Earlier this month, Dr Gary Chiang chaired a symposium on the biology of blood-sucking conenoses, vectors of Chagas Disease at the 7th International Congress of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry. The quadrennial event took place Aug 12-16 in Salvadore, Bahia, Brazil.
Speakers were:
- K.G. Davey, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
- I. Orchard, University of Toronto, Mississauga, ON, Canada.
- E.S. Garcia and Dr. P. Azambuja, Departamento de Bioquimica e Biologia; Molecular, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
- Erwin Huebner, University of Manitoba, Canada. (pictured above)
- Claudio R. Lazzari, Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université François Rabelais, France.
The conenose, or Kissing Bug, is the principal vector of the parasite that causes Chagas' disease, which affects millions in South America. Chagas' disease, which more frequently attacks children, involves fever and damage to the spleen and nervous system, as well as to the liver and the heart muscles. It is sometimes fatal.
2 comments:
Question for Gary: One of the speakers at the conference on the conenose was a Dr. Davey. Didn't you do research under a Davey at U of T? Same person?
Alan Meijer
Hi Al,
My brother-in-law directed me to this comment. I had forgotten that this blog exists.
As to your question, yes, I did work for Davey and still ask him questions about work he did in his younger days.
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