, 2023: Anne Lespine, INRAE, Paris
-Title: Are P-glycoproteins friends or foes in anthelmintic therapy?
March 9, 2023: Erik Andersen, Northwestern University
-Title: The genetics and genomics of anthelmintic resistance: novel mechanisms and emerging models
February 9, 2023: Alan Robertson, Iowa State University
-Title: Anion selective ion channels in adult filaria as drug targets
January 12, 2023: William Gause, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
-Title: Role of macrophages and neutrophils in helminth infections
December 8, 2022: Collette Britton, University of Glasgow
-Title: Host-helminth interactions: tuft cell sensing of gastrointestinal nematodes
November 10, 2022: Elissa Hallem, University of California, Los Angeles
-Title: Host seeking and host invasion in skin-penetrating nematodes
October 13, 2022: Robin Beech, McGill University
-Title: Where do ion-channel targets come from and why do they change?
September 8, 2022: P'ng Loke, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
-Title: Heterogeneity of immune responses to helminth infections
July 14, 2022: Tiffany Bouchery, Swiss Tropical and Public Health institute in Basel
-Title: The role of the structural compartment after hookworm infection in setting an immunological tone to the lungs
June 9, 2022: Dick Davis, University of Colorado School of Medicine
-Title: Programmed DNA Elimination in Nematodes
May 12, 2022: Off for Anthelmintics/Vaccines V
April 14, 2022: Andy Fraser, University of Toronto
-Title: New targets, new drugs: Targeting rhodoquinone-dependent metabolism to find new anthelmintics
March 10, 2022: Conor Caffrey, University of California San Diego Medical School
-Title: The schistosome parasite: a sucker for stress
February 10, 2022: Amy Buck, The University of Edinburgh
-Title: RNA communication in helminth-host interactions
January 13, 2022: De'Broski Herbert, University of Pennsylvania
-Title: Using parasitic helminths to understand mucosal immunology
December 9, 2021: Kathryn Else, The University of Manchester
-Title: Screening for anthelmintic drugs: new molecules, new mechanisms?
November 11, 2021: Sabine Specht, Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative
-Title: DNDi -alternative treatment options for filariasis
October 14, 2021: James “Sparky” Lok, University of Pennsylvania
-Title: Dauer-like steroid-NHR signaling as a regulator of infection and autoinfection in Strongyloides stercoralis
September 9, 2021: Alex Loukas, James Cook University
-Title: The hookworm pharmacopeia for inflammatory diseases
August 12, 2021: Mostafa Zamanian, University of Wisconsin-Madison
-Title: Advanced transcriptomics illuminates old and new anthelmintic targets
July 8, 2021: Roz Laing, University of Glasgow
–Title: Genomic and transcriptomic analysis of ivermectin resistance in Haemonchus contortus
June 10, 2021: Jennifer Keiser, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute and Paul Davis, University of Nebraska
— Title: Advancing drug discovery for schistosomiasis.
May 13, 2021: John Gilleard, University of Calgary
— Title: Metabarcoding and amplicon sequencing in helminthology: approaches and applications
April 8, 2021: Angela Mousley, Queen’s University Belfast
March 11, 2021: Jonathan Marchant, Medical College of Wisconsin and
Winka Le Clec’h, Anderson Lab, Texas Biomedical Research Institute
–Title: Activation of parasitic flatworm TRP channels by praziquantel
February 11, 2021: Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna, Freie Universität Berlin
–Title: Pgp-function and ML-resistance in parasitic nematodes
January 14, 2021: Rick Maizels, University of Glasgow
–Title: Helminth-derived modulators of host immunity
For more information:
Raffi Aroian, Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA
Richard Martin, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA