> 2-Day post-DAA VII Seminar on Crustacean Diseases and Immunity
 

A 2-day seminar on Crustacean Diseases and Immunity has been put back on the program and will be held from June 27th to 28th, 2008. This seminar will be open to DAA VII participants and will be free of charge if you have register for the conference.

If you want to take part in this seminar, please fill out the attached registration form return it to the conference secretary (daaseven@gmail.com) before May 30 to receive your pass for the seminar.

The tentative program will be as follows:

27th June
1. 9:30 - 10:30 (Donald Lightner):
Emerging shrimp virus diseases in the Americas
2. 10:40 - 12:10

(Timothy Flegel):
Important and emerging shrimp virus diseases in Asia (I)

Timothy Flegel-1,
Timothy Flegel-2,
Timothy Flegel-3,
Timothy Flegel-4

3. 1: 30 - 3:00 (Kenneth Soderhall):
Introduction to Invertebrate Immunity, especially insects and crustaceans
4. 3:10 - 4: 40

(Kenneth Soderhall)
Special talk on crustacean immunity


28th June
5. 9:30 - 10:30 (Timothy Flegel):
Important and emerging shrimp virus diseases in Asia (II)
6. 10:40 - 12:10 (Timothy Flegel):
Important and emerging shrimp virus diseases in Asia (III)
7. 1: 30 - 3:00 (Jimmy Kwang):
RING Finger proteins encoded by White Spot Syndrome Virus are viral E3 ubiquitin ligases, important for viral pathogenesis
8. 3:10 - 4: 40 (Chu-Fang Lo):
Toward an integrated biology of host/virus interactions in shrimp infected with White Spot Syndrome Virus

No luncheon will be provided by the DAA VII. Restaurants and small cafes
are very close to the seminar venue.

The seminar will be held at Room 332 Auditorium, College of Life Science, National Taiwan University.


*Map: From Howard International House, Taipei to College of Life Science.

Standard single room at Howard Hotel Taipei will be reserved for the attendants joining the workshop. You do not have to pre-paid for this reservation. The capacity of this workshop is limited to 60 persons and you are therefore encouraged to subscribe to this great workshop as soon as possible by simply filling the Ą§A 2-day post-DAA VII seminarĄ¨ application form.

 

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