Protothecosis and other pseudofungal infections Symposium of MP-WG

Pre-Congress Course ISHAM2025
Protothecosis and other pseudofungal infections Symposium of MP-WG

Date: Tuesday, 20th May
Time: 13:30 – 17:00 hrs.
Location: Bourbon Cataratas Convention Center, Iguaçu Falls-Brazil

Program

PART I       13.30 – 16.30hrs 

13.30 – 13.45hrs Updating the Prototheca taxonomy
Tomasz Jagielski, PhD, DSc, Department of Medical Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
13.45 – 14.00hrs Ravuconazole as a new anti-algal drug
Rui Kano, DVM, PhD, Teikyo University Institute of Medical Mycology, Tokyo, Japan
14.00 – 14.15hrs Clinical aspects of human protothecosis
Ilan Schwartz, MD, PhD, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, USA
14.15 – 14.30hrs Experimental models of protothecosis
Angelika Proskurnicka, MSc, Department of Medical Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
14.30 – 14.45hrs Coffeebreak
14.45 – 15.00 hrs  Quantitative proteomics analysis of Prototheca spp.
Jayaseelan Murugaiyan, PhD, Department of Biological Sciences,
SRM University-AP, Amaravati, India
15.00 – 15.15 hrs Advancing the diagnosis and treatment of vascular pythiosis:A path forward
Nitipong Permpalung, MD, MPH, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
15.15 – 15.30 hrs Lagenidiosis: Current approaches to distinguish pathogenic Oomycota species
Sadeep Medhasi, PhD, Department of Transfusion Medicine and Clinical Microbiology, Chulalongkorn University Bangkok, Thailand

PART II         16:00 – 17:00 hrs

MP-WG at ISHAM General Meeting

  1. Opening of the Meeting
    – Introduction of New Members
    – Presentation of the Agenda
  1. Presentation of the WG’s Performance over the past 3 years (2022-2025) & Approval of the WG’s Report
  1. Election of the Steering Committee
    – Nomination and election of the WG’s coordinator(s), secretary, and treasurer
  1. Future Goals and Strategy
    – Discussion of the WG’s strategic directions and goals for a 3-year period (2025-2028)
  1. AOB 
  2. Closing of the Meeting