1ST Women in Malaria Conference
1ST Women in Malaria Conference
Day 1 (22/03/2026)
10.45 – 12.15: Session [90’]
- S1 - New frontiers in “omics” approaches
- S2 - Evolutionary ecology of malaria parasites
12.15 - 12.30: Break [15′]
12.30 - 14.00: Session [90’]
- Workshop I Leadership
14.00 – 14.15: Break [15′]
14.15 – 15.45: Session [90’]
- S3 - Host-Parasite Interactions
- S4 - Vector-Parasite interactions
Day 2 (23/03/2026)
10.45 – 12.15: Session [90’]
- S5 - Transmission biology
- S6 - Social and economic aspects of malaria
12.15 - 12.30: Break [15′]
12.30 - 14.00: Session [90’]
- Workshop II Peer mentoring
- Round table discussion: Increasing women’s leadership across all aspects of the malaria elimination fight - research, program implementation, policy making
14.00 – 14.15: Break [15′]
14.15 – 15.45: Session [90’]
- S7 - Malaria functional genomics and epigenetics
- S8 - Epidemiology and modelling of malaria infections
Day 3 (24/03/2026)
10.45 – 12.15: Session [90’]
- S9 - Drug and vaccine development and resistance
- S10 - Vector biology and control
12.15 - 12.30: Break [15′]
12.30 - 14.00: Session [90’]
- Poster viewing
14.00 – 14.15: Break [15′]
14.15 – 15.45: Session [90’]
- General WiM Assembly
*All times are Central European Time (CET)
Topics for each WiM symposium are:
S1 - New frontiers in “omics” approaches
- Genetic engineering of malaria parasites
- Single-cell transcriptomics
- Metabolomics
S2 - Evolutionary ecology of malaria parasites
- Phylogenomics
- Population genomics
- Community ecology
- Within host/vector dynamics
- Co-infections
S3 - Host-Parasite Interactions
- Molecular pathogenesis
- Immunology
- Structural biology of parasite proteins
- Cell biology of parasites
S4 - Vector-Parasite interactions
- Molecular and cellular biology
- Genomics and epigenetics
- Immunology and physiology
- Microbiome
S5 - Transmission biology
- Gametocyte biology, ecology, and development
- Mechanisms of commitment and differentiation
- Parasite development during sporogony
S6 - Social and economic aspects of malaria
- Socio-economic impact of covid-19 and malaria
- Historical aspects
- Community engagement
- Comorbidities
S7 - Malaria functional genomics and epigenetics
- Epigenetics and transcriptional regulation
- Postranslational regulation
- Functional genetics
S8 - Epidemiology and modelling of malaria infections
- Impact of anti-malaria intereventions
- Spatial epidemiology
- Climate change
- COVID19 and malaria
S9 - Drug and vaccine development and resistance
- Anti-asexual stage
- Transmission blocking
- Genomic architecture of drug resistance
- Genetic diversity and surveillance
S10 - Vector biology and control
- Vector biology, ecology & evolution
- Novel vector control interventions
- Mosquito resistance to control
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