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Index of Titles

A complete list of all conference contributions. Use the alphabetical filter or the search box below to find specific submissions. Click on any contribution to view its session details.

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Contribution Title	Author(s)	Session
\nTitle: A population genetics view of a multi-stage malaria vaccine candidate\n	Spiers, Edith; Tan, Mun Hua; Day, Karen	Vaccines 10 min talks sponsored by Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University
Impact of malaria infection on priming and boosting immunity induced by a CAF01-adjuvanted whole parasite P. yoelii blood-stage malaria vaccine	Ategeka, John; Burgess, Mark; Sadegh, Hamidreza; de Souza, Guilherme; I. Stanisic, Danielle; F. Good, Michael	Vaccines 10 min talks sponsored by Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University
Molecualar phylogeny of Australian Amblyomma with a focus on subgenus Cernyomma	Cho, Mingeun	Wildlife 2: Mammals, Birds, Lizards & Wetas 5 min talks
“First frost, last frost” Updating current knowledge on the seasonality of Fasciola hepatica in the Southern Tablelands of NSW	Huynh, Priscilla (1); Willoughby, Roger A. (2); Young, Neil (3); Sukee, Tanapan (3); Francis, Emily K. (1); Calvani, Nichola E. D. (1)	Sheep & Goats - 5 min talks
Insights into the “eukaryotic-emerged” spliceosome and spliceosomal introns in early-diverging protist pathogen Giardia duodenalis	Addams, Nic (1); Lam, Alex (1); Balan, Balu (1); Jex, Aaron (1,2)	Cells, Molecules & Genes 3 - 10 min talks
Ancylostoma ceylanicum Hookworm in Papua New Guinea, 2020	Scott, Jessica (1); Pelowa, Daniel (2); Melrose, Wanye (1); Warner, Jeffrey (1); Rush, Catherine (1)	Zoonoses & One Health 5 min talks
Dientamoeba fragilis cysts and precysts in historic slide collections and a review of cyst formation among the Parabasalia	Hall, Luke (1,2); Barratt, Joel (3); Ellis, John (2); Stark, Damien (1)	Epidemiology & Diagnostics 10 min talks
In vitro studies support early Ascaris infection driven by specific chemotactic attraction to host liver	Roy, Pradip (1,2); Liu, Joy (2); Thurgood, Peter (3); Vijay, Amrita (1,2); Baker, Louise (1,2); Balan, Balu (1,2); Khoshmanesh, Khashayar (3); Jex, Aaron (1,2)	Cells, Molecules & Genes 3 - 10 min talks
Necator americanus recombinant protease inhibitors as novel therapeutics for inflammatory disease	McHugh, Connor; Sikder, Suchandan; Miles, Kim; Gisder, Sophie; Peck, Yoshimi; Veitch, Maggie; Smith, Maxine; Ryan, Stephanie; Pickering, Darren; Ruscher, Roland; Giacomin, Paul; Loukas, Alex	Immunology 2 - 10 min talks
20 years of inspiring parasitology outreach	Jones, Lisa; Smith, Nick	Education & Outreach - 15 min talks
A Field-Deployable CRISPR-Cas12/13 Diagnostic Platform Integrated with Rapid DNA Extraction for Helminth Detection	Zhu, Mingsong (1,2); MacGregor, Skye (1); French, Juliet (3); Jones, Malcolm (4); You, Hong (1)	Epidemiology & Diagnostics 10 min talks
A HAP2-like protein interacts with vaccine candidate Pfs230 and is essential for efficient malaria transmission	Bekkering, Ezra (1); Grievink, Sanne (1); Longobardi, Mariangela (1); Stoter, Rianne (1); van Gemert, Geert-Jan (1); Yoo, Randy (2,3); Julien, Jean-Philippe (2,3); Kooij, Taco (1); Jore, Matthijs (1)	Cells, Molecules and Genes – Tribute to Bob Sinden - 10 min talks
A host-free in vitro membrane feeding system for an emerging tick vector, Haemaphysalis longicornis	Ghafar, Abdul (1); Mustafa, Bahar E (1); Gauci, Charles G (1); Beveridge, Ian (1); Gasser, Robin B (1); Nijhof, Ard M (2,3); Jabbar, Abdul (1)	Horses & Cows 2 - 10 min talks
A late liver-stage chemical vaccine for malaria	Steel, Ryan (1,2); Chua, Yu Cheng (1,2,3); Abdalla, Waail (1); McConville, Robyn (1,2); Ford, Amelia (1,2); Caiazzo, Sabrina (1,2); Hesping, Eva (1,2); Fernandez-Ruiz, Daniel (3,4); Holz, Lauren (3); Heath, William (3); McCauley, John (5); Olsen, David (5); Boddey, Justin (1,2)	Top Rated Contributed Abstracts 15 min talks
A national survey of gastrointestinal nematodes in Australian dairy goats using faecal egg counts and deep amplicon sequencing	Ali, Endris (1); Ghafar, Abdul (1); Abbas, Ghazanfar (1); Mustafa, Bahar E (1); Baxendell, Sandra (2); Ling, Elysia (1); Guaci, Charles (1); Beveridge, Ian (1); Stevenson, Mark (1); Jabbar, Abdul (1)	Sheep & Goats - 5 min talks
A new spined trematode in a spineless family	Martin, Storm; Lim, Allyn; Armstrong, Helen	Wildlife 1: Fish, Snakes & Turtles 5 min talks
A practical miracidial motility assay for assessing Fasciola hepatica sensitivity to compounds in vitro	Zheng, Mengwei (1); Taki, Aya (1); Sukee, Tanapan (1); Hodgkinson, Jane (2); Spithill, Terry (3); Gasser, Robin (1); Young, Neil (1)	Sheep & Goats - 10 min talks
A questionnaire survey of veterinarians reveals gaps in parasite control practices contributing to anthelmintic resistance in goats in Sri Lanka	Walimunige, Suraj (1); Thilakarathne, Dulari (2); Abbas, Ghazanfar (1); Kalupahana, Anil (2); Rajapakshe, Jayanthe (2); Gasser, Robin (1); Jabbar, Abdul (1)	Drugs and Drug Resistance 1 - 5 min talks
A spatial–molecular framework for studying host–parasite interactions in a freshwater snail	Sharma, Natasha (1); Sukee, Tanapan (1); Black, Jay (2); Mao, Jiadong (3); Webster, Bonnie (4); Ponder, Winston (5); Gasser, Robin (1); Koehler, Anson (1); Young, Neil (1)	Cells, Molecules & Genes 4 - 10 min talks
A systematic review of epidemiology, anthelmintic resistance and economic impact of gastrointestinal parasites in Sri Lankan small ruminants	Walimunige, Suraj (1); Thilakarathne, Dulari (2); Ghafar, Abdul (1); Abbas, Ghazanfar (1); Ali, Endris (1); Kalupahana, Anil (2); Rajapakshe, Jayanthe (2); Gasser, Robin (1); Jabbar, Abdul (1)	Drugs & Drug Resistance 2 - 5 min talks sponsored by Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University
A whole organism vaccine platform to target parasites of medical and veterinary importance	Stanisic, Danielle	Vaccines Symposium sponsored by Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University
