The CDIPD is pleased to acknowledge and thank the following guest speakers for their time in presenting their latest research findings to the assembled CDIPD membership and guests.

1. August 18th, 2023.   Daniel Sojka, Ph.D. Independent Research Scientist at the Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. Title: The proteasome in Babesia as a drug target. 

2. December 1st, 2023.   Marta Chanova, Ph.D. Assistant Professor at the 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic. Title: 

   Emerging helminthiases in the Czech Republic, Central Europe.

3. March 22nd, 2024.   William Fenical, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor of Oceanography and Pharmaceutical Science, Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Title: The ocean, an untapped source for new drug discovery. 

4. October 31st, 2025.   Yi-Ting Yeh, Ph.D. Research Scientist, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington.  Title: Biomechanics of schistosome infection: from parasite locomotion to host-vascular crosstalk.