| [ Outline of workshop ] |
| The purpose |
The purpose of the workshop is to discuss intensively and exchange
information concerning the linkage of environmental alteration by
humans, pathogens and human. It is also hoped that the workshop will
both encourage international cooperation in these topics and stimulate
all of our researches. |
| The major topics |
1. Environmental alteration by humans
2. Ecology of pathogens and their hosts
3. Infection process and ecosystem effects
4. Economics and culture
5. Health |
| Venue |
Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), Kyoto, Japan
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| Date |
June 11 and 12, 2008 (science program), 13 and 14 (discussion
for further collaborative research and excursion) |
| Language |
English |
| Attendance fee |
Free |
| Organizer |
Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, RIHN Environmental Diseases Project |
| Supporter |
freshwater BIODIVERSITY / DIVERSITAS |
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| [ Science program ] |
| ■June 11th , 2008 (Wed.)
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| [ Session 1 ] |
Koi Herpes Virus-Carp-Humans linkage |
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Chair persons: Kimiko Uchii and Hiroki Yamanaka |
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| 10:00-10:30 |
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Opening address |
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Narifumi Tachimoto, RIHN, Japan |
| 10:30-10:50 |
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Introductory remarks |
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Zen'ichiro Kawabata, RIHN, Japan |
| 10:50-11:30 |
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Contemporary and predicted alterations of freshwater environments |
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Robert Naiman, University of Washington, USA |
| 11:30-12:10 |
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Linkages between isolated wetland ecology and disease ecology in the southern U.S
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Katherine Kirkman, Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research, USA |
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| 12:10-13:10 |
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Lunch Break
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| 13:10-13:50 |
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The outbreak of carp disease caused by CyHV-3 as a model for new viral emerging diseases |
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Moshe Kotler, Hebrew University, Israel (Ecology of KHV) |
| 13:50-14:30 |
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Impacts on economics and culture |
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Masatomi Matsuoka, Asahi Fishermen’s Union of Shiga Prefecture, Japan |
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| 14:30-15:00 |
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Coffee break |
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| 15:00-15:40 |
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KHV-Carp-Humans linkage |
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Zen'ichiro Kawabata, et al., RIHN, Japan (Case study in Lake Biwa, Japan) |
| 15:40-16:20 |
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USA perspectives on KHV Past and Present: An examination of
KHV outbreaks, research, and regulatory efforts in context with
human/animal bond |
| 16:20-17:00 |
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Summary |
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Robert Naiman (in contact), Zen’ichiro Kawabata (RIHN) |
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| 18:00 |
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Welcome Party |
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| ■June 12th , 2008 (Thu.)
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| [ Session 2 ] |
Emerging diseases in degraded envrironment |
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Chair persons:Yukihiro Kohmatsu and Tomoaki Ichijo |
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| 9:00-9:40 |
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Legionella bacterium |
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Masao Nasu, Osaka University, Japan |
| 9:40-10:20 |
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Malaria in Tropical Monsoon Asia |
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Kazuhiko Moji, RIHN, Japan |
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| 10:20-10:50 |
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Coffee break |
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| 10:50-11:30 |
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Epizootiology of Avian Influenza |
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Kouichi Otsuki, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan |
| 11:30-12:10 |
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The Stress Immunocompetency Axis and the Global Decline of
Amphibians
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Joseph Kiesecker, The Nature Conservancy, USA |
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| 12:10-13:10 |
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Lunch Break |
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| 13:10-13:50 |
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Spatial and temporal drivers of West Nile virus outbreaks in
North America |
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Shannon LaDeau, Smothsonian Migratory Bird Center, USA |
| 13:50-14:30 |
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Summary |
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Masao Nasu (in contact), Joseph Kiesecker (in contact) |
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| 14:30-15:00 |
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Coffee break |
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| [ Session 3 ] |
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Coexistence with humans |
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Chair persons: Kazuaki Matsui and Mie Honjo |
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| 15:00-15:40 |
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Disease in Highland Civilization |
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Kiyoto Okumiya, RIHN, Japan |
| 15:40-17:20 |
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The evolutionary control of virulence and antibiotic resistance |
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Paul Ewald, University of Louisville (Benign coexistence with pathogens) |
| 17:20-18:00 |
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Ecosystem health, global health and sustainability |
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David Rapport, University of Guelph, Canada |
| 18:00-18:40 |
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Summary |
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Kazuhiko Moji, Zen’ichiro Kawabata |
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| 18:40-19:00 |
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Closing remarks |
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Zen’ichiro Kawabata |
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