The "First" Vetpath
A full program for Vetpath 2010 is below: To download it click here
| Wednesday 6th October, 2010 |
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| 2:30pm |
Registration |
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| Welcome Address |
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| 5:00pm |
Julian Rood | Welcome and Introduction |
| Plenary Session One |
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| 5:15pm |
Carlton Gyles, University of Guelph |
The Problem of Relevance in Pathogenesis Research |
| 6:15pm | Welcome Reception at Venue |
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| Thursday 7th October, 2010 |
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| Session Two: Animal Diseases Chairperson: Rob Moore |
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| 8:30am |
Glenn Songer, Iowa State University |
Clostridia in swine enteric disease: always sophisticated, often brutal |
| 9:00am |
Francisco Uzal, University of California-Davis | Clostridium perfringens type C and Clostridium difficile combined enter-typhlocolitis in foals |
| 9:20am |
Joanne Platell, University of Queensland |
Cross-over of fluoroquinolone-resistant (FQr) extra-intestinal Escherichia coli isolates from dogs and humans in Australia |
| 9:50am |
Tea/Coffee Break |
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| Session Three: Genomics and molecular epidemiology Chairperson: Ben Adler |
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| 10:20am |
Lisa Nolan, Iowa State University | Exploring ExPEC virulence, evolution, and host specificity using pathogenomic approaches |
| 10:50am |
Glyn Hewinson, Veterinary Laboratories Agency, UK |
Genome downsizing and metabolic remodelling in Mycobacterium bovis |
| 11:20am |
Victor Gannon, Public Health Agency of Canada |
Analysis of the core and accessory genome of bacterial pathogens |
| 11:40am |
Lea Indjein, University of Queensland |
Molecular comparisons of Campylobacter fetus venerealis isolates from Australian cattle to identify virulent strains |
| 12:00pm |
Lida Omaleki, University of Melbourne |
Molecular epidemiology and phylogenetic diversity of Mannheimia glucosida strains associated with ovine mastitis in Australia |
| 12:20pm | Lunch Break - at venue | |
| Session Four: Host- pathogens interactions I Chairperson: Judy Stabel |
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| 2:00pm |
Gadi Frankel, Imperial College London | Interaction of pathogenic E. coli with plant and mammalian cells |
| 2:30pm |
Thomas Hannon, Washington University School of Medicine |
Early severe lymphocyte-dependent inflammatory responses to uropathogenic E. coli predispose to chronic and recurrent urinary tract infection |
| 2:50pm |
Bernhard Kaltenboeck, Auburn University |
The rate of apoptosis of CD4+ cells regulates immunoprotection from chlamydial infection and disease |
| 3:20pm |
Thomas Inzana, Virginia Tech |
The contribution of Histophilus somni (Haemophilus somnus) lipooligosaccharide to bacterial virulence andhost interactions |
| 3:40pm | Albert Haas, University of Bonn |
Rhodococcus equi - how to reprogram phagosome trafficking in macrophages |
| 4:00pm |
Poster Display 1- at venue Refreshments |
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| 6:00pm |
Free Evening |
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| Friday 8th October, 2010 |
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| Session Five: Mechanisms of Pathogenesis Chairperson: Lisa Nolan |
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| 8:30am |
John Prescott, University of Guelph |
Backing both horses: Rhodococcus equi as a macrophage pathogen and soil organism |
| 9:00am |
Glenn Browning, University of Melbourne |
Pathogenesis of mycoplasmas |
| 9:30am |
John Boyce, Monash University |
Role of the Burkholderia pseudomallei type III secretion system cluster 3 (TTSS3) in intracellular survival, escape from host autophagy and virulence |
| 9:50am |
Charles Dozois, INRS |
The secretion, but not the synthesis, of catecholate siderophores contributes to the virulence of avian extra-intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli |
| 10:10am |
Josee Harel, University of Montreal |
Increased Pho regulon activation correlates with decreased virulence of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli |
| 10:30am |
Tea / Coffee Break |
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| Session Six: Extracellular pathogens and toxins 1 Chairperson: Glenn Songer |
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| 11:00am |
Bruce McClane , University of Pittsburgh |
New insights into the pathogenesis of Clostridium perfringens type B-D infections |