A widely used qPCR for Leishmania infantum is non-specific and hinders detection of globally emerging Leishmania species	Nguyen, Thuy (1,2); Huggins, Lucas (1); Brilhante, Andreia Fernandes (3); Paun, Andrea (4); Kniha, Edwin (5); Sotiraki, Smaragda (6); Ligda, Panagiota (6); Preativatanyou, Kanok (7); Siriyasatien, Padet (7); Fernandez-Prada, Christopher (8); Inpankaew, Tawin (9); Maia, Carla (10); Baneth, Gad (2); Gasser, Robin B. (1); Colella, Vito (1)	Canines 15 minute talk sponsored by Elanco
Afucosylated VAR2CSA-specific IgG reduce risks of placental malaria	Ding, HongHua (1); Lloyd Williams, Oscar H. (1); Saeed, Maria (1); Hasang, Wina (1); Wines, Bruce D. (2); Lopez-Perez, Mary (3); Quintana, Maria del Pilar (3); Hviid, Lars (3); Wheatley, Adam (4); Madanitsa, Mwayiwawo (5,6); Mwapasa, Victor (7); Phir, Kamija S. (7,8); ter Kuile, Feiko O. (6); Scott, Nichollas (4); Aitken, Elizabeth H. (1,4); Rogerson, Stephen J. (1,9)	Immunology 2 - 10 min talks
An update on the assessment of intestinal parasite diversity in a tuberculosis-endemic community in rural Papua New Guinea	Scott, Jessica (1); Pelowa, Daniel (2); Melrose, Wayne (1); Rush, Catherine (1); Warner, Jeffrey (1)	Tropical Health 5 min talks sponsored by QIMR Berghofer, Centre for Tropical Health & Emerging Diseases
Anti‑plasmodial peptide induces polarity and fluidity changes in host and parasite membranes without translocation	Woodcock, Sarah (1); Lee, Jiwon (2); Rae, Angus (2); Webb, Daryl (2); Rug, Melanie (2); Lawrence, Nicole (3); McMorran, Brendan (1)	Drugs & Drug Resistance 2 - 10 min talks sponsored by Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University
Bat-Associated Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens in Australasia: Implications for Conservation and One Health	Khan, Mehran; Ghafar, Abdul; Mustafa, Bahar E; Beveridge, Ian; Jabbar, Abdul	Zoonoses & One Health 1 - 10 min talks
Characterising Novel Mitochondrial Electron Transport Chain Inhibitors in Apicomplexan Parasites	Wang, Yusheng (1); Nguyen, William (2,3); Leonard, Rachel (1); Liang, Ruijia (1); Qiu, Deyun (1); Sleebs, Brad (2,3); Lehane, Adele (1); van Dooren, Giel (1)	Drugs & Drug Resistance 2 - 10 min talks sponsored by Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University
Characterising the impact of sorbitol resistance on nutrient uptake in Plasmodium falciparum	Djunaedi, Nadine; MacRaild, Christopher; Trickey, Mitchell; Creek, Darren	Cells, Molecules & Genes 2 - 5 min talks
Chemical perturbation reveals a cytoskeletal–trafficking vulnerability in Haemonchus contortus	Taki, Aya C. (1); Nguyen, Nghi (2); Wang, Tao (1); Byrne, Joseph J. (1); Koehler, Anson V. (1); Shanley, Harry T. (1,2); Ang, Ching-Seng (3); Keiser, Jennifer (4); Häberli, Cécile (4); Sleebs, Brad E. (1,2); Gasser, Robin B. (1)	Sheep & Goats - 10 min talks
Chemoproteomics Identifies a Druggable Kinase in the Parasitic Protist Giardia duodenalis	Lam, Alex (1); Baker, Louise (1); Balan, Balu (1); Dite, Toby (2); Multari, Dylan (3); Vaibhav, Vineet (1); Li, Mengbo (1); Lessene, Guillaume (1); Lucet, Isabelle (1); Thompson, Andrew (1); Jex, Aaron (1); Emery-Corbin, Samantha (3)	Cells, Molecules & Genes 3 - 10 min talks
Chromosome-contiguous nuclear genome of the zoonotic filarial parasite Dirofilaria asiatica (Spirurida: Onchocercidae)	Young, Neil; Colella, Vito; Zheng, Yuanting; Koehler, Anson; Wang, Tao; Sumanam, Sunita; Atapattu, Ushani; Gasser, Robin	Cells, Molecules & Genes 4 - 10 min talks
Combating treatment refractory giardiasis with new antigiardial compounds and novel drug combination strategies	Skinner-Adams, Tina (1,2); Fayd’Herbe, Keely (1,2); Hart, Christopher (1,2); Riches, Andrew (3); Ryan, John (3)	Drugs & Drug Resistance 1 - 10 min talks
Combatting Schistosomiasis japonica using mRNA Transmission Blocking Vaccines	Zumuk, Chika (1,2); You, Hong (1); Cai, Pengfei (1); Navarro, Severine (1); Jones, Malcolm (1,3)	Tropical Health 5 min talks sponsored by QIMR Berghofer, Centre for Tropical Health & Emerging Diseases
COMPARISON OF LARVAL CULTURE TO NEMABIOME DEEP-AMPLICON SEQUENCING	Farnell, Rebecca (1); Cotton, Steve (2); Piedrafita, David (1); Bahlo, Christiane (1); Preston, Sarah (1)	Sheep & Goats - 10 min talks
Decoding the Microbiome of the Australian Cattle Tick (Rhipicephalus australis): Stage-Specific Diversity and Symbiotic Associations	Mustafa, Bahar E (1); Ghafar, Abdul (1); Abuin-Denis, Lianet (2); Ali, Endris A. (1); Khan, Mehran (1); Abullah, Swaid (3); Beveridge, Ian (1); Gauci, Charles G. (1); Cabezas-Cruz, Alejandro (2); Nijhof, Ard M. (4,5); Jabbar, Abdul (1)	Horses & Cows 2 - 10 min talks
Defining chemical resistance in the Australian cattle tick (Rhipicephalus australis)	Siddle, Hannah (1); Klafke, Guilherme (2); Tabor, Ala (1,3)	Drugs & Drug Resistance 1 - 10 min talks
Defining the target of potent and selective drug-leads in Giardia duodenalis	Fayd'Herbe, Keely (1,2); Hart, Christopher (1); Riches, Andrew (3); Siddiqui, Ghizal (4); Ryan, Jack (3); Skinner-Adams, Tina (1,2)	Drugs and Drug Resistance 1 - 5 min talks
Defining transmission bottlenecks across the malaria parasite mosquito-to-vertebrate lifecycle using cellular barcoding	Sayers, Claire (1); Weate, Francis (1); Pollard, Harry (1); Liu, Darren (1); Khoury, David (2); Davenport, Miles (2); Baum, Jake (1)	Cells, Molecules and Genes – Tribute to Bob Sinden - 10 min talks
Delivering Microbes & Parasites Workshops for Home‑School Groups	Wong, Rina	Education & Outreach - 15 min talks
Detection of Orthohalarachne attenuata (Acari: Halarachnidae) in captive Pacific walrus (Odobenus orsmarus divergens)	Barton, Di (1); Perkins, Chris (2); Martelli, Paolo (2); Jefferson, Natalie (1); Shamsi, Shokoofeh (1)	Wildlife 2: Mammals, Birds, Lizards & Wetas 5 min talks
Developing Expansion Microscopy for Mosquitoes to Investigate the Biology of Mosquitoes and Mosquito-Transmitted Parasites	van den Bergh, Joe (1,2); Arinanto, Leonhard (3); McFadden, Geoff (3); Goodman, Dean (3); Williams, Craig (4); O'Handley, Ryan (5); Wilson, Danny (1,2); Liffner, Benjamin (1,2)	Cells, Molecules and Genes – Tribute to Bob Sinden - 10 min talks
Development and application of species-specific loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assays for the rapid detection of blood flukes of bluefin tunas	Carabott, Melissa J. (1); Power, Cecilia (1); Shirakashi, Sho (2); Ramsland, Paul A. (1); Nowak, Barbara F. (3); Bott, Nathan J. (1)	Wildlife 1: Fish, Snakes & Turtles 10 min talks
