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Hi Scott, 

I know weather is bad in Maryland, and you may not get this email until snow on the roads has cleared, but I just wanted you to know about this upcoming  international meeting on ranaviruses in Florida. I have been to the first 2 meetings and they are really quite informative. I cannot predict how many "international" scientists will attend but there will be plenty of scientists working on ranaviruses of fish, amphibians and reptiles in attendance. 

This meeting has been held bi-annually, so the next meeting will be in 2017 and possibly in another country.
Note there is a deadline for abstracts of Sunday, 11 January (kind of a strange deadline date--so it could be a typo).
Do you think you will be able to present any data from the 2-year, 5-state wood frog study? 

Do you still plan to submit the frozen sick and dead larval wood frogs that were found in the surveys in 2014?
Of course, there is no way virus cultures can be completed in less than a week (in time for results to be included in an abstract), but if you plan to mail frozen amphibians for diagnostic tests in the next few weeks, our Center should have virus culture results in a month or two---well before the meeting in Florida. 

Please let me know what your plans are regarding submission of frozen wood frogs from study sites in 2014. 

David

On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 5:14 PM, Brunner, Jesse L <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Dear GRC members, 

We are writing to remind you of the upcoming Third International Symposium on Ranaviruses, organized by the Global Ranavirus Consortium (ranavirus.org), which will be held 30 May - 1 June 2015. As in the previous, very successful symposia, this Symposium will bring together professionals and students from around the globe to discuss all aspects of ranavirus biology, including:

  • Ecology, Evolution, and Phylogenetics

  • Host-Pathogen Interactions

  • Molecular Identification and Characterization

  • Immunology and Pathology

  • Mechanisms of Emergence and Conservation

    In addition to oral presentations by experts and students, there will be a keynote address by Dr. Richard Whittington (University of Sydney), a poster session and social event, and several breakout discussions. There will also be a day devoted to workshops that cover important topics, such as the design and analysis of ranavirus studies, aseptic sample collection for ranavirus testing, and cutting-edge techniques for molecular diagnostics.

    The Third International Symposium on Ranaviruses will be followed by the Fifth Florida Marine Mammal Conference.

    We encourage all individuals with an interest in wildlife diseases to attend. Abstract submissions are due 11 January 2015. More information and instructions for abstract submission can be found on the conference website: http://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/aeh/ranavirus/

    We hope to see you in Gainesville!

    Jesse Brunner

    (on behalf of Thomas B. Waltzek and Jim Wellehan, conference organizers, and the rest of the organizing committee)




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