Meeting Highlights
Annual Meetings:
2008 The 4th Annual AICAP meeting, 1st AICAP/CEIRS joint meeting will take place on April 14-16, 2008 in Memphis, TN. Dr. Robert Webster has kindly offered the meeting facility at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in order for the AICAP to have a joint meeting with the recently established Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance (CEIRS).
To register for the meeting please visit the CEIRS site
Agenda - April 14, 2008
07:30-08:30 AICAP PI meeting (closed meeting)
08:30-08:40 Welcome & Introductions. Dr. Peter Johnson, CSREES-USDA
08:40-09:00 AICAP overview: Goals and Challenges of AICAP 2. Dr. Daniel R. Perez
09:00-10:00 Summary of AICAP studies on the ecology of influenza viruses in wild and domestic birds
09:00-09:15 Dr. Richard Slemons. Examining the Natural History of Influenza A Viruses Circulating in Wild Birds in the United States and Relationships Influenza Viruses Infecting Wild Birds and Poultry.
09:15-09:30 Dr. Blanca Lupiani. Avian Influenza Surveillance in Hunter-Harvested Waterfowl from the Texas Gulf Coast.
09:30-09:45 Dr. Jack Gelb. Evaluation of LPAI viruses isolated from waterfowl and shorebirds in domesticated avian species: Viral adaptation to host species.
9:45-10:00 Break
10:00-11:00 Summary of transmission and pathogenesis of avian influenza in birds and mammals
10:00-10:15 Dr. Mo Saif. Molecular Determinants of Interspecies Transmission of H3N2 Triple Reassortant Influenza A Viruses.
10:15-10:30 Dr. Daniel R. Perez. Molecular constraints in the transmission of H9N2 in birds.
10:30-10:45 Summary of mass euthanasia, viral inactivation and disposal methods
10:30-10:45 Dr. Eric Benson. Are we in a fog? Practical suggestions for equipment disinfection.
10:45-11:00 Dr. Blanca Lupiani. Inactivation of avian influenza virus in poultry meat and egg products using E-beam pasteurization.
11:00-11:15 Panel discussion with Scientific Advisory Committee and Stakeholders (open meeting)
11:15-12:00 Dr. Gregory Gray. Evidence for Zoonotic Influenza A Transmission Among US Agricultural Workers.
12:00-01:30 Lunch
01:30-01:45 Dr. Ellen Collisson. Avian Memory T cell Responses to cDNA Expressing HA and NP.
01:45-02:45 Summary of Vaccine Research under the AICAP
01:45-02:00 Dr. Haroldo Toro. Protection of Chickens against Avian Influenza with Non-Replicating Adenovirus-Vectored Vaccine.
02:00-02:15 Dr. Siba Samal. Development of novel Newcastle disease virus vectored vaccines for avian influenza.
02:15-02:30 Dr. Alicia Solorzano. Towards a universal backbone for live-attenuated influenza vaccines for animal use.
02:30-02:45 Dr. Chang Won Lee. Analysis of Influenza Virus Variants with Deletion in the NS Gene and Their Potential as a Live Influenza Vaccine in Poultry.
02:45-03:00 Break
03:00-03:15 Dr. Yanbin Li. An impedance biosensor for rapid detection of avian influenza virus H5N1.
03:15-03:45 Summary of Diagnostics and other Research under the AICAP
03:15-03:30 Dr. Maricarmen Garcia. Neuraminidase based ELISAs and the Differentiation of Vaccinated vs. Infected Animals (DIVA).
03:30-03:45 Dr. Jie Xu. Detection of avian influenza virus using an interferometric biosensor.
03:45-04:00 Dr. Egbert Mundt. Development of a species-independent competitive ELISA to detect antibodies against the influenza H5 protein.
04:00-04:15 Dr. Blanca Lupiani. Development of a Luminex assay for the detection of antibodies to avian influenza viruses in chickens and turkeys.
04:15-04:45 Panel Discussion with Scientific Advisory Committee and Stakeholders (open meeting)
04:45-05:00 Concluding Remarks.
05:00-05:10 Break
05:10-06:30 Panel Discussion with Scientific Advisory Committee (closed meeting)
CEIRS Agenda for April 15-16, click here
Please find attached the information for the accommodations at the Marriott Hotel in downtown Memphis, TN. Of course, you are not limited to the Marriot, there are many very nice hotels near St Jude but these rooms are available at the St Jude corporate price of $104.00 and the hotel is only 5-10 minutes away from the meeting site at St Jude. Find more hotel information here.
Previous Meetings
2005 IPE, Atlanta, January 27th: Minutes of the First Annual AICAP meeting.
2006 IPE, Atlanta, January 25th and 26th: Year 2 Progress report and Year 3 planning.
2007 College Park, Maryland, February 15th and 16th, Year 3 progress report and final year planning.