Development and field-testing of point-of-care diagnostics for schistosomiasis elimination in the Philippines	Tabilin, Emmanuel John (1,2); Avenido-Cervantes, Eleonor (3); Mationg, Mary Lorraine (4); Gray, Darren (4); Inobaya, Marianette (3); Jiz, Mario (4); You, Hong (5); Gordon, Catherine (1,2); Cai, Pengfei (1)	Tropical Health 10 min talks sponsored by QIMR Berghofer, Centre for Tropical Health & Emerging Diseases
Development of CRISPR-based diagnostic tools for the detection of Strongyloidiasis	MacGregor, Skye (1); Watts, Matthew (2); Jones, Malcolm (1,3); Lee, Rogan (2); Colella, Vito (4); Bradbury, Richard (5); Egwang, Thomas (6); Gray, Darren (7); You, Hong (1,3)	Epidemiology & Diagnostics 15 min talk
Dimorphic apicoplast and mitochondrial genomes support full species status for the two causative agents of ovale malaria in humans	Sutherland, Colin (1); Šlapeta, Jan (2,3); Clark, Taane (1); Campino, Susana (1); Fuehrer, Hans-Peter (4)	Nick White Memorial Symposium
Discovery and Validation of Novel Drug Targets for Sustainable Blowfly Control and Improved Sheep Welfare	Jasni, Nur Zakirah; Kapoor, Shilpa; Bowles, Vernon M.; Jex, Aaron R.; Taki, Aya C.; Anstead, Clare A.	Drugs & Drug Resistance 2 - 5 min talks sponsored by Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University
Do Plasmodium and Other Apicomplexan Parasites have Parasite Specific mRNA Export?	Fernando, Lakvin (1,2); Ralph, Stuart (1,2)	Cells, Molecules & Genes 2 - 5 min talks
Don’t put that in your talk! The importance of life cycles in parasitology research.	Goodman, Christopher	Elsevier Plenary Lecture Series International Journal for Parasitology (IJP) Invited Lecturer
Effects of endochin-like quinolones (ELQs) on Toxoplasma gondii infection and responses of human retinal pigment epithelial cells: implications for the treatment of ocular toxoplasmosis	Ashander, Liam M. (1); Brown, Melissa H. (2,3); Best, Giles (1); Doggett, J. Stone (4); Liebman, Katherine M. (4); Williams, Keryn A. (1); Smith, Justine R. (1)	Drugs & Drug Resistance 1 - 10 min talks
Elucidating keratinocyte-mediated non-histaminergic signalling in scabies-associated itch	Fernando, Deepani D. (1); Hutton, Tia (1); O'Grady, Jakub (1); Nguyen, Tam H (2); Hartel, Gunter (3); Yosipovitch, Gil (4); Fischer, Katja (1)	Ticks, Mites, kissing bugs 10 min talks
Elucidating the intrinsic apoptosis pathway in nematodes: fundamental and applied implications	Kaethner, Marc (1); Young, Neil D. (1); Lee, Erinna F. (2,3); Fairlie, W. Douglas (2,3,4,5); Sleebs, Brad E. (1,6); Chang, Bill C. H. (1); Gasser, Robin B. (1)	Cells, Molecules & Genes 3 - 10 min talks
EnAIbling parasitic worm control – development of the first artificial intelligence diagnostic test for strongyloidiasis	Ossipow, Suzy (1); Bradbury, Richard (2); Gordon, Catherine (1); Ward, Peter (3); Watts, Matthew (4); Gray, Darren (1)	Tropical Health 5 min talks sponsored by QIMR Berghofer, Centre for Tropical Health & Emerging Diseases
Enhancing antigen density on nanoparticle platforms to enable multi-stage malaria vaccines	Nguyen, Anne (1); Vigneswaran, Jaanaky (1); Luque, Daniel (1,2); Johnson, Michael (1); Baum, Jake (1)	Vaccines 5 min talks sponsored by Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University
Epidemiology of soil-transmitted helminth infections in urban slum and tea garden communities in Northeastern Bangladesh	Mukutmoni, Mandira (1); Nath, Tilak Chandra (2); Bartlett, Adam (1); Vaz Nery, Susana (1)	Tropical Health 10 min talks sponsored by QIMR Berghofer, Centre for Tropical Health & Emerging Diseases
Expanded molecular evidence of soil-transmitted helminth and Schistosoma spp. infections in Myanmar schoolchildren: a qPCR update	Gordon, Catherine; Aung, Eindra; Collinson, Natasha; Gray, Darren	Zoonoses & One Health 2 - 10 min talks
Exploration of equine saliva proteins as a source of immune biomarkers that may reflect the mucosal response to a gastrointestinal worm infection.	King, Tanya (1); Emery-Corbin, Samantha (2); Derseh, Habtamu (1); Bischof, Rob (1); Preston, Sarah (1)	Horses & Cows - 10 min talks
Exploring spatiotemporal shifts on mosquito diversity in Perth, Western Australia.	Peck, Ashleigh (1); Lymber, Alan (2,3); Egan, Siobhon (4); Ash, Amanda (1,5)	Zoonoses & One Health 1 - 10 min talks
Exploring the regulation of sex ratios in Plasmodium berghei.	Xia, Xuexin; Collier, Sophie; McFadden, Geoffrey; Goodman, Dean	Cells, Molecules and Genes – Tribute to Bob Sinden - 5 min talks
First in vitro feeding of an Australian wildlife tick, Ixodes hirsti, provides insights into host cues, feeding biology, morphology and changes in microbiome structure.	Duru, Vincent C. (1,2,3); Mustafa, Bahar E. (1); Ghafar, Abdul (1); Beveridge, Ian (1); Gauci, Charles G. (1); Elati, Khawla (2,3); Nijhof, Ard M. (2,3); Jabbar, Abdul (1)	Wildlife 2: Mammals, Birds, Lizards & Wetas 15 min talk
First Characterisation of the Microbiome of Artificial Membrane Fed Rhipicephalus australis	Mustafa, Bahar E (1); Ghafar, Abdul (1); Abuin-Denis, Lianet (2); Khan, Mehran (1); Abullah, Swaid (3); Beveridge, Ian (1); Gauci, Charles G. (1); Cabezas-Cruz, Alejandro (2); Nijhof, Ard M. (4,5); Jabbar, Abdul (1)	Horses & Cows 2 - 10 min talks
First Report of Consecutive Artificial Membrane Feeding of All Life Stages of Rhipicephalus australis	Mustafa, Bahar E (1); Ghafar, Abdul (1); Gauci, Charles G. (1); Abdullah, Swaid (2); Beveridge, Ian (1); Nijhof, Ard M. (3,4); Jabbar, Abdul (1)	Horses & Cows 2 - 10 min talks
Forty years on: What do handbags, dogs and Toxoplasma gondii have in common?	Slapeta, Jan (1,2); Zecevik, Hanna (1); Ward, Michael P. (1)	Canines 10 minute talks sponsored by Elanco
Fowl play in the Fitz-Stirling: What a mallee fowl revealed after death	Dybing, Narelle A (1); Grassi, Natalie K (2)	Wildlife 2: Mammals, Birds, Lizards & Wetas 5 min talks
From farm to outbreak: One Health parasitology education on one campus	Oskam, Charlotte	Education & Outreach - 15 min talks
From land to the sea: First detection of Neospora caninum in an Australian marine mammal, Neophoca cinerea (Australian Sea Lion)	Power, Michelle (1); Fulham, Mariel (2); Gray, Rachael (2)	Wildlife 2: Mammals, Birds, Lizards & Wetas 5 min talks
Functional antibodies to Plasmodium vivax merozoite antigens are associated with protection against clinical malaria	Quang, Chau (1,2); Yuguchi, Takaaki (3); Takashima, Eizo (3); Mueller, Ivo (1,2); Longley, Rhea (1,2,4)	Immunology 2 - 15 min talks
