
INVITED SPEAKERS

BRUNO GOTTSTEIN
University of Berne, Faculty of Medicine, Immunoparasitology, Institute of Infectious Diseases - Switzerland
"Experimental immunotherapy for alveolar echinococcosis and vaccination against Echinococcus multilocularis infection"

PATRICK GIRAUDOUX
Emeritus Professor of Université de Franche-Comté, La Bouloie, Besançon Cedex – France
"One Health and Echinoccoses"

WENBAO ZHANG
First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University – China
"New drugs and targets against cystic echinococcosis"

MAJID FASIHI HARANDI
Director, Research Center for Hydatid Disease in Iran
Dept of Parasitology, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman – Iran
"Echinococcosis in children and adolescents"

POLYCHRONIS KOSTOULAS
Epidemiology at University of Thessaly, Karditsa, Thessalia - Greece
"Novel methods for diagnostic test evaluation and true prevalence estimation of echinococcosis"

DAVID HEATH
Emeritus Professor of AgResearch New Zealand Ltd, Hopkirk Research Institute, Grasslands Research Centre, Tennent Drive, Palmerston North - New Zealand
"Echinococcosis Vaccine Journey"

BUNYAMIN AKGUL
İzmir Institute of Technology,
İzmir - Turkey
"Noncoding RNAs in cell death and proliferation"

MURAT KASAP
Kocaeli University, Department of Medical Biology, Kocaeli – Turkey
"The power of proteomics in understanding metabolic changes: Towards understanding membrane proteome"

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UGUR SEZERMAN
Acıbadem University, School of Medicine, İstanbul - Turkey
''Applications of Bioinformatics in Medicine''

YENER AYDIN
Ataturk University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Thoracic Surgery,
Erzurum - Turkey
"Diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary cystic echinococcosis - alveolar echinococcosis"

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HASAN BESIM
Near East University,
Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery, Nicosia - Cyprus
"Case discussions"

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SERRA ORSTEN
Vocational School of Health Services at Hacettepe University, Ankara - Turkey
"Cystic echinococcosis: Carcinogenic or anticarcinogenic? Review on molecular evidence"
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METIN YALCIN
Health Sciences University
Antalya Training and Research Hospital,
Antalya - Turkey
"Hepatic cystic echinococcosis and immunity in humans''

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GURKAN OZTURK
Ataturk University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery,
Erzurum - Turkey
"Surgical treatment of CE of the liver: consensus report of the Turkish HPB Surgery Association"

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FAIK TATLI
Harran University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery,
Sanliurfa-Turkey
"Demographic characteristics of CE patients in a center where CE surgery is performed intensively"

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CUNEYT KAYAALP
Yeditepe University, Koşuyolu Hospital, Department of General Surgery
İstanbul-Turkey
"Case discussions"

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OKAN AKHAN
Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology
Ankara-Turkey
"Case Discussions"

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SEHER TOPLUOGLU
Ministry of Health,
General Directorate of Public Health
Ankara-Turkey
"Cystic Echinococcosis in the Scope of Turkey Zoonotic Diseases Action Plan (2019-2023)"

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HAKAN USLU
Ataturk University, Faculty of Medicine,
Department of Medical Microbiology
Erzurum-Turkey
"Studies on cystic echinococcosis and health care"

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SUAT EREN
Ataturk University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology
Erzurum-Turkey
"Treatment of Liver Hydatid Disease with Insight of Interventional Radiologist"
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ZAREMA OBRADOVIC
University of Sarajevo,
Faculty for Health Studies,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
"Echinococcosis - neglected zoonosis in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina"

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SINAN OKCUOGLU
Municipal Veterinary Medicine Association
Izmir-Turkey
"Zoonosis control"
YOUNG RESEARCHERS

EYLEM AKDUR OZTURK Cukurova University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Adana - Turkey
"Noninvazive Liquid biopsy applications in diagnosis of Echinococcoses"

SERRA ORSTEN
Vocational School of Health Services at Hacettepe University, Ankara - Turkey
"Omic approaches for Echinococcus spp."

OZGE SARICA YILMAZ
Manisa Celal Bayar University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Biology, Manisa - Turkey
"Creating awareness of cystic echinococcosis; Izmir province sample"

ELVAN TOKGUN
Pamukkale University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Genetics, Denizli - Turkey
"The role of Next Generation Sequencing on identification of Echinococcus granulosus infection"