Invited Speakers

The confirmed speakers for the  Prato Conference on the Pathogenesis of Bacterial Diseases of Animals Conference are;

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  Freddy Haesebrouck

  Freddy Haesebrouck is a veterinarian and PhD from Ghent University, Belgium. In 1988 he became professor in veterinary bacteriology and mycology and since 1993 he has been head of the Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases at the Faculty......Read More>>

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  Mike Kogut

  Michael Kogut, Ph.D. is the Lead Scientist studying the Systems Biology of the Salmonella-Host Interactome in Poultry and Swine within the Food and Feed Safety Research Unit at the Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center, USDA-Agricultural Research Service in College Station,......Read More>>

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  Miia Lindstrom

  Miia Lindström qualified as a veterinarian (1998) and PhD (2003) from the University of Helsinki and is professor in dairy processing hygiene since 2009. Her research interests include the diagnostics, molecular epidemiology, stress response and virulence mechanisms of psychrotrophic and......Read More>>

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  Duncan Maskell

  Duncan Maskell’s degree (1982) and PhD (1986) are from the University of Cambridge.  His post-doc at the Wellcome Research Laboratories focused on vaccine discovery, especially live attenuated Salmonella vaccines and Bordetella vaccines.  After working at the Institute of Molecular Medicine,......Read More>>

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  Kenny Simpson

  Kenny Simpson (BVM&S,PhD) is a 1984 graduate of the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies at the University of Edinburgh. He has been a faculty member at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine since 1995 and has been a......Read More>>

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  Jose Vazquez-Boland

  Jose Vazquez-Boland is a veterinary surgeon (1985) and PhD (1990) from Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. Before the PhD, he spent time in veterinary practice and as public health officer....Read More>>