World Mosquito Day 2025
Event description
This event is proudly sponsored by the Malaria Synergy Program
Time | Title | Speaker |
10:30am-11:00am | Welcome, Acknowledgement of Country and Opening | Dr Kirsty McCann, Deakin University |
11:00am-11:20am | One Health Approach: Wolbachia for reducing the burden of Aedes-transmitted viruses | A/Prof Katie Anders, Monash University |
11:20am-11:40am | Lymphatic filariasis | Mark Sullivan, Director, Medicines Development for Global Health |
11:40am-12:15pm | Lightning Presentations Novel anti-Anopheles salivary antibody biomarkers for malaria serosurveillance in the Asia-Pacific
Mosquitoes provide a transmission route between possums and human for Buruli ulcer in Southeastern Australia
Feeding antimalarials to Anopheles Stephensi mosquitoes infected with Plasmodium blocks parasite transmission
Dual inhibition Plasmepsins IX and X in Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites inhibits development within Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes
Autodissemination stations to surpress Aedes notoscriptus in urban Victoria
Mosquito control prevents Buruli Ulcer: Results from a randomised trial in urban Southeastern Australia | |
12:15pm-12:50pm | Panel discussion Moderator: Prof Freya Fowkes, University of Melbourne | A/Prof Paul Gilson, Burnet Institute
Dr Stacey Lynch, CSIRO
Dr Perran Ross, University of Melbourne |
12:50pm-1:50pm | Lunch | |
1:50pm-3:00pm | Poster Sessions, Trivia and Networking Evaluating cell: Cell antiviral protection by Wolbachia in Aedes aegypti cells
Repurposing human drugs as novel antimalarial against Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasite
Understanding risk and prevention behaviours among Victorian Dengue cases: Informing targeted public health response
Defining targets and mechanisms of action of immunity against Plasmodium vivax circumsporozoite protein
MicroRNAs in Mosquito-Borne Diseases: A New Frontier in Diagnostics
Exposure to dengue in a malarious area in the Philippines
Quantifying the burden of low-density Plasmodium vivax infections across different transmission settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Antibodies to mosquito salivary proteins following controlled mosquito biting exposure
The role of extracellular vesicles in malaria pathogenesis
Spatial repellent emanators provide significant potential to reduce outdoor malaria transmission in Papua New Guinea
Complete inactivation of orthoflavi- and alphaviruses by acetone for safe tittering by ELISA
Exploring the regulation of sex ratios in Plasmodium berghei
Evolution and spread of Artemisnin- and Diagnostic Resistance (AMRED) malaria parasites in Africa
Investigating malaria-specific B cells within human germinal cerntres
Investigating primary and recall humoral immune responses in malaria and the impact of type I interferon blockade | Dr Kirsty McCann, Deakin University
Senna Steen, Burnet Institute Alysha Literski, Burnet Institute |
3:00pm | Finish | Dr Kirsty McCann, Deakin University |
The program is subject to change without notice. This includes, but is not limited to, modifications to session times, topics, and speakers. We appreciate your understanding and flexibility.
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