Following the success of our 6th annual World TB Day at the University of British Columbia, we wish to thank our main sponsor, the TB Vets Charitable Foundation.We hope to announce the 2016 edition of this event next winter!
2015 World TB day
March 24 at UBC – March 25 at Library Square
UBC World TB Day is designed to raise awareness about tuberculosis. TB remains an epidemic in much of the world, causing the deaths of over 1 million people each year. In Canada, the incidence of TB is particularly high among First Nations people. In Vancouver, TB is an ongoing concern in the Downtown Eastside.
March 24th UBC Symposium and Keynote Address: This event is directed at researchers in the field of microbiology and immunology. This year we present an exciting program with short seminars on topics that expand from basic science to clinical aspects of the management of the disease at the BC Center for Disease Control (BCCDC) and with a keynote address by Dr. Bill Jacobs who is professor of Microbiology and Immunology and Genetics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and a member of the National Academy of Science. His research has led to advances in the genetic manipulations of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) allowing for the generation of mutant strains, which has revolutionized the field of TB research. His current research, which focuses on the persistence of Mtb as well as the development of novel diagnostic tests for drug resistant strains, tackles two of the most challenging issues in the treatment and eradication of TB infection.
TB Day 2015 Registration
10:00 – 11:30 a.m. Symposium
Session Chair: Adam Crowe, (Ph.D. candidate, Dept. of Biochemistry, UBC)
Israel Casabon, Ph.D. (Postdoctoral fellow, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology at UBC)
“Mycobacterium tuberculosis degrades cholesterol from its host, but how and why?” “
Anamaria Crisan (British Columbia Centre for Disease Control)
Coffee
Nash Dhalla (British Columbia Centre for Disease Control)
Location: UBC Life Sciences Building, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, CMR room (next to the Admin Office door)
12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch
Free catered lunch for registrants
1:30 -2:30 p.m. Keynote address
Session Chair: Lindsay Eltis, (Professor, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, UBC, CTBR Director)
Bill Jacobs. Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New-York, NY.
“On the road to Edward Jenner’s revenge: killing persistent Mycobacterium tuberculosis“
Location: UBC Life Sciences Building, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, room LSC3
March 25th Public Lecture at Library Square, downtown Vancouver: This public talk is geared for the general public interested in medical research. UBC LSI Public Talks, in collaboration with TB Vets Charitable Foundation, presents an interactive panel of internationally acclaimed speakers on the local and global state of TB as well as cutting-edge approaches to combatting the disease. For more details, see the UBC Life Sciences Institute’s Public Talks.
6 -8 p.m. Public Talk
Tuberculosis – a silent local killer and global threat
Moderator: Jeremy Hirota, Assistant Professor, UBC, Dept. of Medicine
Bill Jacobs, Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New-York, NY.
Kevin Elwood, Clinical Professor Emeritus, UBC, Dept. of Medicine, BCCentre for Disease Control
Location: Combined Alma VanDusen & Peter Kaye Rooms, Lower Level, Central Library, 350 West Georgia St., Vancouver.
Organized by:
- Centre for Tuberculosis Research (CTBR), UBC
- TB Vets Charitable Foundation
- BC Lung Association
- Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD)
- BC Center for Disease Control (BC CDC)
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, UBC
- Life Science Institute, UBC
- UBC friends of Doctors without Borders.
