Seminars 2011
28th November
Diagnostic Tests in Prion Diseases
The Roslin Institute Auditorium
9:00-17:00
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Chair:
Prof Marc Turner, Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service
Speakers:
Dr Byron Caughey, Laboratory of Persistent Viral Diseases, NIH/NIAID Rocky Mountain Laboratories, USA
Structures and detection of TSE-associated prion protein
Dr Graham Jackson, Institute of Neurology, University College London
The detection of vCJD infection in blood
Dr Alison Green, National CJD Surveillance Unit, University of Edinburgh
CSF real-time QuIC: a new approach to the diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Dr Philip Minor, The National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, Health Protection Agency
Assessment of a blood based test for vCJD
Dr Olivier Andreoletti, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse, France
Identification of a reliable target for TSE blood testing
Dr Alex Raeber, Prionics
Update on the Prionics®-Check vCJD ELISA as a Rapid Screening Test for vCJD contaminated Blood Products
12th April
PrP Fragmentation in Health and Disease
The Roslin Institute Auditorium
14:00-17:00
Speakers:
Dr Wilfred Goldmann, The Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh
PrPc processing and function: Is there a connection? A short review
Dr Mark Head, National CJD Surveillance Unit, University of Edinburgh
PrP diversity in the CJD brain: Extent, diagnostic use, significance
Kayleigh Iremonger, The Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh
Glycosylation and cleavage of PrPc
Dr Rona Barron, The Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh
The heterogeneous group of diseases with PrP accumulation
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