Schistosoma genomics

This web page is a resource to the Schisto research community interested in pushing the genomics field forward.  This derives from the discussions Dan Colley and Evan Secor initiated: A schistosomiasis research agenda (link to manuscript in PLoS Negl Trop Dis).

The discussion on the genomics topic is being coordinated by Guilherme Oliveira and Tim Yoshino.

This is an open forum.  If you want to add information please send me the text/file.

Communication

We will use bionet/schistosoma to exchange messages.  I would encorage all of you to subscribe to it.  Instructions can be found here (look for SCHITOSOMA) or in this file.

Points for discussion

- Involve the community in the integration of the genomics data into SchistoDB.
- Seek support for maintenance of SchistoDB as a community genomics database.  Annotation and uploading new data is difficult to fund.
- Seek individuals to work in collaborative projects on:
     . Large scale RNAi knockdown.
     . Development of transgenesis.
     . Push for the sequencing of B. glabrata.
     . Further genome sequencing, assembly and annotation.
     . Development of a Schistosoma cell line.
     . S. mansoni X S. japonicum comparative genomics.
- Find space in the next ASTMH meeting to have people discuss above and other possibilities.
- Once we have given this sufficient thought perhaps publish the ideas in a journal like Trends in Parasitol/PLoS NTD to stimulate the community.

List members, home institutions and interests

Name Institution Area
Adrian P. Mountford University of York (Department of Biology)  
Adriana Erica Miele Dept. of Biochemical Sciences, University of Rome "Sapienza"  Structural genomics, enzyme mechanism of action
Akram Da'dara Harvard School of Public health  
Alain Dessein INSERM  Fac Med  
Alison Elliott Uganda Virus Research Institute  
Anne Camille La Flamme Victoria University of Wellington  
Antonio Muro Universidad de Salamanca  
Benjamin Gourbal Biologie et Ecologie Tropicale et Méditerranéenne Perpignan France  
Carlos A. Rivera-Marrer0 Emory University  
Charles Cunningham University of New Mexico Genome annotation
Charles D. Criscione Texas A&M University  Population genetics
Christoph G. Grevelding Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Institute for Parasitology  RNAi, transgenesis, Schistosoma cell line
Christoph GRUNA University of Perpignan  
Christopher Bayne Oregon State University  Cell lines
Chuck Shoemaker Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine  
Colette Dissous Inserm Institut Pasteur Lille  
Conor caffrey Sandler Center, UCSF  
Cornelis H. Hokke Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Parasitology  
Dan Colley University of Georgia  
David Williams Rush University Medical Center  
Dennis J. Minchella Purdue University  
Diana Karanja Kenya Medical Res. Institute  
Don McManus QIMR  
Dorcas Yole Institute of Primate Research,  
Eyrun F Kjetland Centre for imported and tropical diseases, Ulleval University Hospital  
Francesco Angelucci Dept. of Biochemical Sciences "A. Rossi Fanelli", University of Rome Sapienza Structural genomics, enzyme mechanism of action
Francisca Mutapi University of Edinburgh  
Gerald M. Mkoji Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)  
Giovanna Boumis Dept. Biochemical Sciences "A. Rossi Fanelli"
"Sapienza" University of Rome		 Structural genomics, enzyme mechanism of action
Gloria Franco Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais  
Guilherme Oliveira Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou - FIOCRUZ Sequencing, bioinforamatics, RNAi
Henrik Ullum Dept. Clinical Immunology, Rigshospitalet  
Hu Wei     
Jim McKerrow UCSF Sandler Center  
Jimmy Kihara Kenya medical research institute  
Jon Vermeire Yale University School of Medicine  
Karl Hoffmann Aberystwyth University  
Kenji Hirayama Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University  
Littlewood, DTJ (Tim) The Natural History Museum  
Malcolm Jones Queensland Institute of Medical Research  
Marcelo Fantappie Federal University of Rio de Janeiro  
Marion Becker Institute of Genetics, Medical School, University of Nottingham  
Matty Knight Biomedical Research Institute  
Maurizio Brunori Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche, "Sapienza" Universita' di Roma Structural genomics, enzyme mechanism of action
Miguel J. Stadecker Tufts U. School of Medicine  
Mohamed A idris Sultan Qaboos University, College of Medicine & health Sciences  
Nicholas Midzi National Institute of Health Research  
Omar Carvalho Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou/Fiocruz  
Patrick Skelly Cummings School of veterinary Medicine, Tufts University  
Paul Brindley George Washington University Medical Center  
Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho Instituto Renè Rachou/Fundação Oswaldo Cruz(FIOCRUZ)  
Philip LoVerde University of Texas Health Science Center  
R Alan Wilson University of York, Department of Biology  
Ramaswamy Kalyanasundaram University of Illinois  
Raymond Pierce Inserm U547, Institut Pasteur de Lille  RNAi
Robert M. Greenberg University of Pennsylvania  
Robert Tweyongyere Makerere University/ Uganda Virus Research Institute  
Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira Centro de Pesquisas Rene Rachou - FIOCRUZ  
Ronald Blanton Case Western Reserve University  
Ronaldo Scholte Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou  
Russell Stothard Nautral History Museum  
Sergio Oliveira Federal University of Minas Gerais  
Stephen T McGarvey Brown University  
Susanne Sokolow University of California  
Thomas K. Kristensen DBL, University of Copenhagen Copenhagen  
Thomas Kariuki Institute of Primate Research  
Timothy Yoshino University of Wisconsin-Madison  
Toshie kawano Butantan Institute  
W. Evan Secor Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  
Yong Long Li Department of Parasitology, Tongji Medical College  
Zheng Feng  Inst. Parasitic Diseases,  Shanghai, People's Republic of China  
Zhongdao Wu Zhongshan Medical School, Sun Yat-sen University  

Contacts

Guilherme Oliveira - e-mail
Tim Yoshino - e-mail