Med-Vet-Net Newsletter

September 2009

Firstly, we would like to wish Med-Vet-Net a Happy 5th Birthday. It’s hard to believe we’ve been going since 2004!

• Recent and Future Developments – the Med-Vet-Net Association!
• 5th ASM - Orals Detection & Control
• 5th ASM - Orals New and Emerging Zoonoses
• 5th ASM - Orals Epidemiology
• 5th ASM - Orals Antimicrobial Resistance
• 5th ASM - Orals Molecular Epidemiology
• 5th ASM - Orals Risk Research
• 5th ASM - Orals Host-Pathogen Interactions
• 5th ASM - Orals General Interest
• WiREDZ Final Meeting Generates Leads for Future Connections

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June 2009

• Med-Vet-Net´s success showcased at final meeting (see a selection of photos from the meeting)
• Workpackage 34 - the prevention and control of Campylobacter in broilers
• Queen´s Honours for one of Med-Vet-Net´s prime movers
• MVN Association registered!
• Hopkins takes out prestigious microbiology prize
• Winners of the Poster Prizes
• Final four science communication interns master the how and why
• Workpackages 21 and 29 sign off at Paris meeting
• Rooker Prize
• Fur, feather and fever-zoonotic challenges for the 21st century

Med-Vet-Net People

• Rao Gudivada
• Mariann Chriel
• Aleksandra Zasada
• Leonardo de Knegt
• Welcome to Tania

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March 2009

• Full marks for Med-Vet-Net in its Annual Review
• Annual Meeting - Registration now open!
• Workshop on Immunity to and Vaccination against Campylobacter jejuni in Chickens
• Final joint meeting Workpackages 21 and 29
• Engaging Stakeholders – Review
• Communicating Science Training
• FAO–WHO Call for Data and for Experts
• 3rd Broadening Microbiology Horizons in Biomedical Science Meeting
• 5th Symposium on Salmonella and Salmonellosis

Med-Vet-Net People

• Welcome Alice!
• Good luck Maarten!
• Goodbye from Jennie
• Welcome Charlene!

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July-August 2008

• Saint Malo Conference Overview
• Saint Malo Oral Presentations
• Workpackage 24 final meeting and training course
• Media and Publishing training
• Masters Courses in Risk Assessment and Epidemiology
• Gastrointestinal Infections Symposium
• Bioinformatics workshop
• New Books

Med-Vet-Net People

• Dr Pawel Stefanoff
• Mr Henrik Bang

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June 2008

• New Special Internet Group - your chance to collaborate through "WILDLIST"
• Project Management News - A Report from John Threlfall
• Med-Vet-Net Conference Update
• "Virtual Communications" workshop

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March 2008

4th Annual Scientific Meeting: Online Registration Now Open

• Applied Bioinfromatics & Public Health Conference, 27 - 29 April 2008, Wellcome Trust Conference Centre
• Science Communications Internship, Module, 1 2008
• BA Media Fellowship Scheme 2008 application form now online
• Med-Vet-Net Short-term missions
• OIE publication catalogue available
• New action plan against campylobacter in Denmark
• EFSA opinion on the contribution of meat to Salmonella infections in humans

• Launch of new Darwin Today website
  

Med-Vet-Net People

• John Threlfall, New Med-Vet-Net Project Manager
• Francesca Baldinelli, Med-Vet-Net Intern
• Birgitte Borck, Med-Vet-Net Intern
• Danielle Eelkman Rooda, Med-Vet-Net Intern
• Martina Escher, Med-Vet-Net Intern
• Sophie Granier, Med-Vet-Net Intern
• Maike Koningstein, Med-Vet-Net Intern
• Sandrine Lacour, Med-Vet-Net Intern
• Tina Struve, Med-Vet-Net Intern

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November - December 2007

• Med-Vet-Net Scientific Achievements: Year 3
• Dogs, bugs and Christmas Turkey. How much do we think about the hygiene of our close animal companions?
• European Community Project Managers´ Association.
• Micropod Online - A news website for Microbiology.

