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ABSTRACTS FROM SECTION MEETINGS 2004 (also available 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003) America Great Britain France Scandinavia Czech Italy 56th Annual Meeting June 2-6 2004 Smithfield, Rhode island Acosta-Mercado, D. & Lynn, D.H. Contrasting ciliate species richness and abundance in soils derived from Tectona grandis and Canella winterana: testing the plant effect Adl, S.M. & Coleman, D.C. Short term dynamics and long term recolonisation of protozoa in soil Ahr, S. & Henze, K. Two putative peroxidases of bacterial origin in the hydrogenosomes of the anaerobic protozoan Trichomonas vaginalis Anderson, O.R. Experimental studies of the relative effects of leaf litter from four hardwood trees on protozoan community productivity Archibald, J.M. Phagotrophy in chlorarachniophyte algae: implications for eukaryotic genome evolution Bakshandeh, A., Hamilton, E.P. & Orias, E. Two adjacent genes encoding copper-induced-type metallothioneins in Tetrahymena thermophila may have resulted from a relatively recent gene duplication Barbeau, R.A., Orias, E., Karrer, K.M. & Hamilton, E. Genetically mapping a Tetrahymena cloned and sequenced gene: ASI1 Barry, S.R. & Corson, E.D. Ionic currents and cytoplasmic streaming in Amoeba proteus Bell, A.J., Guerra, C.F. & Satir, P. A Sec7-related Protein in Tetrahymena Berney, C., Fahrni, J. & Pawlowski, J. How many novel eukaryotic "kingdoms"? Pitfalls and limitations of environmental DNA surveys Berney, C. & Pawlowski, J. A molecular perspective on the phylogeny of amoeboid protists Bernhard, J.M., Habura, A. & Bowser, S. Saccamminid foraminifers from anoxic sediments: implications for Proterozoic ecosystem dynamics Booton, G.C., Kelly, D.J. & Fuerst, P.A. Genotypic identification and species names in Acanthamoeba: correlation and conflict Built, C. Ciliates as a tool to assess planktonic patchiness: the case of Myrionecta rubra Cameron, S.L. & O'Donoghue, P.J. On Micromastigotes and the evolution of the hypermastigont condition in the Parabasalida Clamp, J.C. Possible artificial introductions of freshwater peritrich ciliates and their implications for assessment of protistan biodiversity Coleman, A.W. Paramecium aurelia revisited Dacks, J.B., Carlton, J., Hirt, R.P. & Embley, T.M. Massive differential expansion of the Trichomonas vaginalis adaptin genomic complement Davidson, L.A. & Davidson, A.E. The range of protists in Mono Lake, a hypersaline soda lake in the eastern sierras delToro, C., Williamson, S., Orias, E. & Hamilton, E. The Tetrahymena thermophila genome sequence. 2. Relating macronuclear sequence scaffolds to corresponding macronuclear chromosomes Doherty, M., Costas, B., Snoeyenbos-West, O.L.O, McManus, G. & Katz, L. Molecular markers for assessing community diversity of coastal ciliates Dolan, M.F. Protozoology's lost legacy Dyer, B.D. A brief guide to identifying bacteria in the field, for protistologists Dunthorn, M.S. Morphological and molecular analysis of bromeliad-inhabiting ciliates in Ecuador Fried, J., Weber, S., Ludwig, W., McEwan, N., Newbold, J., Michalowski, T., Thomas, N., Kisidayova, S., Hackstein, J. & Schleifer, K.H. Identification of rumen ciliates using small subunit ribosomal RNA (18S-rRNA) targeted oligonucleotide probes and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) Fahrni, J.F., Bolivar, I., Berney, C., Nassonova, E., Smirnov, A & Pawlowski, J. Phylogeny of lobose amoebae based on actin and small-subunit ribosomal RNA genes Fritzinger, A.E. & Marciano-Cabral, F. Modulation of proteins in Naegleria fowleri amebae by bacteria Gast, R.J., Moran, D.M., Dennett, M.R., Rose, J.M. & Caron, D. Protistan Diversity in the Ross Sea, Antarctica: Linking genotype, morphology and physiology Gelius-Dietrich, G. & Henze, K. The hydrogenosomes of the chytrid fungus Neocallimastix frontalis Characterizing the functions of an