Winter/Spring 2023 Malaria Seminars | Fridays at 4pm Eastern
| Date | Title, Speaker, Affiliation |
| 27 Jan | Joel Vega-Rodriguez, National Institutes of Health, “Host-parasite-vector interactions shaping Plasmodium transmission” |
| 3 Feb | Johanna Daily, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, “Investigations in the etiology of coma and discovery of adjunctive therapy in cerebral malaria” |
| 10 Feb | Gladys Gutierrez Bugallo, Institute of Tropical Medicine 'Pedro Kouri' (IPK) Cuba, "Transmission of arboviruses by Aedes spp in Cuba" |
| 17 Feb | Eric Calvo, National Institutes of Health, “Impact of vector salivary proteins on blood feeding and pathogen transmission” |
| 24 Feb | Dionicia Gamboa, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, “A symptomatic, submicroscopic malaria infections: a challenge for malaria elimination in the Peruvian Amazon region” |
| 3 Mar | Paul Sigala, University of Utah, “Unraveling the Metabolic Adaptations of Malaria Parasites” |
| 10 Mar | Wendy O'Meara, Duke University, "Genetic diversity of parasites in the mosquito host – what does it tell us about P. falciparum transmission?" |
| 17 Mar | Michael Povelones, University of Pennsylvania, "Understanding parasite recognition and killing by the mosquito immune system" |
| 24 Mar | Victoria Balta, BSPH, “Transmissibility of clinically relevant atovaquone-resistant Plasmodium falciparum by anopheline mosquitoes” |
| 31 Mar | Jessica Schue, BSPH, “Challenges to malaria control and elimination in two transmission settings in Zambia” |
| 7 April | Good Friday |
| 14 April | Annie Martin, BSPH |
| 21 April | Friday before World Malaria Day symposium |
| 25 April | World Malaria Day Symposium | Blood Stage Malaria: Staving Off the Firestorm |
| 28 April | Carolina Barillas-Mury, National Institutes of Health |
| 5 May | Sabrina Absalon, Indiana University |
| 12 May | Jaline Geradin, Northwestern University |
| 19 May | Phil Thuma, Macha Research Trust |
Autumn 2022 Malaria Seminars | Fridays at 4pm Eastern
| Date | Title, Speaker, Affiliation |
| 23 Sept | William Moss, Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, "The Southern and Central Africa International Center of Excellence for Malaria Research" |
| 30 Sept | April Monroe, Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, "Improving malaria control by understanding human behavior" |
| 7 Oct | no seminar |
| 14 Oct | John Marshall, University of California Berkeley, “Modeling priorities as gene drive mosquito projects transition from lab to field” |
| 21 Oct | David Olsen, Merck & Co, “Productive Academic Industrial malaria drug discovery collaboration: From phenotypic cell based screen to identifying a novel dual targeting lead” |
| 28 Oct | Future of Malaria Research Symposium (hybrid symposium) |
| 4 Nov | Ethan Bier, University of California San Diego |
| 11 Nov | Brian Foy, Colorado State University |
| 17 Nov | MMI Thursday noon seminar | Bob Seder, NIH |
| 25 Nov | Thanksgiving holiday |
| 2 Dec | Abebe Fola, Brown University |
| 9 Dec | David Sullivan, BSPH |
| 16 Dec | Patrick Duffy, NIH |
Winter/Spring 2022 Malaria Seminars | Fridays at 4pm Eastern via Zoom
| Date | Title, Speaker, Affiliation |
| 14-Jan | Purnima Bhanot, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, "Targeting Plasmodium's pre-erythrocytic stages to prevent malaria infection" |
| 21-Jan | Ali Afify, JHMRI, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, "Species-specific differences in the mosquito olfactory response to repellents" |
| 28-Jan | Rahul Bakshi, JHMRI, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, "Everyone needs a Designated Driver: Antibacterials versus malaria as a case study" |
| 4-Feb | Timothy Shields, JHMRI, Bloomberg School of Public Health, "GIS Applications in Malaria Research" |
| 11-Feb | Mary Gebhardt, JHMRI, Bloomberg School of Public Health, "Investigation and characterization of early-foraging anophelines from a holoendemic malaria setting in Nchelenge, Zambia" |
| 18-Feb | Pradip Rathod, University of Washington, "Targets of sera from Malaria and Covid-19 patients" |
| 25-Feb | Clive Shiff, JHMRI, Bloomberg School of Public Health, "Impact of Aerial Humidity on seasonal Malaria: an ecological study in Zambia" |
| 4-Mar | Douglas Norris, JHMRI, Bloomberg School of Public Health, "The Rise of the Understudied Malaria Vectors" |
| 11-Mar | Tamaki Kobayashi, JHMRI, Bloomberg School of Public Health, "Malaria seroepidemiology" |
| 18-Mar | Rogerio Amino, Institut Pasteur, "Development of a multi-antigen malaria pre-erythrocytic vaccine" |
| 25-Mar | Prakash Srinivasan, JHMRI, Bloomberg School of Public Health, "Structure-guided development of a malaria vaccine to prevent disease" |
| 1-Apr | Sung-Jae Cha, JHMRI Bloomberg School of Public Health, "Targeting parasite-mammalian host cell infection with a phage peptide display library" |
| 8-Apr | Photini Sinnis, JHMRI Bloomberg School of Public Health, "The Establishment of Malaria Infection: Parasite Bottleneck and Point for Intervention" |
| 15-Apr | Deborah Andrew, JHMRI, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, “Leveraging the awesome power of Drosophila genetics for the development of vector control strategies” |
| 29-Apr | Marcelo Ferreira, University of São Paulo, "Challenges for malaria elimination in Brazil" |
| 6-May | Daniel Smith & Emma Camacho, JHMRI, Bloomberg School of Public Health, "Investigating the melanin-based immune response in Anopheles gambiae” |
| 13-May | Chris Potter, JHMRI, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, "“Functional Responses to Mosquito Repellents” |
Contact gnixon1@jhu.edu for Zoom passcode.