Jilong Shen completed his PhD from Sun Yet-sen University School of Medicine of China in 1990 and studied as a visiting scholar at Teikyo University School of Medicine of Japan and at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine of USA successively. He is the director of the Key Laboratory of Zoonoses and the Key Laboratory of Pathogen Biology of Anhui province. He has published more than 150 papers and currently works on the genotype-associated pathogenesis of Toxoplasma gondii.

Parasitology and parasitic diseases

Ingrid Papajova graduated in 1997 from the Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik in Košice, specialization in Biology and Chemistry. She received PhD. degree at the Institute of Parasitology of the SAS in 2001 and she defended her thesis „Ecological factors and their impact on the tenacity of the enteronematode eggs“ in 2014. Since 2000 she works as researcher – parasitologist at the Institute of Parasitology of the SAS (IP SAS). From 2002 she is the head of the Department of Environmental and Plant Parasitology and since 2011 acts as Deputy Director at the IP SAS.

Ingrid Papajova research interest is a) parasitological examination of the environment within selected ecosystems for the presence of sanitary important endoparasitic germs; b) sanitary aspects of parasitic soil contamination; c) sanitation methods of environment contaminated by endoparasitic developmental stages; d) physical and chemical analysis of wastes, biodegradation products and soil chemistry; e) recycling of agricultural and municipal wastes; f) waste treatments

Luiz Euribel Prestes-Carneiro was born in Paraná State, Brazil. He graduated with a degree in Pharmacy and Biochemistry by the State University of Ponta Grossa, and Medicine by the University of Oeste Paulista, Sao Paulo. In 1999 he obtained his Master’s degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology at Maringa State University, and in 2003 his PhD degree in Immunology at São Paulo University, São Paulo. He did his Residency course in Infectious Diseases at the Ipiranga Hospital, Sao Paulo. Since 1995 he has been a professor at the Immunology Department, an institutional researcher, and a professor of the Environment Master’s course at Oeste Paulista University, Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo. He is part of the editorial board of 2 Brazilian Scientific Journals, 4 International Scientific Journals and reviews for many other journals. He has published 20 papers in peer reviewed journals. At present he works in infectious diseases and immunodeficiencies clinics of two public hospitals in Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo.

Currently Dr. Prestes-Carneiro’s researches are focused on the epidemiological and immunological aspects of HIV, Viral Hepatitis, Visceral leishmaniasis and Immunodeficiencies.

Jiannong Xu is an Associate Professor at Biology Department, New Mexico State University. He obtained his PhD in Second Military Medical University in Shanghai, China. He did postdoc at New York University. He has been working on mosquito biology using functional genomics approaches.

Jiannong Xu is focusing on the metagenomic interactions in the mosquito gut ecosystem and the impact of microbe-mosquito relationship on mosquito life traits, such as fecundity and immunity.

Andrei Granovitch has defended his PhD in 1990 from Moscow State University and habilitated as ScD in 2000 in Zoology and Parasitology from St.Petersburg State University. He is the Head of the Department of Invertebrate Zoology of Biological Faculty in St.Petersburg State University. He has published more than 50 papers in international and Russian journals.

Dr.Andrei Granovitch research interest is Population biology – ecological and genetic structure of populations, dynamics of the populations of free living and parasitic animals and Parasitology. Host-parasite interactions: individual, population and community levels.

Hanem Khater is the Professor of Parasitology in Benha University, Egypt. She completed her doctoral degree at the department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, food and Natural resources, University of Missouri- Columbia, USA. Her research mainly focused on natural control of arthropods of medical and veterinary importance such as mosquitoes, house flies, lice, green bottle fly, camel nasal botfly, soft and hard ticks, and mite to avoid environmental pollution with pesticides as well as control of several parasites using safe and natural materials to avoid drug resistances and environmental contamination.

