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Canadian Society of Zoologists
Parasitism, Immunity & Environment
(PIE Section)
2019 PIE Symposium
"Parasites and the microbiome: from environment to immunity”
Organizer: James Wasmuth
Speakers:
Nolwenn Dheilly, Stony Brook University, USA "The holobiont parasite: Advances and perspectives"
John Parkinson, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto "Dissecting parasite-microbe interactions: From communities to neighbours"
Lisa Reynolds, University of Victoria "A small intestinal helminth alters the intestinal metabolome and promotes pathogenic bacterial colonization"
Past PIE Symposia
2018 "Environmental contaminants and parasitism: What do we know and what questions need to be addressed?”
Speakers: Dr. Mark Forbes, Carleton University; Dr. Dave Marcogliese, Env & Climate Change Canada; Dr. Mark Fast, University of Prince Edward Island
Mark Forbes, Carleton University
2018 PIE Symposium Talk: "Testing for dual effects of contaminants and parasitism: Lessons from waterbird-helminth associations"
Dave Marcogliese, Env & Cl Ch Canada
2018 PIE Symposium Talk: "Parasites as indicators of environmental stress: Lessons from aquatic ecosystems"
Mark Fast, U of Prince Edward Island
2018 PIE Symposium Talk: "It's not you, it's me: Ectoparasites implicate and complicate contaminant impacts on fish"
2017 "Global drivers for shifts in host-pathogen associations"
Speakers: Dr. Louise Rollins-Smith, Vanderbilt University; Dr. Craig Willis, University of Winnipeg; Dr. James Stafford, University of Alberta; Dr. Emily Jenkins, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan.
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