"Influenza: Taking Aim At A Moving Target"
Jacqueline Katz, PhD
Immunology and Pathogenesis Branch
Chief, Influenza Division
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA

"Emergence Of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever In The Brown Dog Tick In Eastern Arizona"
Jennifer McQuiston, DVM, MS, DACVPM
Leader, Zoonoses Team, Geographic Medicine and Health
Promotion Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA

"The National Companion Animal Surveillance Program At Purdue University A Purdue-Banfield Partnership For Homeland Security"
Dr. Larry Glickman
Professor Epidemiology & Environmental Medicine at Purdue University
Senior Director Clinical Research at DataSavant

"Disseminated Toxoplasmosis in American Red Squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)"
Dinesh Singh, BVSc, MVSc, PhD
Graduate Student in Anatomic Pathology
Department of Comparative Pathobiology
Purdue University

"Hypertrichosis In A Horse With Alimentary T-cell Lymphoma And Pituitary Involvement"
Ikki Mitsui, BVM
Graduate Student in Anatomic Pathology
Department of Comparative Pathobiology
Purdue University

"Molecular And Serological Detection Of Baylisascaris procyonis Larva Migrans"
Sriveny Dangoudoubiyam, BVSc, MVSc
Graduate Student in Parasitology
Department of Comparative Pathobiology
Purdue University

"Suppression Of Humoral Immune Responses By FOXP3+ T Cells And Regulation Of Chmeokine Receptor Expression In FOXP3+ T Cells"
Hyung Wook Lim, MS
Graduate Student in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Department of Comparative Pathobiology
Purdue University

"Phi29 pRNA Vector For Efficient Escort Of Hammerhead Ribozyme Targeting Survivin In Multiple Cancer Cells"
Songchuan Guo, Bachelor of Medicine
Graduate Student in Molecular Virology
Department of Comparative Pathobiology
Purdue University

"Virilism In The Rat Mammary Gland Induced By The Selective Estrogen Modulator, LY504132: Comparison With Other Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators And Investigation Of Mechanisms Of Glandular Hyperplasia"
Julia Lucas, DVM, MS
Graduate Student in Anatomic Pathology
Department of Comparative Pathobiology
Purdue University

"Concentration And Separation Of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis By Hydroxyapatite For PCR Detection"
Peetambar Kushwaha, BS
Graduate Student in Microbiology
Department of Comparative Pathobiology
Purdue University

"Experimental Reproduction Of Porcine Circovirus Associated Disease By Co-Infection Of Germ-Free Pigs With Ruminant Pestiviruses And Porcine Circovirus Type 2"
Ingeborg Langohr, DVM, MS
Graduate Student in Interdisciplinary Comparative Medicine Graduate Program
Department of Comparative Pathobiology
Purdue University

"A Review On The Role Of Nonstructural Protein, VP5, In Infectious Bursal Disease Virus Infection"
Yung-Yi Chen, BVM, MS
Graduate Student in Microbiology
Department of Comparative Pathobiology
Purdue University

"Controllable Switching Of Size And Shape Of Bacterial Virus phi29 Motor Component"
Feng Xiao, MS
Graduate Student in Molecular Virology
Department of Comparative Pathobiology
Purdue University

"Profiling Of And Biomarker Discovery From Metastatic Breast Cancer Lymphatic Fluid"
C. Paige Riley, BS
Graduate Student in Cancer Biology
Department of Comparative Pathobiology
Purdue University

"Identification And Characterization Of Neutralizing Epitope In Turkey Coronavirus Spike Protein"
Yi-Ning Chen, BVM, MVM
Graduate Student in Molecular Virology
Department of Comparative Pathobiology
Purdue University

"In utero Infection Of Pygmy Goat Fetus With Mycobacterium avium Subspecies paratuberculosis"
Catherine A. Alinovi, DVM, MS
Graduate Student in Epidemiology/Public Health
Department of Comparative Pathobiology
Purdue University

"Kinetic And Single Molecule Study On DNA-Dependent ATP Hydrolysis Of gp16 Of Bacterial Virus Phi29"
Tae Jin Lee, MS
Graduate Student in Molecular Virology
Department of Comparative Pathobiology
Purdue University

"Effect Of Curcumin On HeLa Cervical Cancer Cell Line"
Krystal Madden, BS
Graduate Student in Cancer Biology
Department of Comparative Pathobiology
Purdue University

"Porcine Macrophage Adiponectin Receptors, AdipoR1 And AdipoR2, And Cytokines TNFa, TGFß And IL-10 Expression Are Modulated By in vitro LPS Stimulation"
William D. Follas, MS
Graduate Student in Clinical Pathology
Department of Comparative Pathobiology
Purdue University