Hanem Khater research mainly focused on natural control of arthropods of medical and veterinary importance such as mosquitoes, house flies, lice, green bottle fly, camel nasal botfly, soft and hard ticks, and mite to avoid environmental pollution with pesticides as well as control of several parasites using safe and natural materials to avoid drug resistances and environmental contamination.

Geoff Hide educated at Edinburgh University gaining a BSc in Biological Sciences with Honours in Genetics and went on to study for a PhD in the Institute of Animal Genetics at Edinburgh with Professor Andy Tait. Here I became interested in molecular approaches to the epidemiology of parasites.Dr.Geoff Hide went on to do postdoctoral research at the Wellcome Unit (now Centre) of Molecular Parasitology at the University of Glasgow to work on both molecular epidemiology and cell signaling in parasites.Dr.Geoff Hide appointed Lecturer, University of Salford in 1998, Reader in 2001 and Professor in August 2004 where I have been able to develop an exciting research portfolio.

Geoff Hide research interests are in molecular epidemiology of parasites with major projects including a long term interest in trypanosomes . His current projects in this area based around developing a detailed understanding of mobile genetic elements as tools for epidemiology and on using molecular approaches to investigate host-parasite interactions in relation to the health of African cattle. He conduct this work in collaboration with scientists at the University of Edinburgh.

Vyacheslav Yurchenko is currently an Assistant Professor and the head of the laboratory of Molecular Protozoology at the Life Science Research Centre, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic. He received his Ph.D. degree in Molecular Biology from the Moscow State University (1999) and conducted postdoctoral research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Rockefeller University in NY. His laboratory is involved in research of monoxenous Trypanosomatidae and mechanisms governing virulence of Leishmania.

Parasitology and its infections

Panagiotis Karanis obtained his PhD in Parasitology from Bonn University. And post-doctoral research activities in Germany, Greece, Australia, Japan, Kanada, Thailand and China.He has been working in the field of medical, epidemiological and molecular Parasitology taken into account both the pathogen and the disease. His worldwide research activities focused in the control of water-borne and vector-borne parasitic diseases including the development of diagnostic assays useful for basic and clinical platforms in the field of biomedicine. He was the main speaker of the Nobel-Days-Lecture during the Nobel-Days-Festivities at the Örebro University in Sweden in December 10th, 2012, focused on Malaria vaccine development.

Panagiotis Karanis has been working in the field of medical, epidemiological and molecular Parasitology taken into account both the pathogen and the disease. His worldwide research activities focused in the control of water-borne and vector-borne parasitic diseases including the development of diagnostic assays useful for basic and clinical platforms in the field of biomedicine.

Ashild K Andreassen has completed her PhD at the age of 35 years from University of Oslo and postdoctoral studies from Norwegian Institute of Public Health. She is the senior Scientist at department of Virology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health. She has published more than 25 papers in reputed journals in molecular studies of Cancer genes, toxicology, reproduction and virology.

Ashild K Andreassen has research interest in molecular studies of virology of tick-borne diseases (TBD) as Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV), Louping ill virus (LIV). The aim is to do surveillance of TBD in Norway for preparedness for the general public and for farmers to improve the vaccine recommendations.

Luiz Euribel Prestes-Carneiro was born in Paraná State, Brazil. He graduated with a degree in Pharmacy and Biochemistry by the State University of Ponta Grossa, and Medicine by the University of Oeste Paulista, Sao Paulo. In 1999 he obtained his Master’s degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology at Maringa State University, and in 2003 his PhD degree in Immunology at São Paulo University, São Paulo. He did his Residency course in Infectious Diseases at the Ipiranga Hospital, Sao Paulo. Since 1995 he has been a professor at the Immunology Department, an institutional researcher, and a professor of the Environment Master’s course at Oeste Paulista University, Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo. He is part of the editorial board of 2 Brazilian Scientific Journals, 4 International Scientific Journals and reviews for many other journals. He has published 20 papers in peer reviewed journals. At present he works in infectious diseases and immunodeficiencies clinics of two public hospitals in Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo.

