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Do you want to give a presentation at our upcoming symposium? Abstracts are due on Friday, April 24!

Symposium - Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases A day-long interactive conference on parasites and host/parasite interactions held at the University of Georgia in Athens, GA.

The 35th Molecular Parasitology & Vector Biology Symposium is just over a month away on May 11. I hope you are making plans to join us. We have limited space this year for talks and poster presentations. Please register early if you wish to give a presentation.

What: 35th Molecular Parasitology & Vector Biology Symposium
When: Monday, May 11, 9:00 am - 5 pm
Where: Georgia Center for Continuing Education, Athens, Georgia
Abstract deadline: Friday, April 24
Registration deadline: Friday, May 1
Cost: FREE!
More info: https://ctegd.uga.edu/events/symposium/

*As a reminder, this is an in-person only event. There will not be a virtual option.

Registration is now open for the 35th Molecular Parasitology & Vector Biology Symposium hosted by the Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases at the University of Georgia. It will be held on Monday, May 11, 2026, at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education in Athens, GA.

This day-long regional conference on parasites and host/parasite interaction draws more than 200 attendees from many departments at UGA and colleagues from other institutions throughout the United States. Please register by Friday, May 1.

The day will feature two invited speakers:
Robyn Kent, Ph.D. is an assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology in the College of Medicine at The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. Learn more about her research interests: https://basicsciences.ouhsc.edu/mi/Faculty-and-Staff/Primary-Faculty/robyn-kent-phd

David Horn, FRSE, FMedSci is the Chair of Parasite Molecular Biology, Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, School of Life Sciences at the University of Dundee. Learn more about his research interests: https://www.dundee.ac.uk/people/david-horn

Graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and other researchers are invited to present their research in either an oral or poster presentation. Abstracts for these presentations are due by Friday, April 24.

There is no cost to attend the Symposium, but registration is required by Friday, May 1.

For more information, please visit https://ctegd.uga.edu/events/symposium/

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