2016
The PIE Section met May 9-13, 2016 in conjunction with the
annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Zoologists at Western University. The theme of the Parasitology Section
Symposium, organized by Richelle Monaghan, was "Microbiomes: Shaping Parasitism and Immunity"
The speakers were:
- Bhagirath Singh, University of Western Ontario, "Regulation of Immunity and Autoimmunity by Microbiome"
- George Dimopoulous, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, "How mosquito microbiome can influence infections with parasites and viruses"
- John R. Barta and Kayla R. Price, University of Guelph/ Alltech Canada, "From the jungle to the broiler house: Domestication of a host-parasite-microbiome ecosystem"
(L-R) John Barta, Richelle Monaghan (Chair-Elect of Section), George Dimopoulos, and Bhagirath Singh.