Currently Dr. Prestes-Carneiro’s researches are focused on the epidemiological and immunological aspects of HIV, Viral Hepatitis, Visceral leishmaniasis and Immunodeficiencies.

Ingrid Papajova graduated in 1997 from the Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik in Košice, specialization in Biology and Chemistry. She received PhD. degree at the Institute of Parasitology of the SAS in 2001 and she defended her thesis „Ecological factors and their impact on the tenacity of the enteronematode eggs“ in 2014. Since 2000 she works as researcher – parasitologist at the Institute of Parasitology of the SAS (IP SAS). From 2002 she is the head of the Department of Environmental and Plant Parasitology and since 2011 acts as Deputy Director at the IP SAS.

Ingrid Papajova research interest is a) parasitological examination of the environment within selected ecosystems for the presence of sanitary important endoparasitic germs; b) sanitary aspects of parasitic soil contamination; c) sanitation methods of environment contaminated by endoparasitic developmental stages; d) physical and chemical analysis of wastes, biodegradation products and soil chemistry; e) recycling of agricultural and municipal wastes; f) waste treatments

Marina Clare Vinaud has completed her PhD at the Federal University of Goias, Brazil. She is a Professor and Researcher at the Tropical Pathology and Public Health Institute of the Federal University of Goias, Member of the Brazilian Society of Parasitology and Associate Editor of the Revista de Patologia Tropical (Tropical Pathology Journal). She has published more than 30 papers in reputed journals.

Marina Clare Vinaud has research interest in Biochemical evaluation of the effect of anti-parasitic drugs (nanophormulations, traditional phromulations and their derivatives) on helminths (Taenia sp, Schistosoma mansoni) and protozoans (Trypanosoma cruzi, Toxoplasma gondii) and on the host-parasite relationship with emphasis on murine experimental cysticercosis by Taenia crassiceps. Evaluation of the general pathologic processes of the host-parasite interaction with emphasis on the inflammatory process and on the immune profile developed by the host on the experimental cysticercosis model.

Vyacheslav Yurchenko is currently an Assistant Professor and the head of the laboratory of Molecular Protozoology at the Life Science Research Centre, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic. He received his Ph.D. degree in Molecular Biology from the Moscow State University (1999) and conducted postdoctoral research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Rockefeller University in NY. His laboratory is involved in research of monoxenous Trypanosomatidae and mechanisms governing virulence of Leishmania.

Parasitology and its infections

Dave D. Chadee is a Professor in Parasitology in the Department of Life Sciences, UWI, St. Augustine. Previously he was the Entomologist at Insect Vector Control Division, Ministry of Health, Trinidad and Tobago; Director of the Trinidad Public Health Laboratory; and Deputy Director of Laboratory Services, Ministry of Health, Trinidad and Tobago. He is currently an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Department of Tropical Medicine, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, USA and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami, Florida, USA. He was the recipient of two fellowships, the Wellcome Trust Scholar (1985-1987) and Gorgas Memorial Institute Fellow (1998-1999) and was awarded a Doctor of Science degree in 1999 by University of Dundee in recognition of his research. His breakthrough research includes the development of the Xenomonitoring/PCR approach to Lymphatic filariasis, a new assay method for detecting mosquito preferences, the pupal index for dengue epidemiology and control, detected and eradicated two malaria outbreaks in Trinidad and the paper published in Science entitled, Genetics: a breakthrough for global public health. He has published over 180 papers and book chapters and has numerous collaborations in the USA and the UK.

