Dear all, on behalf of the British Society for Parasitology we would like to encourage you to submit an abstract for this year's Spring Meeting (March 31st - Aprilst 1st 2010) which has a special focus on ecology and evolutionary biology. Below are a list of the key themes in this field along with a list of keynote speakers and chairs for these sessions. Also note that Prof Sir Roy Anderson will be the plenary speaker this year. The meeting will be held at Cardiff University, Wales, UK. We believe we have put together and exciting and dynamic program and all that is lacking now is you, so please come along and join us.
Sincerely Joanne Lello, Jo Cable and Sarah Perkins (Organising Committee) THEMES Parasite and host life-history traits Keynote address: Mark Viney (University of Bristol) Chair: Mike Begon Host-parasite co-evolution Keynote address: Francis Jiggins (University of Cambridge) Chair: TBC Parasite-transmission Keynote address: Richard Tinsley (University of Bristol) Chair: Jo Cable (Cardiff University) Parasite community ecology Keynote address: Mike Begon (University of Liverpool) Chair: Andy Fenton (University of Liverpool) Wildlife disease and invasions Keynote address: Hamish McCallum (Griffith School of Environment, Australia) Chair: Sarah Perkins (Cardiff University) Population dynamics and theoretical ecology Keynote speaker: Mike Boots (University of Sheffield) Chair: TBC Environmental and social influences on parasite epidemiology Keynote Speaker: Arne Skorping (Universiy of Bergen, Norway) Chair: TBC: Ecology meets immunology Keynote speaker: Minus van Baalen (University of Pierre and Marie Curie, France) Chair: Mark Viney (University of Bristol) Other sessions of ecological interest include: Disease control, Veterinary Parasitology (Keynote: Mike Stear Glasgow Vet School) and Aquatic Parasitology For the full programme see the BSP website: http://www.bsp.uk.net/events.php?id=6