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September-October 2007

• Workpackage 33 - Overview: Early host responses to Salmonella and Campylobacter
• Nature Network - Internet Science Social Network
• Communications Training
• MicrobeWorld website
• Virtual Communications: an overview of Module 4

Med-Vet-Net People

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August 2007

• Workpackage 6: Overview: GIS for Epidemiology
• Conference review: a student´s eye view
• Workshop - Molecular detection and characterization of multi-drug resistance in Enterobacteriaceae
• Journal of Visualized Experiments (JOVE)
  
• Web, presentations and communication skills training
• The world health report
• Creative thinking

Med-Vet-Net People

Steen Ehelberg - WP6 Leader
Martin Rubeck Jepsen - Deputy WP6 Leader


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June-July 2007

• Conference overview and reviews
• Food frenz (collaboration between EU and New Zealand)
• EFSA in-service training period
• Prokarycotic membranes Minisymposium
• Med-Vet-Net Training Proposals
• Postdoctoral position AFSSA (now closed)
• Bacterial pathogenomics (book)
• Notice of Med-Vet-Net 4th Annual Scientific Meeting, St Malo, France
• Host-microbe interactions workshop
• Contact directory - Emerging and Neglected zoonoses
• Workshop - Molecular detection and characterization of multi-drug resistance in Enterobacteriaceae
• Science Communication Internship - Update
• WorldWideScience portal online
• Conference - Zoonoses: From Science to Policy
• Report on Antimicrobial Usage and Bacterial Resistance
  

April-May 2007

• Workpackage 4 Overview: PulseNet Europe
• Science Communication Internship: Module 3
• New Journal: Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
• Lucca Conference
• Special Interest Group Sessions
  • MRSA
  • Host-Pathogen Interactions
• Good Research Practice 2007: Distance Learning e-Course
• Job Vacancy: Risk Analyst, VLA
• New Publication: FAO-WHO Food Safety Risk Analysis

March 2007

• Workpackage 23 Overview: Prioritizing food-borne and zoonotic hazards at the EU level
• Science Communication Internship - Module 2
• Congratulations to Arie Havelaar
• Annual Report - Printed copies
• Microbiology Students Portal
• Lucca 2007 - Abstract submission and registration reminder

Med-Vet-Net People

Alexandra Fetsch - Deputy Workpackage Leader 23
Dr Andre Bianchi - Governing Board Member

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February 2007

• Workpackage 22 Overview: ZoopNet - Cryptosporidium and Giardia
• Vector-borne diseases meeting, Weybridge
• Science Communication Internship - Module 1
• Workshops
• 3rd Med-Vet-Net Annual Scientific Meeting, Registration Open
• Postdoctoral position
• AgriFoodResearch.net
• EADGENE Workshop
• BA Media Fellowship Scheme
• Bioinformatics Workshop - Postponed

Med-Vet-Net People

Simone Caccio - Workpackage 22 Leader
Steve Edwards
Joaquin Goyache
Carmen Audera Lopez

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January 2007

• Workpackage 28 Overview: Source Attribution
• MRSA - an emerging zoonotic agent or a pathogen in edible clothing?
• Emerging & Neglected Zoonoses Groups meet in Palermo
• FP6 First Results Conference
• Bioinformatics Workshop
  

Med-Vet-Net People

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October 2006

• Workpackage 24: Campylobacter risk assessment
• Announcements
• External Congress
• Notices
• Erratum

Med-Vet-Net People

Maarten Nauta
Birgitte Borck

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The Med-Vet-Net newsletter is published monthly. Each issue concentrates on one of the scientific Workpackages. Click below to download each pdf newsletter.

• September 2006 ZOOVIR-NET overview: Food producing animals as a potential source of emerging viral zoonoses
• August 2006 - Virulotyping of Salmonella and VTEC: Workpackage 26
• July 2006 - SEARCHIN FEMAN: Workpackage 29
• June 2006 - Trichi-MED: Workpackage 27
• May 2006 - Q fever: Workpackage 25
• April 2006 - CampyNet III: Workpackage 30
• March 2006 - SGI1: Workpackage 21
• February 2006 - The Overarching Workpackages
• January 2006 - Vets and medics working together
• December 2005 - The first year of Med-Vet-Net
• November 2005 - Training, project management updates
• October 2005 - CryptNet: Workpackage 12
  Errata regarding the Salmonella Workshop (page 4): the conference fee is €300 with an additional fee of €160 per day (hotel and meals).
• September 2005 - GIS: Workpackage 6
• August 2005 - CampyNet II: Workpackage 8
• July 2005 - Microbial Risk Assessment: Workpackage 14
• June 2005 - TrichiNet: Workpackage 11
• May 2005 - Bat Lyssaviruses: Workpackage 5
• April 2005 - VTEC: Workpackage 7
• March 2005 - Food PCR 2: Workpackage 10
• Feburary 2005 - Resistance to Beta-lactams: Workpackage 9
• January 2005 - Risk Assessment: Workpackage 13
• December 2004 - Pulsenet: Workpackage 4
• November 2004 - Welcome to Med-Vet-Net