Special seminar on a project for joint usage/research center “Establishment of tick biobank and its application to vector biology research”

04 Nov 2020

Special seminar has been held online on October 28, 2020. We invited Dr. Nabi Oki (JICA Grassroots Projects, Uganda), Dr. Alex S.K. Gaithuma (NRCPD), and Dr. Hassan Hakimi (NRCPD) as speakers for the seminar as shown below. There were a total of 54 including 22 participants from abroad: Czech Republic, Turkey, Poland, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Philippines, Uganda, Egypt, Kenya, Tanzania, and Burkina Faso. Due to the ongoing spread of COVID-19, it is difficult to go and come to each other’s country. However, we had active discussions and spent a fruitful time during the online seminar.

The special seminar was held as part of a project for joint usage/research center, JSPS Core-to-Core Program “Establishment of international collaborating center for controlling tick-borne protozoan diseases”, and OIE seminar.

 

Program (presentation via Zoom)
October 28 (Wed), 2020

15:00-15:10 Rika Umemiya-Shirafuji (NRCPD, Japan)
  Opening remarks & Introduction of the project
   
15:10-15:40 Nabi Oki (JICA Grassroots Projects, Uganda)
  Experience in East Africa
   
15:40-16:10 Alex S.K. Gaithuma (NRCPD, Japan)
  Characterization of trypanosome genotypes, bacterial microflora and mammalian host species in wild caught tsetse flies: an omics approach
   
16:10-16:40 Hassan Hakimi‬ (NRCPD, Japan)
  Application of CRISPR/Cas9 system for functional genomics of protozoan parasites
   
16:40- Prof. Shin-ichiro Kawazu (NRCPD, Japan)
  Closing remarks

(Reported by Rika Umemiya-Shirafuji)

発表時の様子(左:大木奈美先生、右:白藤助教)/Presentation by Dr. Nabi Oki (Right: Dr. Rika Umemiya-Shirafuji)
発表時の様子(左:大木奈美先生、右:白藤助教)/Presentation by Dr. Nabi Oki (Right: Dr. Rika Umemiya-Shirafuji)
発表時の様子(左:Dr. Hassan Hakimi、右:Dr. Alex S.K. Gaithuma)/Presentation by Dr. Hassan Hakimi (Right: Dr. Alex S.K. Gaithuma)
発表時の様子(左:Dr. Hassan Hakimi、右:Dr. Alex S.K. Gaithuma)/Presentation by Dr. Hassan Hakimi (Right: Dr. Alex S.K. Gaithuma)

Project for Joint Usage/Research Center (From 2017 to 2021)
 “Establishment of Tick Biobank and its application to vector biology research”