Programme of
27^th Helminthological days

Invited talk:   25 min + 5 min for discussion
Regular talk:  10 min + 5 min for discussion
Poster talk:     2 min and individual discussion at the poster

BSc/MSc or PhD     
Oral and Poster Presentations included in a student competition will be evaluated by a conference committee. The winners will be announced and awarded during the closing ceremony.

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15:00 – 18:00	Arrival and registration of the participants
18:00 – 18:45	Dinner
19:00 – 00:00	Get-together-evening

08:00 – 08:45	Breakfast
09:00 – 09:15	Opening Ceremony (P. Matoušková, I. Vokřál)
Session I	Immunology I: Host Defence Mechanisms  (Chairman: T. Macháček)
09:15 – 09:45	A. Ehrens, C. Nieto Perez, A. Krez, C. Paffenholz, B. Lenz, F. Risch, N. Offermann, M. Koschel, E. Latz, M. Capasso, A. Hoerauf, M. P. Hübner: Catching worms - eosinophil ETosis and protective mechanisms against filariae (Invited talk)
09:45 – 10:00	B. Šmídová, C. Nieto Peréz, A. Ehrens, T. Macháček: The hunters called eosinophils: Are Trichobilharzia regenti and Mesocestoides corti a prey  worthy of their extracellular traps?  (PhD)
10:00 – 10:15	M. Vargová, E. Dvorožnáková, Z. Hurníková, A. Lauková: Role of enterocins and their producing strains in the gut defense of the mice to Trichinella spiralis infection
10:15 – 10:30	O. Vosála, B. Šmídová, J. Novák, J. Svoboda, P. Horák, T. Macháček: Live and let live? Amyloid beta does not act as a toxic agent for the larvae of Toxocara canis neither in murine brain nor in vitro (BSc/MSc)
10:30 – 11:00	Coffee break
Session II	Immunology II: Helminthic Therapy (Chairman: J. Dvořák)
11:00 – 11:15	M. Majer, B. Šmídová, A. Revalová, P. Horák, T. Macháček: Not all worms are created equal: The story of avian schistosomes vs. lifestyle diseases (PhD)
11:15 – 11:30	M. Schreiber, T. Macháček, M. Majer, B. Šmídová, V. Vajs, O. Tolde, J. Brábek, D. Rösel, P. Horák: Immune response changes in tapeworm-infected mice may lead to cancer suppression (PhD)
11:30 – 11:45	V. Vajs, M. Schreiber, P. Horák: The effect of tapeworm infection on the growth and metastasis of tumours (PhD)
11:45 – 12:00	L. Panská, Š. Nedvědová, V. Vacek, J. Dvořák: Orthologs of human glutamate carboxypeptidase 2 in Caenorhabditis elegans: Physiological studies revealing their essential roles
12:15 – 13:15	Lunch
Session III	Epidemiology & Diversity of Helminths & Diagnostics (Chairman: T. Scholz)
13:30 – 14:00	D. Modrý: Angiostrongylus spp.: A small genus of nematode with huge ambitions (Invited talk)
14:00 – 14:15	D. Pandian, D. Modrý, T. Najer: Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematoda: Angiostrongylidae) an emerging cause of human angiostrongyliasis in India (PhD)
14:15 – 14:30	J. Procházka, R. Leontovyč: LAMP – a new method in cercarial dermatitis monitoring (BSc/MSc)
14:30 – 14:45	Z. Bartoníček, J. Dvořák, F. Allan, A. M. Emery, P. Isingoma, B. L. Webster: Fish faecal xenomonitoring as a tool for schistosomiasis transmission monitoring (PhD)
14:45 – 15:00	Y. Ashong, E. M. Boateng, F. T. Aboagye, F. Kwarteng, S. Armoo, A. Y. Debrah, M. Chanova, I. Ayi, B. L. Webster, M. Y. Osei-Atweneboana: The potential of xenomonitoring as a tool for indirect monitoring of schistosomiasis and evaluating community-wide mass drug administration campaign (PhD)
15:00 - 15:15	L. Škorpíková, J. Ilgová, J. Vadlejch, J. Magdálek, R. Plhal, J. Drimaj, O. Mikulka, M. Kašný, N. Reslová: Monitoring of alien parasites Ashworthius sidemi and Fascioloides magna in wild ruminants in the Czech Republic using real-time PCR
15:15– 15:45	Coffee break
Poster session	Poster talks (Chairman: P. Matoušková)
15:45 – 17:15	Individual discussion at the posters
P1	M. Komáromyová, M. U. Dolinská, Ľ. Burcáková, A. Königová, M. Várady: Prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites of sheep in Slovakia diagnosed by different coprological methods
P2	C. Paffenholz, A. Hoerauf, M. P. Hübner, A. Ehrens: Identification of calcium-influx and kinase activation during microfilariae-induced NADPH-oxidase-dependent and -independent eosinophil ETosis (BSc/MSc)
P3	M. Benovics, P. Mikulíček, P. Papežík, Š. Mašová: A new species of filariid nematode from Epirus water frogs (Pelophylax epeiroticus) in Greece
P4	M. Benovics, A. Klimešová, E. Nosková, L. Škorpíková, L. Seidlová, O. Mikulka: Helminth diversity of nutria in Czech Republic
P5	D. Barčák, M. Oros, D. Antolová, M. Kožená, T. Scholz: Marine nematode Anisakis simplex s.s. in fish products in Ccntral Europe: Epizootiology, risks for consumers and serological survey
P6	O. I. Lisitsyna, O. B. Greben, V. L. Sarabeev, A. Rashydov, M. Oros: Gammarus balcanicus and Gammarus fossarum (Crustacea, Amphipoda) as the intermediate hosts of helminth parasites in eastern Slovakia (PhD)
17:30 – 18:15	Dinner
18:30 – 19:30	D. Modrý: Vets Beyond Borders (Short seminar)
20:00 – 08:00	Campfire evening

