7th
Annual Biosafety and Biosecurity Training Course
BIOSAFETY and BIOSECURITY TRAINING COURSE - 2010
The 7th Annual Biosafety and Biosecurity Training
Course will be held July 8-15, 2010, at the Hilton Hotel, Fort Collins,
Colorado.
The Course is directed by Dr.
Robert P. Ellis (Casual Dress)
Sponsored by the Elizabeth R. Griffin Foundation - "SAFE Research Saves Lives"
Topics will include biosafety and biosecurity in veterinary clinics, animal research, and plant research and diagnostics.
Animal Session: July 8 and 9 will be animal oriented. Topics to be covered include large animal ABSL-2 and -3 facilities design, containment and management; small animal ABSL-2 and -3 facilities design, containment and management; veterinary hospital, clinic, and farm and ranch Biosecurity [infection control]; Non-Human Primate Biosafety.
General Session: July 10, 12 and the morning of the 13 will be general Biosafety and Biosecurity. Topics to be covered include BMBL, rDNA Guidelines, Biosafety committees, other administration aspects, risk assessment, Select Agent regulations and administration, HEPA filters and biosafety cabinet certification; Introductory BSL-3/cGMP. July 12 is Hawaiian shirt day, so bring your favorite Hawaiian shirt to wear.
Optional for all attendees: Sunday, July 11, will be open for your enjoyment of the Fort Collins and Rocky Mountain National Park areas. Dinner is at the Hilton at 6:30 PM.
Plant Session: July 13 afternoon, 14, and 15 will be plant oriented (greenhouse design and management, containment of recombinant plants, infectious disease research with plants, biopharm, , plant disease diagnostic lab network, diseases of crops). We will finish with lunch at noon the 15th.
Course Instructors - Animal Session - General Session - Plant Session
2009 Program Course Learning Objectives/Outcomes
2010 Program will be similar to the 2009 Program but updated and available at a later date.
2010 Registration and Payment Information
The cost for the course is as follows:
Animal and general sessions; $1400
Plant and general sessions; $1400
Complete training course, July 8- 15, 2009; $1700
Registration includes a reception July 8, dinners July 8 (Animal and Complete Course registrants) and/or July 14 (Plant and Complete Course registrants), lunches, and breaks, and all course material. A class photo and certificate will be given to all who complete the course. We anticipate full enrollment, so make your course and hotel reservations early.
We anticipate full enrollment, so make your course and hotel reservations
early.
Payment by check or Payment by credit card
information is found on the registration
form.
Please complete the registration form.
REFUND POLICY: Registration fee full refund, less $20, if requested within 35 days of annual meeting; 50% refund from 34 - 15 days before annual meeting; no refund if requested 14 days or less before annual meeting.
2010 Hotel Reservations
Following is the 2009 hotel group room rate information. The 2010 information will be posted when available.
The Hilton Fort Collins room rates are $95 for single or double and $115 for a suite. The cutoff date for hotel reservations is June 25, 2009. The hotel phone number is 970-482-2626. Call the hotel to reserve your special group room rate under the group/block name of "Biosafety and Biosecurity Training," or use the custom Biosafety & Biosecurity Training Course sleeping room reservation form, which is available on-line at the following link: custom sleeping room reservation link
It is a 1 ½ to 2 hour drive from Denver International Airport, and is almost all interstate. Here is map information from DIA to Fort Collins and the Hilton Fort Collins. Take Hwy 470 North to I-25. Take I-25 North to the Fort Collins area and take the Prospect Rd. exit. Go West 4.5 miles on Prospect to the intersection of Prospect and Centre Avenue.
Shuttle bus transportation between DIA and Fort Collins: Shamrock Airport Express and schedule
CONTACT US: Please direct questions to me at Robert.ellis@colostate.edu or 970-491-6729.