Pathogens Webinar | Tick Microbiome: Methods of Study, Role in Tick-Pathogen Interactions and Applications for Tick-Borne Pathogen Control
Meet Our Speakers
Dr. Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz
INRAE, Paris, France;
After graduation as Doctor in Veterinary Medicine in 2006, Alejandro joined the Center of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), in Havana, where he was involved in the study of molecular biology, genetic engineering and biotechnology applied to tick control. In 2012, he obtained a Marie Curie scholarship and joined the EU-funded project POSTICK at the Institute of Parasitology in the Czech Republic and completed his Master in Parasitology. Then, in 2013 Alejandro enrolled in two PhD programs simultaneously and completed them in 2014 (Spain) and 2016 (France). After a brief post-doc, in 2017 he joined INRAE as a Principal Investigator at the UMR-BIPAR, France. Since 2012, Alejandro has published over 170 manuscripts on different aspects of tick research. Recently, with his group, he introduced the concept of anti-microbiota vaccines, as an innovative approach for tick control and to develop transmission-blocking vaccines. His scientific results have been recognized by the scientific community and in 2017 he was awarded the 'Odile Bain Memorial Prize' for his outstanding contribution to Parasitology.
On Monday, 17 October 2022, MDPI and the Pathogens Journal organized the 10th Pathogens webinar, entitled "Tick Microbiome: Methods of Study, Role in Tick-Pathogen Interactions and Applications for Tick-Borne Pathogen Control".
The introduction was held by the Chair of the webinar, Dr. Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz, from INRAE in Paris, France.
The first presentation was held by Dr. Dasiel Obregon with his presentation "Current Methods in the Study of the Tick Microbiome". He is a postdoctoral researcher at the Microbial Ecology group, at the School of Environmental Science, University de Guelph.
The second presenter was Dr. Andréa Cristina Fogaça who talked about "Role of Tick Microbiome in Tick-Pathogen Interactions". She is a biologist and she obtained her PhD in Sciences in 2003 by the Institute of Biomedical Sciences of the University of São Paulo (ICB-USP), Brazil.
The last presenter was the chair, with his presentation on "Exploiting the Tick Microbiome for Developing Novel Transmission-Blocking Vaccines".
The presentations were followed by a Q&A and a discussion, moderated by the Chair Dr. Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz. The webinar was offered via Zoom and required registration to attend. The full recording can be found here on Sciforum website. In order to stay updated on the next webinars on Pathogens be sure to sign up for our newsletter by clicking on “Subscribe” at the top of the page.
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