Programme

**List of speakers**
			Title	Abstract
1	Dr. Ramesh S. Paranjape	National AIDS Research Institute	HIV Scenario in India: Challenges and Opportunities for prevention	Abstract (pdf)
2	Dr. Rupak Singla	LRS Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases	Programmatic Management of M/X DR-TB in India: constraints and solutions	Abstract (pdf)
3	Dr. Pawan Sharma	Immunology Group ICGEB International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology	Modulation of macrophage function by the proteins secreted from the RD-1 region of M. tuberculosis	Abstract (pdf)
4	Dr. Pushkar Sharma	National Institute of Immunology	Dissection of signaling and trafficking events in malaria parasite	Abstract (pdf)
5	Prof. Valakunja Nagaraja	Dpt of Microbiology and Cell Biology Institute of Science	Topoisomerases, topology modulatory proteins and topology - transcription coupling in mycobacteria	Abstract (pdf)
6	Dr Sujatha Narayanan	Dpt of Immunology Tuberculosis Research Centre	Protein kinase E of Mycobacterium tuberculosis has a role in the nitric oxide stress response and apoptosis in a human macrophage model of infection	Abstract (pdf)
7	Dr. Kiran Katoch	National Jalma Institute for Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases	DOTS experience in Ghatampur	Abstract (pdf)
8	Dr. Neena Valecha	National Institute of Malaria Research	Drug Susceptibility of malaria parasites: implications in treatment	Abstract (pdf)
9	Dr. Sudhir Sinha	Drug Target Discovery and Development Division Central Drug Research Institute	Challenges in anti-TB drug discovery and the CDRI initiative	Abstract (pdf)
10	Professor Jaya S. Tyagi	Dpt of Biotechnology All India Institute of Medical Sciences	Dormant M.tb: Challenges and opportunities	Abstract (pdf)
11	Dr. Shekar C. Mande	Centre for DNA fingerprinting & Diagnostics	Multiple functions of M. tuberculosis chaperonins;	Abstract (pdf)
12	Dr. Vasanthapuram Kumaraswami	Tuberculosis Research Centre	Mycobacterial and Helminth Co-infections	Abstract (pdf)
13	Prof. Hans-Peter Beck	Molecular Parasitology and Epidemiology Unit Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology Swiss Tropical Institute	Cell biological aspects of malaria (temporary title)	abstract will come later
14	Dr Angela Ciuffi	Institute of Microbiology - IMUL University Hospital Center and University of Lausanne	HIV integration and LEDGF/p75	Abstract (pdf)
15	Dr Dirk Dobbelaere	Division of Molecular Pathobiology VetsuisseFaculty University of Bern	Theileria-induced host cell transformation: a matter of "divide and rule"	Abstract (pdf)
16	Prof. Christian Doerig	INSERM, Wellcome Centre for Parasitology	Malaria: Targeting parasite and host cell kinomes	Abstract (pdf)
17	Prof. John McKinney	Laboratory of Bacteriology Global Health Institute - Life Sciences EPFL	Single-cell analysis of persistence in Mycobacteria	Abstract (pdf)
18	Prof. Giuseppe Pantaleo	Service of Immunology and Allergy University Hospital Center Lausanne	HIV Vaccine: where we are, where we should be, where we may be	abstract will come later
19	Prof. Jean Pieters	Biozentrum University of Basel	Life and Death of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with Host Macrophages	Abstract (pdf)
20	Dr Claudia Sala	Laboratory of Prof. Cole Global Health Institute - Life Sciences EPFL	Towards a regulatory map of the genome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis	Abstract (pdf)
21	Prof. Peter Sander	Institute of Medical Microbiology University of Zurich	Mycobacterial lipoproteins - symthesis, structure and their role in virulence	Abstract (pdf)
22	Prof. Dominique Soldati-Favre	Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine University of Geneva	Mechanisms controlling motility and host cell invasion by the Apicomplexans	Abstract (pdf)
23	Prof. Didier Trono	Laboratory of Virology and Genetics Global Health Institute - Life Sciences EPFL	Epigenetic control of retroelements	Abstract (pdf)
24	Prof. Till Voss	Gene Regulation Unit Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology Swiss Tropical Institute	The role of heterochromatin protein 1 in phenotypic variation of Plasmodium falciparum virulence factors	Abstract (pdf)