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Action
for Building Capacity (ABC) Fogarty Workshops:
The Molecular Epidemiology of Enteric
Opportunistic Protozoa
16 to 20 of February 2004, Durban, South Africa.
This
workshop has been postponed until further notice.
Who workshop is aimed at:
The workshops is aimed at
junior faculty, senior technicians, post-masters or postdoctoral
fellows with training/experience in Parasitology/
Microbiology/Molecular Biology, and a career interest in molecular
epidemiology of parasitic infections.
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Workshop
Organizers:
- Melanie
Mckay,
- Karen Bishop,
- Donnie McGrath.
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Description of
workshop:
This will be a 5-day
intensive lecture and laboratory-based course on the basic principals
and techniques used for molecular epidemiology of enteric opportunistic
protozoa.
Techniques to be taught
will include extraction of DNA from stool/tissue, PCR, PCR-RFLP,
preparation of samples for DNA sequencing, sequence analysis and use of
these methods for detection, species determination, genotyping and
fingerprinting of isolates.
Draft curriculum:
Day 1 (16 of February): Introductory
lecture on Molecular Epidemiology:
Day 2 (17 of February): Lecture on
principles of PCR
Day 3
(18 of February): Lecture on Restriction Enzymes/RFLP
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Methods Lecture on
RFLP
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Lab on PCR-RFLP
Day 4 (19 of February):Lecture on DNA
sequencing
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Methods Lecture on
sequencing of PCR products, cloning
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Lab on preparation of
PCR products for sequencing
Day 5 (20 of February): Lecture on
analysis of DNA sequence, Fingerprinting
Workshop Director:
Dr. Honorine Ward MD
Division of Geographic
Medicine and Infectious Disease
Tufts-New England Medical
Center
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