| 1. Welcome |
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Joanne Zurlo (Institute for Laboratory Animal Research) |
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| 2. Opening remarks |
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Atsushi Kogirima (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology)
Franziska Grieder (National Institute of Health: NIH) |
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| 3. Administrative information exchange |
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Update: Impact of new guidelines for animal experiments |
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Tatsuji Nomura & Naoko Kagiyama (Central Institute for Experimental Animals:CIEA) |
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b) |
OLAW update |
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P. Brown (Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare, NIH) |
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| 4. Scientific topics |
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a) |
"Humanized mice": a new type of genetically engineered immuno deficient mice with human cells and tissues |
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Mamoru Ito (CIEA) |
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b) |
Significance of environmental control of NOG mice |
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Akira Takakura (CIEA) |
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c) |
Establishment of detection system for LCMV infection in RIKEN BioResource Center and CIEA |
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Kazuo Moriwakie*, Fumio Ike* & Akira Takakura# (e*RIKEN, #CIEA) |
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d) |
Prevalence of Infectious Diseases of Rodents at Major U.S. Biomedical Institutions: Jacoby and Linsey Revisited |
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Abigail Smith (Univ. of Pennsylvania) |
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e) |
Performance Evaluation Program for Diagnostic Laboratories |
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Lela Riley (Univ. of Missouri) |
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f) |
Computer-Assisted Management of Microbiological Quality Control for Genetically Modified Rodents |
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William Shek (Charles River Laboratory) |
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| 5. Others |
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| 6. Closing remarks |
