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Hi All,
Hope you New Englanders can make it to the symposium at the University of New Haven this Friday.

Dr. Phillips will be one of the speakers on Chronic Lyme...He is a powerful articulate speaker...

http://www.newhaven.edu/pressreleases/documents/lymeapril25.html

LYME DISEASE SYMPOSIUM AT UNH MAY 12: SUMMER'S COMING AND SO ARE THE TICKS

West Haven, CT- Research scientists from the University of Connecticut and professionals studying Lyme disease will join researchers at the University of New Haven for a day-long conference exploring ``Current Trends in Lyme Research,'' on Friday, May 12, 9 am -4:30 pm in Dodds Theater at UNH.

Sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences, the symposium is free and open to the public; refreshments will be served.

Organized by Eva Sapi, PhD, assistant professor of cellular and molecular biology at UNH, the symposium will feature many of Connecticut's experts in Lyme disease, including:

� Kirby C. Stafford III, PhD, vice director, chief entomologist, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, ``Tick Management and the Prevention of Tick Associated Disease,'' 9:15-10:15 am

� Stephen K. Wikel, PhD, professor, UCONN Health Center, department of immunology, ``Ixodes scapularis: The Genome Project and Tick Host Interaction,'' 10:30-11:45 am;

� Steven Phillips, MD, immediate past president of the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society, ``Chronic Lyme Disease: Facts Behind the Controversy,'' noon- 1 pm;

� Peter J. Krause, MD, professor of infection diseases , Connecticut Children's Medical Center, UCONN department of pediatrics, ``Tick-borne coinfections: Lyme Disease, Babesioisis and Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis,'' 2-3 pm;

� Michelle Hessberger, MS, research scientist and instructor, UNH, ``Recent Discoveries of Novel Pathogens in Ticks in Southern Connecticut,'' 3:15-4:15 pm.

For more information please call Katherine Hinds, Director of Communications, 932-7246.

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