El destacado académico Shimon Harrus, docente e investigador de la Hebrew University (Israel), ofrecerá un curso sobre enfermedades transmitidas por vectores, dirigido especialmente a estudiantes de postrgado y cuya realización será entre 19 y 24 de octubre en dependencias de la Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias UACh.
Durante el curso, que será abierto a toda la comunidad universitaria, también expondrá el Dr. Alejandro Rojas, académico de la Facultad de Medicina de nuestra Universidad.
Los interesados en participar de esta actividad deben inscribirse a través del correo ananda.muller@uach.cl. Cabe destacar que las presentaciones en inglés contarán con traducción simultánea.
Vector Borne diseases:
An Overview on Ehrlichiosis, Bartonelosis and Haemoplasmosis
Topics for lectures and discussions (audience – research students)
Wednesday (Miércoles 19 Oct) 14:30 – 16:00: Canine Monocytic Ehrlichiosis – an overview (etiology, pathogenesis, updates on important glycoproteins and their role, mechanisms of persistance, disease manifestations, treatment, attenuation – potential as a vaccine). Prof. Dr. Shimon Harrus.
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break
Wednesday (Miércoles 19 Oct) 16:30 – 18:00: Current updates on the diagnosis of Ehrlichiosis (clasical versus modern and up-to-date methods, including PCR, Real time PCR, multiplexing, pros and cons of multiplexing, WGS, point of care assays; LAMP-based assays). Prof. Dr. Shimon Harrus.
Thursday (Jueves 20 Oct) 8:30 – 10:30 y 11:00 – 13:00: Bartonella species infections in pets and rodents and their zoonotic potential (this topic will include an overview on Bartonella in cats, dogs, rodents and humans, in their ectoparasites, bartonellae diversity, ecological aspects, transmission studies, effect of infection with Bartonella on the flea fitness, metabolism, fertility, fecundity, insights from studies in Israel). Prof. Dr. Shimon Harrus.
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
Friday (Viernes 21 Oct) 8:30 – 10:00: Current updates on the diagnosis of Bartonellosis (isolation; molecular detection – conventional and real time, qPCR, HRM, sequencing, whole genome sequencing; analyzing pools versus single samples; coinfections – predominant species, constructing speciesspecific primers, pyrosequencing, insights from studies in Israel). Prof. Dr. Shimon Harrus.
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break
Friday (Viernes 21 Oct) 10:30 – 13:00 Scientific writing – Highlights (my own experience and suggestions; lecture will focus on planing a study, building a skeleton of a manuscript, importance of chosing a consise, descriptive and attractive title, importance of well designed abstract, building a discussion section, chosing a target journal, list of authors, impact factor, type of publication, the review process). Prof. Dr. Shimon Harrus.
Monday (Lunes 24 Oct) 8:30 – 10:00: Feline haemoplasmosis (different feline Mycoplasma species, disease manifestations, transmission, diagnosis, treatment, carrier state, insights from studies in Israel). Prof. Dr. Shimon Harrus.
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break
Monday (Lunes 24 Oct) 10:30 – 12:00: Nanobodies and their application in infectious Diseases. Prof. Dr. Alejandro Rojas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Austral de Chile.