1. Groups, pictures/names Topics Experimental tracking of life cycle
Echinostoma paraensei / Biomphalaria glabrata
Investigating parasite - host specificity
Echinostoma paraensei / Biomphalaria
Microscopy

2. Topics for powerpoints
Choose a topic for your 15 minutes PPT oral presentation (12min +3min questions)
Indicate your choice ( /first come basis) to TA, by January 28.
1 Reconstruction of the life cycle of ALIEN (Movies 1 and 2)
2 Superspreaders
3 Local adaptation
4 Climate change and parasites
5 Quack medicine and parasites
6 Are parasites good for your immunity?
7 Malaria drugs, would you take them?
8 Delusional parasitosis
9 Local pets and parasites
10 Immunologically privileged sites
11 Food spices and parasite species
12 Biological control
13 Drug resistance
14 Parasites of parasites (hyperparasitism)
15 HIV and parasites
16 Specialization of (larval) stages of parasites
17 Invasive species and parasites
18 How many parasites?
19 Final sites in a common host
20 Immunity of parasites
21 Modification of host physiology
22 Parasites and forensic science
23 Human migrations and parasites
Other ideas? Talk to instructors

3. Groups, pictures/names Topics Experimental tracking of life cycle
Echinostoma paraensei / Biomphalaria glabrata
Investigating parasite - host specificity
Echinostoma paraensei / Biomphalaria
Inspect/draw morphology behavior

7. Inspect/describe outside anatomy/behavior of Biomphalaria
Inspect/describe morphology/behavior eggs/miracidia E. paraensei
Add snails* to parasites, inspect/describe behavior of both.
* Either New world Biomphalaria glabrata (M line, VG) or Old world Biomphalaria pfeifferi