Simposio internacional de enfermedades infecciosas

El simposio “Enfermedades Infecciosas: Nuevos enfoques en Inmunología y Terapias” es coordinado por el Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kouri (IPK), Cuba, y la Universidad Estatal de Ohio (OSU), Estados Unidos. Su objetivo es actualizar el conocimiento en líneas de avanzada en el campo de la inmunología y nuevas terapias aplicadas al estudio de las enfermedades infecciosas.Los participantes tendrán también la oportunidad de interactuar con profesores e investigadores reconocidos a nivel mundial.
Coordinadora por el IPK, Cuba: Profesora Beatriz Sierra, DrC, Departamento de Virología, IPK.
Coordinador por la OSU, EUA: Profesor Abhay Satoskar, División de Patología Experimental y Departamento de Microbiología de la Universidad Estatal de Ohio, Subdirector para Investigaciones.
Inscripciones abiertas para 100 participantes hasta 15 de Octubre, 2018.
Cuota Inscripción: Cubanos 150 pesos, Extranjeros 150 CUC
Para Inscripciones o preguntas contactar a la Dra. Beatriz Sierra: siebet@ipk.sld.cu
Profesores:
IPK coordinator: Beatriz Sierra. MD, PhD, Full Professor of Immunology and Senior Researcher in the Virology Department, Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine. Expertise and research interest in immunology, pathogenesis and host genetic/metabolic risk factors of arboviruses/flaviviruses.
USA coordinator: Abhay Satoskar. MD, PhD, Full Professor in the Division of Experimental Pathology and Department of Microbiology and Vice Chair for Research, Ohio State University, USA. Expertise and research interest in immunology and infectious disease with a focus on parasite immunology.
Professor Prosper Boyaka. Department of Veterinary Biosciences, Department of Pulm, Allergy, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine Participating Faculty. Expertise and research interest in regulation of immunity and inflammation in mucosal surfaces. T helper cells differentiation, mucosal immunity, mucosal inflammation/allergy, adjuvants and vaccines.
Professor Jesse Kwiek. Associate Professor, Departmental Faculty, Graduate Faculty. Expertise and research interest on the biology, pharmacology, and public health impact of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV-1). Current projects: The biological mechanism of HIV-1 mother-to-child transmission, the interaction of HIV-1 with host proteins during HIV-1 replication, pediatric HIV-1 diagnostics.
Professor Bradford S.  McGwire. Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine and Courtesy Appointment, Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity. Expertise and research interest on the interactions of insect-borne pathogenic trypanosomatid parasites  with antimicrobial peptides to understand how these interactions influence parasite survival, growth and pathogenesis. Research projects include study of the role of extracellular matrix proteolytic modification by parasites in parasite tissue invasiveness and host cell infection.
Professor Lauren O. Bakaletz. Director, Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, Vice President, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital Professor, Pediatrics Professor, Otolaryngology Affiliate Faculty, Center for Clinical and Translational Research. Research focus: Molecular mechanisms that underlie polymicrobial infections of the respiratory tract, design and testing of novel vaccine candidates for the prevention and/or resolution of otitis media, characterization of biofilms induced by multiple bacterial pathogens of chronic and recurrent diseases of the airway, as well as other sites, in an attempt to identify potential targets for intervention or biofilm disruption.
Professor Juan Alfonzo. Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor Departmental Faculty, Graduate Faculty. Professor of Microbiology. Research interest: Trypanosomes’ RNA processing events as possible targets for the design of therapies against protozoan diseases.  Focus on three facets of RNA processing: RNA editing and RNA modification in trypanosomes and tRNA import into mitochondria in various systems, with special focus on tRNA transport in human mitochondria.
Professor  Anastasia Vlasova. Assistant Professor Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Food Animal Health Research Program, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center. Research Interests on innate immunity and pathogenesis of enteric viruses, interactions among host, pathogens, microbiome and micro/macronutrients, development of interventions for human and swine enteric viral diseases and molecular characterization of emerging and re-emerging animal, human and zoonotic (enteric and respiratory) viruses.
Dr. Luis Ignacio Terrazas Valdez. PhD. Coordinator of the UBIMED (Unidad de Investigación en Biomedicina), UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México). Interests and Research Topics: Regulation of the immune response in parasitical diseases, modulation of immune response by autoantigens and its impact in autoinmune diseases and in activation of macrophages and dendritic cells.
Professor Dr. Jorge González Bacerio. Titular Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Havana, Cuba. Expertise and research interest on the microbial and parasite aminopeptidase inhibitors as potential antibacterial and antimalaric agents. Research projects include expression and purification of the target aminopeptidase, screening of synthetic compound libraries for the inhibition of the enzymatic activity, screening on bacterial or parasite cultures and establishment of the relationship between the two activities.
Professor Silvio E Perea. PhD, Senior Scientist in the Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Cancer Department, Center for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology (CIGB), Havana, Cuba. Scientific leader of the CIGB-300 Research & Development Project and head of the Cancer Council at the CIGB. Main expertise in Molecular and Cellular Biology. Research interest in cancer drug discovery and translational science, cancer immunopharmacology, and role of protein kinases and oncogenic viruses in cell malignant transformation.
Professor Lázaro Gil González. PhD in Biological Sciences. Head of Vaccine Department at the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB). Interests and Research Topics: Virology and Immunology to the study of viral diseases and the development of antigens as vaccine candidates against viral pathogens.