IWOP-11 Symposium Theme

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Symposium: “Host-Pathogen Interactions: Host Responses to Infections”

_____Speakers and tentative titles:

Chair:

_____Chair: Alan Harmsen (Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA), Introduction: “How Immunity Defines What it Means to be Opportunistic”

Speakers:

_____Honorine Ward (Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA), Host Responses to Cryptosporidium Infection

_____Craig Roberts (University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK) Toxoplasmosis and Neuropsychiatric Responses

_____Beth Garvy (University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA) Host Responses to Pneumocystis Infection

_____Imtiaz Khan (Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA) Host Responses to Microsporidia Infection in the Aged

Roundtables:

1. “The Future of Funding for Opportunistic Protist Research” and development of a white paper.
   
   Chairs: Anthony Sinai (University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY) and Melanie Cushion (University of Cincinnati and VA Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH)
2. “Nomenclature of Pneumocystis Genes, Proteins and Other Abbreviated Terms”
   
   Chairs:  James Stringer (University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH) and Andrew Limper (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN)

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