AFC Winter 2005
January 2005
Scientific Programme
Session 1
What do microarrays really tell us about M. tuberculosis?
Neil Stoker
Evaluation of TB vaccines in guinea pigs – challenges and solutions to improve discrimination between candidates
Ann Williams, Hatch GJ, Clark SO, Gooch K, Hatch K, Hall GA, Marsh PD. (submitted by J. Ivanyi)
Ancient DNA analysis of cases of lepromatous leprosy from the archaeological record
C L Watson, S Mays D N J Lockwood & G M Taylor
Role of Mycobacterium tuberculosis PGL derivative, pHBAD-II, in innate immunity.
Ruth Griffin, Pearline Benjamin, Steven Coade, Germain Puzo, Brigitte Gicquel, Roger Buxton, Douglas Young, Mary Jackson, Ricardo Tascon Douglas Lowrie
Investigation of rifampicin resistance in isoniazid resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated during an outbreak in North London
C. Jenkins, A. Claxton, R.J. Shorten, T.D. McHugh and S.H. Gillespie
Vitamin D: a double-edged sword in anti-mycobacterial immunity?
Martineau AR, Newton SM, Wilkinson KA, Norman AW, Griffiths CJ, Wilkinson RJ
Session 2
Effectiveness and acceptability of TB screening: a randomised trial and qualitative study
Chris Griffiths, Pat Sturdy, Penny Brewin, Meg McDonald, Adrian Martineau, Sandra Eldridge, Gene Feder, Miriam Beeks, Anna Jones, Graham Bothamley, Moira Kelly, Jean Ramsay, Ali Zumla
Disseminated Mycobacterium TB infection due to functional IFN-gamma deficiency
SL Seneviratne, R Doffinger , J McFarlane, L Ceron-Gutierrez, MR Amel Kasipaz, A Robbins, P Powell, DS Kumararatne, RJ Powell
A FHA domain-containing phospho-dependent signalling pathway of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is required for virulence in mice
Juliet M. Curry, Rachael Whalan, Debbie M. Hunt, Kalpesh Gohil, Molly Strom, Lisa Rickman, M. Joseph Colston, Stephen J. Smerdon and Roger S. Buxton
Regulating gene expression in mycobacteria. All in the ‘mind’
Marian C. J. Blokpoel, Helen Murphy, Ronan O’Toole, Siouxsie Wiles, Graham R. Stewart, Douglas B. Young, Brian D. Robertson
Control of M. bovis in the presence of a wildlife reservoir
Dirk Pfeiffer (submitted by Neil Stoker)
The Acid Fast Club 