COST Action B28 : "Array Technologies for BSL3 and BSL4 Pathogens"
4th Management Committee and WG1, WG2, WG3, WG4, WG5 Meetings
April 20 - 22, 2007, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- Romanian participants : Apostol Iuliana M.D., Nica Maria M.D.
- Coordinator : Prof. Dr. Patrick Butaye
- Schedule
| WORKING GROUP Meetings Friday, April 20, 2007 |
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| 17:30 - 17:45 | Registration, welcome and Opening of the WG meetings | |
| 17:45 - 18:45 | Janusz Paweska | Current advances in CCHFV and RVFV research |
| Saturday, April 21, 2007 | ||
| 09:30 - 10:30 | Ignacio Lopez-Goni | Construction and validation of an ORFeome-based Brucella DNA microarray |
| Working Group 1 : Array technologies 11:00 - 12:30 |
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| J. Schrenzel - chairman PL1 | Introduction; presentation of the progress on the WG 1 Booklet; discussion on the collaboration scheme | |
| J. Kieboom, I. A. Voskamp, M. P. Broekhuijsen |
"Genomotyping of Brucella" | |
| Antoine Huyghe, Patrice Francois, Eve-Julie Sarret, Yvan Charbonnier, Jacques Schrenzel |
"Microarray concepts for reliable bacterial pathogen identification applied to biological threats diagnosis" | |
| Erhan Piskin, Bora Garipcan, Gokhan Demirel, Memed Duman, Oguzhan Caglayan, Sinan Egri |
"Patterning and immobilization techniques for array platforms/technologies" | |
| Karen Kempsell, N. Silman, R. Vipond |
"DNA microarrays and routine laboratory diagnostics. Applications and altercations" | |
| Ingmar Janse | "DNA microarrays for the detection and typing of biothreat agents" | |
| Henrik Nordstrom, Kerstin Falk, Elina Rintala, Annelie Walden, Norbert Nowotny, Peter Nilssson, Ake Lundkvist |
"Technique for detection and identification of emerging viruse" | |
| Working group 2 : Antigenicity 12:30 - 13:30 |
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| Claude Muller - chairman PL2 | Introduction; discussion on the collaboration scheme | |
| Claude P. Muller | "The spread and evolution of highly pathogenic Avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in Africa" | |
| Fred Fack | "Virus - host cell interactions investigated with gel based differential proteomics, ECL Plex western blot analysis and confocal imaging" | |
| Karl Walravens, P. Michel, D. Desqueper, C. Didembourg, J. De Vriese, M. Zygmunt, D.Fretin, A. Cloeckaert, J. Letesson, J. Godfroid |
"Typing of Brucella suis by the help of O-Polysaccharide specific monoclonal antibodies" | |
| Working group 3 : Proteomics and glycomics 14:30 - 15:30 |
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| Juri Stulik - chairman PL3 | Introduction | |
| Juraj Lenco, Martin Habalek, Marek Link, J. Stulik, A. Macela |
"Application of quantitative proteomics in the study of stress responses in F.tularensis" | |
| L. Skultety, L. Hernichova, E. Bereghazyova, K. Slaba, R. Toman |
"Identification of biomarkers of Coxiella burnetii isolates using a mass-spectrometric approach" | |
| R. Toman, P. Vadovic, M. Fodorova, L. Skultety |
"Structural characterization of lipid A, the endotoxic center of Piscrickettsia salmonis" | |
| Working Group 4 : Genomics 16:00 - 17:00 |
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| Stefan Panaiotov - chairman PL4 | Introduction; ddiscussion on the collaboration scheme | |
| I. Ivanov, T. Kantardjiev, P. Padeshki, R. Nenova, S. Panaiotov, V. Levterova |
"MLVA typing of Bulgarian F. tularensis outbreak isolates" | |
| Werner Ruppitsch | "Austrian Agency for Health and Food Saftey : Current work on bioterrorism relevant bacterial pathogens" | |
| Horacio Gil, Raquel Escudero |
"Simultaneous detection of Bacillus anthracis, Yersinia pestis and Burkholderia spp by multiplex PCR combined with Reverse Line Blot" | |
| Anders Johansson | "Analysis of canonical insertion-deletion markers for safe and rapid DNA-based typing of Francisella tularensis" | |
| Working group 5 : Microbiology (Bacteriology, Mycology and Virology) 17:00 - 18:00 |