| 11:30am | Horst Posthau, University of Bern | Role of beta-toxin in the pathogenesis of C. perfringens infections in man and pigs |
| 11:50am |
Joachim Frey, University of Bern |
The determinative role of RTX toxins in host specificity of Pasteruellaceae pathogens |
| 12:20pm |
Anders Bojesen, University of Copenhagen |
Distribution, expression and secretion of the RTX-toxin GtxA among members of the genus Gallibacterium |
| 12:40pm |
Marina Harper, Monash Univeristy |
Natural selection in the chicken host identifies Kdo kinase residues essential for phosphorylation of Pasteurella multocida LPS |
| 1:00pm |
Lunch Break - at venue | |
| Session Seven: Extracellular pathogens and toxins 2 Chairperson: John Prescott |
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| 2:00pm |
Julian Rood, Monash University |
Structural and functional analysis of the extracellular proteases of Dichelobacter nodosus, the causative agent of ovine footrot |
| 2:30pm |
Ruth Kennan, Monash University |
A two-component system modulates twitching motility in Dichelobacter nodosus |
| 2:50pm |
David Hampson, Murdoch University |
Plasmid-encoded genes involved with the rhamnose biosynthetic pathway (rfb genes) and/or glycosylation contribute to virulence in Brachyspira hyodysenteriae |
| 3:10pm |
John Timoney, University of Kentucky |
Now you see it, now you don't: regulation of capsule and protein expression in Streptococcus zooepidemicus |
| 3:30pm |
Poster Display 2 Refreshments |
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| 7:00pm |
Conference Dinner (Offsite Venue) |
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| Saturday 9th October, 2010 |
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| Session Eight: Host-Pathogen Interactions 2 Chairperson: Joachim Frey |
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| 8:30am |
Judy Stabel, USDA |
Cellular Interactions in Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis Infection |
| 9:00am |
Ben Adler, Monash University |
Pathogenesis of leptospirosis: the influence of genomics |
| 9:30am |
Ruth Raspoet, Ghent University |
Multidrug efflux pumps confer resistance of Salmonella Enteritidis to egg white by the export of antimicrobial components through the tolC outer membrane channel |
| 9:50am |
Reda Tarabees, University of Nottingham |
The role of nitric oxide in LPS-induced muscle wasting in C2C12 murine myotubes |
| 10:10am |
Ragnhild Bager,University of Copenhagen |
Gallibacterium anatis does not require expression of a capsule to cause lesions and mortality in intraperitoneally infected chickens |
| 10:30am |
Tea / Coffee Break |
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| Session Nine: Host Responses Chairperson: Gadi Frankel |
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| 11:00am |
Henk Haagsman |
Host defence peptides of farm animals: functions and applications |
| 11:30am |
James Whisstock, Monash University |
Evolution of immune defense by perforin and the terminal portions of complement |
| 12:00pm |
Richard Isaacson, University of Minnesota |
Alteration of the pig distal gut microbiota by tylosin as an antibiotic growth promoter |
| 1:00pm |
Lunch Break - at venue |
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| Session Ten: Vaccines 1 Chairperson: Laura Serino |
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| 1:20pm |
Hiroshi Kiyono, University of Tokyo |
New prospects on the aerodigestive immunity for mucosal vaccine development |
| 1:50pm | Rob Moore, CSIRO Livestock Industries |
Clostridium perfringens vaccines to protect against necrotic enteritis |
| 2:20pm |
Ramie Begum, Assam University |
Development and evaluation of gamma irradiated toxoid vaccine of Salmonella enterica var Typhimurium |
| Session Eleven: Vaccines 2 Chairperson: Carlton Gyles |
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| 3:10pm |
Altayeb Elazomi, University of Nottingham |
Colonisation of the chicken intestine by Salmonella Enteritidis: analysis of in vivo proteins and potential for vaccination |
| 3:30pm |
Abdulgader Alfitouri, University Nottingham |
Transcriptional analysis of Salmonella Enteritidis P4 colonisation in the chicken |
| 3:50pm |
Sezer Okay, Middle East Technical |
Development of new vaccine strategies against Pasteurella multocida |
| 4:10pm |
Laura Serino, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics |
Progress towards a vaccine against extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli |
| 4:40pm |
Concluding Discussions |
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| 5:00pm |
Farewell Reception | |
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