Center for Microbial Pathogenesis Symposium - 2001
Third Annual Microbial Pathogenesis Symposium
Frontiers in Microbial Pathogenesis
Thursday, November 8, 2001
Academic Research Building, EG-013
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Below is a description of the program, a program of the day's events. All interested Health Center employees are invited to attend this free symposium. Continuing Medical Education credit is available for participants as well. Registration by November 1st is requested.
Program Description
In recent years, there has been renewed attention to the importance of infectious diseases as threats to global public health and, to consequently, the remarkably diverse mechanisms by which microbial pathogens cause disease have come under intense scrutiny. This renewed interest can be attributed to many factors including (1) the AIDS pandemic; (2) the phenomenon of "emerging/resurging" infectious diseases; (3) the spread of antimicrobial resistance; (4) the discovery that many serious "noninfective" disorders have infective etiologies; (5) the explosion of new technologies for studying host-pathogen interactions; (6) the genomics "revolution"; and (7) the potential for using infectious agents as instruments of warfare. In this symposium we will present work currently being conducted by experts in the fields of Parasitology, Bioterrorism, and Genomics. Come join us!
8:00 - Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 - Welcome, Justin Radolf, M.D., Director, Center for Microbial Pathogenesis; Symposium Host
Session I - Parasitology
8:40 - "Developmental arrest in hookworm nematodes and pregnancy: Crouching larvae,
Hidden disease", Prema Arasu, Ph.D./D.V.M., North Carolina State University
9:10 - "Strategies of Vaccination against Leishmaniasis: Protein, DNA, and Vector Saliva",
David Sacks, Ph.D., NIAID, NIH
9:40 - "Acquisition of host cell cholesterol by Toxoplasma gondii", Keith Joiner, M.D.,
Yale University School of Medicine
10:10 - Round Table Discussion
10:25 - Coffee Break
Session II - Bioterrorism
10:45 - "Protective immunity to intracellular bacteria: Lessons from Francisella tularensis LVS",
Karen Elkins, Ph.D., Food and Drug Administration
11:15 - "Anthrax Vaccines: Historical Perspective and Current Update", Arthur Friedlander, M.D.,
United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
11:45 - LUNCH (reservations required)
Session II continued - Bioterrorism
1:00 - "Molecular aspects of anthrax pathogenesis", Stephen Leppla, Ph.D., National Institute of
Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH
1:30 - "Yersinia pestis: virulence factors and vaccine development", Patricia Worsham, Ph.D.,
United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
2:00 - Round Table Discussion
2:15 - Coffee Break
Session III - Genomics
2:35 - "Microbial Genomes and Drug Discovery", Brian Dougherty, Ph.D., Bristol-Myers Squibb
Pharmaceutical Research Institute
3:05 - "Promoters and transcription in T. cruzi", Gregory Buck, Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth
University
3:35 - "Mycoplasma gallisepticum: Genome sequencing and gene discovery", Steven Geary, Ph.D.,
University of Connecticut, Storrs
4:05 - Round Table Discussion
Registration is required, and due by the 1st of November. If you have any questions, please call Kimberly Young at (860) 679-8129 or email her at Kyoung@up.uchc.edu.