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University of New Haven, Department of Biology and Environmental Science invites you to attend an informational lecture on

 

Biofilms of Borrelia burgdorferi and Clinical Application for Chronic Borreliosis

 
 
Monday, July 7th, 2008
Lecture: 1:00 PM ~ 2:00 PM; Discussion: 2:00 PM ~ 3:00 PM
HOST: Eva Sapi Ph.D. Associate Professor (UNH)
Admission is FREE and open to the public
No registration required
 
 
Speaker:  Dr. Alan MacDonald (St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center, Smithtown, NY)
Dr. MacDonald
has participated in research activities related to tick borne diseases since 1981, with pathologic studies of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Babesiosis, Ehrlichiosis  and Borreliosis. In the 1989 he published "Gestational Lyme Borreliosis, Implications for the Fetus" which to this day is the largest single collection of pathology cases of human fetal autopsy material demonstrating the transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi from mother to fetus in utero. In 1990, he published "Clinical Implications of Delayed growth of the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia Burgdorferi", which  demonstrated that some strains of the spirochete divide very slowly and require prolonged antibiotic therapy if they are to be eradicated in the human host. Recent work with  Alzheimer's disease brain tissues has been based on In situ DNA hybridization techniques. Atypical forms of Borrelia burgdorferi (ie forms which are not regularly coiled corkscrew forms) has been his career interest. MacDonald was the first investigator to publish images of Borrelia spirochetes without regular corkscrew morphology. In his most recent research, Dr. MacDonald studies the biofilm formation of Borrelia burgdorferi and its possible role in chronic Lyme disease.
 

 
LOCATION: University of New Haven, Kaplan Hall Room# 107300 Boston Post Road, West     Haven CT 06516 Direction at: www.newhaven.edu website
For more information contact Dr. Eva Sapi at (203) 479-4552 or email: lyme2008@evasapi.net

 

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