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The Chesapeake Area Biological Safety Association

is please to present:

The 2014 Annual Scientific Symposium

June 25, 2014

Holiday Inn, FSK Mall

Frederick, MD

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Click here to Register.

 

Proposed 2014 CHABSA SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIUM Schedule:

7:15 – 8:00          REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST

8:00 – 8:15          Opening Remarks

Dave Harbourt, PhD; 2014 Symposium Chair

8:15 – 8:30          ABSA Update

Paul Meechan, PhD, MPH, RBP, CBSP, SM(NRCM); ABSA President

8:30 – 9:15          Proposed USG Policy for Institutional Oversight of Life Sciences Dual Use Research of Concern

Kathyrn Harris, PhD; NIH Office of Biotechnology Activities

9:15 – 9:45          Bioforensic Electron Microscopy Safety: Organism Inactivation and Ultrastructure Preservation

Robert K. Pope, PhD; National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasure Center

9:45 – 10:15        Break and Expo*

10:15 – 11:00     Inventory Control for the Select Agent Program

David Rezvani; Foxspire, LLC

11:00 – 11:45     Key Note Address:  Small Molecule Development in BSL4 Labs

Travis Warren, PhD; USAMRIID

11:45 – 1:00        Lunch, Expo*

1:00 – 1:30          Business Meeting and Corporate Member Recognition

1:30 – 2:00          Annual Refresher Training: Keeping it Interesting

Hallie Hoskins, RBP, CBSP; Southern Research Institute

2:00 – 2:45          Biosafety Considerations for Human Gene Therapy

Chris Jenkins, PhD, MPH, RBP, CHMM; WIRB-Copernicus Group

2:45 – 3:15          Break and Expo*

3:15 – 4:00          Laboratory Ergonomics

Bruce Donato, CSP, CHMM, CECD; K&A First Aid and Safety

4:15 – 4:45          Open Forum Discussions /Prize Raffle Drawing

4:45 – 5:00          Closing Remarks and Adjournment*

Sherry Bohn, PhD, CBSP;  2014/2015 President, ChABSA