SPRING MEETING PROGRAM

Gettysburg College

March 28, 2003

 

5:00-7:30  Helminthological Society of Washington, Executive Committee Meeting

 

7:30-9:30  Social in Glatfelter Lodge

 

March 29, 2003

 

8:50-10:30  Scientific Session I

 

8:50  William Moser, President, The Helminthological Society of Washington and

         Sherman Hendrix, Vice-President, The Helminthological Society of Washington    

         Welcome and Introductory Remarks 

 

9:00  1  Richard Bungiro, Yale University School of Medicine

         Pushing the Parasitological Envelope:  Transfer of Adult Hookworms Into

         Permissive and Nonpermissive Host Species

 

9:15  2  James Joy, Marshall University

         Distribution of the Mosquito Vector of Dog Heartworm in West Virginia

 

9:30  3  Sherman Hendrix, Gettysburg College

         Cichlidogyrus and other Monogenea from Fishes in Lake Malawi, Africa

 

 9:45  4  William Moser, Smithsonian Institution

          Leeches (Euhirudinea) of the Southern Appalacian States, especially the Great

          Smoky Mountains National Park

 

10:00  5  L. K. Carta, K. K. Agama, S. L. F. Meyer, and A. M. Skantar, USDA, ARS

           Nematology Laboratory

           Investigations of Hsp90 for Nematode Phylogeny and Control

 

10:15  6  L. K. Carta1, S. L. F. Meyer1, and S. A. Rehner2, 1USDA, ARS Nematology

           Laboratory, and USDA, ARS, Insect Biocontrol Laboratory

           A new Nematode-trapping Fungus infesting Meloidogyne arenaria

 

10:30  Coffee Break

 

11:00-11:45  Scientific Session II

 

11:00  7  R. MacLean1, D. J. Richardson2, R. LePardo2, and F. Marciano-Cabral1

           1Virginia Commonwealth University, and 2Quinnipiac University

           Identification of Naegleria fowleri Amoebae in Environmental Samples by

           Nested PCR

 

 

11:15  8  J. Ralph Lichtenfels,  USDA, Epidemiology and Systematics Laboratory, ARC

           A New Interpretation of Ovejector Structure in Hookworm

           (Nematoda:Stongylida:Ancylostomatoidea)

 

11:30  9  V. A. Kharchenko, I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of the National

           Academy of Sciences of Ukrain

           Current Status of Research on the Helminth Fauna of wild Ungulates in

           Ukraine

 

11:45-1:15  Lunch and Poster Presentations

 

1:15-4:00  Scientific Session III, Keynote Address, and Business Meeting

 

1:15  10  Jessica Honaker, Marshall University

         Gregarine Parasites of West Virginia Mosquito Larvae

 

1:30  11  J. M. Rodebaugh and J. A. Bradbury, Marshall University

         Endohelminths of Basses in River and Reservoir Ecosystems

 

1:45  12  Aisha K. Khan, Carla M. Monteiro, T. C. Brady, and D. J. Richardson,

         Quinnipiac University

         Development and Optimization of an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay

         (ELISA) for the Rapid Detection of Helminth Infections in Laboratory Rats

 

2:00  13  D. J. Richardson, K. Dionne, J. McCaughern-Carucci, Agostino Palladino, and 

         T. C. Brady, Quinnipiac University

         Immunobiology of Moniliformiasis in Laboratory Rats

 

2:15  Robin M. Overstreet, President, The American Society of Parasitologists

         Greetings from the American Society of Parasitologists

 

2:30  14  R. M. Overstreet, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, The University of Southern

         Mississippi

         Dangerous Digeneans:  Flukes that Ravage the Catfish Industry

 

2:45  15  Mark E. Siddall, Associate Curator, Division of Invertebrate Zoology,     

         American Museum of Natural History

         Keynote Address:  Recent Insights into the Evolution of Leeches

 

3:30  The Helminthological Society of Washington Business Meeting and

         Presentation of Student Awards

 

4:00  Adjournment