Functional Redundancy Between Amino Acid Uptake and Biosynthesis in Toxoplasma gondii	Zhao, Leqian; J. Fairweather, Stephen; Makota, Victor; G. van Dooren, Giel	Cells, Molecules & Genes 2 - 10 min talks
Gastrointestinal parasite prevalence in dairy cattle in subtropical Queensland: A paddock-based faecal sampling study across commercial farms	Haque, Md Anowarul (1); Wood, Benjamin (1); Soares Magalhães, Ricardo J. (1,2); Nezhad Isfahani, Shahab Ranjbar (1); Ball, Matthew (3); Abdullah, Swaid (1)	Horses & Cows - 10 min talks
Genetic diversity and transmission dynamics of soil-transmitted helminths in humans and dogs in Vanuatu	Waldron, Molly (1); Huggins, Lucas (1); Zendejas-Heredia, Patsy A. (1); Hii, Sze Fui (1); Douglas, Ian (2); Sangster, Nick (2); Anstead, Clare (1); Bareng, Paolo (3); Rymill, Prudence (4); Taleo, Fasihah (5); Vaz Nery, Susana (3); Colella, Vito (1)	Zoonoses & One Health 15 min talks
Genetic structuring of Simulium damnosum across Ghana\'s agro-ecological zones: implications for Onchocerca volvulus transmission dynamics	Opoku, Millicent (1,2,3); Sirwani, Neha (1,2); Frempong, Kwadwo K. (3); Otoo, Sampson (3); Naniogou, Sedou (4); Jackson, Philomena (3); Afatodzie, Millicent S. (3); Pi-Bansa, Sellase (3); Osei, Joseph H. N. (5); Ayisi, Franklin (3); Dogbe, Sarah M. (3); Nyarko, Abena A. (3); Grant, Warwick N. (2); Boakye, Daniel A. (3,4); Hedtke, Shannon M. (1,2)	Cells, Molecules & Genes 4 - 5 min talks
Genome-based, human-informed development of a T cell-based vaccine against malaria	Akerman, Anouschka (1); King, Maggie (1); Tan, Jonathan (1); Seid, Mengistu (2); Kelly, Ashton M (1); Sarathkumara, Yomani (1); Daily, Brenna (1); Browne, Daniel J (2); Brady, Jamie L (2); Pattinson, David J (2); Draper, Sarah (3); Holz, Lauren (4); Hermans, Ian F (5); Heath, William R (4); Painter, Gavin F (3); Proietti, Carla (1); Doolan, Denise L (1)	Vaccines 15 min talk sponsored by Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University
Genome-wide reconstruction of the intrinsic apoptosis pathway in Haemonchus contortus	Shen, Yanxiang (1); Young, Neil D. (1); Song, Jiangning (2,3); Sleebs, Brad E. (1,4); Chang, Bill C. H. (1); Lee, Erinna F. (5,6); Fairlie, W. Douglas (5,6,7,8); Gasser, Robin B. (1)	Cells, Molecules & Genes 3 - 10 min talks
Genomic and taxonomic identification of myxosporean parasites infecting fishes in Bali, Indonesia	Bulla Castaneda, Diana (1); Trisca, Cristian (1); Power, Cecilia (1); Miller, Terry (2); Bott, Nathan (1)	Wildlife 1: Fish, Snakes & Turtles 5 min talks
Growth and development of Fasciola hepatica on an in-vitro 3D cell culture model: how does it compare to in-vivo?	DeCristi, Hayley Martinez (1); Kuligowski, Michael (2); Muscat, Katharine (1); Miguel, Javier Gonzalez (3); Calvani, Nichola Eliza Davies (1)	Sheep & Goats - 10 min talks
High-Resolution Climate Modelling of Fasciolosis Risk in Australia: A One Health Early-Warning Framework	M. Athar Ali, Rana (1); A. Stevenson, Mark (1); Tyrell, Leah (2); E.D. Calvani, Nichola (3); Beddoe, Travis (4); Rawlin, Grant (5); Spithill, Terry (4); D. Young, Neil (1); Jabbar, Abdul (1)	Sheep & Goats - 10 min talks
High-throughput phenotypic screening of Medicines for Malaria Venture’s Hit Generation Library 1 identifies new nematocidal chemotypes	Byrne, Joseph (1); Taki, Aya (1); Chang, Bill (1); Laleu, Benoit (2); Wells, Timothy (2); Jabbar, Abdul (1); Gasser, Robin (1)	Sheep & Goats - 5 min talks
Hookworm-inspired therapy for rheumatoid arthritis	Sikder, Suchandan; Miles, Kim; McHugh, Connor; Pickering, Darren; Nagaraja, Haleagrahara; Ryan, Rachael; Kumar, Manoharan; Field, Matt; Giacomin, Paul; Loukas, Alex; Ruscher, Roland	Immunology 1 - 15 min talks
Human Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite effector-memory CD8⁺ T cells exhibit epitope-specific activation and display distinct T cell receptor clustering	van Schuijlenburg, Roos (1); van Houcke, Max (2); Sijtsma, Jeroen (1); Baalbergens, Els (1); de Bes-Roeleveld, Helena (1); Winkel, Beatrice (1); van Meijgaarden, Kirsta E. (1); Wuyts, Sander (2); Franke-Fayard, Blandine (1); Roestenberg, Meta (1)	Immunology 2 - 15 min talks
Identifying Novel Non-CSP Antigen targets on the Surface of Malaria Plasmodium Falciparum Sporozoites	Murdoch, Jem (1); Cockburn, Ian (2); Burnett, Deborah (1); Baum, Jake (1)	Immunology 1 - 10 min talks
Identifying the mechanism of action of the antiplasmodial pantothenate analogue AH-2-45 in Plasmodium falciparum	Cox, Scarlett (1); Radih, Zaynab (1); Lan, Chunling Blue (2); Auclair, Karine (2); Saliba, Kevin J. (1)	Drugs & Drug Resistance 1 - 10 min talks
Impact of HIV infection on malaria antibody responses induced by the RTS,S vaccine or naturally acquired in adults	Wright, Grace (1,2); Kurtovic, Liriye (1,2,3); Opi, D. Herbert (1,2,3); Lee, Cythia (4); Ockenhouse, Chris (4); Locke, Emily (4); Otieno, Lucas (5); Copeland, Nate (5); Clinical Trial Team, NCT04661579 (4,5); G. Beeson, James (1,2,3)	Immunology 1 - 10 min talks
IMPACT OF STANDARD SCABICIDE TREATMENT ON SKIN MICROBIAL DYSBIOSIS IN SCABIES	Surve, Nuzhat (1,2); Zakrzewski, Martha (1); Surase, Pallavi (2); Chikhalkar, Siddhi (3); Taylor, Sara (1); Fernando, Deepani (1); Nataraj, Gita (2); Kumar, Chaya A (2); Fischer, Katja (1)	Ticks, Mites, kissing bugs 10 min talks
Impacts of apicoplast-targeting antibiotics on dihydroartemisinin activation in Plasmodium falciparum	Tregloan-Dunn, Zoe (1); Collier, Sophie (1); Crisafulli, Emily M. (1); Giannangelo, Carlo (2); Le, Jennifer (2); Creek, Darren (2); Ralph, Stuart A. (1)	Nick White Memorial 5 min talks
Incidental finding of amoeba on nasal cavity of an immunocompetent patient. A case report and review of the literature.	Bhanot, Gautam (1); Paver, Elizabeth (2); Kennedy, Karina (3)	Epidemiology & Diagnostics 5 min talks
Integrated morphological and molecular analysis of canine fleas in Cambodia and comparison of flea and host blood bacteriome	Yamamoto, Saki (1,2); Kapoor, Shilpa (1); Huggins, Lucas (1); Colella, Vito (1); Anstead, Clare A. (1)	Canines 10 minute talks sponsored by Elanco
