CERoPath

Training/workshop:  “Rodent survey: from trapping to pathogen screening”

Organized by:   Prof. Sathaporn Jittapalapong, Dr. Marc Desquesnes, Dr. Serge Morand

GREASE assistant: Jintana Thanarotewatana

Supported by:  ANR CERoPath (www.ceropath.org) and GREASE network (www.grease-network.com)

Venue:  Kasetsart University (Faculty of Veterinary Sciences), Bangkok, Thailand

Dates:  7^th  – 10^th  November 2011

Teachers at the training:  Dr. Frédéric Bordes (Montpellier U, France), Kittipong Chaisiri (Mahidol U), Yannick Chaval (INRA, France), Dr. Jean-François Cosson (INRA, France), Dr. Marc Desquesnes (CIRAD, Kasetsart U), Dr. Vincent Herbreteau (IRD, France), Dr. Stéphane Herder (IRD, Kasetsart U), Prof. Sathaporn Jittapalapong (Kasetsart U), Dr. Michael Kossoy (US CDC, Fort-Collins), Dr. Kriangkrai Lerdthusnee (Chulalongkorn U), Serge Morand (CNRS), Pornpan Pumhom (Kasetsart U), Dr. Alexis Ribas (Barcelona U, Spain), Dr. Sungsit Sungvornyothin (Mahidol U)

Speakers at the WS:  Prof. Boris Krasnov (University Ben Gouriou, Israel), Prof. Yupin Suputtamongkol (Mahidol University), Prof. Saipin Suputtamongkol (Thammasat University), Dr. Ratree Takhampunya (USAMC-AFRIMS), Alice Latinne (University of Liege, Belgium), Dr. Noppadon Kitana (Chulalongkorn University), Dr. Hsi-Chieh Wang (CDC Taiwan), Dr. Hsuan-Wien Chen (Academia Sinica, Taipei), Prof. Liang-Kong Lin (Tunghai University), Prof. Tan Boon Huan (DSO Singapore), Dr. Michael Kossoy (US CDC, Fort-Collins), Dr. Sumalee Boonmar, Dr. Stéphane Herder (IRD, Kasetsart U)

Public:  students (PhD, MsSc), faculty staff, researchers

Maximum 30 participants for the training days

by invitation  to projects’ partners: Institut Pasteur in Cambodia, Rodolphe Merieux Laboratory in Phnom Penh, NAFRI in Laos, DSO-Singapore, Mahidol U, Chulalongkorn U, Kasetsart U, Maha Sarakham U, Khon Kaen U, Chiang Mai U, Songkhla U, AFRIMS, CDC Taiwan, CDC China, CDC Thailand, CDC Fort Collins US, Academia Sinica (Taiwan), Kunming U (Yunnan, China), Ben Gourion U (Israel), Welcome Trust Vietnam, Sarawak University (Malaysia).

Fees:  no

Registration:  mail to serge.morand@univ-montp2.fr and fvetspj@hotmail.com

Information  : mail to jintanatha@gmail.com

Program summary

1^st  day: lectures on rodent trapping, identification, genetics, parasites:

Rodent identification (from morphometry to molecules), rodent trapping , GPS use in the field and online mapping with Google Map, genetics, parasites and pathogens

2^nd  and 3^rd practical training:

Rodent anatomy and manipulation (anesthesia, dissection, biohazard and security), specimen preparation (skulls), Parasitological investigation (dissection, observation, coprology, PCR, serology)

4^th  day: workshop

Rodents and pathogens in a changing environment: ecotoxicology, epidemiology

With speakers from Thailand, Singapore, Taiwan, Yunnan China,…

The new book "Protocols for field and laboratory rodent studies ” will be given to each participant.