Annual Midwestern
Conference of Parasitologists
June 5-7, 2008
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Co-sponsored by Dr. Norman D. Levine and Dr. Jorge and Mary Anne Guerrero lecture series in veterinary parasitology
Thursday, June 5, 2008
| 6:00-9:00 p.m. | Opening Social Jupiter's at the Crossing , 2511 Village Green Pl., Champaign NOTE: THIS IS A NEW LOCATION |
Friday, June 6, 2008
| 7:30 a.m. | Conference Check-In Continental Breakfast Poster Presentation Set Up |
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| 8:30 a.m. | Welcome and Opening Remarks | |
| 8:45 a.m. | Oral Presentations | |
| 10:15 a.m. | Break | |
| 10:45 a.m. | Oral Presentations | |
| Noon | Lunch | |
| 1:15 p.m. | Oral Presentations | |
| 2:30 p.m. | Break | |
| 2:45 p.m. | Identification of genes necessary for chronic infection by a parasite Laura J. Knoll, PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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| 3:45 p.m. | Endemic leishmaniasis in foxhounds Alexa C. Rosypal, PhD University of North Carolina Dr. Rosypal's lecture and the following reception are sponsored by Dr. Norman D. Levine and Dr. Jorge and Mary Anne Guerrero lecture series in veterinary parasitology. |
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| 4:45 p.m. | Reception Poster Viewing |
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| 6:00 p.m. | Break | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Banquet Biaggi's Ristorante Italiano, 2235 S. Neil St., Champaign |
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| P.C. (Post Cable) Parasitology at Purdue Dennis J. Minchella, PhD Purdue University |
Saturday, June 7, 2008
| 8:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast | |
| 8:15 a.m. | Oral Presentations | |
| 11:30 a.m. | Business Meeting Awards Presentation |
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| Noon | Adjourn |