Example Schedule:

Date Morning session Afternoon session

TBD

Welcome, course introduction

Lab intro - equipment, safety, parasite handling

Associations between organisms

Intro to schisto life cycle

What is a parasite?

Miracidia hatching, fixing, IMF day1

From host to host

Miracidia IMF day2

Parasite diversity – single celled

Miracidia IMF day3

Parasite diversity – multicellular

Miracidia imaging

Helminths and disease

Miracidia imaging

Schistosomiasis

Identification of local parasites- DNA barcoding & morphology

Identification of local parasites- DNA barcoding & morphology

Identification of local parasites- DNA barcoding & morphology

Student Projects

Student Projects

Student Projects

Student Projects

Student Projects