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Masayuki Amagai, M.D.,
Ph.D.
(Keio University, Japan)
Skin Biology
Cell adhesion molecules: targets of skin diseases
Professor Amagai is the Professor and Chair of the Department of
Dermatology at the Keio University School of Medicine in Tokyo,
Japan. He is a distinguished medical researcher and scientist whose
major research interest is diseases of cutaneous autoimmunity, most
specifically the clarification of the immunopathological mechanisms
of the autoimmune skin disease, pemphigus, and development of disease-specific
therapeutic approaches. He is the recipient of many distinguished
awards and participates on the editorial board of many international
medical dermatology journals. |
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Prof.
Maja Suter
(University of Berne, Switzerland)
Immunology
Keratinocytes: key role in epidermal renewal and defence
Maja M. Suter completed her residency and doctoral thesis in
veterinary pathology at the University of Zurich. After postdoctoral
research at UC Davis she returned to the University of Zurich as
a faculty member. From 1984 to 1989 she left for further postgraduate
education and performed a PhD at Cornell University establishing
canine keratinocytes cultures and applying them to the study of
canine pemphigus. Subsequently she stayed on as assistant professor
at Cornell University with a research focus in dermatology. 1993
she returned to Switzerland as professor and chair of the Institute
of Animal Pathology at the University of Berne. In this function
she built up an internationally renowned skin focus at the Institute
with a strong dermatopathology unit and a very active, research
programme in keratinocyte biology and pathology. |
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Prof. Timothy Foster
(Trinity College, Ireland)
Infectious disease
Staphylococcal virulence factors and immune evasion
Professor Tim Foster completed his PhD on mechanisms of resistance
to chloramphenicol in the Microbiology Department, University of
Bristol in 1972. He was appointed to a Junior Lecturership in Bacteriology
at Trinity College, Dublin and began independent research on mechanisms
of resistance to antibiotics and heavy metal ions. On sabbatical
with Nancy Kleckner in Harvard in 1978 – 79 he initiated the molecular
dissection of transposon Tn10 and gained first-hand knowledge of
the newly emerging recombinant DNA technologies. In the early 1980s
the first genes from pathogens were cloned, sequenced and manipulated.
In Dublin studies were initiated with Staphylococcus aureus virulence
factors. The current phase of Prof. Foster's research began with
the discovery and characterization the fibrinogen-binding surface
protein clumping factor A. His group now focuses on functional analysis
of a number of different surface proteins that are involved in adhesion,
colonization and immune evasion. Prof. Foster has been an author
on over 30 peer-reviewed publications in the last 5 years alone.
He is currently Professor of Molecular Microbiology at the Moyne
Institute of Preventive Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. |
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Prof.
Michael Dryden
(Kansas State University, USA)
Parasitology
Flea and tick control in the 21st Century; challenges and opportunities
Michael Dryden, DVM, PhD, is the E.J. Frick Professor of Veterinary
Medicine, in the Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology
at Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas USA. He received his
DVM from Kansas State University in 1984 and his PhD in Parasitology
from Purdue University in 1990. He is the author of over 90 publications
and has lectured in 21 countries, presenting over 750 seminars at
national and international meetings. Dr. Dryden's current research
efforts are directed towards flea and tick biology and control and
diagnosis and control of gastrointestinal parasites. In 1995 he
received the Pfizer Award for Research Excellence for contributions
that significantly advance our knowledge of animal health. In 2005
the Kansas Veterinary Medical Association awarded him the KSU-Distinguished
Service Award and in 2006 he was awarded the Teaching Excellence
Award in recognition of outstanding instruction of second year veterinary
students. |
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Dr.
Joseph Blondeau
(Royal University Hospital, Canada)
Therapy
New Concepts in Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing: The Mutant
Prevention Concentration and Mutant Selection Window Approach
Dr. Joseph Blondeau is a clinical microbiologist and Head
of Clinical Microbiology at Royal University Hospital and the Saskatoon
Health Region in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Dr. Blondeau is
also an Adjunct Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and a Clinical
Associate Professor of Pathology at the University of Saskatchewan.
He lectures to undergraduate, graduate, medical, dental, nursing
and pharmacy students and to medical laboratory technologist students
in areas pertaining to clinical microbiology and infectious diseases,
antimicrobial agents and antimicrobial chemotherapy and pharmacology.
Dr. Blondeau has developed an active and externally supported research
programme on antimicrobial agents and antimicrobial resistance.
Dr. Blondeau has published in excess of 125 peer review publications
in many different journals, and has over 175 abstracts of his research
findings at various international meetings. He has given over 470
invited presentations worldwide. Dr. Blondeau is a reviewer for
many prestigious journals and currently sits on the editorial boards
of several international journals. He is the section editor for
anti-infectives for the journal Expert Opinion on Investigational
Drugs. |
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Dr.
Lynette Cole
(Ohio State University, USA)
Otology
Anatomy and physiology of the canine ear
Dr. Cole received her veterinary degree from the University of Tennessee
in 1989. She completed her Residency in Veterinary Dermatology at
The Ohio State University in 1997 and obtained her Master of Science
degree from The Ohio State University in 1999. She is a Diplomate
of the American College of Veterinary Dermatology. She is currently
an Assistant Professor of Dermatology at The Ohio State University.
