Session 1 (June 14th): Evolution of Trypanosomatidae (M-427)

9:15 – 10:00 Marek Eliáš
The fascinating evolutionary journey from an excavate ancestor to the first trypanosomatid

10:00 – 10:20 Alexei Kostygov
Novel trypanosomatid – bacterium association: a snapshot of an early stage of endosymbiosis evolution

10:20 – 10:40 Kristína Záhonová
A novel alternative genetic code in Blastocrithidia sp.

11:05 – 11:50 Julius Lukeš
The flagellum-derived attachment pad and other ancestral features of the kinetoplastid Paratrypanosoma

11:50 – 12:10 Danyil Grybchuk
Prevalence of RNA viruses in Leishmaniinae

12:10 – 12:25
Sponsor's presentation (Olympus): New products for cell culture