Schedule

NEAP Annual Meeting Agenda 2025

Date: Saturday, May 3rd, 2025


Location:

Lehman College, CUNY, 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, Bronx, New York 10468

Music building. MU-306 9am-5pm and MU-330 3pm-10pm

Agenda

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM: Registration and Welcome Coffee

  • Attendee check-in
  • Light refreshments

9:00 AM – 9:15 AM: Opening Remarks

  • Welcome by the NEAP President
  • Organizational Committee

9:15 AM – 9:45 AM: Keynote Speaker I

  • Speaker: Kelly Weinersmith

9:45 AM – 10:45 PM: Oral Presentations Session I

  • 9:45 – 9:57 AM Mostafa Elfawal. “Kinase Inhibitors as potential Anthelmintic candidates for Human Gastrointestinal”
  • 9:57 – 10:09 AM Kelly Crotty. “Regulation of blood-brain barrier integrity by lipids during cerebral malaria”
  • 10:09-10:21AM Meseret T. Haile. “Endogenous structure of antimalarial target PfATP4 reveals new class of apicomplexan P-type ATPase modulators”
  • 10:21-10:33AM Anissa Benbrahim. “Filarial Parasites in Songbirds”
  • 10:33-10:45AM Aminata Mbaye. “Use of strips of rapid diagnostic tests as a source of DNA for genomic studies of Malaria: a review study”

10:45 AM – 11:00 AM: Coffee Break

  • Opportunity for attendees to connect and discuss

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Oral Presentations Session II

  • 11:00-11:12 AM Eva Hadjimichael. “Environmental sensing and control of mRNA translation enable antigenic variation and adaptation to the placental niche by Plasmodium falciparum”
  • 11:12-11:24 AM Raveen Armstrong. “Investigating the in vivo enzymatic activities of the mitochondrial DNA polymerase POLIB in kDNA maintenance”
  • 11:24-11:36 AM Marie Lilly. “Assessing zoonotic potential of Babesia microti and microti-like emergence in urban Wildlife”
  • 11:36-11:48 AM Megha Nair. “Genetic Diversity of the Malaria Vaccine Candidate PfRIPR in a High Transmission Region of Senegal”
  • 11:48-12:00 PM Sukanya Narasimhan. “The Deer Tick and the Agent of Lyme Disease- Allies Against Fungi?”

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM: Lunch

  • Buffet lunch served

1:00 PM – 1:30 AM: Keynote Speaker II

  • Speaker: Aoife Heaslip

1:30 PM – 2:40 PM: Oral Presentations Session III

  • 1:30-1:42 PM Michael Griffith “An apicoplast localized translational GTPase is essential for parasite survival in Toxoplasma gondii”
  • 1:42-1:54 PM Pratap Vydyam. “Tafenoquine-Atovaquone Combination Achieves Radical Cure and Confers Sterile Immunity in Experimental Models of Human Babesiosis”
  • 1:54-2:06 PM Shubha Bevkal Subramanyaswamy. “Proteasome regulation in Plasmodium falciparum: A key vulnerability for antimalarial targeting”
  • 2:06-2:18 PM Alexander Gouvin-Moffat. “Differential Effects of Macroparasite Infection Contribute to Inter-Population Immune Variance in Wild Threespine Stickleback Fish”
  • 2:18-2:30 PM Joey Verdi. “Using Trypanosoma brucei to Prevent Opioid Overdose and Treat Cancer: Our Transition from Basic Research to Translational Science”
  • TEASERS talks
    • 2:30-2:35 PM Galadriel Hovel-Miner: “Fexinidazole Induced Cytotoxicity is Distinct from Related Anti-Trypanosome Nitroaromatic Drugs”
    • 2:35-2:40PM Juan Rivera Correa: “Autoimmunity during tropical parasitic diseases”

2:40 PM – 3:00 PM: Afternoon Break

3:00 PM – 4:30 PM: Poster Session

4:30 PM – 5:00 PM: NEAP Business Meeting

  • Review of annual activities and financial report
  • Election of new officers
  • Discussion of future initiatives

5:00 PM – 5:15 PM: Closing Remarks

  • Summary of key takeaways
  • Thanking sponsors and participants

5:15 PM – 6:30 PM Cocktail hour-dinner/ Networking Reception