Taconic at the 63^rd AALAS National Meeting

Panel Discussions:

Title: The Future Is Now: Professional sustainability in laboratory animal medicine
Date and Time: Monday, 12:30 - 2:00 pm.
Panelist: Jennifer C. Smith

Workshops:

Title: Germ-Free Isolator Concepts and Techniques
Date and Time: Monday, 1:00 - 5:00 pm.
Host: James A. Vitale
Participants: Paula Roesch, Tamara L. Goode, Sue-Ellen Bethman

Title: Rodent Surgical Methodology: Beyond Hands on Training.
Date and Time: Wednesday, 8:00 am - 12:00 pm.
Organized by: Jennifer C. Smith; Cristina M. Weiner; Marla Wilwol

Seminars:

Title: Approaches to 2011 Guide exceptions for animal care and use programs
Date and Time: Monday, 2:15 - 5:00 pm.
Moderator: Jennifer C. Smith

Title: Surgical Training, Education, and Oversight for Quality Outcomes: Current Perspectives from Academic, Government, Vendor, On-Line and Veterinary Settings.
Date and Time: Thursday, 8:00 - 10:45 am. Cristina M. Weiner will be speaking at 9:00 am. on the Surgical service vendor's needs for training, monitoring, and effective operating procedures.

Talks:

Title: PS96. An Alzheimer Rat Model: Performance in the Morris Water Maze.
Date and Time: Thursday, 9:45 - 10:00 am.
Presenters: Cristina M. Weiner; Yvette Harrington; Brian D. Curry; Carrie K. Lauer

Posters:

Location and Title: P11. Four-week evaluation of jugular vein catheter patency in rats using different maintenance regimens.
Authors: Cristina M. Weiner; Jennifer Morrissey; Megan Kalbfliesh; Marla Wilwol; Heather Multari; Jennifer C. Smith

Location and Title: P60. A novel method for husbandry of surgically-modified rats with head-mounted devices.
Authors: Cristina M. Weiner; Marla Wilwol; Deborah Lawrence; Jennifer O'Hare; Michael Hallenback; Kimberly Shephard, Jennifer Morrissey; Peter Gustas; Meredith Bushner; Heather Multari; Megan Kalbfliesh; Cynthia VanVorst; Jennifer C. Smith

Location and Title: P61. Simple method for measuring surgical performance: the Minimum Acceptable Proficiency (MAP).
Authors: Cristina M. Weiner; Michael Hallenbeck; Heather Multari; Marla Wilwol; Jennifer C. Smith

Location and Title: P137. Generation of double and single mutant C57BL/6NTac albino for efficient germline transmission of Chimaera.
Authors: Ana V. Perez; Gunther Kauselmann; M. R. DaSilva; H. Kern; N. Uytersprot; Gerald W. Bothe; Branko Zevnik

Location and Title: P150. Development and Validation of Multiplex ELISA Method for Simultaneous Detection of Antibodies Specific for Multiple Pathogens.
Authors: Edgar Andrus; Anitha Vijayagopalan; Hunter Harris; Pierre Trent; Tat'yana Konstantinova; Claudia Matallana; Elena Prikhodko

Location and Title: P155. C57BL/6NTac carries the RD8 mutation whereas C57BL/6JBom does not.
Authors: Gerald W. Bothe; Jan L. Gray; Lynette K. Jackson; Ana V. Perez

Location and Title: P156. Cryopreservation of Murine Microbiota.
Authors: Gerald W. Bothe; Jan L. Gray; Amy E. Sanderson; Emily V. Bartlett; Brian D. Brodhead; Joseph Sepkowski

Location and Title: P191. Physiological and Behavioral Characterization of C57BL/6NTac and BALB/c Mice.
Authors: Michael D. Hayward; Rukiye Dogan; Olesia Buiakova; David S. Grass; Jennifer M. Phelan; Margit Wissenbach