“Adenoviral Vector Based Vaccine For Pandemic Influenza”
Suresh Mittal, DVM, PhD
Professor, Laboratory of Gene Therapy
Department of Comparative Pathobiology
Purdue University

"Spontaneous Canine Intraepithelial Mammary Gland Lesions As A Model For Human Breast Preneoplasia"
Pam Mouser, DVM, MS
Graduate Student in Pathology
Department of Comparative Pathobiology
Purdue University

"Making A Living In A Hostile Environment: Lessons From Legionella pneumophila"
Zhao-Qing Luo, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Purdue University

"Peritoneal Fluid From A Horse After Colic Surgery"
Suzanne Pratt, DVM, MS
Graduate Student in Clinical Pathology
Department of Comparative Pathobiology
Purdue University

"Encephalitozoon cuniculi-Associated Placentitis And Perinatal Death In An Alpaca (Lama vicugna)"
Joshua Webster, BVSc, DVM, PhD
Graduate Student in Anatomic Pathology
Department of Comparative Pathobiology
Purdue University

"Bovine Adenoviral Vector-Based H5N1 Influenza Vaccine Overcomes Exceptionally High Levels Of Pre-Existing Immunity Against Human Adenovirus"
Neetu Singh, BVSC & AH, MVSc
Graduate Student in Molecular Virology
Department of Comparative Pathobiology
Purdue University

SPECIAL SEMINAR
"An Epigenetic Approach To Understanding The Pathobiology Of Cancer"
Aseem Pandey, BVSC & AH, MVSc
Kenneth P. Nephew, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology
Adjunct Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Indiana University School of Medicine
Bloomington, Indiana

"Immunomodulation As A Means To Enhance Influenza Vaccine Efficacy"
Aseem Pandey, BVSC & AH, MVSc
Graduate Student in Molecular Virology
Department of Comparative Pathobiology
Purdue University

"Animal Prion Diseases in the U.S.: BSE and beyond"
Juergen A. Richt, DVM, PhD
Veterinary Medical Officer
Lead Scientist, Prion Diseases Laboratory
National Animal Disease Center, USDA
2300 Dayton Ave Ames, IA

SPECIAL SEMINAR
"An Integrative Genomics Approach To Identify Genes And Biological Pathways That Confer Genetic Resistance To Marek's Disease, A T-Cell Lymphoma Of Chickens And A Biomedical Model For Oncogenicity And Vaccinal Immunity" Hans H. Cheng, PhD
Supervisory Research Geneticist & Lead Scientist
USDA-ARS
Avian Disease and Oncology Laboratory
East Lansing, Michigan

Dr. Cheng is a Candidate for the Hayward Endowed Chair in Genetics, Genetic Epidemiology, and Comparative Medicine

"Identification of Bartonella Hanselae in an Aborted Equine Fetus"
Robert Johnson, DVM
Graduate Student in Anatomic Pathology
Department of Comparative Pathobiology
Purdue University

"Role of FoxP3+CD4+ cells in Suppression of Extramediullary Hematopoiesis"
Jee Ho Lee, MS
Graduate Student in Immunology
Department of Comparative Pathobiology
Purdue University

"Evaluation Of The Effect Of Rounded-tip And Catheter Lock Solution On Patency And Tissue Reactivity Of Indwelling Jugular Catheters In Rats"
Tracy H. Vemulapalli, DVM, MS
Graduate Student in Lab Animal Medicine
Department of Comparative Pathobiology
Purdue University

"Trafficking Receptors And In vivo Migration Of Th17 Cells Versus FoxP3+ Regulatory T Cells"
Chuanwu Wang, Bachelor of Agronomy in VM, Master of Agronomy in VM
Graduate Student in Immunology
Department of Comparative Pathobiology
Purdue University

HOLIDAY

"The Impact Of Vitamin A On Generation And Distribution Of FoxP3+ Regulatory T Cells"
Seung Goo Kang, MS
Graduate Student in Immunology
Department of Comparative Pathobiology
Purdue University

"Preliminary Evaluation Of BRCA2 Mutation And Cancer Risk In Dogs"
Michael D. Lucroy, DVM, MS
Graduate Student in Clinical Epidemiology
Department of Comparative Pathobiology
Purdue University

"Brucella As A Vector For Developing Cancer Vaccines"
Dina Moustafa, BSc, MSc
Graduate Student in Immunology
Department of Comparative Pathobiology
Purdue University

"In vitro And In vivo Characterization Of Nonhuman Adenoviruses"
Anurag Sharma, BVSc & AH, MVSc
Graduate Student in Molecular Virology
Department of Comparative Pathobiology
Purdue University