Seminars 2012

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26th April
Prion infectivity in the oral cavity
The Roslin Institute Auditorium
9:30-16:00
Cost: £25
Approved for 6 hours verifiable CPD

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9:30-10:00 Coffee

10:00-10:15 Prof Andrew Smith, University of Glasgow
Introduction and overview

10:15 - 11:00 Prof Richard Bessen, Colorado State University, USA
Prion transport along cranial nerves: Do they have a role in prion neuroinvasion or shedding?

11:00-11:45 Dr Mike Miller, Colorado Division of Wildlife, USA
Prions au naturel: epidemiology and ecology of Chronic Wasting Disease in Western North America

11:45-12:30 Dr Mark Sutton, Health Protection Agency
Prions and the oral cavity

12:30-13:30 Lunch

13:30-13:50 Prof Jean Manson, The Roslin Institute
Prions - an update on biology

13:50-14:10 Prof Bob Will, The National CJD Surveillance Unit
Prions - an update on epidemiology

14:10-14:40 Prof James Ironside, The National CJD Surveillance Unit
vCJD and oral tissues

14:40-15:10 Coffee

15:10-15:35 Prof Andrew Smith, University of Glasgow
Case control studies for CJD and dentistry

15:35-16:00 Irene Black, GDP, DPA for BBC, Assistant Director for NES IC and Decontamination
Prions in practice - a challenge for general dental services

2nd April
Recent Developments in Prion Disease
The Roslin Institute Auditorium
14:00-16:00

Chair:
Prof Jean Manson, The Roslin Institute

Speakers:
Prof Hugh Perry, University of Southampton
The death of a synapse in prion disease

Prof Pedro Piccardo, Food and Drug Administration, Washington DC, USA
Models of PrP seeding

Dr Suzette Priola, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Montana, USA
Early events during TSE Infection

For details of past seminars, please click here:
Seminars 2011, Seminars 2010, Seminars 2009, Seminars 2008, Seminars 2007, Seminars 2006, Seminars 2005

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