Integrative taxonomy of Gemellicotyle sp. nov. (Digenea: Paramphistomidae) from the western grey kangaroo: combining histological, microCT imaging, and molecular data	Sukee, Tanapan (1); Beveridge, Ian (1); Sumanam, Sunita B. (1); Black, Jay (2); Blair, David (3); Koehler, Anson V. (1); Gasser, Robin B. (1); Young, Neil D. (1)	Wildlife 2: Mammals, Birds, Lizards & Wetas 10 min talks
Invaded parasite communities of the banded water snake (Nerodia fasciata) in Florida, USA	Harman, Madison (1); Claunch, Natalie (2); Gonzalez, Ben (3); Hartmann, Arik (3); Colon-Pineiro, Zuania (3); Valore, Nicolina (3); Calavia, Andres (3); Martin, Elyse (3); Sandoval, Sasha (3); Rodriguez-Lapido, Marcos (3); Hamersma, Ashley (3); Whelpley, W. James (4); Ojeda-Rojas, Maria (4); Bassis, Michelle (4); Romagosa, Christina (1); Kinsella, Mike (5); Longo, Ana (3); Miller, Melissa (4)	Wildlife 1: Fish, Snakes & Turtles 10 min talks
Investigating Antibodies that Protect from Cerebral Malaria in Kenyan Children	Ji, Yuchi (1); Walker, Isobel S (1); Meagher, Niamh (1); Hasang, Wina (1); Ogolla, Sidney (2); Midem, David (3); Rowe, J Alexandra (4); Otoboh, Stanley (4); Aitken, Elizabeth H (1,5); Kazura, James W (6); Rogerson, Stephen J (1)	Immunology 2 - 15 min talks
Investigating apical-basal polarity establishment in malaria parasites.	Liffner, Benjamin (1); Alves e Silva, Thiago Luiz (2); Bento, Inês (3); Vega-Rodriguez, Joel (2); Mota, Maria (3); Absalon, Sabrina (4)	Cells, Molecules & Genes 2 - 10 min talks
Investigating CERLI1 and CERLI2 function during the invasion process of Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites into salivary glands of Anopheles mosquito and human liver cells.	Arinanto, Leonhard (1); Liffner, Benjamin (2); Wilson, Danny (2); Cozijnsen, Anton (1); McFadden, Geoffrey (1); Goodman, Dean (1)	Cells, Molecules and Genes – Tribute to Bob Sinden - 10 min talks
Investigating phospholipid transport by the essential Plasmodium falciparum protein PfCSC1	Yau, Nathan; Qiu, Deyun; Lehane, Adele M	Cells, Molecules & Genes 2 - 5 min talks
Investigating PPCS as a Novel Antimalarial Drug Target in Plasmodium falciparum	El Hassan, Eva (1); Szablowska, Weronika (1); Skibbie, Lara E. (2); Liu, Xiangning (1); Li, Qiuyuan (1); Schrecker, Henry D. (2); Smith, Rory C. (2); Dowd, Cynthia S. (2); Saliba, Kevin J. (1)	Drugs and Drug Resistance 1 - 5 min talks
Investigating putative target/s of the malaria drug proguanil identified using solvent-induced protein precipitation	Kutty, Rohith (1); Dawood, Wisam (1); Fisher, Gillian (1); Macdonald, Jacinta (1); Tumwebaze, Patrick (1); Ji, Yijia (3); Morrow, Joshua (3); Riches, Andrew (2); Ryan, John (2); Siddiqui, Ghizal (3); Creek, Darren (3); Skinner-Adams, Tina (1); Andrews, Katherine (1)	Drugs & Drug Resistance 2 - 5 min talks sponsored by Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University
Investigating resistance to the malaria drug proguanil	Andrews, Katherine (1); Tumwebaze, Patrick (1); Fisher, Gillian M. (1); Qian, Yunan (1); Dawood, Wisam (1); Macdonald, Jacinta (1); Fidock, David A. (2); Kreutzfeld, Oriana (3); Rosenthal, Philip (3); Riches, Andrew G. (4); Ryan, John H. (4); Skinner-Adams, Tina S. (1)	Nick White Memorial Symposium
Investigating the function of and impact of polymorphism in the malaria vaccine candidate Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 2.	Turland, Kaitlin (1); Angage, Dimithu (2); Henshall, Isabelle (3); Anders, Robin (2); Foley, Michael (2); Ridgway, Melanie (1); Wilson, Danny (1)	Cells, Molecules & Genes 3 - 5 min talks
Investigating the functions of platelets in protection against malaria infection	Lim, Nicole; McMorran, Brendan	Immunology 1 - 5 min talks
Investigating the potential of robenidine analogues as antiplasmodial compounds	Joch, Ellis (1,2); Page, Stephen W. (3); McCluskey, Adam (4); Andrews, Katherine (1); Skinner-Adams, Tina (1,2)	Drugs & Drug Resistance 2 - 5 min talks sponsored by Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University
Investigating the role of Kelch13 in Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes	Deng, Haowen; Ralph, Stuart; Dixon, Matthew; Collier, Sophie	Cells, Molecules and Genes – Tribute to Bob Sinden - 5 min talks
Investigation of perforin inhibition on malaria disease progression during Plasmodium yoelii blood-stage infection.	Sadegh, Hamidreza (1); Burgess, Mark (1); Van Esch, Skye (1); Trapani, Joe (2); Good, Michael (1); Stanisic, Danielle (1)	Vaccines 5 min talks sponsored by Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Cattle Farmers Regarding Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases in South-Western Western Australia	Qamar, Abdul Ghaffar (1); Barbosa, Amanda Duarte (1); Aleri, Joshua W (2); Kreplins, Tracey (3); Oskam, Charlotte Louise (1)	Horses & Cows - 5 min talks
Large-scale molecular epidemiological survey of Giardia and Cryptosporidium in Victoria, Australia (2020–2024) reveals novel subtypes and outbreak-associated lineage	Babineau, Marielle (1,2); Koehler, Anson (2); Sait, Michelle (3); Mercoulia, Karolina (3); Dougall, Sally (4); McAllister, Jane (4); Wong, Evelyn (4); Sherry, Norelle (1,3); Gasser, Robin (2); Howden, Ben (1,3,5)	Zoonoses & One Health 2 - 15 min talk
Let’s Swap: Microbial Sharing Between Hairworm Life Stages and Their Hosts	Presburger, Rosemary (1); Poulin, Robert (1); Madi Salloum, Priscila (2)	Wildlife 2: Mammals, Birds, Lizards & Wetas 10 min talks
Life Cycle Speculation and Taxonomic Disruption Inspired by Discovery of an Unusual New Trematode on the Great Barrier Reef.	Sturrock, Ronen; Martin, Storm	Wildlife 1: Fish, Snakes & Turtles 15 min talk
Life-stage resolved microbiota of Sarcoptes scabiei reveals a stable core bacterial community comprised of opportunistic pathogens	Taylor, Sara; Zakrzewski, Martha; Fernando, Deepani D; Fischer, Kajta	Ticks, Mites, kissing bugs 10 min talks
Long-read–supported gene modelling illuminates feeding, immune, and developmental biology in the European castor bean tick, Ixodes ricinus.	Vijay, Amrita (1); Balan, Balu (1); Baker, Louise (1); Gaiarsa, Stefano (2); Gouil, Quentin (3); Roy, Pradip (1); Gofton, Alexander (4); Cafiso, Alessandra (5); Tabor, Ala (6); Lo, Nathan (7); Plantard, Olivier (8); Riemer, Jan (9); Stavru, Fabrizia (10); Anstead, Clare A (11); Czabotar, Peter (1); Papenfuss, Tony (1); Sassera, Davide (12,13); Jex, Aaron (1,11)	Cells, Molecules & Genes 4 - 15 min talks
