the second scientific meeting in the series :  anthelmintics : from discovery to resistance  was held in san diego in february , 2016 . 
 the focus topics of the meeting , related to anthelmintic discovery and resistance , were novel technologies , bioinformatics , commercial interests , anthelmintic modes of action and anthelmintic resistance . 
 basic scientific , human and veterinary interests were addressed in oral and poster presentations . 
 the delegates were from universities and industries in the us , europe , australia and new zealand . 
 the papers were a great representation of the field , and included the use of c.  elegans for lead discovery , mechanisms of anthelmintic resistance , nematode neuropeptides , proteases , b.  thuringiensis crystal protein , nicotinic receptors , emodepside , benzimidazoles , p - glycoproteins , natural products , microfluidic techniques and bioinformatics approaches . 
 the nih also presented niaid - specific parasite genomic priorities and initiatives . from these papers 
 we introduce below selected papers with a focus on anthelmintic drug screening and development .