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EVENTS ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2003
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Institute of Medicine Division on Earth and Life Studies
Medical Follow-up Agency holds a meeting to discuss Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies, Assessment of the Relevant Science.
AGENDA: Highlights:
9:45 a.m. - CJD surveillance in Canada
Neil Cashman, M.D., Center for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
10:45 a.m. - CJD surveillance in the United States
Ermias Belay, M.D., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
11:30 p.m. - Prion inactivation
David M. Taylor, Ph.D., M.B.E., Committee Member
12:45 p.m. - Antibody-based therapeutics for TSE
R. Anthony Williamson, Ph.D., Department of Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California
1:30 p.m. - Gene therapy as a treatment for TSE
Howard Federoff, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Neurology, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, New York
2:30 p.m.- Non-inflammatory spongiform neurodegeneration caused by a conventional virus
John L. Portis, M.D., Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institutes of Health (NIAID), Hamilton, Montana
DATE: January 21, 2003
LOCATION: 500 5th Street, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-334-2138
WEB ADDRESS:nas.edu
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY holds a program featuring Patrick Moore
Coordinator for Balkan Analysis, RFE/RL and Predrag Pajic, Senior Librarian, Library of Congress discussing Squaring the Circle in the Balkans
DATE: January 21, 2003
LOCATION: 1201 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-457-6949
WEB ADDRESS: rferl.gov
TIME: 10:30 a.m.
EVENT: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION Steering Committee and Expert Working Group holds a meeting to discuss input prior to the next meetings in Tokyo, Japan, February 2003, at which discussion of the CTD and the future of ICH will continue.
DATE: January 21, 2003
LOCATION: 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1066, Rockville, MD.
CONTACT: Kimberly L. Topper, 301-827-7001.
WEB ADDRESS: fda.gov
TIME: 11:15 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL AERONAUTIC SPACE ADMINISTRATION holds a program to officially roll out the start of the agency's Educator Astronaut recruitment program.
AGENDA: The program will be broadcast live on NASA Television from the school, with two-way question-and-answer capability for reporters covering the event from participating NASA centers.
WHO: The speakers are:
Florida's First Lady Columba Bush
NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe
Dr. Adena Loston, NASA Associate Administrator for Education, Education
Specialist Debbie Brown
astronauts
Kent Rominger
DATE: January 21, 2003
LOCATION: Hardy Middle School, 1819 35th street N.W., Washington, DC,
CONTACT: 202-358-1547
WEB ADDRESS: nasa.gov
TIME: 4 p.m. p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH VRC SEMINAR SERIES presents "Functions of Primate Lentiviral Nef Proteins," with Dr. Stevenson, University of Massachusetts.
DATE: January 21, 2003
LOCATION: Main Floor Conference Room, Building 40, Bethesda, MD
CONTACT: 301-402-1770
WEB ADDRESS: nih.gov
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: SMITHSONIAN Hirshhorn Museum holds a lecture featuring neuroscientist Antonio Damasio discussing his latest research, which focuses on the brain and emotions. Drawing on actual cases, he explains the delicate interaction between consciousness, memory, and thinking processes.
DATE: January 21, 2003
LOCATION: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Independence Avenue at Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-357-3030
WEB ADDRESS: si.edu