anaerobic cousin of mitochondria through proteome analysis Gribble, K.E. & Anderson, D.M. Observations of asexual and sexual processes in Protoperidinium depressum (Dinophyceae) Habura, A., Hanes, S.D., Alexander, S.P. & Bowser, S.S. The shell or the kernel: biodiversity estimates of benthic foraminifera Habura, A., Wegener, L., Travis, J.L. & Bowser, S.S. Foraminiferal evolution as revealed by beta-tubulin data Hamilton, E.P., Williamson, S., delToro, C. & Orias, E. The Tetrahymena thermophila genome sequence: 3. Completing macronuclear chromosome sequence scaffolds and ordering and aligning them along the micronuclear genome Hauer, G. & Rogerson, A. Remarkable salt tolerance of naked amoebae from the Salton Sea and beyond He. I., Yarlett, N. & Levandowsky, M. Chemosensory responses of Trichomonas to polyamines Joachimiak, E., Sikora, J., Kaczanowska, J., Kiersnowska, M., Barchetta, S., Miceli, S. & Kaczanowski, A. Characterization of the fenestrin, a cytoskeletal protein involved in Tetrahymena cell polarity and of its coding gene Jin, L., Liu, X. & Mao, Y. Effect of the micronucleus on cellular structures in several hypotrichous ciliates Johnson, M.D., Tengs, T., Oldach, D.W., Delwiche, C.F. & Stoecker, D.K. Highly divergent SSU rRNA genes found in the marine ciliates Myrionecta rubra and Mesodinium pulex Katz, L.A. Evolution and implications of genome rearrangements in ciliates Keeling, P.J., Patron, N.J. & Rogers, M.B. Molecular evidence for a single common origin of chromalveolate plastids King, C. & Sleep, J. Modelling the mechanism of gregarine gliding using bead translocation Klobutcher, L.A., Mollenbeck, M., Gavin, M.C. & Farabaugh, P.J. A high percentage of Euplotes genes require a +1 translational frameshift for expression Konior, K., McCutcheon, S.M. & Buhse Jr., H.E. Characterization of Vorticella convallaria calcium-binding centrin proteins Langlois, G.A. Protistan communities of the the Great Barrier Reef Lansley, T.A., Moye, B.R., Chan, E.R. & Ryals, P.E. Characteristics of phosphatidylinositol synthase activity from Tetrahymena Lee, J.J., Cevasco, M. & Médor, G. Isolation and characterization of the "zooxanthellae" from soritid foraminifera and the giant clam Tridacna maxima Lenaghan, S. & Sundermann, C. Assessment of damaged DNA and cell structure in Giardia lamblia trophozoites Lennartz, D.C. A preliminary report of protozoan diversity in the Joshua Tree National Park desert biome Lidie, K.B., Ryan, J.C. & van Dolah, F.M. Gene expression in the dinoflagellate Karenia brevis: Analysis of an epressed sequence tag (EST) library and development of an oligonucleotide microarray Liu, X., Mao, Y., Lee, K.-L.D. & Jin, L. Cloning of mitichondrial cytochrome b gene from Pseudourostyla cristata by heat shock Liu, X., Mao, Y., Lee, K.-L.D. & Jin, L. Identification of mRNAs expressed differentially between micronucleates and amicronucleates of Pseudourostyla cristata during starvation Lobban, C.S. Symbiotic cooperation between dinos and ciliates in "Sym City" Lobban, C.S. Alveolates and stramenopiles in the coral reef microbenthos Lynn, D.H., Strueder-Kypke, M.C. & Bradbury, P.C. Phylogenetic position of the apostome ciliates tested using the small subunit rRNA gene sequence Ma, H. & Overstreet, R.M. Ciliate diversity related to shrimps and blue crab MacLean, R. & Marciano-Cabral, F. Mechanisms of pathogenesis of the CNS pathogen, Naegleria fowleri Marande, L., Grason, E.W. & Rines, J.E. Food uptake in the mixotrophic Dinophysis acuminata McLaughlin, N.B., McCutcheon, S.M. & Buhse Jr., H.E. Analysis of centrin-, actin-, and tetrin-containing filaments in the Tetrahymena vorax macrostomal oral apparatus and their relation to the microtubule cytoskeleton McManus, G., Zhang, H., Lin, S., Katz, L. & Pirog, K. In the land of the blind, one-eye is king: ecology of the mixotrophic ciliates Strombidium oculatum and Strombidium stylifer Menezes, S. & Hargraves, P.E. Species