International Bordetella Symposium

Scientific Organizing Committee

Chairs: Peter Sebo, CZ & Tod Merkel, USA

Heath Damron, Eric T Harvill, Edwards, Kathryn, Seema Mattoo, Karen Scanlon, Monica Cartelle Gestal, Rachel Fernandez, Marcela Pasetti

Scientific Program Committee

Chairs: Peter Sebo, CZ & Tod Merkel, USA

Session 1: Clinical and epidemiological aspects of pertussis

Michael Weigand, USA & Sylvain Brisse, FR

Session 2: Evolution, Genomics and Gene regulation of Bordetella

Christopher Gill USA, Pejman Rohani, USA & Domenech de Cellés

Session 3: Part I - Molecular and cellular mechanisms of Bordetellae virulence and pathogenesis

Kathy Edwards & Marcela Passeti, USA & Dimitri Diavatopoulos, NE

Session 4: Part II - Molecular and cellular mechanisms of Bordetellae virulence and pathogenesis

Yasuhiko Horiguchi, JAP & Karen Scanlon, USA & Maria E. Rodriguez AR & Jana Kamanova, CZ

Session 5: Bordetellae other than Bordetella pertussis in human and veterinary medicine

Tracy Nicholson, USA & Eric Harvill, USA

Session 6: Mechanisms of Immunity to pertussis and new avenues of vaccination

Purnima Dubey, US & Monica Gestal, USA & Kingston Mills, IRE

Session 7: Interactions between basic science and vaccine industry

Camille Locht, BE and F. Heath Damron, USA