“Current Trends in Lyme Research�

[Guest guest]

University of New Haven

presents

“Current Trends in Lyme Researchâ€

A Symposium on the Latest Advancements in Lyme Research

Friday, May 12th, 2006

Dodds Theater from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM

OPENING REMARKS:

H. Kaplan, Ph.D.

President

University of New Haven

9:00 AM

, M.D. Immediate Past President of the International Lyme

and Associated Diseases Society

“Chronic Lyme Disease: Facts Behind the Controversyâ€

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Kirby C. Stafford III, Ph.D.

Vice Director, Chief Entomologist Department of Entomology

Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

“Tick Management and the Prevention of Tick-Associated Diseaseâ€

9:15 AM-10:15 AM

J. Krause, M.D.

Professor, Director of Infection Diseases at Connecticut Children Medical

Center

University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics

“Tick-borne coinfections: Lyme Diseases, Babesioisis and Human

Granulocytic Anaplasmosisâ€

2:00 PM-3:00 PM

K. Wikel, Ph.D.

Professor

University of Connecticut Health Center

Department of Immunology

" Ixodes scapularis: The Genome Project and Tick Host Interaction "

10:30 AM-11:45 AM

Hessberger, M.S.

Research Scientist & Instructor

University of New Haven,

Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences

“Recent Discoveries of Novel Pathogens in Ticks in Southern Connecticutâ€

3:15 PM-4:15 PM

This event is free and open to the public.

Refreshments will be served

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

Eva Sapi Ph.D. (203) 479-4552, _esapi@..._

(mailto:esapi@...)