Dear All,
World Tuberculosis Day was started over twenty years ago to raise awareness of a disease that causes 1.6 million deaths per year and represents a major health threat, particularly in developing nations. The UW-Madison World TB activities will feature a 3 day event (see schedule below). This year will also mark the inauguration of the Wisconsin Center for Tuberculosis Research which will host an inauguration symposium on Friday March 26 in room 6201 MSB, from 9:00 am to 11:30 am.
We invite you to participate on activities organized for all 3 days (See program below).
For questions, please email:
Dr. Talaat (atalaat@wisc.edu) or Dr. Sandor (msandor@wiscmail.wisc.edu)
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Adel M. Talaat, M.V.Sc., Ph.D.
Associate Professor-Microbiology
Laboratory of Bacterial Genomics
Dept. of Pathobiological Sciences
Rm 303, AHABS Building
1656 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706
World TB Program
Day 1.
World TB Day-Here and Now
Featuring the Movie: The Constant Gardner
Speakers:
Dr. James Conway, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, UW School of Medicine and Pub. Health
Kate Louther, Public health Nursing Supervisor, Public Health Madison-Dane County
Date & Time: Wednesday March 24, 2010 from 6-9 pm
Place: UW Madison Health Sciences Learning Center (HSLC), 750 Highland Ave. Room 1335.
Free Parking is available in lots 60, 76 and 82
Day 2
As part of the Distinguished Lectures in Microbiology series,
Speaker:
Dr. William Jacobs – Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Title: "XDR – TB: Survival of the Fittest"
Date & Time: Thursday, March 25, 2010 from 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Place: Ebling Symposium Center - First Floor of the Microbial Sciences Building
Day 3.
Wisconsin Center for Tuberculosis Research-Symposium.
Place: Room 6201 – 6th Floor of the Microbial Sciences Building
Time | Name | Talk |
9-9:15 | Julie Tans-Kersten Advanced Microbiologist, Tuberculosis Laboratory Program Coordinator. Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene | The State of the State in Tuberculosis Testing |
9:15-9:30 | Lorna R. Will, RN, MA Director, Respiratory and International Health Unit Bureau of Communicable Diseases WI Division of Public Health | Public Health and tuberculosis in Wisconsin |
9:30-9:45 | Heidi A Schreiber, CMP program (Sandor Lab) | Dendritic cells in chronic granulomas shield mycobacteria from immunity. |
9:45-10:00 | Erika Heninger , CMP program (Fabry lab) | Mycobacterium induced immunity in the central nervous system. |
10:00 | Break | |
10:10-10:25 | Paul D Hulseberg, CMP program (Sandor Lab) | The transcription factor NRF2 downregulates inflammation in mycobacterial granulomas |
10:25-10:40 | Bassam Abomoelak , Ph.D. (Talaat Lab) | mosR , a novel transcriptional regulator of M. tuberculosis |
10:40-10:55 | Sarah K. Ward, MDTP program (Talaat Lab) | Metal ions and tuberculosis pathogenesis |
10:55 | Break | |
11:00-11:30 | Matt Levengood and Rebecca Splain (Kiessling Laboratory) | Investigations of Enzymes Involved in Mycobacterial Cell Wall Galactan Biosynthesis |
11:30 | Closing Remarks | |
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