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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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