To commemorate the opening of the K-State Rabies Laboratory at Research Park.
Dr. Cathleen Hanlon, Director
1:00 - 5:00 pm
Friday, April 17, 2009
Practice Management Center, 4th Floor, Trotter Hall, College of Veterinary Medicine
Hosted by: Drs. Cathleen Hanlon & Juergen Richt
Symposium Program
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1:00 pm |
Welcome Address Drs. Ralph Richardson, M.M. Chengappa and Gary Anderson |
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1:30 pm |
How Vaccines Came To Be Dr. Hilary Koprowski |
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2:00 pm |
Microbe Hunting in the 21st Century |
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2:30 pm |
Understanding the Nature of Prions through In Vitro Prion Replication |
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3:00 pm |
Break |
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3:30 pm |
Effective Pre- and Post-Exposure Prophylaxis with a Highly Attenuated Recombinant Rabies Virus Vaccine |
| 4:00 pm |
Chemokines: The Double-Edged Swords in Rabies Virus Pathogenesis and Protection Dr. Zheng Fu |
| 4:30 pm |
Interspecies Transmission and Adaptations of Prions to a New Host Species: The Role of Prion Strain Interference |
Symposium Speakers
Claudio Soto: University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
Hilary Koprowski: Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Bernhard Dietzschold: Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Jason Bartz: Creighton University, Omaha, NE
Ian Lipkin: Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY
Zheng Fu: University of Georgia CVM, Dept. of Veterinary Pathology, Athens, GA