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NACI New Investigator
Chair: Brian Dixon
9:00 - 10:00
Comparative Immunological Responses of Macrophages from Diverse Species to Nanoparticle- Delivered Double-Stranded RNA
Sarah Poynter, Wilfrid Laurier University
10:00 - 10:20
Coffee Break
Cellular Immune Responses: Creatures of the sea & cockroaches
Chair: Kate Buckley
10:20 - 10:40
Tony Wilson, Brooklyn College
Exploring a unique comparative model of immune deficiency: adaptive immunity in the seahorse
10:40 - 11:00
Renald James Legaspi, University of Alberta
Cellular composition of zebrafish spleen melanomacrophage centers
11:00 - 11:20
Sebastian Fugmann, Chang Gung University
Immune cell diversity and cytokines in echinoderm immunity
11:20 - 11:40
Amelia Williams, Auburn University
A novel population of phagocytes in sea stars
11:40 - 12:00
Elizabeth Schwartz, Auburn University
Decoding hemocyte subsets and functions in the American cockroach
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch
Cellular Immune Responses: Flies, Fishes, and Frogs
Chair: Leon Grayfer
13:20 - 14:20
Keynote Speaker: Francesca Di Cara, Dalhousie University
TBD
14:20 - 14:40
Samuel Amoah, University of Alberta
Identification and qualitative assessments of putative stimulatory goldfish (Carassius auratus) leukocyte immune-type receptor calitr positive leukocytes in goldfish tissues.
14:40 - 15:00
Riley Crow, The George Washington University
Uncovering the hallmarks of amphian mast cell activation
15:00 - 15:20
Andrea Vu, University of Rochester
In vitro Xenopus tropicalis cell culture infection model for amphibian chytridiomycosis
15:20 - 15:40
Christina Garvey Griffith, The George Washington University
Amphibian (Xenopus laevis) macrophage subsets play disparate roles in skin regeneration
15:40 - 16:00
Coffee Break
Pathogens of the Sea
Chair: Fraser Clark
16:20 - 16:40
Jesús Luis Betancourt, University of Waterloo
Immunomodulatory and antibacterial effects of the pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide in white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei
16:40 - 17:00
Zohreh Fazelan, Dalhousie University
RNA-seq analysis of hepatopancreas extracted from American lobster (Homarus americanus) provides some clues regarding their resistance to Vibrio sp. (splendidus clade)
17:00 - 17:20
17:20 - 17:40
17:40 - 18:00
Mariam S. Abdulsayed, University of Waterloo
Spores of Spraguea americanus elicit oxidative burst reactions in Oncorhynchus mykiss (rainbow trout) immune cells ex vivo
Zahra Ghiasvand, Dalhousie University
Immune responses in Carcinus maenas following Vibrio sp. challenge
Jake Tatum, Auburn University
Genetic manipulation of Vibrio diazotrophicus reveals motility and secretion systems as pathogenicity factors and identifies phagocytic cell populations in purple sea urchin larvae
16:30 - 18:30
Poster Session: Standard and Wacky!
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