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
E-mail:
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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Ananias A. Escalante
Division of Parastic Diseases
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Mail Stop F-12
4770 Buford Hwy, Chamblee, GA 30341
Phone: 770-4884030/ Fax: 770-4884454
e-mail: abe1 at ciddpd2.em.cdc.gov
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