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7th Annual East African Regional Workshop: Cell Biology of Protozoan Parasites
6-19 July 2008 in Morogoro, Tanzania
 

 

  

Organizers

  • Patrick Duffy, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, USA

  • Keith Gull, University of Oxford, England, UK

  • Paul Gwakisa, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania 

  • Richard McIntosh, University of Colorado, USA

Sponsors

  • American Society for Cell Biology, with support from Carnegie Corporation

  • Foundation for the National Institutes of Health through the Grand Challenges in Global Health Initiative

  • Malaria Research Training Program of Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, with support from Fogarty International Center/NIH

  • Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania 

The Program

Sokoine University and Seattle Biomedical Research Institute are partnering with the American Society for Cell Biology to convene a special workshop on the Cell Biology of Protozoan Pathogens. An international faculty will lead a two-week workshop to train graduate students and young scientists from Africa in basic and applied research on protozoan pathogens, including malaria parasites and trypanosomes.

Areas to be covered include:

  • Cell Biology of Protozoa

  • Functional Genomics and Bioinformatics

  • T Cell Biology & Malaria Immunity

  • Research Ethics

  • Methods to Study Gene Function

  • Vaccine & Drug Discovery

  • Antigenic Variation in Human Parasites

  • Developing Research Proposals

The workshop will emphasize student participation through symposia, poster sessions, roundtable discussions, hands-on laboratory sessions and informal interactions. The workshop organizers hope to generate interest in parasitic diseases research, to promote networks of East African and international scientists and students, and to identify graduate students and young scientists who may be interested in graduate or postdoctoral training at research facilities in East Africa or overseas.

Senior Faculty

Joe Bressler

Professor, Johns Hopkins University
Janice Culpepper Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Patrick Duffy Director, Malaria Program, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute
Michal Fried Assistant Member, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute
Eva Gluenz University of Oxford
Keith Gull Professor, University of Oxford

Paul Gwakisa

Professor, Sokoine University of Agriculture
Edward Kabyemela Muhimbili University

Urszula Krzych

Director, Cellular Immunology Labs, Department of Immunology CD & I, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Richard McIntosh Distinguished Professor, University of Colorado

T.K. Mutabingwa

Principal Research Scientist, National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania and Associate Member, International, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, USA

Peter Myler

Research Professor, University of Washington and Member, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, USA
Marilyn Parsons Professor, University of Washington, & Associate Director & Member, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute

David Roos

Merriam Professor of Biology and Director, Genomics Institute, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Bess Sorensen Biostatistician, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute
Huruma Tuntufye Lecturer, Sokoine University of Agriculture
Bill Wickstead University of Oxford

Workshop Facilitators
Modster Damas University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Catherine Gerald Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania
Tony Getz Seattle Biomedical Research Institute

Moses Gwamaka

Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania
Victor Makene University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Thomas Marandu University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Jason Wendler University of Nebraska and Seattle Biomedical Research Institute

Especially outstanding students selected to participate will receive support for their travel, room and board. Applications should be received no later than 4 April 2008. Applicants should include an abstract (1 page only) describing research that the student has performed or would like to perform on some aspect of protozoan pathogens.

Applications may be downloaded as PDF file or Word document. After completing the application, please email it, along with your CV and abstract, to Dr. Gwakisa and Dr. Duffy at workshop2008@sbri.org.

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