Veterinary diagnostics for Taenia saginata and Taenia solium
Download the call document here: CYSTINET Training school_Veterinary diagnostics_Antwerp_CALL
Where
The Training will be held at the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
When
From 12 to 14 september 2016.
Training objectives
Present and practice veterinary diagnostics for Taenia saginata and Taenia solium.
Techniques/topics included in the training
Theoretical overview with results interpretation, Western blot, meat inspection & dissection of predilection sites, PCR-RFLP, Ag-ELISA, T. crassiceps model, morphology, differential diagnosis
Trainers
Prof. Pierre Dorny, Drs. Sarah Gabriël, Veronique Dermauw and Leen Claes, Anke Van Hul, Idzi Potters
How to apply
Send an email to cystinettd1302@itg.be, the latest by 01/08/2016, state your interest in the Veterinary Diagnostics CYSTINET Training School and mention: affiliation (full name & country), gender, CYSTINET member (yes/no), degree (MSc/PhD, if the latter, when obtained), your main research topics
DEADLINE: 1st of August 2016
Eligibility criteria:
Trainees eligible to be reimbursed:
- Trainees from all COST Countries[i],
- Trainees from approved NNC institutions[ii],
- Trainees from approved European RTD Organisations[iii]
Maximum n° of participants:15
[i] COST Countries: Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
[ii] Approved NNC Institutions: Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Egypt, Georgia, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Moldova, Morocco, the Palestinian Authority, Russia, Syria, Tunisia and Ukraine.
[iii] European RTD Organisations: CERN – European Organisation for Nuclear Research, EFDA JET – European Fusion Development Agreement, EMBL – European Molecular Biology Laboratory, ESA – European Space Agency, ESO – European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere, ESRF – European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, European XFEL – European XFEL Free-Electron Laser Facility, ILL – Institut Laue-Langevin
Programme
12/09/2016
08:00-08:15: Registration: Kronenburgstraat 25, 2000 Antwerp, classroom
08:15-08:30: Welcome (S. Gabriël)
08:30-10:15: Presentations Taenia saginata and Taenia solium research projects,
students collaborative MSc (Tropical Animal Health); Discussion (S. Gabriël)
10:15-10:30: Coffee break
10:30-12:30: Overview of veterinary diagnostics available, results interpretation (P. Dorny)
12:30-13:30: Lunch break (kitchen)
13:30-17:30: Laboratory: Demonstration + training Western Blot (LD BIO)/Ag ELISA, results interpretation (A. Van Hul)
13/09/2016
8:30-12:30: Visit slaughterhouse (Heist-op-den-Berg) (±45 min. drive): demonstration meat inspection (L Claes). We meet at the entrance of the campus at 08h30!
12:30-13:30: Lunch break (kitchen)
13:30-17:30: Laboratory: Demonstration + training dissection predilection sites: cyst n° and stage identification, differential diagnosis: T. hydatigena, Echinococcus (S. Gabriël),
16:00: Agora classroom: Morphology: adult tapeworm (I. Potters)
19:00-….: Dinner in “De Peerdestal”, Wijngaardstraat 8, Antwerp
14/09/2016
08:30-12:30: Laboratory: Demonstration + training Ag-ELISA/Western Blot, PCR-RFLP, results interpretation (A. Van Hul)
12:30-13:30: Lunch break (kitchen)
13:30-17:30: Laboratory: Continuation demonstration+ training Ag-ELISA/Western Blot, PCR-RFLP, results interpretation-Demonstration T. crassiceps model (A. Van Hul)