Programme

9:30- 10:10:

Keynote by Juan Antonio Balbuena, Universitat de Valencia, Spain: Parasitology meets macroecology on its own terms: New ways to tackle long-range patterns and processes of parasite diversity

10:10 - 10:30:

Genetic variability of a trematode sporocyst modelled by intraspecific competition, Correia Simao

10:30 - 11:00:

Coffee break

11:00 - 11:20:

Living in periwinkles: Large scale distribution and abundance of the ciliate Protophrya ovicola, Waser Andreas

11:20 - 11:40:

Parasites of coastal birds in the north: not a complete story of Notocotylidae (Digenea), Gonchar Anna

11:40 - 12:00:

Rhabdocoel flatworms inhabiting marine invertebrates as models for evolutionary patterns associated with the acquisition of endosymbiosis, Vanhove Maarten

12:00 - 12:20:

Uncovering Long-branched Microsporidian Diversity In The Freshwater Isopod Asellus aquaticus, Doliwa Annemie

12:20 - 12:40:

Variability and distribution of parasites, pathologies and their effect on wild mussels (Mytilus sp) in different environments along a wide latitudinal span in the Northern Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, Benito Denis

14:00 - 14:40:

Key note by Aurélie Chambouvet, CNRS, France: Diversity and host range of emerging parasitic protists: the case of the Perkinsea (Alveolata)

14:40 - 15:00:

Molecular approaches as an innovative tool to investigate monogenean host-specificity, using the Sparidae-Lamellodiscus host-parasite system, Scheifler Mathilde

15:00 - 15:20:

Haplosporidians in European bivalves, Bass David

15:20 - 15:40:

Assessment of the environmental distribution of the protozoan parasite Perkinsus olseni by next-generation sequencing, qPCR and histopathology allows the identification of alternative bivalve hosts, Raquel Ríos-Castro

15:40 – 16:20:

Coffee break and poster session

16:20 - 16:40:

Paramyxid parasites infecting a range of decapod crustaceans, Martin Signe

16:40 - 17:00:

Parasitic turbellarians: from invertebrate to vertebrate hosts, Kmentova Nikol

17:00 - 17:20:

Dynamics of Vibrio aestuarianus in cockles in wild beds of Hauts de France, Garcia Céline

17:20 - 17:40:

Using eDNA-based approach to investigate parasite life cycle: the example of Haplosporidium costale, Arzul Isabelle

9:00 - 9:40:

Key note by Ryan Carnegie, VIMS, U.S.A: Insights into long-term interactions between host populations and parasites, environmental change and commercial exploitation, from the Chesapeake Bay oyster disease system

9:40 - 10:00:

Another look at disease transmission in marine ecosystems, Shields Jeff

10:00 - 10:20:

Characterization of an emerging apicomplexan parasite in the bay scallop Argopecten irradians irradians, Allam Bassem

10:20 - 11:00:

Coffee break and poster session

11:00 - 11:20:

Comparison of the efficacy of a selective breeding programme to increase cockle Cerastoderma edule marteiliosis resistance with that of the natural selection in the inner area of Ría de Arousa, Villalba Antonio

11:20 - 11:40:

Getting into fish brains: Infection and gene expression profiling of a behavioral manipulative trematode, Born-Torrijos Ana

11:40-12:00:

Seal louse and heartworm: an ancient team and its impact on pinnipeds, Herzog Insa

13:30 - 14:10:

Key note by April Blakeslee, East Carolina University, U.S.A: Invasion of the body snatchers: the role of parasite introduction in host distribution and response to salinity in invaded estuaries

14:10 - 14:30:

First genome deciphering of a marine gregarine species: insights into the breath of apicomplexan parasites diversity, Florent Isabelle

14:30 - 14:50:

Parasites in paradise: The invasion of the shell boring worm Polydora websteri (Polychaeta: Spionidae) in Dutch coastal waters, Willems Max

14:50 - 15:10:

Predation risk effects on parasite transmission from first to second intermediate trematode hosts, Cornelius Annika

15:10 - 15:30:

Biodiversity of intestinal helminth parasites of seabirds from the North Atlantic, Musiol Michelle

16:20 - 17:00:

Key note by Christian Selbach, Norway: Parasites in a warming world: a complex affair

17:00– 17:20:

Amphipod's biochemical response to thermal stress is modulated by trematode infection but not its feeding rate or survival, Diaz-Morales Dakeishla

17:20– 17:40:

Annual cycle of cercariae release from intertidal snails in the subarctic White Sea – an experimental study, Galaktionov Kirill

17:40 - 18:00:

Anthropogenic noise pollution and wildlife diseases, Berkhout Boris W.

9:00 - 9:40:

Key note by Robert Poulin, University of Otago, New Zealand: Adding microbiomes to host-parasite interactions: the next step for marine parasitology

9:40 - 10:00:

Abiotic and biotic drivers of Anisakidae infestation levels in fish, Gay Mélanie

10:00 - 10:20:

Are corallicolids exclusive parasites of cnidarians and what role do they play in coral health, Freeman Mark

10:20 - 11:00:

Coffee break and poster session

11:00 - 11:20:

Are trait-mediated effects of parasites on marine ecosystem engineers density-dependent?, Dairain Annabelle

11:20 - 11:40:

Genetic diversity of anisakid nematodes: a tool for monitoring the anthropogenic disturbances of marine ecosystems? Simonetta Mattiucci

11:40 - 12:00:

Trophic interaction between parasitic isopods and their associated fish hosts, Nachev Milen

13:30 - 14:10:

Key note by Chelsea Wood, University of Washington, USA: Is the world wormier than it used to be? Answers from a new subdiscipline: the historical ecology of parasitism

14:10 - 14:30:

Metal accumulation by intestinal parasites of seabirds, Carravieri Alice

14:30 - 14:50:

Dynamics of Digenea parasites – edible cockles systems in three coastal ecosystems on the north-eastern Atlantic, Bazairi Hocein

14:50 - 15:10:

Immune priming against Vibrio tapetis in the Manila clam, Ruditapes philippinarum, Smits Morgan

15:10 - 15:30:

Investigation of infestation levels and diversity of Cryptocotyle metacercariae (trematode) isolated from commercial fish species sampled in the English Channel and the North Sea, Duflot Maureen

15:30 – 16:20

Coffee break and poster session

16:20 - 16:40:

The potential of marine trematode parasite communities to indicate ecosystem changes, Stout Leslie

16:40 - 17:00:

Truly a hyperparasite, or simply an epibiont on a parasite? The case of Cyclocotyla bellones (Monogenea, Diclidophoridae), Bouguerche Chahinez

17:00– 17:20:

Using molecular and experimental approaches to uncover how Lamellodiscus monogeneans establish specificity for their sparids (Teleostei) hosts, Revault Judith