08:00 – 08:45	Breakfast
Session IV	Molecular Biology & Transcriptomics of Helminths (Chairman: R. Leontovyč)
9:00 – 9.30	O. Puckelwaldt, S. Gramberg, T. Schmitt, S. Haeberlein: A gene expression atlas by single-cell and spatial transcriptomics as valuable resource in liver fluke research (Invited talk)
9:30 – 9:45	M. Žofka, L. T. Nguyen, P. Matoušková: In silico metabolic model of the parasitic nematode Haemonchus contortus (PhD)
9:45 – 10:00	K. Peterková, L. Konečný, L. Panská, L. Jedličková, M. Sombetzki, J. Dvořák: Winners vs. losers - comparative transcriptomic analysis of Schistosoma mansoni eggs from gut and liver (PhD)
10:00 – 10:15	L. Konečný, K. Peterková, L. Jedličková, J. Dvořák: Role of eggs specific venom allergen-like proteins during the infection with Schistosoma mansoni (PhD)
10:15 – 10:45	Coffee break
Session V	Immunology III: Pathogenesis & Host Immune Response (Chairman: L. Mikeš)
10:45 – 11:00	A. Revalová, M. Majer, P. Horák, T. Macháček: Trichobilharzia species affect the course and the severity of cercarial dermatitis in a species-specific manner (PhD)
11:00 – 11:15	T. Macháček, C. Fuchs, F. Winkelmann, M. Sombetzki, M. Trauner: BSEP/ABCB11 knockout ameliorates Schistosoma mansoni liver pathology by reducing parasite fecundity
11:15 – 11:30	J. Ilgová, S. Šreibr, J. Vorel, P. Dobeš, J. Hurychová, M. Kašný, L. Škorpíková, P. Hyršl: Searching for proteins involved in the infection of the entomopathogenic nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora
11:30 – 11:45	A. Tymich, L. Mikeš: Kunitz proteins of Eudiplozoon nipponicum (BSc/MSc)
11:45 – 12:45	Lunch
13:00 – 17:15	Half-day trip to Neratov
18:00 – 18:45	Dinner
19:00 – 22:00	M. Veljačiková: Time management for work and life (Workshop in Czech)

