Muthita Vanaporn

Usa Boonyuen

Pornpan Pumirat

February 9-11, 2015 Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, DC

• American Society for Microbiology

• http://www.asmbiodefense.org/

• Biodefense

Bacillus, Burkhoderia, and Tularemia

• Emerging Diseases

Coronaviruses, Ebola virus, Chikungunya virus, and etc.

• Immune response to infection

• Vaccine development

Plan the trip

• Registration fee ($625)

• Air ticket

• Accommodation

• Transportation

Book the ticket

• Try many websites eg. expedia, cheapticket, skyscanner, etc.

• Try airline official website

• Go for the cheapest one

Book early!

Bangkok-DC, NY-Bangkok by Etihad airway (1 stop) 32,000 baht

Accommodation

• Look at the map find nearby hotel with cheaper price.

• Find the best rate from many websites eg. agoda, hotel.com, booking.com, expedia, etc.

• Don’t forget official website.

Transportation • Airport to hotel

• Hotel to the conference venue

• Travel in DC

On 8 Feb,….

On board, we were ready to fly!

Hotel, we stayed

Conference venue

Scientific Program Monday February 9th, 2015

Global Threats - Collaborative Solutions

Plenary Session

Microbial Hackers: Pathogen Subversion of Host Cell Processes (A, B, I)

Symposium

BWAs in the Environment (B)

Coronaviruses: Molecular Biology and Pathogenesis (A)

End of the (Cell) Line: Microphysiological Systems for Biodefense

Research (K)

Manipulation of Host Cell Death Pathways by Bacterial Pathogens (B)

Keynote Session

Re-Imagining the Boundaries of Disease Detection: How Advances in

Genomics and Informatics are Revolutionizing How We Monitor for

Emerging Disease Threats

Reception

Tuesday February 10th, 2015

Plenary Session

The Devil is in the Details: Deep Sequencing of Viral Populations for

Insight into Virus Evolution and Emergence (A)

Workshop

Alternate Careers in Biodefense: Expanding the Horizons

Symposium

Clinically Relevant Transmission of Microbes by Aerosols (A)

Got to Eat and Run: Pathogen Subversion of Autophagy (A, B, I)

Molecular Events During Bacterial Pathogenesis and Disease (B, E)

Poster Session

Highlighted Oral Abstract Presentations

Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses to Intracellular Bacteria

Novel Vaccines for Emerging and Biothreat Agents

Pathogen and Host Requirements for Viral Infection

Poster Session

071 (B) Effects of NaCl on Heat Resistance, Oxidative Susceptibility, Motility, and Biofilm Formation of a Potential Biothreat Agent Burkholderia pseudomallei P. Pumirat, M. Vanaporn, U. Boonyuen, N. Luplertlop, N. Chantratita; Mahidol Univ., Bangkok, Thailand

Wednesday February 11th, 2015

Hot Topic

On the Ground with Ebola Virus: Africa to North America

Plenary Session

Infectious Disease Emergence and Re-Emergence Influenced by Conflict

and Climate (A, B, D)

Workshop

TWiM: Alternate Careers in Biodefense: Expanding the Horizons

Symposium

Are Filoviruses Co-Evolving with Their Receptor, Niemann-Pick C1, in

Bats? (A, I)

Current Trends in Melioidosis and Glanders Vaccine Development (H)

Development of Point of Care Diagnostics for Biodefense and Emerging

Infectious Disease Needs (D)

Highlighted Oral Abstract Presentations

Bacterial Pathogenesis and Novel Hosts

Poster Session 172 (B) Functional Characterization of Short-Chain Dehydrogenase/Oxidoreductase (SDR) from Potential Biothreat Agent, Burkholderia pseudomallei U. Boonyuen, K. Chamchoy, P. Pumirat; Mahidol Univ., Bangkok, Thailand 188 (B) The bprE, a Gene Encoding Anti-Sigma Factor E, is Required for Stress Response and Virulence in Burkholderia pseudomallei M. Vanaporn1, V. Muangsombut1, V. Srinon1, P. Pumirat1, S. Suparak2, S. Korbsrisate1; 1Mahidol Univ., Bangkok, Thailand, 2NIH, Bangkok, Thailand

Nonacademic activities

Let’s start our cheap Washington DC Tour!!!

U.S. Capital

The Supreme court

Liberty of Congress

The White House

Washington Monument

Windy and cold!!!

Smithsonian

National Museum of National History

Air and Space Museum

Thailand-Brazil Friendship!

UK, 2009

Washington DC, 2015

Hi! New York

Time square

Statue of Liberty

Goodbye USA!

Grand Central Terminal

Empire State

Thank You ICTM!