1ST Women in Malaria Conference
Day 1 (22/03/2021)
10.30 – 12.00: Session [90’]
- S1 – New frontiers in “omics” approaches
- S2 – Evolutionary ecology of malaria parasites
12.00 – 12.15: Break [15′]
12.15 – 13.45: Session [90’]
- Workshop I Leadership
13.45 – 14.00: Break [15′]
14.00 – 15.30: Session [90’]
- S3 – Host-Parasite Interactions
- S4 – Vector-Parasite interactions
Day 2 (23/03/2021)
10.30 – 12.00: Session [90’]
- S5 – Transmission biology
- S6 – Social and economic aspects of malaria
12.00 – 12.15: Break [15′]
12.15 – 13.45: Session [90’]
- Workshop II Peer mentoring
13.45 – 14.00: Break [15′]
14.00 – 15.30: Session [90’]
- S7 – Malaria functional genomics and epigenetics
- S8 – Epidemiology and modelling of malaria infections
Day 3 (24/03/2021)
10.30 – 12.00: Session [90’]
- S9 – Drug and vaccine development and resistance
- S10 – Vector biology and control
12.00 – 12.15: Break [15′]
12.15 – 13.45: Session [90’]
- Poster viewing
13.45 – 14.00: Break [15′]
14.00 – 15.30: Session [90’]
- General WiM Assembly
*All times are Central European Time (CET)
Topics for each WiM symposium are:
S1 – New frontiers in “omics” approaches
- Genetic engineering of malaria parasites
- Single-cell transcriptomics
- Metabolomics
S2 – Evolutionary ecology of malaria parasites
- Phylogenomics
- Population genomics
- Community ecology
- Within host/vector dynamics
- Co-infections
S3 – Host-Parasite Interactions
- Molecular pathogenesis
- Immunology
- Structural biology of parasite proteins
- Cell biology of parasites
S4 – Vector-Parasite interactions
- Molecular and cellular biology
- Genomics and epigenetics
- Immunology and physiology
- Microbiome
S5 – Transmission biology
- Gametocyte biology, ecology, and development
- Mechanisms of commitment and differentiation
- Parasite development during sporogony
S6 – Social and economic aspects of malaria
- Socio-economic impact of covid-19 and malaria
- Historical aspects
- Community engagement
- Comorbidities
S7 – Malaria functional genomics and epigenetics
- Epigenetics and transcriptional regulation
- Postranslational regulation
- Functional genetics
S8 – Epidemiology and modelling of malaria infections
- Impact of anti-malaria intereventions
- Spatial epidemiology
- Climate change
- COVID19 and malaria
S9 – Drug and vaccine development and resistance
- Anti-asexual stage
- Transmission blocking
- Genomic architecture of drug resistance
- Genetic diversity and surveillance
S10 – Vector biology and control
- Vector biology, ecology & evolution
- Novel vector control interventions
- Mosquito resistance to control
Sponsors
2nd Women in Malaria Conference
