2009 28-29, September Swedish Malaria Network Annual Conference 2009 Program & Meeting Attendees Sigtuna foundation's Guest-House
Program Day 1, Monday, September 28 11:00-11:45 Registration/information 11:50-12:00 Welcome note by the conference coordinator Göte Swedberg and jr SMN chairman Isabel Veiga 12:00-13:30 Lunch 13:30-13:55 Akira Kaneko Sustainable malaria freedom on Aneityum island 13:55-14:20 Anne Liljander Diversity of Plasmodium falciparum infections within a trial of Intermittent Preventive Treatment in Ghanian children 14:20-14:45 Staffan Bensch Evolution and ecology of avian malaria parasites 14:45-15:10 Isabel Veiga Antimalarial drug modulation of expression in Plasmodium falciparum drug transporter genes 15:10-15:40 Coffee-break 15:40-16:05 Sabina Dahlström Polymorphisms in pfmrp1, an ABC transport protein involved in the Plasmodium falciparum response to antifolate and ACT antimalarials 16:05-16:30 Maja Malmberg Surveillance of tolerance/resistance-development in Plasmodium falciparum against artemether-lumefantrine in Tanzania 16:30-16:55 Johan Ursing Efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine and double dose chloroquine in Guinea-Bissau 17:15-18:15 Poster session 19:00-20:30 Dinner 2
Day 2, Tuesday, September 29 07:00-9:00 Breakfast 09:00-09:25 Charles Arama Decreased percentage of plasmacytoid dendritic cells and increased plasma levels of IFN-α in Fulani children undergoing Plasmodium falciparum infection in mali. 09:25-09:50 Klara Lundblom Genetic diversity of P. falciparum infections and susceptibility to severe malaria 09:50-10:20 Coffee-break 10:20-10:55 Pablo Giusti Synthetic hemozoin induces partial maturation of human dendritic cells and increases their migration towards lymphoid chemokines. 10:55-11:20 Sandra Nilsson Characterization of antibody responses against adhesive domains of the malaria antigens Pf332 and PfEMP1 11:30-13:00 Lunch 13:00-14:00 SMN Discussion of future plans 3
Group Address leader Participants Email Anders Björkman Malaria Research Lab Alessandra Torregiani alessandra.torregiani@gmail.com Dept Medicine Anders Björkman anders.bjorkman@karolinska.se Retzius väg 10:05, Solna Berit Aydin Schmidt berit.schmidt@karolinska.se Karolinska Institutet Isabel Veiga isabel.veiga@ki.se Louise Jörnhagen bio05ujo@student.ki.se Maja Malmberg maja.malmberg@ki.se Pedro Ferreira pedro.ferreira@ki.se Anna Färnert InfectiousDiseases Unit Anna Färnert anna.farnert@ki.se Dept of Medicine Anne Liljander anne.liljander@ki.se Solna Josea Kibet Rono jkibet2200@yahoo.com Karolinska Institutet Khayrun Nahar khayrun.nahar.859@student.ki.se Klara Lundblom klara.lundblom@ki.se Göte Swedberg Uppsala university Göte Swedberg gote.swedberg@imbim.uu.se Hasanthi Karanusekera hasanthi_rk@yahoo.co.uk Ioana Bujila Ioana.Bujila.8342@student.uu.se Mohammad Tanveer Khan tanveer249@gmail.com Nizar Enweji dr_nizar76@yahoo.com Samtou Pello-Esso Ingrid Faye GMT Bo Lindberg bo@gmt.su.se Stockholms Universitet Ingrid Faye Ingrid.Faye@gmt.su.se Klavs Berzins Dept of Immunology, Gishanthi Arambepola gishanti.arambepola@wgi.su.se Stockholm University Halima Balogun halima@imun.su.se Nancy Awah nancy.awah@imun.su.se Lars Rombo Malaria Research Lab Johan Ursing johan.ursing@ki.se Dept Medicine Retzius väg 10:05, Solna Karolinska Institutet Marita Troye-Blomberg Dept of Immunology Charles Arama charles.arama@wgi.su.se Stockholm University Pablo Giusti pablo@wgi.su.se Sabina Dahlström sabina.dahlstrom@ki.se 29
Group Address leader Participants Email Mats Wahlgren MTC Davide Angeletti davide.angeletti@ki.se Nobels väg 16 Karin Blomqvist karin.blomqvist@ki.se Karolinska Institutet Letusa Albrecht letusa.albrecht@smi.se Mats Wahlgren mats.wahlgren@ki.se Qijun Chen qijun.chen@smi.se Sandra Nilsson sandra.nilsson@ki.se Sreenivasulu Reddy sree.basireddy@ki.se Susanna Bächle subaechle@gmx.net Michael Ashton PKDM Mikael Olsson mikael.olsson@student.gu.se Medicinaregatan 13A 40530 Göteborg Oceania Group Stockholm University Akira Kaneko akira.kaneko@wgi.su.se Peter Somfai Organic Chemistry Brinton Seashore-Ludlow brinton@kth.se Teknikringen 36 plan6 KTH 10044 Stockholm Staffan Bensch Ecology Building Staffan Bensch staffan.bensch@zooekol.lu.se S-22362 Lund Urban Hellgren Division of Clinical Norah Mwebaza urban.hellgren@karolinska.se Pharmacology Dept Laboratory Medicine Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge Yngve Bergqvist Högskolan Dalarna Yngve Bergqvist ybq@du.se 30