Updated on 8 June 2012
 

Welcome Messages

The 82nd Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Parasitology will be held in Tokyo, Japan, from 29 March 2013 to 31 March 2013 at the Yushima campus of Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) hosted by the Section of Environmental Parasitology. Since the First Annual Meeting of the Society was held in 1929 in Tokyo, the Society members have been transmitted important accomplishments about parasites/parasitic infections toward the rest of the world. It is my great pleasure to welcome you to the conference, and also I feel the weight of my keen responsibility as a president of the conference.

   
In 2013, it is the 100th anniversary of discovery of the intermediate host of Schistosoma japonicum, Oncomelania hupensis nosophora, by Dr. Keinosuke Miyairi. Taking this opportunity, we are planning to have an exhibition commemorating his work at the conference, which will be co-hosted by National Science Museum, Meguro Parasitological Museum and the Keinosuke Miyairi Memorial Museum, during the conference. Also featured will be a special lecture concerning of autophagy by Professor N. Mizushima of the University of Tokyo, and symposia on current findings of gene expression and regulation in helminthic parasites. I sincerely hope that this conference will be an important opportunity for dissemination and sharing intelligence of new findings on parasitology.

   
The key concept of the conference is "Parasitus, varietas delectat" in Latin, which means that the diversity of themes will often provide a surprising result or bring in a seed for new scientific idea.

   
All society members are invited to join this conference at this outstanding facility that located in the heart of Tokyo, adjacent to the JR Ocha-no-mizu Station. We are looking forward to welcoming you to the 82nd Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Parasitology in 2013.

   
Nobuo OHTA, MD PhD
President, The 82nd Anuual Meeting of Japanese Society of Parasitology
Director, The Japanese Society of Parasitology
Professor, Tokyo Medical and Dental University

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