Program
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| Program of the 52nd Jírovec’s Protozoological days (24-28 April 2023) | |||
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| Monday 24th | |||
| 16:00-18:30 | Arrival | ||
| 18:30-20:00 | Welcome drink & dinner | ||
| Socializing | |||
| Tuesday 25th | |||
| 7:00-8:45 | Breakfast | ||
| 9:00-9:15 | Hehenberger | Anzhelika Butenko | Mitochondrial genome evolution: views and news |
| 9:15-9:30 | Eliška Klapuchová* | Exploring the mitochondrial genetic code diversity | |
| 9:30-9:45 | Kacper Maciszewski | In the spotlight, losing IR region: the complexity and convergence in genome evolution of algal secondary plastids | |
| 9:45-10:00 | Jacek Patryn | Bio-Rad: microworld secrets at close hand | |
| 10:00-10:45 | Coffee break | ||
| 10:45-11:00 | Kolísko | Shun-Min Yang* | Mitochondria targeting histone in Chromera velia |
| 11:00-11:15 | Vít Dohnálek* | Taming of mitochondria with LYRM proteins | |
| 11:15-11:30 | Martin Benda | The role of late ISC pathway in the formation of cytosolic 4Fe–4S clusters in Giardia intestinalis | |
| 11:30-11:45 | Vladimír Hampl | FeS cluster machinery in the amitochondriate eukaryote Monocercomonoides exilis composes of a single large complex | |
| 11:45-12:00 | Ján Blažek | Empowering your research: Overview of GeneTiCA NGS portfolio | |
| 12:00-14:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00-15:00 | Kolísko | Michelle Leger | The first filasterean parasite illustrates holozoan protist diversity |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee break | ||
| 15:30-15:45 | Leger | Jonathan Wong* | The ancestral shape of the access proton path of mitochondrial ATP synthases revealed by a split subunit-a |
| 15:45-16:00 | Prashant Chauhan* | Assembly factor mtSAF24 in the biogenesis of small mitoribosomal subunit in trypanosomes | |
| 16:00-16:15 | Vladimíra Najdrová | The guided entry of Tail-anchored proteins pathway in Giardia intestinalis | |
| 16:15-16:30 | Jiří Pergner | Deciphering modification of 3´termini in secondary plastids of euglenids | |
| 16:30-16:45 | Ansgar Gruber | Evolutionary and physiological insights gained from the N- and C- terminal prediction of intracellular protein locations in cells with complex plastids | |
| 16:45-17:00 | Group photography | ||
| 17:00-18:30 | Poster session (see the list of posters for details) | ||
| 18:30-20:00 | Dinner | ||
| Socializing | |||
| Wednesday 26th | |||
| 7:00-8:45 | Breakfast | ||
| 9:00-10:00 | Lukeš | Alastair Simpson | The enduring mystery of ‘excavates’ |
| 10:00-10:45 | Coffee break | ||
| 10:45-11:00 | Hampl | Jan Michálek | The early evolution of dinoflagellates in the light of transcriptome data from Eudubosquella and Ichthyodinium |
| 11:00-11:15 | Daryna Zavadska* | On the relationship between protist metabarcoding and protist metagenome-assembled genomes | |
| 11:15-11:30 | Aleš Horák | Intra-genomic diversity of the V9 hypervariable region of the 18S rRNA gene in eukaryotes and its impact on metabarcoding | |
| 11:30-11:45 | Vladislava Majnušová* | A surprisingly diverse population of dsDNA viruses colonizes a bicosoecid with a non-standard genetic code | |
| 11:45-12:00 | Zuzana Škopková | Product update: Welcome Q20+ chemistry and farewell to previous kits! | |
| 12:00-14:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00-14:15 | Doležal | Corinna Benz | Role of MICOS in mitochondrial maturation during Trypanosoma brucei differentiation |
| 14:15-14:30 | Michael Hammond | Comprehensive sub-mitochondrial protein map of the parasitic protist Trypanosoma brucei reveals novel aspects of organellar biology | |
| 14:30-14:45 | Ignacio Durante | Extensive identification of novel kinetoplast associated proteins in Trypanosoma brucei | |
| 14:45-15:00 | Lawrence Rudy Cadena* | Cutting the cord: Identification of a vital protein involved in the segregation of kinetoplast DNA | |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee break | ||
| 15:30-16:30 | Oxford Nanopore Q&A | ||
| 15:30-16:30 | Demonstration of protists | ||
| Free time (optional: Lyer brewery tour) | |||
| 18:30 | Conference reception followed by a party (at the conference hall) | ||
| Thursday 27th | |||
| 7:00-8:45 | Breakfast | ||
| 9:00-9:15 | Horák | Nadine Zimmann | Trichomonas vaginalis and the vaginal microbiome: Interactions in the early steps of infection |
| 9:15-9:30 | Kateřina Poláková* | Syntrophic symbioses in anoxia: Studying freshwater metopid ciliates and their methanogenic endosymbionts | |
| 9:30-9:45 | Daniel Méndez-Sánchez* | Unveiling the diversity of the anaerobic class Odontostomatea | |
| 9:45-10:00 | Šimon Zeman* | Wanted: Alive – Using citizen science to explore the diversity of trypanosomatids in invasive true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) | |
| 10:00-10:45 | Coffee break | ||
| 10:45-11:00 | Gruber | Jitka Richtová | Circadian rhythms and circadian clock gene homologs of secondary alga Chromera velia |
| 11:00-11:15 | Julie Kovářová | Queuosine-tRNA modification as a means for gene expression regulation in Leishmania mexicana | |
| 11:15-11:30 | Geetha Gonepogu* | Dynamics and isolation of guanine crystals from Chromera velia | |
| 11:30-11:45 | Dorsaf Ennaceur* | Candidate transport proteins for guanine in Chromera velia | |
| 11:45-12:00 | Tamas Dobai* | Production and 3D structure prediction of SmolCathL, a cysteine protease of the ancient endoparasite Sphaerospora molnari | |
| 12:00-14:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00-14:15 | Simpson | Daria Tashyreva | First whole-cell three-dimensional reconstruction of diplonemid ultrastructure and cell division |
| 14:15-14:30 | Ravikumar Narayanasamy | Implementation of live-cell imaging tool to visualize Trichomonas vaginalis | |
| 14:30-14:45 | Yi-Kai Fang | Preliminary studies of striated fibres and assemblins in Preaxostylans | |
| 14:45-15:00 | Tien Le | Peroxisomes in anaerobic fungi Neocallimastigomycota | |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee break | ||
| 15:30-15:45 | Best student talk & poster awards, concluding remarks | ||
| 15:45 | Meeting of the Czech Society for Parasitology | ||
| Free time | |||
| 18:30-20:00 | Dinner | ||
| Socializing | |||
| Friday 28th | |||
| 7:00-8:45 | Breakfast | ||
| 9:00-10:00 | Departure | ||
| * student talks | |||