diversity patterns of choanoflagellates in the Pettaquamscutt River Estuary, Rhode Island, USA Montagnes, D.J.S. Is it the tortoise or the hare? Ciliates grazing on dinoflagellates in boom-bust dynamics Moran, D.M., Anderson, O.R., Dennett, M.R., Caron, D.A. & Gast, R.J. Antarctic amoebae adventures Nikolaey, S., Berney, C., Fahrni, J., Mylnikov, A.P., Petrov, N.B. & Pawlowski, J. The twilight of sun-animalcules Oliver, M.J., v. Finkel, Z., Schofield, O.M. & Falkowski, P.G. A hypothesis of genome structure in marine phytoplankton Orias, E., Salzberg, S.L. & Delcher, A.L. The Tetrahymena thermophila genome sequence: 1. Genome-wide uniformity of macronuclear chromosome copy number in spite of amitotic (random) copy distribution Polet, S., Berney, C., Fahrni, J. & Pawlowski, J. Small subunit ribosomal RNA sequences of Phaeodarea challenge the monophyly of Haeckel's Radiolaria Rublee, P.A., Henrich, V.C., Marshall, M.M., Amos, R. & Balser, R. Microarrays: a tool for ecologists and protozoologists! Simpson, A.G.B., Inagaki, Y. & Roger, A.J. The evolutionary relationships amongst excavates: A concatened protein analysis Singhal, S. & Wolfe, J. Colchicine induces nuclear death in Tetrahymena thermophila Slamovits, C.H. & Keeling, P.J. Genome evolution in Microsporidia Smalley, G.W. Several mixotrophic dinoflagellates preferentially ingest ciliates as an alternate source of nutrition Snoeyenbos-West, O.L.O., Pirog, K.A., Griffin, A., McManus, G., Costas, B. & Katz, L.A. Hidden diversity in the tide pool ciliate Strombidium occulatum as revealed by mutiple molecular markers Snoeyenbos-West, O.L.O., Cole, J., Campbell, A., Coats, D.W. & Katz, L.A. Molecular Phylogeny of Phyllopharyngen Ciliates and their Novel Group I Introns Snoeyenbos-West, O.L.O., Lasser, E., Cardillo, J.C. & Katz, L.A. Understanding genome complexity and protein evolution in ciliates: insights from mitchondria and nuclei Stechmann, A. & Cavalier-Smith, T. Molecular evolution of eukaryotes using structural genomic data Stoecker, D.K., Johnson, M.D., Reaugh, M. & Gustafson Jr., D.E. Microzooplankton grazing on harmful dinoflagellate blooms: Are ciliates or heterotrophic dinoflagellates important? Tucker, S.C., Liu, L. & Satir, B.H. Functional characterization of the T. gondii ortholog of parafusin by an in vivo Paramecium ortholog assay Theissen, U., Hebing, P. & Martin, W. The alternative oxidase from Euglena gracilis Walker, G. & Embley, T.M. Not the most basal eukaryotes: challenges and pitfalls affecting the placement of Giardia and Trichomonas Waller, R.F., Patron, N.J. & Keeling, P.J. Filling in the gaps: EST surveys of under-represented chromalveolates Webb, S. & Smith-Somerville, H.E. Growth of the vacuoleless mutant of Tetrahymena thermophila NP1 in phytate Wegener, L., Travis, J.L., Habura, A. & Bowser, S.S. Divergent beta-tubulins from foraminifera: Implications for microtubule assembly Yang, G.S., Lee, K.M. & Ahn, T.I. Genes for infectivity and endocellular lifestyle of symbiotic X-bacteria (Candiatus 'Legionella jeonii') in Amoeba proteus Zufall, R.A. & Katz, L.A. Developmental genome processing and protein evolution in the ciliate Chilodonella uncinata
British Section of the Society of Protozoologists 42nd Annual Meeting March 2004 Lancaster, UK Coupe, S.J. & Smith, H.G. The response of protist and metazoan communities in permeable pavement structures to high oil loadings Huws, S.A., Brown, M.R.W. & Smith, A.W. Interactions of Acanthamoeba polyphaga with Listeria monocytogenes and MRSA De Jonckheere, J.F. & Brown, S. Identifying new vahlkampfiid amoebae by ITS and 5.8S ribosomal DNA sequencing Smith, A.W. Protozoa and pathogenic bacteria: lessons learned from Legionella pneumophila
42nd Annual Meeting May 12-14 2004 Montpellier, France
