Conference Themes

Information on the scientific programme will be updated regularly. We expect to hold sessions based around the following major themes.

Parasites, genes and evolution: detection and avoidance of infective agents; host-parasite co-evolution; immune genes and parasite infection; virulence and local adaptation in host-parasite interactions.

Fitness consequences of infections: effects on host physiology, behaviour, growth and development; parasites and sexual selection in fish; pathology of infection.

Ecological implications of parasitism: population, community and ecosystem consequences of parasite infections; brood parasitism in fish; the ecology and evolution of cleaner fish symbioses.

Host-parasite interactions in altered environments: impacts of climate change, habitat degradation and aquatic pollutants on host-parasite interactions; the implications of species introductions for host-parasite interactions.