Amalia is a PhD student based at University College Dublin. Her project focuses on the effects of Fasciola hepatica co-infection on other important livestock diseases, one of the subtasks of the PARAGONE project. In her research she uses in vitro…
Dr. Karen Fairlie-Clarke joined Project Coordinator, Jacqui Matthews, and rest of the PARAGONE team at Moredun Research Institute in May this year to work on nematode vaccine development. Her research background is in immune-mediated host-parasite interactions, in particular co-infections. Since…
Mar Siles-Lucas attended the 14th International Congress of Parasitology (ICOPA), held from the 19th to the 24th August 2018 in Daegu, Korea. Dr. Siles-Lucas presented the results obtained in the PARAGONE project on “Recognition pattern of the Fasciola hepatica vaccine…
Cwiklinski, K., Jewhurst, H., McVeigh, P., Barbour, T., Maule, A., Tort, J., Robinson, M., O’Neill, S.M., Donnelly, S. & Dalton, J.P. (2018) Mol Cell Proteomics. 17:792-809. doi:10.1074/mcp.RA117.000445 http://www.mcponline.org/content/17/4/792.long Our study published in Molecular Cell Proteomics integrates a range of ‘omics’…
Mar Siles is Director of the Research Institute in Salamanca and also a partner in www.paragoneh2020.eu Her Biobanking expertise has come in handy in developing helminth vaccine strategies. Cutting-edge science with real practical benefits coming from the Ghent University team in www.paragoneh2020.eu…
Dominguez, M.F., González-Miguel, J., Carmona, C., Dalton, J.P., Cwiklinski, K., Tort, J., Siles-Lucas, M. Low allelic diversity in vaccine candidates genes from different locations sustain hope for Fasciola hepatica immunization. Veterinary ParasitologyVolume 258, 15 July 2018, Pages 46-52 Read here…
University College Dublin has recently published an article entitled “Validation of a spatial liver fluke model under field conditions in Ireland” in conjunction with Teagasc AGRIC and The Centre for Veterinary Epidemiology and Risk Analysis (CVERA). This study aimed to…
Subunit vaccines to control several globally-important livestock parasite infections are under varying phases stages in their development. Scientists in the EU Horizon 2020 funded project, PARAGONE, are taking the most promising prototypes and testing them in further trials, as well…
University College Dublin in conjunction with Queens University and Zoetis Inc., have recently published the article 'Antibody recognition of cathepsin L1-derived peptides in Fasciola hepatica-infected and/or vaccinated cattle and identification of protective linear B-cell epitopes'. This study reflects one of…
The Veterinary Vaccinology Network will hold its fourth conference on 18th and 19th January 2018 at the University of Stirling. Veterinary vaccines not only protect against animal health but also enhance animal welfare; aid in improving livestock production; meet growth…