Bastos, I.M.D., Santana, J.M. & Grellier, P. Prolyl oligopeptidase from Trypanosoma brucei hydrolyzes collagen and is involved in parasitic growth Boeuf, P., Vigan, I., Jublot, D., Barale, J.-C., Goka, B., Kurtzhals, J., Akanmori, B.D., Hviid, L., Puijalon, O. & Behr, C. A New Real-time RT-PCR Method Allowing Reliable Absolute Quantification of Human Cytokine mRNA in Paediatric Malaria Clinical Samples Bonnefoy, S., Diez, M., Pendyala, P.R., Blanc, C., Guillotte, M. & Mercereau-Puijalon, O. Thymidine Kinase and Reverse Genetics in Plasmodium falciparum Breton, J., Kombila, M., Okome-Nkoumou, M., Rinder, H. & Thellier, M. Intestinal microsporidiosis among HIV positive patients in Libreville (gabon) : Enterocytozoon bieneusi isolates show a very high diversity of genotypes Briquet, S., Gissot, M., Boschet, C., Tissandie, E. & Vaquero, C. Characterization and Functional Analysis of HMG Proteins in Plasmodium falciparum Brosson, D., Texier, C., Prensier, G. & Vivares, C.P. Proteomics of the Microsporidia Encephalitozoon cuniculi: from Proteins of Unknown Function to New Cell Wall Ones Charneau, S., Florent, I. & Grellier, P. Plasmodium falciparum Genes Differentially Expressed During Merozoite Morphogenesis Devaux, S., Lecordier, L., Vanhamme, L. & Pays, E. Effect of the Disruption of RNA Pol II on the Transcription by RNA Pol l by Trypanosoma brucei Diez, M., Guillotte, M., Le Scanf, C., Contamin, H., David, P., Cooke, B., Mercerau-Puijalon, O. & Bonnefoy, S. Revisiting Putative Functional Properties of the Plasmodium falciparum Pf155/RESA Protein Using Genetically Engineered Parasites Gissot, M., Briquet, S., Boschet, C., Refour, P. & Vaquero, C. Study of PfMyb1 Transcription Factor Regulation Network during Plasmodium falciparum Erythrocytic Cycle Lecordier, L., Devaux, S., Walgraffe, D., Poelvoorde, P., Vanhamme, L. & Pays, E. A TFIIH Homologue Controls the Mutually Exclusive Expression of the Stage-Specific Antigens of Trypanosoma brucei Le Roch, K.G., Zhou, Y., Johnson, J.R., Young, J., Kidgell, C. & Winzeler, E. Functional Genomics of Plasmodium falciparum: A new approach for identifying therapeutic targets against malaria Loizon, S., Contamin, H., Bourreau, E., Michel, J.-C., Puijalon, O. & Behr, C. Protective Role of Gamma Delta T Lymphocytes during Plasmodium falciparum Infection Pomel, S., Diogon, M., Bouchard, P., Bayle, D., Ravet, V., Henou, C. & Vigues, B. Membrane skeleton in Paramecium : a functional analysis of epiplasmins by RNAi Pradel, L., Bonhivers, M. & Robinson, D.R. Identification of a Novel Basal Body Protein of Trypanosoma brucei: A Role in the Cell Cycle?
Bricheux, G. & Coffe, G. Trichomonas and GFP, the absolute misfit...? Dia, N., Toguebaye, B.S., Vivares, C.P & Cornillot, E. Multigenic Family Analysis among the Encephalitozoon Genus Girard, D., Bastos, I.M.D. & Grellier, P. Identification of a dipeptidyl peptidase from Trypanosoma brucei Jublanc, E., Elkiric, N., Toubiana, M., Sri Widada, J., Le Breton, A., Lefebvre, G., Sauvegrain, C. & Marques, A. Observation on a Enteromyxum leei (Myxozoa Myxosporea) Parasitosis on Farming Sea Bream Sparus aurata Mansour, L., Prensier, G., Hassine, O.K., Vivares, C.P. & Cornillot, E. Microsporidia of Fishes: Characterization of a New Species and Development of the Infectious Focus Polonais, V., Delbac, F. & Vivares, C.P. Preservation of ptp1 and ptp2 Gene Synteny in Two Microsporidia Parasite of Insects: Nosema locustae and Nosema grylli
26th Annual Meeting May 6, 2004
Larsson, J.I.R. & Køie, M. Paramyxea in Scandinavia Olesen, J.D., Hellung-Larsen, P. & Leick, V. Tetrahymena cells and the quantitative two-phase assay: visual assessment of chemokinesis and gravikinesis
34th Jirovec protozoological days 2004, Czech Republic
