2008
Program
BIOSAFETY and BIOSECURITY TRAINING COURSE - 2008
Hilton Fort Collins, Fort Collins, Colorado - July 9-16, 2008
Learning Outcomes and Course Assessment Method for Continuing Education Programs
Animal Session - July 9 - 10, 2008:
Wednesday, July 9
8-Noon, 1-3 PM: Large
Animal Facilities and Containment, ABSL-2 and -3
Scott Rusk, Biosecurity
Research Institute, Kansas State University
3-5 PM: Veterinary Hospital and Clinic Biosecurity
(infection control) and Agricultural Premises Biosecurity
Paul Morley, Colorado State University
Reception-Hilton Hotel, 5:30 PM
Thursday, July 10
8 – 10 AM: Non-human
Primate Biosafety
Melissa de la Garza, ABSL-3 manager, Southwest
National Primate Research Center (SNPRC) at Southwest Foundation for
Biomedical Research (SFBR), San Antonio, TX
10:30 AM-Noon, 1PM-5PM: Lab Animal ABSL-2 and -3 Containment and Mgmt.
David Neil, Former Director, Laboratory Animal Resources, Colorado State University
Dinner – Sundance Saloon and Steakhouse
General Biosafety and Biosecurity Session - July 11,
12 and 14, 2008:
Friday, July 11
8 - 10 AM: Introductory
Remarks; Reasons for Biosafety Programs; Understanding & Applying the
BMBL
Bob Ellis,
BBTC Director and Colorado State University Director of Biosafety
10 AM - Noon: Packaging
and Shipping
Claudia Gentry-Weeks, Associate Biosafety
Officer, Colorado State University
1-4 PM: Regulations
and Permit Procedures for Infectious Agents, and Plants, Plant Pests
and Pathogens, Including Transgenics and
Soils
Steven Ziegenfuss , Biological Safety Specialist, Iowa State University,
Ames, IA
and a Panel Discussion of the current regulations
and pending changes
4 – 5:30 PM: HEPA
Filters and Biosafety Cabinet Certification
Ed Canfield, Technical Safety Services, Littleton, CO
Saturday July 12 - Hawaiian Shirt Day, wear your favorite Hawaiian shirt
Saturday, July 12
8:00 – 9:30 AM: A Biosafety Management Program
Joe Kozlovac, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, Maryland
9:30– 11 AM: Managing a Large Biosafety Program
Bob Ellis, Colorado State University Director of Biosafety
11 – Noon: rDNA Guidelines
Claudia Gentry-Weeks, Associate Biosafety Officer, Colorado State University
1-3 PM: The Select Agent Program; Biosafety Committee
Structure and Function
Bob Ellis, Colorado State University
Director of Biosafety
3 – 5
PM: Introductory BSL-3/cGMP Training
Becky L. Rivoire,
Director, Product Development and Manufacturing (PDM) Core, Rocky Mountain
Regional Center of Excellence (RMRCE), Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Pathology,
Colorado State University
*July 13 - Sunday - This day will be open for your enjoyment of the Fort Collins and Rocky Mountain National Park areas. We will have an optional tour (for all attendees) of new BSL-3 facilities at 4 PM Sunday, with dinner at the Hilton at 6:30 PM.
Monday Morning - General Session, July 14
8 – 8:30 AM: Jim Welch, Elizabeth R. Griffin Foundation
8:30 AM - Noon - Risk Communication and Risk Assessment
Sean Kaufman, Director of Programs at the Center for Public Health Preparedness
and Research, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Plant Session - July 14, 15 and 16, 2008:
Monday, July 14
1- 3 PM: Crop
Security and Disease
Howard Schwartz, Colorado State University
3 – 5 PM: Overview of the National Plant Diagnostic
Network
Ned Tisserat, Colorado State University
Reception-Hilton Hotel, 5:30 PM
Tuesday, July 15
8 AM – 12:30 PM: Containment Greenhouse Design,
Construction, and Management
Dann Adair, Controlled Environments, Inc.
1:30 – 3:30 PM: Containment Greenhouse Tour
Dann Adair, Controlled Environments, Inc.
3:30 – 5 PM: HEPA Filters and Biosafety Cabinet
Certification
Ed Canfield, Technical Safety Services, Littleton, CO
Dinner – Sundance Saloon and Steakhouse
Wednesday, July 16
8 – 10 AM: Transgenic
Plants in the Laboratory, the Greenhouse and in the Field
June Medford, Colorado State University
July 16
10 AM – Noon: Scientific
Societies Comment on Regulations for Movement of Plant Pests and Pathogens
Jan Leach, Colorado State University