2011 Conference Presentations

1. Bradley Kalinsky, MD & Amanda Baxley Kalinsky, RN, BSN

2. CJD International Support Alliance

3. Daniel Krewski, MHA, MSc, PhD - Summary of Day 1

4. David Wishart, PhD - The Future of Prion Disease Diagnostics

5. Emiliano Biasini, PhD - Targeting the Functional Activity of PrPC as a Novel Strategy for Drug Discovery In Prion Diseases

6. Gianluigi Forloni, PhD - Doxycycline Trials in CJD and FFI

7. Joaquin Castilla, PhD - Developing a Prion Susceptible Human Neuronal Cell Line Based on Reprogramming Fibroblasts from CJD FFI Affected Patients

8. Joel Watts, PhD - Spontaneous Prion Disease in Transgenic Mice and Implications for Sporadic CJD

9. Kevin Keough, PhD, FCAHS - The Alberta Prion Research Institute

10. Lori Nusbaum - Questionnaire Report

11. Maurizio Pocchiari, MD - European Surveillance Overview

12. Maurizio Pocchiari, MD - Pentosan Sulphate - A Friendly Delivery System for Therapy in Prion Diseases

13. Pierluigi Gambetti, MD - National Prion Disease Pathology Pathology Surveillance Center

14. Richard Knight, MD, FRCP(E) - The Difficulties in Making a Diagnosis of CJD

15. Ryan Maddox, MPH - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Report Prion Disease Activities at CDC

16. Ryuichiro Atarashi, MD, PhD - Specificty of Human Prion Detection in CSF

17. Yury Chernoff, PhD - Yeast Model for Studying Heritable Mammalian Prion Diseases