Malaria drug discovery and target identification – from gene editing to AI tools	Macdonald, Jacinta (1); Dawood, Wisam (1); Fisher, Gillian (1); Skinner-Adams, Tina (1,2); Andrews, Katherine (1,2)	Drugs & Drug Resistance Symposium sponsored by Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University
Mapping fibrotic microenvironments: Single-cell resolution spatial profiling of Schistosoma mansoni-induced tissue fibrosis	Toth, Veronika (1); Pavithra, Prakrithi (1); Xiong, Zherui (1); Li, Chaoyi (1); Jones, Malcolm (1,2); Nguyen, Quan (1,2); You, Hong (1,2)	Cells, Molecules & Genes 3 - 10 min talks
Marine mammal parasites in a changing ocean: Ecology, pathology, and conservation implications	Lehnert, Kristina	Elsevier Plenary Lecture Series International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife (IJP:PAW) Invited Lecturer
Mechanistic insights into repurposed compounds as potential antimalarials	Taylor, Chris; Giannangelo, Carlo; Creek, Darren	Drugs and Drug Resistance 1 - 5 min talks
Mimicking Natural Immunity: Trickle Infection Induces Protective Responses to Trichostrongylus colubriformis	Scharkie, Tatum (1); McNeilly, Tom N. (2); Nisbet, Alasdair (2); Price, Dan (2); Smith, David (2); Britton, Collette (3); Duncan, Samuel (3); Laurence, Mike (4); Andronicos, Nicholas (1)	Sheep & Goats - 10 min talks
Molecular and microscopic detection of Haemocystidium spp. in freshwater turtles in Australia	Pinto, Isaac L. L. (1,2); Scheelings, T. Franciscus (1); Peixoto, Maristela P. (2); Gasser, Robin B. (1); Koehler, Anson V. (1)	Wildlife 1: Fish, Snakes & Turtles 10 min talks
Molecular Detection and Species Identification of Hookworm in Free-Roaming Dogs in Tonga, with Identification of Zoonotic Ancylostoma ceylanicum	Harder, Kate (1); Naden, K (2); Maneniaru, D (3); Grahn, E (3); Zhao, H (3); Joone, C (3); Constantinoiu, C (3); Bradbury, R (3)	Zoonoses & One Health 5 min talks
Molecular epidemiology of Strongyloides westeri in Australian Foals	Shingade, Yash; Jabbar, Abdul; Liyanage, Tharaka; Gauci, Charles; Abbas, Ghazanfar	Horses & Cows - 5 min talks
Multi locus sequence typing (MLST) supports zoonotic transmission of Cryptosporidium parvum in Western Australia	Bulumulla, Dinamithra Gedara Sugandika Samanmali (1); Ryan, Una (1); Ash, Amanda (1); D Barbosa, Amanda (1); Aleri, Joshua (2)	Zoonoses & One Health 2 - 10 min talks
Naturally Acquired Antibody Responses to Polymorphic MSP1 Domains in Papua New Guinean Children	Stanhope, Katie M. (1,2); Naung, Myo T. (1,2); McCann, Kirsty M. (1,2); Yeoh, Lee M. (1,3); Kaius-Ome, Maria (4); Mantila, Daisy (4); Laman, Moses (4); Chan, Jo-Anne (1,5,6); Robinson, Leanne J. (1,4); Mueller, Ivo (7,8); Beeson, James G. (1,3,9); Barry, Alyssa E. (1,2)	Immunology 1 - 5 min talks
Naturally acquired IgG and IgM responses to Plasmodium vivax and association of protection from clinical malaria	Karunarathne, Janani (1,2); Mueller, Ivo (1,2); Longley, Rhea (1,2,3)	Immunology 1 - 10 min talks
Not just where the ticks are: Insights into Theileria orientalis Ikeda in Australia	Onizawa, Emily (1,2); Walkden-Brown, Steve (1); Jenkins, Cheryl (2)	Horses & Cows 2 - 10 min talks
Omics investigation of bandicoot immunity to the eastern paralysis tick, Ixodes holocyclus.	Algarni, Dhafer (1); Walker, Andrew (2); Barker, Stephen (1)	Wildlife 2: Mammals, Birds, Lizards & Wetas 5 min talks
One health approach to elimination of Schistosoma mekongi in Cambodia and Lao PDR: results from a pilot study	Gordon, Catherine (1,2); Gray, Darren J (2,3); Sato, Marcello (4); Sato, Megumi (5); Sako, Yasuhito (6); Khieu, Virak (7); Sayasone, Somphou (8); Adisakwattana, Poom (9); Wangdi, Kinley (10)	Tropical Health Symposium sponsored by QIMR Berghofer, Centre for Tropical Health & Emerging Diseases
Parasites of larval and juvenile freshwater fish in Australia: how small is too small to be infected?	Barton, Di; Rogers, Leia; Shamsi, Shokoofeh	Wildlife 1: Fish, Snakes & Turtles 5 min talks
PfATP2 drives phosphatidylserine flipping and modulates antimalarial sensitivity in Plasmodium falciparum	Qiu, Deyun; England, Eleanor; Lehane, Adele	Cells, Molecules & Genes 2 - 10 min talks
Pfs16 forms an oligomeric complex with a membrane-spanning pore in the malaria parasite parasitophorous vacuole membrane	Gyamfi, Emmanuel (1); Peters, Grace (1); Sayers, Claire (1); Michie, Kate (1); Fairweather, Stephen (2); Van Doreen, Giel (2); Baum, Jake (1)	Cells, Molecules & Genes 2 - 10 min talks
Phylogeography and genetic structure of Haemaphysalislongicornis (Asian longhorned tick)	Abdullahi, Zainab Umar (1); Bulach, Dieter (2); Devlin, Joanne M. (1); Browning, Glenn F. (1)	Ticks, Mites, kissing bugs 5 min talks
Plasmepsin IX and X dual inhibitor impairs sporozoite development in mosquitoes and their infectivity in human hepatocytes	Lantero Escolar, Elena (1,2); McCauley, John A. (3); Olsen, David B. (3); Cowman, Alan F. (1,2); Boddey, Justin A. (1,2)	Drugs & Drug Resistance 1 - 10 min talks
Population genetics of P. falciparum clinical and asymptomatic infections at low transmission	Madan, Sonakshi (1,2); McCann, Kirsty (1,2); Razook, Zahra (1,2); Lautu-Gumal, Dulcie (1,2,3,4,8); Ruybal-Pesántez, Shazia (3,4,5); Vibin, Jessy (1); Stanhope, Katelyn (1,2); Kattenberg, Johanna H. (6); Pepey, Anaïs (7); Khim, Nimol (7); Tavul, Livingstone (8); Ome-Kaius, Maria (8); Hetzel, Manuel (9,10); Vantaux, Amélie (7); Witkowski, Benoit (7); Kazura, James W. (11); Laman, Moses (8); Mueller, Ivo (3,4); Robinson, Leanne J. (2,3,8); Barry, Alyssa E. (1,2,3)	Epidemiology & Diagnostics 10 min talks
Preserving Cipargamin Efficacy in Plasmodium falciparum: Understanding Resistance Pathways and Exploiting Collateral Sensitivity Strategies	Liang, Ruijia (1); Qiu, Deyun (1); Stokes, Barbara (2); Fidock, David (2); Lehane, Adele (1)	Nick White Memorial 10 min talks
Prevalence of different gastrointestinal parasite horse infections in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Almegrin, Wafa; Alsahli, Wadha; Alhazzaa, Afaf; Alotaibi, Rawan; Alotaibi, Dalal; Aldosari, Rania	Horses & Cows - 5 min talks
Progress understanding the mechanism of action of praziquantel yields opportunity for development of novel anthelmintics	Marchant, Jonathan	Elsevier Plenary Lecture Series International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance (IJP:DDR) Invited Lecturer
