Schistosoma transfer – travel grant (Old ID 23086)

Australian Society for Parasitology
Role

Principal Investigator

Description

The technique I will learn at Ruperti's laboratory at the National Research Council (Italy) will allow us to transfer adult schistosomes from one host into a recipient host. This surgical procedure consists in transferring live adult schistosomes obtained from mice (or other hosts) into the mesenteric veins of recipient mice. The major advantage of this technique is that adults obtained from a host can be treated in different ways and by transferring them back into new hosts we can study the survival rate of the treated worms. This will help us identify the key genes and proteins involved in parasite establishment and survival and develop new and more effective vaccines and drugs against this devastating disease.

Date

18 Mar 2017 - 27 Mar 2017

Project Type

GRANT

Keywords

Schistosoma;Schistosomiasis;Transfer technique

Funding Body

Australian Society for Parasitology

Amount

2727

Project Team

N/A