FW: International Workshop Molecular Epidemiology(2)
Escalante, Ananias
abe1 at CIDDPD2.EM.CDC.GOV
Sat Apr 27 14:28:00 BRT 1996
PRE-REGISTRATION FORM:
INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON MOLECULAR
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS OF PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS
LOCATION CDC, Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA
June 17-19, 1996
APPLICATION PROCEDURES: Because of the limited number of spaces available
the applicants should provide the following information by May 15.
First and last name.
Educational degree.
Phone number.
Research interest.
Interest in presenting in the poster session.
SEND PRE-REGISTRATION FORM TO PAMELA PATTERSON AT PSP0 at CIDDPD2.EM.CDC.GOV
770-488-4454 (Fax)
Please note the deadline of 5/15/96
NOTE: INDIVIDUALS SELECTED FOR THE CONFERENCE WILL BE NOTIFIED BY E-MAIL
BY MAY 22, 1996.
OTHER INFORMATION: There is no registration fee for the meeting but space
is limited. It is my understanding that a room in Atlanta, GA near the
CDC is around $82.00.
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WORKSHOP AGENDA:
International Workshop on Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics
of Pathogenic Microorganisms
June 17-19, 1996
A three-day workshop at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) organized under the auspices of the CDC, ORSTOM (the National French
agency for scientific research in developing countries), and CNRS (the
National French agency for basic research) is being organized to bring
together clinicians, epidemiologists, molecular biologists, and evolutionary
geneticists working on infectious diseases (parasites, fungi, bacteria, and
viruses) to discuss the various genetic tools in studies of microbe
identification, evolution, and epidemiologic investigations. This meeting is
co-sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,
Burroughs Wellcome Fund, National Foundation for CDC, Emory University
School of Public Health, and Boehringer Mannheim.
Health care providers, public health professionals, and laboratory
scientists are facing a range of issues in combating infectious diseases.
To meet these challenges, the scientific community needs to be able to
rapidly identify infectious agents in a manner that allows discrimination
of closely related strains and species, and to use genetic information for
studying evolution, emergence, and dispersal of these pathogens.
Over the last two decades, intense efforts have been devoted in several
laboratories toward developing molecular tools for the detection and strain
identification of pathogens. Some of these tools have been employed in
epidemiologic investigations of infectious agents in hospitals and
communities. Studies of population genetics have also created opportunities
for strain identification and molecular taxonomy and for exploring the
relationship between genetic diversity and properties of medical relevance
such as virulence, resistance to drugs, antigenic variation, susceptibility
to potential vaccines, and host and vector specificity.
To address the emerging infectious disease threats, the National Center
for Infectious Diseases (NCID), CDC, has developed a strategic plan that
emphasizes using surveillance and applied research to maintain a strong
defense against infectious diseases. A goal of this plan is the integration
of laboratory science and epidemiology to develop and use tools to detect
and promptly identify emerging and re-emerging pathogens, and investigate
factors that influence their emergence.
This international workshop will provide health care providers,
public health professionals, and laboratory scientists who are using
different tools to work on different pathogens an opportunity to interact
and discuss the joint use of methodologies needed to meet the challenges of
the diagnosis and management of emerging, re-emerging, and endemic
infectious diseases.
For more information about the workshop, please contact Dr. Michel
Tibayrenc [770-488-4524 (phone), 770-488-4454 (fax), mdt3 at CIDDPD2.EM.CDC.GOV
(e-mail)] or Dr. Altaf Lal [770-488-4047 (phone), 770-488-4454 (fax),
aal1 at CIDDPD2.EM.CDC.GOV (e-mail)].
June, Monday 17
Opening Session
8:20-8:25A.M. Daniel Colley, Introduction and welcome
8:25-8:45 A.M. Ruth Berkelman, National Center for Infectious Diseases,
CDC. Opening remarks.
8:45-9:00 A.M. Michael Gottlieb, National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Disease, NIH
9:00-9:15 A.M. Davy Koech, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.
9:15-9:30 A.M. Jean-Marie Guastavino, Scientific advisor, French
Embassy, Washington.
9:30-10:00 A.M. Michel Tibayrenc: Unified approach to molecular
epidemiology.
10:00-10:30 A.M. Francisco Ayala: Origin of human malarias
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
Parasitic Diseases: Chairpersons: Thomas Navin and William E. Collins
11:30-12:00 PM Dan Colley, Division of Parasitic Diseases, NCID. The need
for molecular epidemiologic approaches in response to emerging, re-emerging,
and endemic parasitic diseases.
12:00-12:30 PM David Walliker, University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Genetics
and field populations of malaria parasites.
12:30-1:00 PM Altaf Lal, Division of Parastic Diseases, NCID. Molecular
epidemiology of human malaria parasites: From identifying parasites to
detecting variation.
