American Committee on Laboratory Animal Diseases

ACLAD at AALAS
ACLAD is sponsoring several activities at the 2011 National AALAS Meeting, to be held October 2-6, 2011 in San Diego, California:

Wallace P. Rowe lecture: 
"The Anatomy of Viral Persistence"
Michael B.A. Oldstone, MD 
Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, 
Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
Tuesday October 4, 2011, 11:00-12:00

Pathogenesis following a viral infection results from interactions between the virus and its host. The outcome is determined by tipping the balance between virulence and host susceptibility to favor one or the other. This lecture focuses on the arenavirus, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) that can cause human disease but is best known in the context of its rodent model. This model has facilitated understanding of many current concepts in immunobiology and viral pathogenesis. A major component for understanding how LCMV maintains persistent infection includes the interaction between the virus and its receptor alpha-dystroglyclan and dendritic cells and the subsequent suppression of the viral immune response.

ACLAD/RADIL seminar
"Prions and Protein misfolding disorders: discoveries from animal studies"
Tuesday October 4, 2011 8:00-10:45

8:00 Introduction: Moderator, Sue VandeWoude, DVM
8:05 Christina Sigurdson, DVM, PhD: "Prion protein in health and disease"
Normal and abnormal prion protein structure and investigations into genetic and biochemical predispositions to development of prion disease
8:50 Timothy Kurt, DVM, PhD: "Species specificity of prion diseases"
Mechanisms that limit cross-species transmission of Chronic Wasting Disease
9:10 Break
9:20 Candace Mathiasen, DVM, PhD: "Chronic Wasting Disease in cervids and other species"
Studies in captive white-tailed deer, Muntjac, transgenic deer mice, and other species that have helped to elucidate pathogenesis and transmission of CWD
10:00 Eliezer Mazliah, MD: "Alzheimer's disease in mouse models"
Studies evaluating the role of synaptic proteins in Alzheimer's disease and mechanisms of neurodegeneration in AD dementia complex.

Other ACLAD/RADIL sponsored events at AALAS:

Pathology Quiz Bowl 2011
Monday October 3, 2011 12:30-2:00
Come test your powers of observation and deductive reasoning on the gross, the grosser, and the just plain weird! Fabulous prizes!!! Anonymity guaranteed (unless you want to brag!) We welcome trainees, trainers, and the untrained equally.

ACLAD trainee luncheon: Speed Networking!!
Tuesday October 4, 2011 12:00-2:00
ACLAD is once again offering a luncheon for trainees and experienced laboratory animal professionals alike. The "speed networking" format ensures that you will maximize your contacts with your current and future colleagues. Come meet new people and share your experiences!!
Print the luncheon registration form below and submit today! (Deadline September 16, 2011)

History of the Wallace P. Rowe lecture

The Wallace P. Rowe Lecture is an invited talk featured at the National Meeting of the American Association of Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS), the premier forum for the exchange of information and expertise in the care and use of laboratory animals.   The Rowe lecture features a speaker who has made significant scientific contributions using animal models and is a strong role model for scientists in the field of Comparative Medicine.  Dr. Rowe was the first scientist to undertake systemic studies of many of the viral infections of laboratory mice; he published over 225 scientific papers between 1950 and 1985 on diseases including Murine Leukemia Virus, SV40, human adenoviruses, and nearly all known viruses of rodents--polyoma virus, thymic virus, reovirus, MHV, LDHV, Theiler’s virus, LCMV , MAV,  RCV and MVM.  The Wallace P. Rowe Memorial Lectureship was established in 1985 to provide an enduring legacy to commemorate Dr. Rowe’s many contributions to laboratory animal science.  The American Committee on Laboratory Animal Diseases (ACLAD) has sponsored the lectureship during the last decade.

 

 

ACLAD/RADIL-sponsored Wallace P. Rowe lectures at AALAS, 1993 to

present

 

1993 Peter Doherty                                Cytotoxic T cells

1994 Diane Griffin                                  Acute viral encephalitis

1995 Donald Mosier                               Small animal models of AIDS

1997 Marian Michaels                           Xenozoonoses

1998 Thomas Doetschman                    Genetic engineering in the mouse

1999 Richard Palmiter                           Genetics of behavior

2000 Jerry McGhee                               Murine models for mucosal immunity

2001 Stephen Barthold                          Mouse genomics and veterinarian's role 

2002 Charles Montgomery                 Genetically engineered mouse phenotyping

2003 Duane Gubler                            West Nile Virus in the Western hemisphere

2004 Elliot Jacobsen                             Reptile medicine and research

2005 Herbert W. (Skip) Virgin       Murine Noroviruses       

2006 Robert Sidwell                            Animal models in antiviral research        

2007 Robert Maronpot                         Cancer bioassay: challenges for the future

2008 Linda Toth

2009 Pippa Marrack                             Things we don’t know about vaccines

2010 Samuel Speck                                Herpesviruses: evading and manipulating immune

                                                               responses

 

ACLAD/RADIL-sponsored scientific sessions at AALAS, 1993 to present

 

1993    Emerging diseases (SIV, Hantavirus, TB)

1994    Genetic resistance to inf. Diseases

1995    Parvoviruses

1997    Rodent health monitoring

1999    Genetically engineered mice

2000    Vaccines

2001    Molecular diagnostics

2002    Genetically engineered mice and infectious diseases

2003    West Nile virus

2004    Emerging infections in wildlife

2005    Primate herpes and retroviruses

2006    Influenza

2007    Infectious agents and cancer

2008    Diabetes

2009           

2010    Innate immunity
Have you paid your 2011 dues??
ACLAD is dependent on membership dues to continue to offer programs such as the Wallace Rowe lecture and the trainee luncheon. If you have not paid your 2011 dues please due so via our membership form below.