Dave D Chadee breakthrough research includes the development of the Xenomonitoring/PCR approach to Lymphatic filariasis, a new assay method for detecting mosquito preferences, the pupal index for dengue epidemiology and control, detected and eradicated two malaria outbreaks in Trinidad

Ashraf M. Ahmed has completed his PhD from Keele University, UK, on 2002 and has ongoing Research Fellowship at Keele from 2004, and Fellow of the Roial Society, UK in 2004 until now. He is a professor of Medical Entomology at Zoology Department at El-Minia University, Egypt, (currently at King Saud University, Saudi Arabia). His current research interest is “Mosquito Immunity and Biocontrol”, aiming at utilizing bioagents as well as the immunity of mosquito vectors against mosquito-borne diseases. He has successfully achieved several granted research projects, and got two currently ongoing granted projected (1.6 million Saudi Riyals each) for biocontroling mosquito vectors and producing natural antibiotics against the American Foal broad (AFB) in honey bees. He had successfully monitored undergraduate, postgraduate students and research scholars. His academic output consists of more than 40 papers in reputed journals, membership of several Scientific societies and attended several local, national and international conferences and invited speaker in many international conferences.

Ashraf M. Ahmed current research interest is “Mosquito Immunity and Biocontrol”, aiming at utilizing bioagents as well as the immunity of mosquito vectors against mosquito-borne diseases. He has successfully achieved several granted research projects, and got two currently ongoing granted projected (1.6 million Saudi Riyals each) for biocontroling mosquito vectors and producing natural antibiotics against the American Foal broad (AFB) in honey bees. He had successfully monitored undergraduate, postgraduate students and research scholars. His academic output consists of more than 40 papers in reputed journals, membership of several Scientific societies and attended several local, national and international conferences and invited speaker in many international conferences.

S. Jithender Kumar Naik, currently working as Professor of Zoology at Osmania University, Hyderabad, India. He did his Master Degree in Zoology from Osmania University in 1992, M.Phil in Animal Sciences from University of Hyderabad in 1994 and awarded Ph.D in Zoology from Osmania University in 2000. He has 20 years of research and 17 years of teaching experience in the fields of Toxicology and Occupational health; Reproductive Biology; Environmental Biology; Fisheries and Limnology. Produced 6 Ph.D’s and 12 research scholars are currently working for their Ph.D degrees under his supervision. He has published 45 research papers in reputed International Scientific Journals. Authored 8 text books in Fishery biology, fish Ecology and Post harvest Technology, Published by Govt. of Andhra Pradesh State In India. He also authored and Edited 4 Practical manuals in diversified areas of the subject for Post graduate students. Attended 20 International and 65 National conferences and presented scientific papers, chaired the sessions and delivered Key Note Lectures. Organised 2 National Conferences sponsored by UGC. Completed 3 major research projects funded by UGC. He is the member in several reputed scientific organisations in the country and also abroad. He is also member in several committees of the University and other constituent and affiliated colleges of the Osmania University, Mahatma Ghandi University and Palamoor University.

S. Jithender Kumar Naik has 20 years of research and 17 years of teaching experience in the fields of Toxicology and Occupational health; Reproductive Biology; Environmental Biology; Fisheries and Limnology.

David Wright completed his Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994. Currently he is working as Professor on the Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University & he is the Director of Laboratories for Innovations in Global Health Technologies, Vanderbilt University, USA

His research employs inorganic chemistry, nanotechnology, and material science to solve real world problems. Students in the Wright group receive broad training in synthesis, physical methods, assay development, and biological systems. Our current interests lie in three areas:
Re-imagining diagnostic tests for low resource environments
Heme homeostasis in the malaria parasite, plasmodium falciparum
Development of bioinspired routes for the synthesis of functional materials and devices

