Detailed information about the course
| Title | Workshop Microbe Hunters |
| Dates | December 3 & 4, 2015 |
| Lang |
Workshop language is English |
| Responsable de l'activité | Stefan Kunz |
| Organizer(s) | Dr Marc Strasser, Spiez Laboratory, Dr Olivier Engler, Spiez Laboratory, Prof. Stephen Leib, Spiez Laboratory, Prof. Volker Thiel, Vetsuisse/ UNIBE & Institute of Virology and Immunilogy IVI, Prof. Stefan Kunz, CHUV/UNIL, Dr Sylvia Rothenberger, CHUV/UNIL |
| Speakers | Dr Jens Kuhn, USAMRIID Dr Sheli Rhadoshizky, USAMRIID Dr Christian Griot, UNIBE |
| Description | The ongoing outbreaks of Ebola virus and MERS Coronavirus dramatically demonstrate the impact of emerging highly pathogenic microbes on human health, politics, and society at a global scale. The surveillance and discovery of novel pathogens, as well as the development of novel therapeutics is therefore of upmost importance for public health. Spiez Laboratory is the Swiss Federal institute for the civilian protection against nuclear, biological, and chemical threats. The Biology Section is responsible for providing state-of-the-art methods for the detection and characterization of emerging highly pathogenic microorganisms and for providing expert support in dealing with biological threats on national and cantonal level. The first part of the workshop starting in the afternoon of the first day will provide an introduction into the discovery of emerging highly pathogenic microbes given by invited experts. This will be followed by presentations on the surveillance and characterization of emerging pathogens performed at Spiez Laboratory. A joint dinner will close the first day and hotel accommodation will be provided for participants. The second part on the second day will start with an overview of the planning and construction of the new high containment facility at Spiez. This will be followed by an interactive visit of the BSL3/4 facility. The visit will allow insights into the reality of microbiology work on pathogen discovery, combined with a practical experience on personal protective equipment, explications, and information on the biosafety aspects associated with this type of microbiology work.
PROGRAM Day 1: Thursday December 3, 2015 12:30 Welcome Coffee 13:00 Presentation of the program 13:15- 14:00 Volker Thiel, Vetsuisse/Univ. Bern & Institute for Virology and Immunology IVI A decade after SARS – what have we learned? 14:00 – 14:45 Jens Kuhn, Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Maryland, USA Filoviruses – Myths, Politics, and Very Few Facts. 14:45 – 15:30 Sheli Radoshitzky, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland, USA siRNA screen identifies host factors that mediate actin-remodeling during alphavirus infection 15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break with snacks 16:00 -16:30 Presentation of Spiez Laboratory 16:30 – 17:15 Planning and Construction of the Biocontainment Laboratory in Spiez –Risk and Security 17:15 – 18:15 Interactive visit of the BSL 3/4 facility of Spiez Laboratory in 3 groups Biosafety Instructors:
18:15 – 18:45 Questions and answers visit of the BSL 3/4 facility 19:30 Dinner with members of Spiez Laboratory and the invited speakers
Day 2: Friday December 4, 2015 9:00 - 10:30 Presentation of projects pathogen surveillance and countermeasures at Spiez Laboratory. Olivier Engler, Projects in Virology at Spiez Laboratory; an overview. Corinne Oechslin, Metagenomics to diagnose central nervous system infections of unknown aetiologies. Pierre Schneeberger, Molecular assessment using metagenomics to characterise the microbial contamination of the wastewater treatment network around the city of Kampala, Uganda. Nicole Lenz, Sinergia Project: Plasticity of Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus (TBEV) Matthias Wittwer Genome wide SNP phylogeny of Swiss Francisella tularensis holarctica isolate. 10:30-11:00 Coffee break 11:00 – 11:45 Christian Griot, Institut für Virologie und Immunologie IVI, Mittelhäusern Future challenges of public health surveillance; the veterinarians view 12:00 – 13: 30 Lunch 13:30 – 15:30 Practical experience with personal protective equipment (PPE) Biosafety Instructors: 15:30 – 16:00: Questions and Answers 16:00 Conclusion of the workshop Program Flyer |
| Location |
Spiez Laboratory |
| Credits | 1 |
| Information | A joint dinner will close the first day and hotel accommodation will be provided for the participants at the Hotel Seegarten Marina Spiez.
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| Places | 20 |
| Deadline for registration | 27.11.2015 |
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