ABSTRACTS FROM SECTION MEETINGS 2004

(also available 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)

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Society of Protozoologists

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



Groupement des Protistologues de Langue Française (GPLF)

42nd Annual Meeting

May 12-14 2004

Montpellier, France


Platform

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?


Poster

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



Scandinavian Section Society of Protozoologists

26th Annual Meeting

May 6, 2004


Chen, F. & Leick, V.  Effects of Ginkgo biloba extract and its constituents on chemotaxis and cGMP-dependent protein kinase activity in Tetrahymena thermophila

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



Czech Section Society of Protozoologists

34th Jirovec protozoological days

2004, Czech Republic


Flegr, J., Hrusková, M., Hodny, Z. & Hanusová, J.   Body height, body mass index, waist-hip ratio, fluctuating asymmetry and second to fourth digit ratio (2D:4D) in subjects with latent toxoplasmosis

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