4th International Caparica Conference on Leishmaniasis 2025

12th – 16th October 2025 | Caparica | Portugal

Keynote Speakers

Lars Gille, PhD

University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna (Austria)

Sergi Segarra, PhD

Bioiberica (Spain)

Ingo Schäfer, PhD

Laboklin GmbH & Co. KG, Department of Clinical Pathology, Bad Kissingen, Bavaria (Germany)

Feline leishmaniosis: a practical approach with clinical signs, diagnostics, therapy and management

Albert Descoteaux, PhD

INRS (Canada)

Inter-organelle communication in Leishmania-infected macrophages

Dan Zilberstein, PhD

Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (Israel)

The arginine sensing pathway in Leishmania

Márcia Dalastra Laurenti, PhD

Medical School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)

Non-Ulcerated Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, a Benign Clinical Form of Leishmania (L.) infantum chagasi Infection

Marie Lipoldová, PhD

Charles University in Prague (Czech Republic)

Role of interferon-induced GTPases in leishmaniasis

Pegine Walrad, PhD

University of York (UK)

Carolina Rodriguez-Cariño, PhD

Veterinary Pathologist, Clinical Pathology Department, IDEXX laboratories Iberia, Barcelona (Spain)

Pericardial effusion as a clinical manifestation of canine leishmaniosis

Pegine Walrad, PhD

York Biomedical Research Institute, York (UK)

Screening and modeling RNP trans-regulators of L.mexicana infectivity

Paul Denny, PhD

Durham University, Durham (UK)

Sanjai Nagendra, MD

Medical Director Center for Esoteric Testing and Atlantic Regional Labs, Burlington (USA)

Angela Kaysel Cruz, PhD

São Paulo University, São Paulo (Brazil)