Forum Cheju-20 (Trends in Parasitology in Korea and Japan)

Time Title Session Chairs/ Presenters
Session 1. Protozoan Parasites (Aug 22 / Room : 306B) Myoung-Hee Ahn
Hye-Sook Kim
08:10-08:20 Opening and 20th Anniversary Remarks
08:20-08:35 Advances in immunological studies on toxoplasmosis in Korea Young-Ha Lee (Chungnam National University, Korea)
08:35-08:50 Malaria importation and resurgence after elimination by mass drug administration on Ngodhe Island, Kenya Wataru Kagaya (Osaka City University, Japan)
08:50-09:05 Status of reemerged vivax malaria in South Korea Byoung-Kuk Na (Gyeongsang National University, Korea)
09:05-09:20 Molecular signaling during RBC invasion by malaria parasites Kazuhide Yahata (Nagasaki University, Japan)
Session 2. Nematodes and Cestodes (Aug 22 / Room : 306B) Haruhiko Maruyama
Woon-Mok Sohn
09:20-09:35 RNAi mediated suppression of venestatin in the subcutaneous migration of Strongyloides venezuelensis Daigo Tsubokawa (Kitasato University, Japan)
09:35-09:50 Studies on the gnathostomes and gnathostomiasis in the Republic of Korea Woon-Mok Sohn (Gyeongsang National University, Korea)
09:50-10:05 Insights into the evolutionary history of Strongyloides stercoralis, an intestinal parasitic nematode of man Eiji Nagayasu (University of Miyazaki, Japan)
10:05-10:20 Phylogenetic analysis of Spirometra species in Korea and Asian countries Hyong-Kyu Jeon (Chungbuk National University, Korea)
10:20-10:35 A historical overview of Sparganum proliferum research in Japan Haruhiko Maruyama (University of Miyazaki, Japan)
Session 3. Trematodes (Aug 23 / Room : 306B) Sung-Jong Hong
Fumie Kobayashi
10:50-11:05 Helminth eggs found in mummies of Korea. Min Seo (Dankook University, Korea)
11:05-11:20 Mitochondrial NADH-fumarate reductase system of adult Fasciola flukes, a potentially novel drug target. Atsushi Tshibu (Iwate University, Japan)
11:20-11:35 Bile transporters enable Clonorchis sinensis to survive in the bile juice. Sung-Jong Hong (Chung-Ang University, Korea)
11:35-11:50 Risk-mapping using LAMP method targeting Schistosoma mekongi infections in Lao PDR. Takashi Kumagai (Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan)
11:50-11:55 Closing Remarks