Her main professional interest is ear disease, where she has been
a leader in enhancing our understanding of otitis media and bacterial
infections of the ears, as well studies evaluating numerous ear
medications and ear cleaners. |
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Prof.
Thierry Olivry
(North Carolina State University, USA)
Skin Biology
Dermatoses affecting desmosomes in animals
Dr. Olivry completed his dermatology residency at the University
of California at Davis and obtained a PhD in comparative pathology
at the same institution. He is board-certified by both European
and American Colleges of Veterinary Dermatology. Dr. Olivry is presently
Professor of Immunodermatology at the NC State University College
of Veterinary Medicine in Raleigh, North Carolina. He also holds
an appointment as Adjunct Research Associate Professor of Dermatology
at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill School of Medicine.
From 2001 to 2004, he was the Chair of the International Task Force
on Canine Atopic Dermatitis. He is currently President-Elect of
the European College of Veterinary Dermatology. In 2004, he received
the ACVD Award for Excellence for Outstanding Contributions to Science
and Education, and in 2005 he was named Clinician of the Year at
NCSU. Dr. Olivry is the author or co-author of over 200 articles
or book chapters published principally in the field of animal allergic
and autoimmune diseases. His current areas of interest in research
include canine atopic dermatitis and autoimmune blistering skin
diseases. |
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Dr.
J.R. Stanley
(New York University, USA)
Skin Biology
Cloning of Monoclonal Anti-desmoglein Antibodies from Pemphigus
Patients: Implications for Targeted Therapy
Dr. Stanley is currently the Milton B. Hartzell Professor and Chairman
of the Department of Dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania
Medical Center. He is certified by the American Board of Dermatology
in Dermatology and in Dermatological Immunology/Diagnostic and Laboratory
Immunology. He is the author of over 100 scientific articles, scholarly
reviews, and book chapters. His clinical and research expertise
focuses on autoimmune blistering diseases of the skin and bullous
impetigo. He has received numerous awards and honours for his work
and has been elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation,
the Association of American Physicians, and the American Dermatological
Association. Dr. Stanley serves, or has served, on the editorial
boards of many prestigious medical dermatologic journals and is
currently an Associate Editor of The Journal of Clinical Investigation.
As Chairman of the Department of Dermatology at the University of
Pennsylvania, Dr. Stanley manages a clinical operation of over 52,000
outpatients per year and a research enterprise that, in the last
few years, has ranked one to three among dermatology departments
in funding from the National Institutes of Health. |
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Dr.
Rosanna Marsella
(University of Florida, USA)
Immunology
Unraveling the Skin Barrier: A New Paradigm for Canine Atopic Dermatitis
and House Dust Mites
Rosanna Marsella is a Diplomate of the American College of
Veterinary Dermatology and a graduate of the University of Milano,
Italy (1991). Dr. Marsella has been Service Chief of the Dermatology
Service at the University of Florida for the past 10 years and is
currently an Associate Professor. Her area of research is the investigation
of the pathogenesis of canine atopic dermatitis and the identification
of novel treatments. Dr. Marsella is a member of the International
Task Force on canine atopic dermatitis and a co-editor for Veterinary
Dermatology. She is author of more than 60 peer- reviewed articles
most of which focused on allergic skin diseases and atopic dermatitis.
Dr. Marsella lives on a farm where, in her spare time, she enjoys
her passion of horse back riding. |
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Dr.
Ross Fitzgerald
(University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
Infectious disease
Genomic analysis of the Staphylococcus intermedius group: insights
into species reclassification, emergence of methicillin-resistance
and the potential for a canine pyoderma vaccine
Dr. Ross Fitzgerald is Senior Lecturer in Bacteriology at the Roslin
Institute, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University
of Edinburgh. After completing a PhD at Trinity College, Dublin
on the population genetics of the major pathogen Staphylococcus
aureus, he carried out post-doctoral studies on S. aureus comparative
genomics in the NIH with Dr. Jim Musser, and on the role of surface
proteins in S. aureus pathogenesis with Prof. Tim Foster in Dublin.
He was appointed to a lectureship at the University of Edinburgh
in 2004 and established the Laboratory for Bacterial Evolution and
Pathogenesis which is focussed on the evolution and pathogenesis
of clinically important species of staphylococci such as S. aureus
and the Staphylococcus intermedius group including Staphylococcus
pseudintermedius, the major cause of canine pyoderma. He is using
genome sequencing approaches to investigate pathogenesis and host-specificity
and to identify novel therapeutic targets. |
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Dr.
Manolis Saridomichelakis
(University of Thessaly, Greece)
Infectious disease
Advances in the pathogenesis of canine leishmaniosis: epidemiologic
and diagnostic implications
Dr. Manolis Saridomichelakis graduated from the Faculty of
Veterinary Medicine, Aristotles University of Thessaloniki (1992),
where he completed an internship in Companion Animal Medicine, followed
by a PhD study on canine atopic dermatitis (1998). From 2002 to
2006 he joined the faculty as a Lecturer of Companion Animal Medicine
and then he moved to the School of Veterinary Medicine, University
of Thessaly, where he is currently Assistant Professor of Companion
Animal Medicine. His main research interests include canine leishmaniosis
and canine atopic dermatitis.
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