Videos Presentations available for viewing:
ABSA President's Address(Flash Video) - Benjamin Fontes, MPH, CBSP, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2011 - The Year of Building International Biosafety Communities(Flash Video) - Maureen Ellis, RBP, Department of Foreign Affairs & International Trade, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Presentations available for download:
Session I:
What me worry? Biosecurity in a time of biological revolution - David Relman
Session III
IBC Training: The who, what, when, where & how? - Marcia Finucane, MS, CBSP, MT(ASCP)
Session V:
War of the Worlds: Our Worlds are Colliding and Infectious Disease is Winning. Biosafety in a World of Emerging Diseases. - Richard French
Session VI
Proposed Revisions to the NIH Guidelines - Kathryn Harris, Ph.D., RBP
Session VIII
Hand Hygiene in the Biosafety Level-2 Lab: Is it a Matter of Training? - Jim Johnston, Ph.D., C.I.H.
Session XI
Taking a Second Look at BSL-2: The Role of BSL-2 Training in Biosecurity - Patricia Delarosa, PhD, CBSP, RBP
Evaluation of a First-Tier Screening Program for Dual-Use Research of Concern - Megan C. Morgan
National Guard Civil Support Teams as Partner for Select Agent Security and Emergency Response Drills - Matthew Philpott, Ph.D., RBP; Peter Schoonover, Lisa Plagmann
The National Institute of Health Dual Use Screening Program: A Proposed Quality Control Model - Molly S. Stitt-Fischer, PhD
Session XII
Assessing Safety Culture in Biorisk Facilities - Felix Gmuender; Daniel Fischer
Biosafety of Nanoparticles: Evaluation of Nanomaterials by a Suite of Cellular Assays - Mellisa Theodore; Nathan Boggs; Bakhtiyor Rasulev, PhD; Jerzy Leszczynski, PhD; Joany Jackman, PhD
Session XIII
ANSI BSL-3 Committee - Barbara Fox Nellis, SM(NCRM), RBP, CBSP
Session XV
An Administrative Viral Vector Policy For Animal Research - Krystyna Kozakiewicz
Developing Safe Procedures for Working With Horses Infected with Vesicular Stomatitis (VSV-NJ) in an AG Containment Facility - Allison Liljedahl, MS, RLATG
Session XVIII
The NIH OBA IBC Site Visit Program - Kathryn Harris, PhD, RBP
Past Conferences
PROGRAM
ABSA Denver
The 53nd Annual Biological Safety Conference
Sept. 30 - Oct. 6, 2010
Denver, CO
Presentations are available for download where indicated
Sunday, October 3, 2010
6:30pm - 8:00pm Opening Reception
Monday, October 4, 2010
7:00 - 5:00pm Registration
7:00 - 7:45am Continental Breakfast
7:00am - 4:00pm Exhibits
8:00 - 8:10am Local Arrangements Committee Welcome Lolly Gardiner, RBP, Midwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO
8:10 - 8:20am Scientific Program Committee Welcome Richie Fink, CBSP, Pfizer, Andover, MA; Rob Heckert, DVM, PhD, CBSP, Robert Heckert Consulting, Bowie, MD
8:20 - 8:40am ABSA President's Address(Flash Video) Benjamin Fontes, MPH, CBSP, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Session I: Wedum Lecture Award Presentation
8:40 - 9:20am Introduction: Benjamin Fontes, MPH, CBSP, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Title: What me worry? Biosecurity in a time of biological revolution - David Relman, MD, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Session II: Eagleson Lecture Award Presentation
9:20 - 10:00am Introduction: Mary Ann Sondrini, Eagleson Institute, Sanford, ME
The Promises and Challenges of Synthetic Biology June Medford, PhD, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
10:00 - 10:30am Exhibits, Posters, and Coffee Break
Session III: IBC/IACUC/IRB Interaction Round Table
10:30 - 12:00pm Moderator: Richie Fink, CBSP, Pfizer, Andover, MA
IBC Training: The who, what, when, where & how? - Marcia Finucane, MS, CBSP, MT(ASCP)
10:30 - 10:40am Richard Baumann, OBA
10:40 - 10:50am Kathryn Harris, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
10:50 - 11:00am Brenda Wong, University of California, San Diego, CA
11:00 - 11:10am Karen Gillis, RBP, CBSP, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
11:10 - 11:20am Richie Fink, Pfizer, Andover, MA; Elizabeth Gilman Duane, Pfizer, Cambridge, MA
11:20 - 12:00pm Q&A
12:00 - 2:00pm Lunch and Exhibits
Session IV: Poster Session
1:00 - 2:00pm Presenters Must Be Available
Session V: Invited Paper
2:00 - 3:00pm
War of the Worlds: Our Worlds are Colliding and Infectious Disease is Winning. Biosafety in a World of Emerging Diseases. - Richard French
Moderator: TBD
3:00 - 3:30pm Exhibits, Posters, and Coffee Break
Session VI: Update from the National Institutes of Health
3:30 - 4:30pm Moderator: Vivian Smith, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Proposed Revisions to the NIH Guidelines Kathryn Harris, PhD, RBP, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD
4:30 - 5:30pm Members Business Meeting
Door prizes will be awarded—must be present to win.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
7:00am - 5:00pm Registration
