This scientific meeting is intended to bring together scientists interested in apicomplexan parasites in farm animals, including academics, students, and industrial partners, and will cover a range of topics including epidemiology and economical impact of these parasites, biodiversity and population genetics, functional genomics, proteomics and bioinformatics, host cell invasion, intracellular sur
vival and host cell modulation, vaccines and chemotherapeutical options. Organizing committee:
Alexandre Leitão (Tropical Research Institute Lisbon (IICT), CIISA-FMV, SPCV, Portugal)
Andrew Hemphill (University of Bern, Switzerland)
Dulce Santos (Tropical Research Institute Lisbon, CIISA-FMV, Portugal)
Helder Cortes (University of Évora, ICAAM, SPCV, Portugal)
Helena Soares (High School of Health Technology of Lisbon ESTeSL, Portugal)
Sofia Nolasco (High School of Health Technology of Lisbon ESTeSL, CIISA-FMV, Portugal)
Yolanda Vaz (Technical University of Lisbon, CIISA-FMV, SPCV, Portugal)
Scientific committee:
Brian M Cooke (Monash University, Australia)
Bruno Gottstein (University of Bern, Switzerland)
Dirk Dobbelaere (University of Bern, Switzerland)
Dominique Soldati (Université de Genève, Switzerland)
Elisabeth Innes (Moredun Research Institute, UK)
Fiona Tomley (The Royal Veterinary College, UK)
Franz Conraths (Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Germany)
Gereon Schares (Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Germany)
Jonathan Wastling (University of Liverpool, UK)
Luis Ortega-Mora (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain)
Markus Meissner (University of Glasgow, UK)
Mohamed Ali Hakimi (CNRS – Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble, France)
Theo Schetters (Merck)