Dr. Kendall is Head of the Wildlife Toxicology Laboratory and Professor of Environmental Toxicology in the Department of Environmental Toxicology at Texas Tech University. He is founding Director of The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH), a joint venture between Texas Tech University and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Lubbock, Texas. He was also the founding Department Chair of the Department of Environmental Toxicology at Texas Tech. He received his B.S. degree from the University of South Carolina, M.S. degree from Clemson University, and Ph.D. from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He received a United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) post-doctoral traineeship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Kendall served on USEPA’s FIFRA Science Advisory Panel from June 1995 to December 2002, and was appointed Chairman January 1999 to December 2002. He also served as a member of the Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Advisory Committee, USEPA. He is the previous president of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry and serves as Editor – Terrestrial Toxicology of the scientific journal Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. He has received numerous awards, addressed the United Nations Committee on Sustainable Development, and has consulted with many foreign countries on environmental issues. Dr. Kendall was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship in 1991. He is also the recipient of a 2013 Texas Environmental Excellence Award given through the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Most recently, he has been invited to be an Editor for the journal Archives of Parasitology. He has published extensively, including over 200 publications and technical articles in wildlife toxicology and parasitology, and his latest book, “Wildlife Toxicology: Emerging Contaminant and Biodiversity Issues”, has been very successful. Since arriving at Texas Tech in 1997, he has received millions of dollars of research support from local, state, and federal sponsors, as well as private industries, and continues to maintain an active and well-funded research program.

Dr. Ronald J. Kendall’s current research through the Wildlife Toxicology Laboratory at Texas Tech University is dedicated to wildlife parasitology and toxicology. His research is currently supported by multiple sponsors and involves post-doctoral research associates, Doctoral and Master’s students, wildlife toxicology research associates, and undergraduate research assistants.

Manuel Gonzalez Ronquillo holds a PhD in Veterinary Medicine from the University of Zaragoza (Spain), I had a postdoctoral fellow at US Dairy Forage Research in Madison Wisconsin and at the University of Wiscosnsin (USA), with a Fullbrigth Garcia Robles scholarship, as well as volunteering for the Organization Of the United Nations at FAO-AGA Divison in Rome Italy, and a degree in Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science at the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico (Mexico).

Dr Gonzalez has been a Professor and Researcher, teaching several subjects in undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science of the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico, and Universidad de Magallanes (Chile). He is currently a member of the national research system, level II and conducts studies on assessment of forages evaluation, through the technique of in vitro gas production, the estimation of microbial protein synthesis in ruminants, caracterizise the profile of fatty acids and diets and expression in milk and meat, also Dr Gonzalez works with curves lactations, milk production and focused in metaanalysis related with animal nutrition. Dr. Gonzalez Roquillo has published several articles in indexed journals and book chapters in prestigious editorials on nutritional topics on dairy cattle, caprine, ovine, pig and rabbit species, highlighting his contributions in the estimation of microbial protein synthesis from indirect methods.

Hoda saady mohamadin is an Associate Professor of Parasitology, South valley University, Egypt. Dr Saady received her doctorate in Parasitoogy from Egyptian University. Her recent publications includes: 1- Light and scanning electron microscopy on Serrasentis sagittifer, Linton, 1889 (Acanthocephal:Palaeacanthcephala : Rhadinorhynchidae ) infecting the common sea Bream in Egypt. J. Egypt. Soc. Parasitol 45 (1).21-26 2- Pelopscreadium aegyptense n. gen., n. sp. and Pelopscreadium spongiosum (Bray & Cribb, 1998) n. comb., (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae), each from disjunct populations of the Yellow boxfish, Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus (Ostraciidae). Zootaxa 4127 (3): 567–578.

Her research focuses of helminth parasitic in vertebrates in Egypt and the work focuses on two trends:- 1- Diversity and taxonomic studies of helminth parasites 2- Host parasite relationship.

Professor Zilberstein graduated as Ph.D. in microbiology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and continued his post doctorate studies at the US National Institutes of Health for infectious parasitic diseases. He joined the Technion Faculty of Biology and was its Dean. He is currently a member of the Technion Council and Board of Governors. In 2012 Professor Zilberstein was nominated executive director of Technion Pre University Education Center. To date, 19 M.Sc. and 14 Ph.D. students have graduated under Professor Zilbersteins' supervision. He has published 56 peer reviewed research papers and 12 reviews and book chapters. Over the years Professor Zilberstein has been awarded several prizes, the most recent was the 2014 Israel Sarov Prize from the Israel Society for Microbiology. Professor Zilberstein's expertise is cell biology and physiology of Leishmania parasites.

