NERCE/BEID is a network of research collaborations that fosters development of vaccines and therapies against infections caused by weapons of bioterrorism, and against emerging infectious disease.
News and Updates Archives
2/08 - New Publication
R.E. Bolcome III*, S.E. Sullivan, R. Zeller, A.P. Barker, R.J. Collier, and J. Chan (2008). Anthrax lethal toxin induces cell death-independent permeability in zebrafish vasculature. PNAS [Epub February 11, 2008]
1/08 - New Publication
Targeting a Prokaryotic Protein in a Eukaryotic Pathogen: Identification of Lead Compounds against Cryptosporidiosis. N.N. Umejiego, D. Gollapalli, L. Sharling, A. Volftsun, J. Lu, N.N. Benjamin, A.H. Stroupe, T.V. Riera, B. Striepen, and L. Hedstrom (2008). Chemistry and Biology 15: 70-77.
4th Annual NERCE Retreat
November 11-12, 2007
Mt. Washington Resort at Bretton Woods, NH
Deadline for attendance confirmation and abstracts is October 15, 2007
For more information, please contact Marie Scurti.
Image Courtesy of Mount Washington Resort.
Workshop Announcement: Anthrax Vaccines — Bridging Correlates of Protection in Animals to Immunogenicity in Humans
Lab Biosafety Training Program at UTMB
New Publications
Evaluation of the role of LcrV/TLR2-mediated immunomodulation in the virulence of Yersinia pestis (2007). Pouliot K, Pan N, Wang S, Lu S, Lien E, Goguen JD. Infect Immun. 2007 Apr 16; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17438030
Activation of inhibitors by sortase triggers irreversible modification of the active site (2007). Maresso AW, Wu R, Kern JW, Zhang R, Janik D, Missiakas DM, Duban ME, Joachimiak A, Schneewind O. J Biol Chem. 2007 Jun 1; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17545669
2007 4th annual RCE meeting in St. Louis, Missouri
The MRCE has posted an announcement on their website about the 2007 RCE annual meeting in
St. Louis, Missouri. Save the Date
Midwest Regional Center of Excellence
Yersinia Pestis Clone Collection Available........
The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) has been awarded a contract from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to establish the Pathogen Functional Genomics Resource Center (PFGRC).
http://pfgrc.tigr.org/
Guidelines for Accessing the Trans-center Non-human Primate Aerobiology Core...
The long-term objective of this RCE Nonhuman Primate (NHP) Aerobiology Core is to provide a mechanism for assessing therapeutic and prophylactic candidates for biothreat agents.
NHP Aerobiology Core Guidlines
New Resource Available from the NIAID Research Resources Program......
The NIAID has funded the National Biosafety and Biocontainment Training Program (NBBTP) The NBBTP offers two-year post baccalaureate and post-doctoral fellowships at the NIH Bethesda Campus providing a rare opportunity to receive professional training in biosafety and biocontainment at the foremost biomedical research center in the world.
NBBTP Training Program
NERCE/BEID Seminar Series : Peter Palese on February 8, 2006
"Reconstruction and Characterization of the Extinct 1918 Pandemic Influenza Virus" presented
by Dr. Peter Palese of Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
Streaming video of seminar
Solicitation of Assays for High Throughput Screening (HTS) in the
Molecular Libraries Screening Centers Network:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-259.html
3 new Gateway libraries from TIGR /PFGRC Y.pestis, V. cholerae,
F. tularensis:
http://pfgrc.tigr.org/programs/programs_gateway.shtml
Pathology services now available through the BSL-3 animal core....more info
"Filoviruses:Recent Advances and Future Challenge"
September 17-19, 2006
Winnipeg, Manitoba
......................more info