08:00 – 08:45	Breakfast
Session VI	Anthelmintic Resistance & Xenobiochemistry (Chairman: L. Skálová)
09:00 – 09:30	J. Vadlejch: Will anthelmintic resistance threaten the sustainability of small ruminant production in the Czech Republic?  (Invited talk)
09:30 – 09:45	K. Štěrbová, N. Rychlá, L. R. Stuchlíková, P. Matoušková, L. Skálová: Flubendazole-induced changes in the expression of selected SDR genes throughout the developmental stages of Haemonchus contortus (PhD)
09:45 – 10:00	N. Rychlá, P. Matoušková, L. R. Stuchlíková: Heterologous expression of SDR genes from Haemonchus contortus (PhD)
10:00 – 10:15	E. Kohoutová, N. Rychlá, L. R. Stuchlíková, P. Matoušková: In vitro inhibition of enzymes reducing the anthelmintics flubendazole in Haemonchus contortus (BSc/MSc)
10:15 – 10:30	J. Krátký, D. Bierdemann, K. Štěrbová, P. Matoušková, B. Szotáková: Potential anthelmintic effect of silybins (PhD)
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee break
Session VII	Taxonomy, Diversity & Phylogeny of Helminths (Chairman: M. Oros)
11:00 – 11:15	J. Brabec, E. D. Salomaki, M. Kolísko, T. Scholz, R. Kuchta: New scenario of the evolution of Neodermata based on transcriptomic data
11:15 – 11:30	C. J. Kibet, R. Kuchta, C. Selbach, P. Kundid, D. Barčák, M. Soldánová: Diversity of bird schistosomes in Europe with three new lineages (PhD)
11:30 – 11:45	C. Rahmouni, M. Seifertová, A. Šimková: Species richness, morphological diversity, and molecular phylogeny of Gyrodactylus communities (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae) from Nearctic cypriniform fish hosts
11:45 – 12:00	F. Nejat, M. Benovics, A. Šimková: Morphology and phylogeny of Dactylogyrus in the Middle east revealing unexpected diversity (PhD)
12:00 – 12:15	M. Benovics, F. Nejat, C. Rahmouni, E. Řehulková, J. Hernandéz-Orts, A. Šimková: Diversity of freshwater fish parasites in Iraq
12:30 – 13:45	Lunch
Session VIII	Host-Parasite Interactions: Ecology & Evolution (Chairman: R. Kuchta)
14:00 – 14:15	M. Oros, D. Barčák, D. Uhrovič, D. Miklisová, T. Brázová: Fish-parasite sentinel system as emerging tool for environmental health biomonitoring: Wels catfish and its cestodes
14:15 – 14:30	M. H. Fuad, M. Ondračková, L. Vetešník, A. Šimková: Diplostomum           spathaceum infection inducing differential immune gene expression in sexual and gynogens of gibel carp (Carassius gibelio): Parasites as          potential mechanism facilitating the coexistence of two reproductive    forms (PhD)
14:30 – 14:45	P. Kundid, M. Soldánová: Cercarial emergence patterns and impact on  snail host longevity: Transmission strategies of larval trematodes (PhD)
14:45 – 15:00	M. Soldánová, P. Kundid, A. M. Ćmiel, E. Żbikowska, A. Stanicka: The role  of the invasive zebra mussel in the dilution of trematode cercariae
15:00 – 15:30	Coffee break
15:30 – 17:00	Presentation of conference partners
17:00 – 00:00	Closing ceremony and social event
	Music band: GOJI - Pouliční šum z Hradce Králové