22 Mar 2022
The online symposium was held online on March 16, 2022. The summary of activities and a research topic of the tick project so far were introduced by Dr. Rika Umemiya-Shirafuji and Dr. Bumduuren Tuvshintulga (NRCPD). We invited Dr. Patrick Vudriko and Dr. Joseph Byaruhanga (Makerere University, Uganda) as speakers for the symposium. A total of 42 including JICA alumni (19 from overseas: 1 from Iran, 2 from Indonesia, 4 from Uganda, 1 from Sri Lanka, 1 from Thailand, 1 from Tajikistan, 1 from Paraguay, 1 from Burkina Faso, 1 from Bolivia, 1 from Mexico, and 5 from Mongolia). We spent a fruitful time during the online symposium.
The online symposium was held as part of the following projects:
– A project for joint usage/research center
– JSPS Core-to-Core Program “Establishment of the international collaborating center for controlling tick-borne protozoan diseases”
– A follow-up program for the JICA training course at the NRCPD
– OIE Academic Seminar
Program (presentation via Zoom)
March 16 (Wed), 2022
| 15:30-15:45 | Assoc. Prof. Rika Umemiya-Shirafuji (NRCPD, Japan) |
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| Outline of NRCPD tick project | ||
| 15:45-16:00 | Dr. Bumduuren Tuvshintulga (NRCPD, Japan) |
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| Haemaphysalis longicornis ATAQ protein containing epidermal growth factor domains as an anti-tick vaccine target against tick infestation in rabbits | ||
| 16:00-16:20 | Dr. Patrick Vudriko (Makerere University, Uganda (JICA alumnus)) |
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| Tick research in Uganda | ||
| 16:20-16:40 | Dr. Joseph Byaruhanga (Makerere University, Uganda (JICA alumnus)) |
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| JICA Supported Interventions for control of ticks/acaricide resistant ticks in Uganda | ||
| 16:40-16:45 | Prof. Shin-ichiro Kawazu (NRCPD, Japan) |
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| Closing remarks |
(Reported by Rika Umemiya-Shirafuji)
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Participants