Quantitative Assessment of α‑Gal Production in Ixodes holocyclus Salivary Glands Using Indirect ELISA Methods	Smith, Emily (1,2); Gofton, Alexander (2); Mercedes, Raine (2); Barker, Stephen (3); Walker, Andrew (1)	Ticks, Mites, kissing bugs 5 min talks
Rapid and non-invasive detection of Babesia microti parasites using near-infrared spectroscopy and machine learning	Rogers, Madeleine (1); Marcal Antunes, Ines (1); Good, Michael (1); Sikulu-Lord, Maggy (2); Stanisic, Danielle (1)	Epidemiology & Diagnostics 10 min talks
Rapid Multi-Species Malaria Parasite Detection Using Deep Learning	Weate, Frank (1); Li, Yunchuan (1); Novotny, David (2); Meijering, Erik (1); Baum, Jake (1)	Epidemiology & Diagnostics 10 min talks
Rational discovery of a novel human hookworm subunit vaccine	Sarkar, Eti; Sikder, Suchandan; McHugh, Connor; Giacomin, Paul; Loukas, Alex	Vaccines 10 min talks sponsored by Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University
Repeated malaria vaccine booster doses in children shapes protective antibody responses	Harris, Alexander (1,2); Kurtovic, Liriye (1,2,3); Thomas, Adam (1,2); Wines, Bruce (1,3); Dicko, Alassane (4); Ouedrogo, Jean-Bosco (4); Chandramohan, Daniel (4); Greenwood, Brian (4); Clinical trial team, NCT04319380 (4); Beeson, James (1,2,3,5)	Immunology 2 - 10 min talks
Repurposing anticancer drugs as antimalarials	Lam, Kwong Sum (1); Adderley, Jack (2); Doerig, Christian (2); Maier, Alexander G. (1)	Drugs and Drug Resistance 1 - 5 min talks
Rethinking deworming: resistance, risk, and responsible control of canine hookworms	Abdullah, Swaid	Horses & Cows 1 Symposium
Retrospective screening reveals the rare occurrence of zoonotic Strongyloides stercoralis in dogs from temperate Australia, 2014-2024	Chong, Jaisy (1); Slapeta, Jan (1,2); Meggiolaro, Maira Nascimento (1); Green, Jennifer (1); Lee, Rogan (3,4); Ward, Michael P. (1); Kirkwood, Nicolle (1)	Canines 10 minute talks sponsored by Elanco
Sarcocystidae parasites in Australian invasive mammals: insights from DNA sequencing	Brown, Keira (1); Rendall, Anthony R. (2); Barton, Diane P. (1); Shamsi, Shokoofeh (1)	Wildlife 2: Mammals, Birds, Lizards & Wetas 5 min talks
Scabies Diagnostics: Past, present and future	Fernando, Deepani D (1); Hansman, Grant (2); Fischer, Katja (1)	Symposium Ticks, Mites, kissing bugs
Serological and molecular detection of Toxoplasma gondii in naturally infected red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from Victoria, Australia	Liyanage, Tharaka (1); Brustenga, Leonardo (1,2); Loukopoulos, Panayotis (1); Fisher, Megan (1); Haining, Jessica (1); Gauci, Charles G. (1); Lucentini, Livia (3); Uboldi, Alessandro D. (4,5); Tonkin, Christopher J. (4,5); Morganti, Giulia (2); Rigamonti, Giulia (2); Passamonti, Fabrizio (2); Veronesi, Fabrizia (2); Hufschmid, Jasmin (1); Jabbar, Abdul (1)	Wildlife 2: Mammals, Birds, Lizards & Wetas 10 min talks
Simultaneous Detection of Bovine Venereal Pathogens in Bulls Using Long‑Read Sequencing	Zhang, Zhetao (1); Boe-Hansen, Gry B. (1,2); Teng Ong, Chian (1); Siddle, Hannah V. (1); Tabor, Ala E. (1)	Horses & Cows - 10 min talks
Single-cell dissection of protective T cell immunity in a genetically attenuated Plasmodium sporozoite vaccine model	Rochfort Peters, Grace (1); Colakoglu Veli, Feyza (1); Pollard, Harry (1); Lee, Chiyun (2); Balmer, Andrew (2,3); Makani, Venkata Krishna Kanth (4); Pearson, Richard (2); Johnson, Mike (1); Ono, Masahiro (5); Joglekar, Alok (4); Fernandez Ruiz, Daniel (1); Baum, Jake (1,5)	Immunology 1 - 5 min talks
Spatio-temporal modelling of onchocerciasis prevalence in Ghana: Identifying transmission hotspots for targeted elimination	Opoku, Millicent (1,2,3,4); Dean, David (3); Shrestha, Himal (5); Frempong, Kwadwo K. (4); de Souza, Dziedzom K. (4); Pi-Bansa, Sellase (4); Osei, Joseph H. N. (6); Opare, Joseph (7); Asiedu, Odame (7); Mensah, Ernest (7); Grant, Warwick N. (2); Boakye, Daniel A. (4,8); Hedtke, Shannon (1,2)	Tropical Health 15 min talk sponsored by QIMR Berghofer, Centre for Tropical Health & Emerging Diseases
Speed-of-kill comparison of isoxazolines in the combination endectocide products Credelio™ PLUS (lotilaner), NexGard Spectra^® (afoxolaner) and Simparica^® Trio (sarolaner) against the Australian paralysis tick (Ixodes holocyclus) throughout one month	Ahlstrom, Liisa (1); Lyons, Rachel (1); Ellenberger, Claudia (1); Baker, Kim (1); Pittorino, Melissa (1); Wiseman, Scott (2); Schunack, Bettina (3)	Canines Symposium sponsored by Elanco
Systems Immunology and Multi-omics approaches to understanding host immune heterogeneity in Plasmodium infection	Daily, Brenna (1,4); Kelly, Ashton (1); Cooper, Martha (2,3); Nguyen, Quan (1,3,4); Proietti, Carla (1); Doolan, Denise (1)	Immunology 1 - 15 min talks
The Plasmodium falciparum digestive vacuole is the site of action for second-generation bis-triazines and related antimalarial candidates	Le, Jennifer (1); Giannangelo, Carlo (1); Trickey, Mitchell (1); Dillon, Annaliese (2); Stupple, Paul (2); Creek, Darren (1)	Drugs & Drug Resistance 2 - 10 min talks sponsored by Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University
The chromosome-scale assembly of the Australian Paralysis Tick, Ixodes holocyclus	Vijay, Amrita (1); Gofton, Alexander (2); Gouil, Quentin (3); Kapoor, Shilpa (4); Tichkule, Swapnil (1,5); Balan, Balu (1); Baker, Louise (1); Gaiarsa, Stefano (6); Anstead, Clare A (4); Tabor, Ala (7); Lo, Nathan (8); Barker, Stephen (9); Riemer, Jan (10); Stavru, Fabrizia (11); Sassera, Davide (12,13); Czabotar, Peter (1); Papenfuss, Tony (1); Jex, Aaron (1,4)	Cells, Molecules & Genes 4 - 15 min talks
The Early-Diverging Eukaryote Giardia Reveals the Origins of Eukaryotic Post-Transcriptional Regulatory Networks	Balan, Balu (1,3); Lam, Alex (1,3); Vijay, Amrita (1,3); Nuang, Myo (1,5); Tichkule, Swapnil (1,8); Bandala Sanchez, Esther (1,3); Khurana, Sachin (1,3); Abeysekera, Waruni (1,3); J. Emery-Corbin, Samantha (1,7); J. Sandow, Jarrod (1); Zhu, David (1); Wardak, Ahmad (1); Munro, Jacob (1,3); Roy, Pradip (1,3); Robert E. Ansell, Brendan (1,3); Czabotar, Peter (1,3); I. Webb, Andrew (1,3); Darmacian, Marija (1,3); K Smyth, Gordon (1,3); Rissland, Olivia (6); G. Svärd, Staffan (4); R. Jex, Aaron (1,2,3)	Cells, Molecules & Genes 3 - 10 min talks