7:00am - 8:00am Continental Breakfast
7:00am - 4:00pm Vendor Exhibits
Session VII: Griffin Lecture Award Presentation
8:00 - 8:40am Introduction: Caryl Griffin, MSN, MDiv, E. R. Griffin Foundation, Kingsport, TN
2011 - The Year of Building International Biosafety Communities(Flash Video) - Maureen Ellis, RBP, Department of Foreign Affairs & International Trade, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Session VIII: Robert I. Gross Award and Lecture
8:40 - 9:20am Introduction: Judy LaDuc, RBP, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Hand Hygiene in the Biosafety Level-2 Lab: Is it a Matter of Training? - James Johnston, Ph.D., C.I.H., University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
9:20 - 10:15am Exhibits, Posters, and Coffee Break
Session IX: Round Table: Challenges in Promoting Biosafety in Animal Diagnostic Labs Outside of IBC
10:15 - 11:30am Moderator: Robert Ellis, PhD, CBSP, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO
10:15 - 10:25am Barbara Powers, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO
10:25 - 10:35am Tiffany Brigner, Rocky Mountain Region Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Denver, CO
10:35 - 10:45am Tammy Beckham, Texas A&M Diagnostic Laboratory
10:45 - 11:00am Q&Amp;A
11:00 - 11:25am Update on the CEN BioRisk Management Standard - 15793 Brad Goble, TDV Global Inc., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
11:30 - 1:30pm Exhibits, Posters, and Lunch
Session X: Poster Session
12:30 - 1:30pm Presenters Must Be Available
Session XI (Concurrent):
Biosecurity
Moderator: Barbara Johnson, PhD, RBP, Biosafety Biosecurity International, Herndon, VA
1:30pm Issues Facing National and International Biological Risk Assessment, Mitigation and Management - Tim Trevan, International Council for the Life Sciences, Arlington, VA
1:50pm Taking a Second Look at BSL-2: The Role of BSL-2 Training in Biosecurity - Patricia Delarosa, PhD, CBSP, RBP, Midwest Research Institute, Middletown, DE
2:10pm Analysis of Theft, Loss, and Release Reports of Select Agents in the USA 2003-2009 - Richard Henkel, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
2:30pm Evaluation of a First-Tier Screening Program for Dual-Use Research of Concern - Megan C. Morgan, National Biosafety & Biocontainment Training Program, Hamilton, MT
2:50pm The National Institute of Health Dual Use Screening Program: A Proposed Quality Control Model - Molly Stitt-Fischer, PhD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
3:10pm National Guard Civil Support Teams as Partner for Select Agent Security and Emergency Response Drills - Matthew Philpott, Ph.D., RBP, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; Peter Schoonover, Lisa Plagmann
Session XII (Concurrent):
Training and Personnel
Moderator: Cynthia Schwartz, PhD, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
1:30pm Assessing Safety Culture in Biorisk Facilities - Felix Gmuender, Basler & Hofmann Singapore Pte Ltd, Singapore; Daniel Fischer
1:50pm Developing a Competence Framework in the UK for Those Working in Biocontainment Laboratories and a Methodology for Assessing - David Bryant, Health Protection Agency, Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
2:10pm How Laboratory Biosafety Competencies Can be Used to Improve Recruitment, Training, and Personnel Assessment - Judy Delany, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Atlanta, GA
2:30pm Biosurety: Thoughts and Opinions of the Biosafety Community - Jeffrey Adamovicz, Midwest Research Institute, Frederick, MD
2:50pm Biosafety of Nanoparticles: Evaluation of Nanomaterials by a Suite of Cellular Assays - Mellisa Theodore, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD; Nathan Boggs; Bakhtiyor Rasulev, PhD; Jerzy Leszczynski, PhD; Joany Jackman, PhD
3:10pm BMBL Compliant Modular BSL-3 Laboratory in Northern Nigeria - Stan Duarte, Morehouse School for Medicine, Decatur, GA
3:30 - 3:50pm Exhibits, Posters, and Coffee Break
Session XIII (Concurrent):
Round Table:
Development of National Biosafety Accreditation of Labs That Do Not Have Select Agents
Moderator: Chris Thompson, CBSP, Thompson Biosafety, LLC, Greenfield, IN
ANSI BSL-3 Committee - Barbara Fox Nellis, SM(NCRM), RBP, CBSP
3:50pm ABSAs Accreditation Program - Chris Thompson, Thompson Biosafety, LLC, Greenfield, IN
4:00pm Singapore Accreditation Program - Ai Ee Ling, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
4:10pm TBA - Andreanne Bonhomme, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
4:20pm AIHA Laboratory Accreditation Program - Pam Kostle, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
4:30pm Q&A
Session XIV (Concurrent):
Round Table:
Review of Viral Vector Use and Safety
Moderator: Pat Condreay, PhD, GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC
3:50pm Viral Vector Use - Pat Condreay, GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC