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| Mandy Elschner - chairman PL5 | Introduction; discussion on the collaboration scheme | |
| Manfred Weidman | Presentation of the training school | |
| P. Butaye | Common database for microorganisms | |
| Rumiana Nenova | "Brucellosis - reemerging infection in Bulgaria" | |
| Paola Pilo | "Antibiotic resistance profile of Francisella tularensis in Switzerland" | |
| Manfred Weidmann | "Development of rapid field diagnostics for identification, control and management of hemorrhagic fever outbreaks (EU FP6-INCODEV3, VHF Diagnostics)" | |
| Plamen Pdeshki | "Expresson library immunization and revealing of immunodominant determinants in F. tularensis" | |
| 4th Management Committee Meeting Sunday, April 22 2007 09:30 - 12:30 |
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| P. Butaye | Adoption of the Agenda | |
| P. Butaye | Adoption of the Minutes of the 3rd MC - Antalya | |
| J. Schrenzel | Report of the Chair of the Working Group 1 | |
| C. Muller | Report of the Chair of the Working Group 2 | |
| J. Stulik | Report of the Chair of the Working Group 3 | |
| S. Panaiotov | Report of the Chair of the Working Group 4 | |
| M. Elschner | Report of the Chair of the Working Group 5 | |
| P. Butaye | Annual report | |
| P. Butaye | Discussion on the ever absent MC members | |
| P. Butaye | Operation of COST B28 web site http://www.cost-b28.be/ | |
| Manfred Weidmann Mandy Elschner |
Organisation of the training school 2007 | |
| P. Butaye | Central database of the bacterial, fungal and viral strain collections of all the Cost Action B28 members | |
| P. Butaye | The FP7 Health Work Programme. Possibilities for collaborations | |
| R. Toman | STSMs : current status | |
| P. Butaye | STSM possibilities offered by COST. An explanation on what are STSMs and how you can obtain an STSM | |
| All | Discussion on the programme of the Brussels meeting of June 7 and 8 | |
| All | Discussion on the place and programme of next meetings | |
| All | Any other business | |
TOTAL LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
| No. | Name | Country |
| 01 | Tanja KOSTIC | Austria |
| 02 | Werner Ruppitsch | Austria |
| 03 | Jean Luc Gala | Belgium |
| 04 | Karl Walravens | Belgium |
| 05 | Frank Vandenbussche | Belgium |
| 06 | Patrick Butaye | Belgium |
| 07 | Jiri Stulik | Czech Republic |
| 08 | Ales Macela | Czech Republic |
| 09 | Juraj Lenco | Czech Republic |
| 10 | Bruno Garin-Bastiju | France |
| 11 | Dimitrios Frangoulidis | Germany |
| 12 | Mandy Elschner | Germany |
| 13 | Gernot Schmoock | Germany |
| 14 | Manfred Weidmann | Germany |
| 15 | Maria Sarakallos | Grece |
| 16 | Claude Muller | Luxemburg |
| 17 | Fred Fack | Luxemburg |
| 18 | Laura Brum (Jorge Macado) | Portugal |
| 19 | Rudolf Toman | Slovakia |
| 20 | Ludovit Skultety | Slovakia |
| 21 | Pavol Vadovic | Slovakia |
| 22 | Janusz Paweska, Sef Unitate de Patogeni Speciali Institut National pentru Boli Comunicabile, Sandringham-Johannesburg 2131 Modderfontein Road 1 Gauteng, South Africa, e-mail : januszp@nicd.ac.za |
Invited speaker - South Africa Republic |
| 23 | Horacio Gil | Spain |
| 24 | Raquel Escudero | Spain |
| 25 | Ignazio Goni, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain |
Invited - Spania |
| 26 | Maria Nica | Romania |
| 27 | Iuliana Apostol | Romania |
| 28 | Henrik Nordstrom | Sweden |
| 29 | Anders Johansson | Sweden |
| 30 | Patrice Francois | Switzerland |
| 31 | Jacques Schrenzel | Switzerland |
| 32 | Antoine Huyghe | Switzerland |
| 33 | Paula Pilo | Switzerland |
| 34 | Ingmar Janse | The Netherlands |
| 35 | Martien Broekhuijsen | The Netherlands |
| 36 | Rood Busker | The Netherlands |
| 37 | Sybren de Hoog | The Netherlands |
| 38 | Erhan Piskin | Turkey |
| 39 | Sinan Egri | Turkey |
| 40 | Karen Kempsell | UK |
| 41 | Stefan Panaiotov | Bulgaria |
| 42 | Ivan Ivanov | Bulgaria |
| 43 | Todor Kantardjev | Bulgaria |
| 44 | Plamen Padeshki | Bulgaria |
| 45 | Rumiana Nenova | Bulgaria |
| 46 | Victoria Levterova | Bulgaria |
| 47 | Nadia Brankova | Bulgaria |