Infectious & Global Diseases Program Mini-Symposium "Vector borne diseases: Malaria and Dengue”
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Infectious & Global Diseases Program Mini-Symposium
"Vector borne diseases: Malaria and Dengue”
Friday, September 20, 2013
9:00 AM to 12:00 MD Amphitheater B-103, UPR-MSC Main Building
9:00 – 9:10 AM
Welcome / Introductory Remarks
Abel J. Baerga Ortíz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Dept. Biochemistry, UPR-MSC; and President AAAS-Caribbean Division
Adelfa E. Serrano, Ph.D.
Professor, Dept. Microbiology, UPR-MSC; and Director of the RCMI-Infectious and Global Diseases Program
9:10 – 10:00 AM
Peruvian P . falciparum parasites: origin and strategies for survival
Dionicia Gamboa, Ph.D.
Professor, Departamento de Ciencias Moleculares y Moleculares, Universidad Peruana Cavetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
10:00 – 10:50 AM
Microbiome members of Puerto Rican mosquitoes influence vector competence for malaria and dengue
George Dimopoulos, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
10:50 – 11:00 AM
Coffee break
11:00 – 11:40 AM
Variabilidad climática y dengue en Puerto Rico
Roberto Barreras, Ph.D.
Entomology and Ecology Activity, Dengue Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Juan, Puerto Rico
11:40 – 12:00 MD
Scientific Discussion and Closing Remarks