Hurková, L., Haragálová, D. & Modry, D. Diagnostics of Neospora caninum antibodies of bovine milk by ELISA Mihaliková, K., Javorsky, P., Váradyová, Z., & Kisidayová, S. The effect of heavy metals on the rumen ciliate Entodinium caudatum Váradyová, Z., Mihaliková, K., Javorsky, P., & Kisidayová, S. Protozoan population and fermentation parameters of rumen contents of sheep from heavy metal contaminated area Dolezal, P., Dancis, A., Embley, M. & Tachezy, J. Functional frataxin homologue in hydrogenosomes of Trichomonas vaginalis Vondrusková, E., Burg, J., Zíková, A., Ernst, N.L., Stuart, K., Benne, R. & Lukes, J. RNA binding proteins MRP1 (gBP21) and MRP2 (gBP25) are essential for editing and stability of a subset of mitochondrial mRNAs in procyclic Trypanosoma brucei Smíd, O., Vondrusková, E., Vilímová, V., Sut'ák, R., Luke, J. & Tachezy, J. Role of IscS in Fe-S cluster assembly in Trypanosoma brucei Kostka, M., Hampl, V., Cepicka, I. & Flegr, J. Parasitic Stramenopila Hampl, V., Cepicka, I., Flegr, J., Tachezy, J., & Kulda, J. Critical analysis of the topology and rooting of the parabasalian 16S rRNA tree Oborník, M. & Green, B.R. Secondary endosymbioses and evolution of unicellular eukaryotes Rohousova, I., Lipoldova, M. & Volf, P Modulation of murine cellular immune responses and cytokine production by sand fly saliva Svobodova, M., Votypka, J., Kravchenko, V., Ashford, R.W. & Warburg, A. The hyrax (Procavia capensis) is reservoir host of Leishmania tropica in northern Israel Bártová, E. Characterizations of T. gondii isolate K24
Italian Section Society of Protozoologists 24th Meeting October 1+2, 2004, Rapallo, Italy Amaroli, A., Trielli, F., Bianco, B., Giordano, S., Moggia, E. & Delmonte Corrado, M.U. Effects of Time-Variant Extremely-Low-Frequency (ELF) Electromagnetic Fields (EMF) on Cholinesterase Activity in Dictyostelium discoideum Andreoli, I., Ferrantini, F., Mangini, L., Santangelo, G., Petroni, G. & Verni, F. An alternative approach for the molecular characterization of uncultivable protists retaining morphological information Angelici, M.C., Celani, S., Malchiodi-Albedi, F. & Matteucci, A. Primary cultures of rat retina as a cell model for studying Toxoplasma gondii interconversion La Terza, A., Buonnanno, F., Ballarini, P. & Miceli, C. Tetrahymena thermophila as whole cell biosensor for environmental biomonitoring Bauer, A., Rosati, G., Ludwig, W., Schleifer, K.H. & Petroni, G. Molecular phylogeny of free-living and symbiotic Verrucomicrobiales by using protein coding genes Buonanno, F., Bramucci, M., Ilo, H. & Ortenzi, C. Effects of climacostol on normal and tumoral mammalian cell lines Fokin, S. Euplotes daidaleos and its endocytobionts Gramiccia, M., Di Muccio, T., Scalone, A., Rossi, E., Bongiorno, G., Maroli, M., Poglayen, G. & Gradoni, L. The application of molecular techniques to the surveillance and control of leishmaniasis in Italy: the facts and doubts Hartmann, M., Ludwig, W., Schleifer, K.H. & Petroni, G. Unusual tubulins with deviant genetic code in the hypotrich ciliate Euplotidium itoi Modeo, L., Petroni, G., Verni, F. & Rosati, G. A multidisciplinary approach to describe protists: redescription of Chattonidium setense Villenueve, 1937 (Ciliophora, Heterotrichea) Pilhofer, M., Rosati, G., Ludwig, W., Schleifer, K.H. & Petroni, G. Searching for tubulin-like genes in free-living bacteria and symbionts of ciliates. Characterization of the genomic environment of tubulin genes from Prosthecobater Ramoinio, P., Usai, C., Guella, G. & Dini, F. Effect of euplotin C on swimming behavior in Paramecium Scutera, S., Raimondo, S., Conti, S., Magliani, W., Polonelli, L. & Savoia, D. Activity of a killer peptide on the growth and ultrastructure of leishmaniae Schrallhammer, M., Görtz, H.-D., Ludwig, W., Schleifer, K.H. & Petroni, G. Characterization of R-body genetic determinants in Caedibacter caryophilus a symbiont of Paramecium caudatum: preliminary results Trielli, F., Amaroli, A., Ognibene, M., Falugi, C. & Delmonte Corrado, M.U. Effects of Xenobiotic Compounds on Cell Activities in Euplotes crassus Vannini, C., Hahn, M., Petroni, G., Verni, F.O., Lucchesi, S. & Rosati, G. Recent adaptation to symbiotic life-style: the Polynucleobacter-Euplotes system |