1:00-2:00 PM Lunch
2:00-2:30 PM Mariano Levin, INGEBI, Buenos Aires, Argentina. The
Trypanosma cruzi genome project: First consequences.
2:30-3:00 PM Andrea Crisanti, Imperial College, London. Genetic
polymorphism of TRAP genes among different species and isolates of
Cryptosporidium.
3:00-3:30 PM John Baker, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
London. Microevolution within the subgenus Trypanozoan.
3:30-4:00 PM Coffee
Fungal Disease Chairpersons: Errol Reiss and Arvind Padhye
4:00-4:30 PM Brad Perkins, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases,
NCID. Fungal diseases of public health importance: Epidemiology and the
role of molecular subtyping.
4:30-5:00 PM David Soll, Iowa University. DNA fingerprinting Candida for
broad epidemiological studies.
5:00-5:30 PM Jim Stringer, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine,
Cincinnati, Ohio. Molecular genetic approaches to the epidemiology of P.
carinii pneumonia.
5:30-6:00 PM John James, The Children's Hospital Denver, Colorado.
Epidemiology of Candida parapsilosis fungemia determined by Pyrolysis
Mass Spectroscopy (PYMS).
June, Tuesday 18 (bacterial and viral diseases)
Bacterial Disease: Chairpersons: Bruce Levin and Don Brenner
8:30-9:00 AM Mitch Cohen, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases,
NCID. Molecular epidemiology and emerging bacterial diseases.
9:00-9:30 AM James Musser, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas. Molecular
population genetics of emerged pathogenic bacteria.
9:30-10:00 AM Thomas Whittam, Pennsylvania State University, PA. Evolution
of pathogenic E. coli: The accretion model.
10:00-10:30 AM Dan Dykhuizen, Stonybrook University, Stonybrook. The
paradox of clonality at some genes and recombination at others as
illustrated in Borrelia burgdorferi.
10:30-11:00 AM Coffee
11:00-11:30 AM Jan van Embden, Research Laboratory for Infectious Diseases,
National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection,
The Netherlands. Molecular epidemiology of M. tuberculosis and The
Netherlands experience.
11:30-12:00 Peter Small, Stanford University, CA. Lessons learned from
the molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis.
12:00-12:30 PM Robert Tauxe, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases,
NCID. E pluribus unum: The molecular diversity of pandemic Vibrio cholerae.
12:30-1:00 PM Fred Tenover, Hospital Infections Program, NCID. The
emergence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in hospitals: Genetics
and molecular epidemiology.
1:00-2:00 PM Lunch
Viral Diseases: Chairperson: C.J. Peters and Tim Dondero
2:00-2:30 PM Brian Mahy, Division of Viral and Rickettesial Diseases,
NCID. Emergence and re-emergence of virus infections.
2:30-3:00 PM Martine Peeters, ORSTOM, Montpellier, France. Molecular
epidemiology of African HIV strains.
3:00-3:30 PM Mark Rayfield, Division of AIDS, STD, TB Laboratory Research,
NCID. Molecular Epidemiology of HIV
3:30-4:00 PM Coffee Break
4:00:4:30 PM Jeff Chang, Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases,
NCID. Applications of molecular genetics to flaviviruses research.
4:30-5:00 PM Nancy Cox, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, NCID.
Molecular epidemiology of Influenza virus.
5:00-5:30 PM Olen Kew, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, NCID.
Molecular epidemiolgy of Polioviruses.
5:30-6:00 PM William Bellini, Division of Viral and Rickettsial
Diseases, NCID. Molecular epidemiology of measles: Evidence for measles
elimination in the U.S.
Wednesday, 19th
Simultaneous sessions
1. Tools and approaches in molecular epidemiology: Michel Tibayrenc,
ORSTOM, France and Steve Monroe, DVRD, NCID.
8:30 A.M. to 6:00 P.M.
2. Emerging infections: Bernard Nahlen, DPD,NCID/KEMRI and Bob Pinner,
NCID, CDC
8:30 A.M. to 1:00 P.M.
3. Concomittant infections: Daniel Colley, DPD, NCID and Thomas Folks,
DASTLR, NCID
8:30 A.M. to 1:00 P.M.
4. Insect Disease Vector: Frank Collins, DPD, NCID and Jean-Pierre
Dujardin, ORSTOM, France
8:30 A.M. to 1:00 P.M.
5. Definition of strain: Bruce Levin, Emory University and Karen Day,
Oxford University, London.
2:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M.
6. Opportunistic infections: Thomas Navin, DPD, NCID and Charles Beard,
DPD, NCID.
2:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M.
7. Tropical parasites: Nouzha Guessous, University of Casablanca, Morroco
and David Addis, DPD, NCID 2:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M.
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Thank you for your interest.
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