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Abstract Book (Pp Downloaded from orbit.dtu.dk on: Oct 01, 2021 Trichinella spp. in lynxes (Lynx lynx) in Estonia Karssin, Age; Häkkinen, Liidia ; Vilem, Annika ; Moks, Epp ; Jokelainen, Pikka; Lassen, Brian Published in: 9th Conference of the Scandinavian - Baltic Society for Parasitology Publication date: 2021 Document Version Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of record Link back to DTU Orbit Citation (APA): Karssin, A., Häkkinen, L., Vilem, A., Moks, E., Jokelainen, P., & Lassen, B. (2021). Trichinella spp. in lynxes (Lynx lynx) in Estonia. In 9th Conference of the Scandinavian - Baltic Society for Parasitology : Abstract book (pp. 95-95). Nature Research Centre. General rights Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research. You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. A P R I L 2 1 - 2 3 , 2 0 2 1 Vilnius, Lithuania 9th Conference of the Scandinavian - Baltic Society for Parasitology PARASITES IN A CHANGING WORLD ABSTRACT BOOK TABLE OF CONTENT Welcome 03 Organizers 05 Committees 05 Sponsors 06 Program 07 Keynote presentations 11 Oral presentations 20 Posters 66 Published by the Nature Research Centre ISBN 978-609-8255-05-8 WELCOME BY THE PRESIDENT OF SBSP Warm welcome to the 9th Conference of the Scandinavian-Baltic Society for Parasitology! As always, our conference will offer interesting new research findings and a platform for networking. This time – for the first time in our society’s history – we will meet virtually. I am convinced that this conference will be brilliant, wonderful and one to remember. Organizing this conference virtually is an example of what we as a scientific society can do, especially in times like this. We use this opportunity to make our conference even more accessible, enabling even wider attendance. Organizing a virtual conference also illustrates that we prioritize taking the best possible care of each other and ourselves. This pandemic shall pass, and it is important that we continue our work and collaborations, even during these challenging times. The research presented will show how many parasites do the same, in this changing world that we share. Dr. Pikka Jokelainen President of Scandinavian-Baltic Society for Parasitology 3 WELCOME FROM SCIENTIFIC AND LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEES On behalf of the Scientific and Local Organizing Committees, I am pleased to cordially welcome you to the 9th Conference of the Scandinavian-Baltic Society for Parasitology (CSBSP9), hosted by Nature Research Centre and Young Academy of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, in Vilnius, Lithuania. This biennial event is an official conference of the Scandinavian-Baltic Society for Parasitology (SBSP). After unification of the Scandinavian and the Baltic Societies of Parasitologists in 2003 in Bergen, the first conference of the Scandinavian-Baltic Society for Parasitology took place in Vilnius in 2005. Fifteen years later, we are happy to host CSBSP9 in Vilnius again – this time virtually. The theme of this year’s meeting is ‘Parasites in a changing world’. The vision of this conference is to create a great platform for experienced and early-career researchers in the fields of wildlife, veterinary and medical parasitology and to share interdisciplinary science between researchers from Northern Europe and other countries around the world. The CSBSP9 Scientific Committee has created an excellent program with focus on both global and regional issues in parasitology. The meeting will provide high scientific value and excellent opportunity to share ideas and strengthen scientific communication and cooperation. Dr. Vaidas Palinauskas Chair of Scientific and Local Organizing Committees 4 ORGANIZERS LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Vaidas Palinauskas Laima Baltrūnaitė Carolina Chagas Mikas Ilgūnas Chairman NATURE RESEARCH CENTRE NATURE RESEARCH CENTRE NATURE RESEARCH CENTRE NATURE RESEARCH CENTRE LITHUANIA LITHUANIA LITHUANIA LITHUANIA Pikka Jokelainen Olena Kudlai Saulius Petkevičius Gediminas Valkiūnas STATENS SERUM INSITUT NATURE RESEARCH CENTRE LSMU NATURE RESEARCH CENTRE DENMARK LITHUANIA LITHUANIA LITHUANIA 5 SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Vaidas Palinauskas Kurt Buchmann Pikka Jokelainen Angelika Krumina Chairman NATURE RESEARCH CENTRE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN STATENS SERUM INSITUT RĪGA STRADIŅŠ UNIVERSITY & LITHUANIA DENMARK DENMARK BIOR, LATVIA Olena Kudlai Asghar Muhammad Saulius Petkevičius Gediminas Valkiūnas NATURE RESEARCH CENTRE KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET LSMU NATURE RESEARCH CENTRE LITHUANIA SWEDEN LITHUANIA LITHUANIA SPONSORS General Sponsor: Main Sponsors: Sponsors: Partners: 6 PROGRAM APRIL 21, 2021 10:10 - 10:50 Morning coffee with dear Editor Pikka Jokelainen and Jean-Lou Justine, Editor-in-Chief of Parasite Chair: Vaidas Palinauskas 11:00 - 11:15 Opening session: Welcome SBSP President, NRC Director, CSBSP9 Organizing Committee 11:15 - 13:00 SESSION 1 Chairs: Olena Kudlai and Kurt Buchmann Keynote lecture: 11:15 - 11:45 David Thieltges “The risky rise of aquaculture: collateral disease impacts on aquatic wildlife” Oral presentations: 11:45 - 12:00 Albert Ros “How does climate change affect PKD in Central European salmonid populations” 12:00 - 12:15 Signe Martin “An investigation of the disease status of velvet crab (Necora puber) in Galway Bay, with a focus on microparasites” 12:15 - 12:30 Quinton Marco Dos Santos “Infection of wels catfish (Silurus glanis) by an alien copepod Sinergasilus major in Danube River basin in Hungary” 12:30 - 12:45 Maarten P.M. Vanhove “Collection-based parasitology in invasion biology: showcasing the integration of biodiversity infrastructure and disease research” 12:45 - 13:00 Louise von Gersdorff Jørgensen “Infections in the skin with the fish parasite Ichthyophthirius multifiliis and zebrafish immune responses” 13:00 - 13:30 Break 13:30 - 15:00 SESSION 2 Chairs: Gunita Deksne and Olena Kudlai Keynote lecture: 13:30 - 14:00 Kurt Buchmann “Dynamic interactions between Baltic fish communities and their parasites” Oral presentations: 14:00 - 14:15 Kirill Galaktionov “Capturing boundaries in a group of Parvatrema (Digenea: Gymnophallidae) cryptic species 14:15 - 14:30 Inga Martinek “Parasite fauna of river lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis) and black goby (Gobius niger) from Western Finland” 14:30 - 14:45 Nikol Kmentová “The pelagic realm in Lake Tanganyika: phenotypic variation and geographically unrestricted gene flow of fish parasites” 14:45 - 15:00 Anja Vermaak “Super klipfish, the super host: astonishing digenean diversity of Clinus superciliosus from the coast of South Africa” 15:00 - 16:00 Break + Posters 7 16:00 - 17:30 SESSION 3 Chairs: Carolina Chagas and Andrew Williams Keynote lecture: 16:00 - 16:30 Susanne Nylen ”Immune-regulation in Human Visceral Leishmaniasis” Oral presentations: 16:30 - 16:45 Gupse Kubra Karademir “Molecular prevalence and phylogenetic characterization of Leishmania infantum in dogs in the Middle Black Sea Region of Turkey ” 16:45 - 17:00 Alberto Cornet-Gómez “Dual role of Trypanosoma cruzi exovesicles in cell apoptosis: evaluation of the molecular mechanism involving the effect in cell viability ” 17:00 - 17:15 Anna Ganyukova “Zelonia sp. (Kinetoplastea, Trypanosomatidae) from the ichneumon wasp Alexeter sp.: the trypanosomatid from the Arctic ” 17:15 - 17:30 Anna Seetsi “In vitro evaluation of novel nitrofurantoin derivatives against animal African trypanosome parasites” 17:30 - 18:00 Break 18:00 - 19:45 SESSION 4 Chairs: Mark van der Giezen and Vaidas Palinauskas Keynote lecture: 18:00 - 18:30 Elin Videvall ”Dual transcriptomics of avian malaria” Oral presentations: 18:30 - 18:45 Christen Rune Stensvold “Detection and differentiation of intestinal parasitic protists of zoonotic relevance in pigs by amplicon-based next-generation sequencing and real-time PCR ” 18:45 - 19:00 Kokcu Delibasi “Complete mitochondrial genome sequencing and phylogeny of the Malaria vector Anopheles sacharovi” 19:00 - 19:15 Mateusz Pękacz “Selection of new diagnostic markers for Dirofilaria repens infections with the use of phage display technology ” 19:15 - 19:30 Sadullah Uslug “Molecular characterization, expression and functional analyses of tick vaccine candidate antigen enolase of the ixodid tick Hyalomma marginatum” 19:30 - 19:45 Justė Aželytė “A new protocol to distinguish morphologically identical avian malaria parasites in co-infection” 19:45 - 21:00 Social Program APRIL 22, 2021 10:10 - 10:50 Morning coffee with the project leader: what makes a successful research project? With Mark van der Giezen and Mikas Ilgūnas 11:00 - 13:00 SESSION 5 Chairs: Asghar Muhammad and Mikas Ilgūnas Keynote lecture: 11:00 - 11:30 Laryssa Howe “Avian Malaria in New Zealand: How isolated are we?” 8 Oral presentations: 11:30 - 11:45 Seraina Meister “Fatal avian malaria in captive Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica) in Switzerland” 11:45 - 12:00 Melanie Ludivine Duc “Formerly neglected avian haemoproteosis: megalomeronts of Haemoproteus majoris develop
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