4:00pm TBA - Gary Fujimoto, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, CA
4:10pm TBA - Dawn Wooley, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
4:20pm Q&A
6:00 - 11:00pm BANQUET - Wings Over the Rockies Museum
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
7:00am - 1:00pm Registration
7:00am - 8:00am Continental Breakfast
Session XV (Concurrent):
Animal Biosafety
Moderator: Winona Burgess, Colorado State University, Larkspur, CO
8:00am AALAS Animal Biocontainment Training Program - Timothy Mandrell, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN; Kathryn Deshpande, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Memphis, TN
8:20am Wild Caught Animals in the Vivarium: A Tale of Squirrels, Voles, Hantavirus and Giardia - Maureen O'Leary, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
8:40am Challenge to Biosafety Professionals in Toxin Use on Research Animals - Peili Zhu, University of California, San Francisco, CA
9:00am An Administrative Viral Vector Policy For Animal Research - B Krystyna Kozakiewicz, University of California, Berkeley, CA
9:20am Developing Safe Procedures for Working With Horses Infected with Vesicular Stomatitis (VSV-NJ) in an AG Containment Facility - Allison Liljedahl, MS, RLATG, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
9:40am A Method for Steam Autoclave Decontamination of Fully Assembled Sealed Containment Type Rodent Cages - Timothy Mandrell, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN
Session XVI (Concurrent):
Infectious Diseases, Occupational Health, and Biosafety
Moderator: Nanda Gudderra, PhD, International Bio-Consultancy (IBC) Paradigm, Germantown, MD
8:00am Aerosol Production by Cell Sorters: Characterization and Evaluation of Containment - Kevin Holmes, National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD
8:20am Nonviral Gene Delivery Systems - Nanda Gudderra, International Bio-Consultancy (IBC) Paradigm, MD
8:40am Mars Sample Receiving Facility: Containing Mars Samples While Protecting the Science - Allan Bennett, Health Protection Agency, Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
9:00am Managing Accidents, Incidents and Potential Exposures in Your BSL-3 - Debra Sharpe, Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, AL
9:20am More Laboratory Acquired Infections - Heather Sheeley, Health Protection Agency, Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
10:00 - 10:30am Break
Session XVI: Knudsen Award & Lecture
10:30 - 11:25am Moderator: Judy LaDuc, RBP, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Contained Use of Bacteriophages: Risk Assessment and Biosafety Recommendations - Philippe Herman, Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels, Belgium
11:30 - 1:30pm Honor Awards and Special Recognition Luncheon Presenter/Moderator: Benjamin Fontes, MPH, CBSP, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Arnold G. Wedum Distinguished Achievement Award
Everett J. Hanel, Jr. Award Presentation
John H. Richardson Special Recognition Award
International and National Poster Awards
Recognition of Certified Biosafety Professionals and Registered Biosafety Professionals - Krista Murray, RBP, CBSP, University of Delaware, Newark, DE; Betty Kupskay, RBP, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Round Table: Review of Inspection Programs
1:30 - 2:30pm 1:30 - 2:30 pm Moderator: Barbara Fox Nellis, RBP, CBSP, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ or Kelly Flint, RBP, National Institutes of Health, New Market, MD
1:30 - 1:40 pm USDA - Representative TBD
1:40 - 1:50 pm CDC - Representative TBD
1:50 - 2:00 pm NIH - Representative TBD
2:00 - 2:10 pm DHS- Representative TBD
2:20 - 2:30 pm DOD- Representative TBD
2:30 - 2:50 pm Q&A
2:30 - 3:00pm Coffee Break
Session XVII: Laboratory Design, Commissioning, Maintenance, and Operations
Moderator: TBD
3:00 - 3:20pm The Six Types of Liquid Effluent Decontamination (EDS) Technologies; and Appropriate Applications for Each - Joseph Wilson, Bio-Response Solutions, Inc., Arlington, VA
3:20 - 3:40pm Criteria and Design of a Public Health Laboratory All Hazards Receipt Facility - Patricia Delmas, HOK, Atlanta, GA
3:40 - 4:00pm HEPA Filtration Systems as Containment Barriers - Are We Using Them Properly? - Mark Huza, CCRD Partners, Columbia, MD
4:00 - 4:20pm Developing a Team Approach to New Biocontainment Facility Delivery - Daniel Frasier, Cornerstone Commissioning, Boxford, MA
4:40 - 5:00pm Biowaste Treatment for Containment Facilities BSL-1 to -4: Presentation of the Latest Technologies, Options & Considerations - Philippe Mira, ABC Actini, LLC, Lewis Run, PA
The NIH OBA IBC Site Visit Program - Kathryn Harris, PhD, RBP, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD
5:00pm Close of Conference
Thursday, October 7, 2010
8:00 - 5:30pm ABSA Affiliate and Biosafety Association Workshop