The malaria drug proguanil demonstrates slow action in vitro activity against P. falciparum field isolates from Uganda.	Dawood, Wisam (1); Tumwebaze, Patrick (1); Kreutzfeld, Oriana (2); Fisher, Gillian (1); Rosenthal, Philip (2); Skinner-Adams, Tina (1); Andrews, Katherine (1)	Drugs & Drug Resistance 2 - 5 min talks sponsored by Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University
The molecular identification of Strongyloides fuelleborni from non-human primates (Bornean orangutans, chimpanzees and Red-Shanked Douc Langurs) in Khon Kaen Zoo, Thailand.	Sangpeng, Jirawat (1); Artchayasawat, Atchara (1); Chaisongkram, Chavin (2,3); Ponsrila, Kanda (2,3); Kimkamkaew, Siriwan (2,3); Eamudomkarn, Chatanun (1); Hongsrichan, Nuttanan (1); Laoprom, Nonglak (4); Boonmars, Thidarut (1); Sithithaworn, Paiboon (1); Pitaksakulrat, Opal (1)	Cells, Molecules & Genes 4 - 5 min talks
The parasites that jumped ship	Schröder, Johann; Lloyd, Joan B; Ryan, Una M; Jacobson, Caroline L	Zoonoses & One Health 5 min talks
The secret life of parasites: intravital microscopy opens a new frontier in helminth biology	DeCristi, Hayley Martinez (1); Kuligowski, Michael (2); Muscat, Katharine (1); Gonzalez-Miguel, Javier (3); Calvani, Nichola Eliza Davies (1)	Cells, Molecules and Genes – Tribute to Bob Sinden - 15 min talk
The Ticks You\'re Not Seeing: How Seasonality Shapes Tick Detection in Western Australia	Barton, Xavier (1); Qamar, Abdul Ghaffar (1); Sormunen, Jani (2); Fontaine, Joseph (3); Oskam, Charlotte (1)	Ticks, Mites, kissing bugs 5 min talks
The voltage dependent anion channel is a mitochondrial protein critical to the growth of P. falciparum	Trickey, Mitchell (1,2,3); Modak, Joyanta (2,3); Counihan, Natalie (2,3); Chowdury, Mrittika (2,3); Creek, Darren (1); de Koning-Ward, Tania (2,3)	Cells, Molecules & Genes 2 - 10 min talks
Tick-Induced Mammalian Meat Allergy in Australia: National Prevalence and Geographic Distribution from Laboratory Surveillance, 2014-2024	Gofton, Alexander W. (1,2); Smith, Emily (1,3,4); Campbell, Paul (5); Kennedy, Carl (6); Baumgart, Karl (7); Wallman, Lucinda (8); Barker, Stephen C. (9); van Nunen, Sheryl (2,10,11); Walker, Andrew A. (3,4)	Top Rated Contributed Abstracts 15 min talks
Towards a better understanding of myxosporean parasites infecting Australian fishes	Trisca, Cristian (1); Castaneda, Diana Bulla (1); Power, Cecilia (1); Miller, Terry (2); Bott, Nathan J. (1)	Wildlife 1: Fish, Snakes & Turtles 5 min talks
Towards Sustainable Flystrike Control: A Chromosomal-Level Genome and Population Genomics of Lucilia cuprina dorsalis	Kapoor, Shilpa (1,2); Vijay, Amrita (2); Balan, Balu (2); Baker, Louise (2); Wines, Laura (3); Bowles, Vernon M. (1); Jex, Aaron R. (1,2); Anstead, Clare A. (1)	Top Rated Contributed Abstracts 15 min talks
Transmission studies of gene-edited Plasmodium falciparum indicate crucial role of parasite pyridoxal 5’-phosphate (PLP) biosynthesis in mosquito stage development	Stewart, Lindsay (1,2); Kristan, Mojca (1,2); Reis Wunderlich, Mariana (1,2); Tremp, Annie (1,2); Bikarova, Michaela (1,2); Matoba, Naoki (1,2); Bridgwater, Rosie (1); Toyin Famodimu, Mufuliat (1); Alves, Eduardo (1); Sutherland, Colin (1,2); Delves, Michael (1)	Cells, Molecules and Genes – Tribute to Bob Sinden - 10 min talks
Two novel apicoplast transporters with different, crucial roles in malaria parasite life cycle	Akkerman, Laura J. (1); Weeda, Roos (1); Zhu, Pingping (2); Jansen, Robert S. (2); Beitz, Eric (3); de Vries, Laura E. (1,4); Kooij, Taco W.A. (1,4)	Cells, Molecules & Genes 2 - 10 min talks
Uncovering One Health Risks: High Prevalence of Francisella spp. in Tick-Borne Pathogens of Cuora flavomarginata in Taiwan	Tsai, Yi-Lun (1,2); Yong, Alinda Lok-Yan (1); Tsou, Chi-Hsin (1); Chen, Tien-His (3)	Zoonoses & One Health 1 - 10 min talks
Uncovering zoonotic protozoa in pigs: molecular epidemiology of Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia duodenalis in Victoria, Australia	Xu, Jianuo（Gavin}; V. Koehler, Anson; Abbas, Ghazanfar; B. Gasser, Robin; Jabbar, Abdul	Zoonoses & One Health 2 - 10 min talks
Understanding artemisinin resistance in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum through high resolution imaging	Ralph, Stuart; Huynh, Long; Collier, Sophie; Deng, Haowen; McHugh, Emma	Nick White Memorial 10 min talks
Unexpected relatives: an integrated taxonomic approach unites species separated by half a century of confusion	Manage, Lenin (1); Pathirana, Erandi (2); Ash, Amanda (1); Martin, Storm (1)	Wildlife 1: Fish, Snakes & Turtles 10 min talks
Unraveling the whole mitochondrial genome of the highly endemic G3 genotype of Echinococcus granulosus from Pakistan: an emerging epidemiological concern	Muqaddas, Hira (1,2); Mehmood, Naunain (3); DeCristi, Hayley Martinez (2); Muscat, Katherine (2); Calvani, Nichola Eliza Davies (2)	Zoonoses & One Health 15 min talks
Using high-resolution imaging to understand how malaria parasites become resistant to frontline antimalarials	Huynh, Long (1); Liffner, Benjamin (2); Geoghegan, Niall (3); Absalon, Sabrina (2); Ralph, Stuart (1)	Nick White Memorial 5 min talks
Validation of a Wastewater Surveillance Protocol for Soil-Transmitted Helminths and Intestinal Protozoan Parasites	Grahn, Emily (1); Maneniaru, Daphne (1); Sellars, David (1); Ross, Kirstin (2); Constaninoiu, Constantin (3); Bradbury, Richard S (1)	Epidemiology & Diagnostics 5 min talks
Venom exaptation and adaptation during the trophic switch to blood-feeding by kissing bugs	Walker, Andrew	Ticks, Mites, kissing bugs 10 min talks
Within-batch Inconsistencies and Elevated Temperature Decreases the Insecticidal Efficacy of Yahe LN Insecticide Treated Nets Delivered to Papua New Guinea: Implications for Quality Control, Transport and Storage	Reichel, Holly (1); Koinari, Melanie (1); Daly, Norelle (1); Karl, Stephan (1,2)	Tropical Health 5 min talks sponsored by QIMR Berghofer, Centre for Tropical Health & Emerging Diseases
Zoonotic Cryptosporidium and Giardia in Australian dairy goats: a national molecular epidemiological study	Ali, Endris (1); Koehler, Anson (1); Ghafar, Abdul (1); Stevenson, Mark (1); Baxendell, Sandra (2); Beveridge, Ian (1); Gasser, Robin (1); Jabbar, Abdul (1)	Zoonoses & One Health 2 - 10 min talks