********* 10TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF PROTOZOOLOGY *********
ICOP-X
UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
MONDAY 21 JULY - FRIDAY 25 JULY 1997
http://www.bio.uts.edu.au/icop.html
CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT
Professor David J. Patterson
School of Biological Sciences A08
University of Sydney, NSW 2006 Australia
Telephone: [+612] 351 2438
Facsimile: [+612] 351 4119
EMAIL: DJP at bio.usyd.edu.au
Professor Alan M. Johnson
Faculty of Science
University of Technology Sydney
Westbourne Street
Gore Hill NSW 2065 Australia
Telephone [+612] 330 4063
Facsimile [+612] 330 4026
EMAIL: Alan.Johnson at uts.edu.au
PRESIDENT OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Professor G.F. Mitchell, AO, FAA
CSL Limited
45 Poplar Road
Parkville Victoria 3053 Australia
Telephone: [+613] 9389 1877
Facsimile: [+613] 9388 2063
PROVISIONAL SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME:
Up to eight plenary lectures may be given on the following topics
Evolution
Cytoskeleton: Structure and Function
Protozoan Vaccines
Genetics of Host Resistance and Susceptibility to Disease
Molecular Mechanisms: Genes to Proteins
Parasites of Farmed Aquatic Animals
Opportunistic Infections
Protozoan Diversity
The following themes and subjects have been suggested forSymposia and
contributed paper/poster sessions. Poster presentations will form a
significant part of the Congress.
Cell Biology
1A Motility
1B Cell Cycle and Cultivation
1C Structure and Function of Subcellular Organelles
1D Morphogenesis
1E Intracellular Trafficking
1F Signalling, Surface Receptors and Signal Transduction and Transmission
Genetics and Evolution
2A Control of Gene Expression
2B Genome Organisation
2C Telomere Formation
2D Molecular Epidemiology
2E Labyrinthulids/Thraustochytrids and Slime Moulds
2F Molecular Systematics
Ecology
3A Anaerobic Protozoa
3B Pollution and Toxic Blooms
3C Role of Protozoa in Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
3D Protozoan Links and Mixotrophy in Food Chains
3E Patchiness of Endemism
3F Ecology of Soil Protozoa
3G Biology of Foraminifera
3H Introduced Species
3I Bioindicators
Parasitic Protozoa
4A Virulence and Pathogenesis
4B Immunology
4C Parasites of Shellfish/Molluscs/Fish
4D Opportunistic Protozoa and AIDS
4E Giardia
4F Host Parasite Relationships
4G Microspora and Myxozoa
4H Zoonoses including Toxoplasma and Cryptosporidium
4I Trichomonads
4J Chemotherapy and Drug Resistance
4K Neospora
4L Entamoeba
4M Blood Parasites
Other Themes
5A Cultivation
5B Interactions in Symbiosis
5C Video Films
5D Viruses in Protozoa
5E Biotechnology
5F Other
If you are interested please contact the conference organizer (below)
with an indication of the subject areas in which you are interested, and
whether you are intend to submit a paper:
Ms Skye McKenzie
Interact International Events
PO Box 236
Balgowlah NSW 2093 Australia
Telephone (+612] 9948 6977
Facscimile [+612] 9948 7406
EMAIL: iie at ozemail.com.au
We anticipate that a significant number of bursaries will be available.
Further details will be provided at a later date.
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