Parasite-vector interactions / Parasite immunity Friday, July 3, 2009, Hall Belvedere I-II 10:30-11:00 Tick-host interface: An immunological battleground Nuttall P.A. 11:00-11:30 Immunity to parasites: lessons from whole animal infection experiments Wiegertjes G.F., Forlenza M., Ribeiro C.M.S., Jurecko P., Ruszczyk A., Belosevic M., Savelkoul H.F.J. 11:30-11:50 Tick- borrelia relations: insights into molecular interactions Grubhoffer L., Hajdušek O., Vancová M., Burešová V., Slavíčková K., Štěrba J., Golovchenko M., Matějovská T., Rudenko N. 11:50-12:10 Macroevolutionary implications of immunological phenomena: The example of trematodes and snails Loker E.S. 12:10-12:30 Characterization of acquired resistance to parasite infection in the snail Biomphalaria glabrata Hanington P.C., Lun C.M., Adema C.M., Loker E.S.