Membrane physiology and bioenergetics of the human pathogen Leishmania, Molecular mechanism of Leishmania differentiation, Proteomics and transcriptomics of Leishmania development,Amino acid transport in Leishmania parasites.

Dr. G. S. Gamil Zeedan obtained Ph.D. Virology ,Cairo University Egypt , MVSCs Virology , Cairo University. BVSCs , Cairo University . Currently 2014 up to date Researcher at National Research Center (NRC) – Cairo – Egypt. 2010- 2013 Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Virology at Collage of Medicine and Applied Medical sciences, Northern Border University(NBU) Saudi Arabia. He teaching the following curriculum , Medical Microbiology and Virology, Diagnostic Microbiology ,Clinical Rotation of Microbiology and Clinical Rotation Immunology & Virology . Title of supervised projects: Development of a Therapeutic Vaccine against Hepatitis B Virus - Incidence of hepatitis A , B, C ,D and E in Saudi Arabia .The laboratory diagnosis of hepatitis B virus-Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection testing technologies & strategies -Hepatitis C virus virological studies and diagnosis of liver diseases -My research focuses on the molecular epidemiology of animals and human diseases , immune and inflammatory responses. He published more than 10 publications in reputed journals supervising postgraduate students and serving as an editorial board member of reputed journals. My research focuses on the molecular epidemiology of animals and human diseases , immune and inflammatory responses.

Molecular typing and epidemiological studies of Microbes of animal origin with special interest of zoonotic ones

Refaat Gabre is Professor of Medical entomology with Department of Entomology, Faculty of Science, Cairo University. Also, He worked in Saudi Arabia as a Head of Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied medical Science and had a post doctoral research in Poland, Gdansk Medical University, Tropical Medicine Institute, Department of Parasitology.

His research background in Medical Entomology is extremely broad having worked on and published articles relating to blow flies and human pathogenic bacteria, insects as bio-indicators for air and water pollutions, ticks and tick born diseases, mosquito surveillance, mosquito born diseases; and recently, human gastrointestinal parasites.

Dr Faiza M El Assal is professor of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, at the Zoology department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University. She is interested in the conservation of freshwater ecosystem as regard biodiversity, pollution and biological control of snail vectors of parasitic diseases. Also, she is interested in the control of schistosomiasis and fascioliasis. She published more than 50 papers in the last 15 years, in international and national journals. She planned and supervised more than 60 M Sc and Ph D theses at Cairo University. She was an external examiner for more than 20 theses from the different Egyptian Universities. She was among the members of the committee of award of the academic degrees assistant professor and professor.

She is interested in the conservation of freshwater ecosystem as regard biodiversity, pollution and biological control of snail vectors of parasitic diseases. Also, she is interested in the control of schistosomiasis and fascioliasis. She published more than 50 papers in the last 15 years, in international and national journals. She planed and supervised more than 60 M Sc and Ph D theses at Cairo University. She was an external examiner for more than 20 theses from the different Egyptian Universities. She was among the members of the committee of award of the academic degrees assistant professor and professor.

Dr. Abeer M Abdalhamed has completed his PhD from Cairo University. Currently, she is a Researcher at National Research Center (NRC) – Cairo – Egypt. She worked as a lecturer at the Department of Microbiology and Virology at Collage of Medicine and Applied Medical sciences – 2015 up to data. Dr. Abeer M Abdalhamed also worked as assistant professor and Departmental Supervisor at Medical laboratory Science at Medical applied Saudi Arabia. She has published more than 12 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of repute.

Molecular and Immunological diagnosis of human and animals diseases.