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Transmissible
Spongiform Encephalopathies continue to cause serious concern
among researchers whose work utilizes materials from animals
and/or humans which may be contaminated with the causative agent.
The appearance of BSE in herds of cattle born after the
introduction of the ruminant feed ban and the potential impact of
BSE and CWD on human health in the U.S has raised new concerns and
questions, as has the continued occurrence of Chronic Wasting
Disease (CWD) in North American deer herds. The news that 3 of 17
recipients of blood from a vCJD donor contracted the disease has
shown that transmission through blood transfusion is a reality.
This conference will present the newest data on TSE’s in the
context of its application to the pharmaceutical, biological,
environmental and device industries.
SESSIONS INCLUDE:
NEW
RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
INFECTIVITY
AND TRANSMISSION
DETECTION
AND REMOVAL
CONFORMATIONAL
TRANSITION AND INFECTIVITY
SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD:
Larisa Cervenakova, M.D., Ph.D., Scientist II, Transmissible
Diseases Department, J.H. Holland Laboratory for the Biomedical
Sciences, American Red Cross
Kiki B. Hellman,
Ph.D., President & Founder, The Hellman Group, LLC
Suzette A. Priola,
Ph.D., Senior Investigator, Chief, TSE/Prion Molecular Biology
Section, National Institutes of Health, NIAID, Laboratory of
Persistent Viral Diseases, Rocky Mountain Laboratories
PRESENTATIONS BY:
Judd M. Aiken, DVM, Professor, Animal
Health & Biomedical Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of
Veterinary Medicine
Seong An, Ph.D., Research Fellow, Research
and Development, People Bio Inc.
David M. Asher, M.D., Laboratory Chief,
Laboratory of Methods Development, FDA
Helen Baxter, Ph.D., Senior University
Fellow, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh
Paul W. Brown, M.D.
Daniel Engeljohn,
Ph.D., Deputy Assistant Administrator, USDA FSIS OPPED, USDA
Luisa Gregori, Ph.D., Assistant Director and
Assistant Professor, VA Research Services and University of Maryland, BREF
Qingzhong Kong, Ph.D., Assistant Professor,
Pathology, Case Western Reserve University
Anthony L. Lau, Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Fellow,
Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc.
Pascal LeBlanc, Ph.D., LaboRetro unité de
virologie humaine, INSERM
Sylvain Lehmann, Professor, Institut de Génétique Humaine du CNRS
David M. Lynn, Ph.D., Assistant Professor,
Chemical and Biological Engineering, Emory University
Sukhvir Mahal, Ph.D.,
Scientist, Infectology, Scripps Research Institute
Maurizio Pocchiari, Ph.D., Director of
Research-Virology, Istituto Superiore Di Sanita (Italy)
Morris Potter, DVM, HHS CFSAN OSCI, FDA
Alex Raeber, Ph.D., Director of Research,
Prionics AG
Michael Stack, Senior Researcher, TSE
Molecular Biology, Veterinary
Laboratories Agency
James Walker, Ph.D., Senior Project
Manager, TSE Research Group, Health
Protection Agency
Richard Wiggins, Ph.D., Senior Science Advisor, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. EPA
Robert G. Will, M.D., Consultant Neurologist,
CJD Surveillance Unit, Western General Hospital
Wen-Quan Zou, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant
Professor, Pathology, Case Western Reserve University
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