ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
MARGARITA OSTROWSKI DE NÚÑEZ
HONORARY PRESIDENT
Dr. Ostrowski de Núñez has been a member of the Argentine Parasitological Association since its origins. She devoted most of her research work to studying the biology and taxonomy of digenae. Through more than 100 publications, she has described hundreds of larval stages and elucidated the life cycles of nearly thirty species of fish, reptile, bird and mammal trematodes in freshwater environments. She was a Principal Investigator at CONICET, professor of Helminthology at the University of Buenos Aires, and gave numerous courses on trematode biology at universities in Argentina, Germany, Mexico, and Uruguay.
Dr. Ostrowski de Núñez has made an outstanding contribution to the knowledge of the larval stages and life cycles of digenates from freshwater environments in the Neotropical Region.
DORA DAVIES
PRESIDENT
Professor at Biological Sciences Department (National University of Salta), Graduate in Biological Sciences, Dr. in Biological Sciences from the National University of Salta.
Regular Professor of practical courses of Diversity of Metazoa, Faculty of Natural Sciences, National University of Salta.
CAROLINA DAVIES
ACADEMIC SECTION
Degree in Biological Sciences (UNSa, Argentina, 2001)
Master of Biomedical Science (VUW, New Zealand, 2006)
Doctor from the Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry (UBA, Argentina, 2012).
Assistant Researcher at CONICET (2014 to date) at the Institute of Experimental Pathology (IPE), double unit CONICET- Faculty of Health Sciences, UNSa.
Work topics:
- Drugs with trypanomicidal activity in vitro and in murine models, -Identification by molecular methods of species of digene parasites of vertebrates associated with aquatic environments of the Lerma Valley in Salta, Argentina.
VIRGINIA MARTÍNEZ
ACADEMIC SECTION
Professor and Graduate in Biological Sciences from the National University of Salta. She has a master's degree in Continental Aquatic Ecology (Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe) and a PhD in Biological Sciences (UNSa).
She develops as Associate Professor of the Department of Animal Histology, Faculty of Natural Sciences (FCN-UNSa) and as Associate Professor of the Department of Cell Biology (FCN-UNSa).
REGINA PÁRRAGA
COORDINATION SECTION
Degree in Biological Sciences. Professor of Microbiology and Parasitology of the Nursing career at National University of Salta in Tartagal Regional Headquarters. Director and Member of CIUNSa. Research projects on Human Parasitology and Helminth parasites of aquatic fauna.
Member of the Institute for the Study of Invertebrate Biodiversity (IEBI), Faculty of Natural Sciences, UNSa.
FLORENCIA LIQUIN
FINANCE SECTION
Degree in Biological Sciences. CONICET doctoral fellow. She is currently working in the Parasitology laboratory, belonging to the Institute for the Study of Invertebrate Biodiversity (IEBI) in the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the National University of Salta. My work topic is the study of parasites in freshwater molluscs, specifically those of the genus Corbicula, an invasive species commonly known as "Asian clam".
In the development of my research I sought to determine the parasites that infect these clams in a natural and / or experimental way; the variables that could influence the infection and their effects on a morphological, histological and physiological level.
LORENA AILÁN CHOKE
INFORMATION AND SOCIAL MEDIA
Degree in Biological Sciences and PhD in Biology. CONICET postdoctoral fellow. She is currently working in the Parasitology laboratory, belonging to the Institute for the Study of Invertebrate Biodiversity (IEBI) in the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the National University of Salta.
She is currently studying the diversity of fish parasitic nematodes from environments belonging to the Paranó-Platense basin.
GABRIELA CHAUQUE
COMMITTEE MEMBER
Prof. in Biological Sciences and student of the last year of the "Licenciatura" in Biological Sciences of the National University of Salta. She is currently working on a degree thesis at the Parasitology Lab of the Faculty of Natural Sciences at the same University. Member of the CIUNSa Research project.
JOSÉ GIL
COMMITTEE MEMBER
Graduate and Doctor in Biological Sciences, with a post-doctorate in Epidemiology. I study various regional and vector-borne diseases from the Institute for Unconventional Energy Research (INENCO), which depends on the National University of Salta (UNSa) and the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), and from the Institute of Investigations of Tropical Diseases (IIET) of the UNSa in Orán, Salta.
JUAN JOSÉ LAUTHIER
COMMITTEE MEMBER
Degree in Biological Sciences, Doctor of Biological Sciences from the National University of Salta, Argentina; and, Doctor of Medicine from the University of Kochi, Japan. My research is focused on typing and molecular phylogeny of different parasites, both of human and ecological interest.
I work with teams from the Institute for Research in Medical Microbiology and Parasitology (IMPAM-CONICET-UBA), Department of Parasitology (KMS, Kochi, Japan) and research groups located at UNSa. Recently I have turned to the communication of science as coordinator for the Province of Salta of the international science communication event, Pint of Science, in addition to participating in a weekly science column in the Alterna block of radio Vorterix Salta, FM 102.9 mhz.
VERÓNICA OLIVO
COMMITTEE MEMBER
Degree in Biological Sciences in Zoology orientation (National University of Tucuman) and Doctor of Natural Sciences (National University of La Plata).
I am currently in charge of the Department of Agricultural Zoology where I develop the topic of ecological interactions of functional groups of agricultural importance.
PAULA RAGONE
COMMITTEE MEMBER
Graduate in Biological Sciences, Doctor in Biological Sciences. CONICET assistant researcher at the Institute of Experimental Pathology (IPE) - CONICET-UNSa. My line of research is based on genetic, molecular and biological studies of Trypanosoma cruzi, the development of animal models and models in vector insects, as well as epidemiological studies of Chagas disease.
I also work as a professor assistant in the department of cell biology, embryology and genetics, as well as in the department of scientific research methodology, both part of the School of Health of the Catholic University of Salta.
