Malaria Treatment & Prevention
Web Summit - New Advances in Malaria Research from the Lab and the Field
Started by Sophie Beauvais on 05 Nov 2009
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From: Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute <
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Date: Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 10:39 AM
Subject: Web Summit - New Advances in Malaria Research from the Lab and the
Field
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*MEDIA ADVISORY*
*Web Summit
**Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 12:30 p.m. EST**
*(9:30 a.m. PST / 17:30 GMT)
*Advances in Malaria Research: In the Lab and the Field**
**Groundbreaking science in the fight against one of the world’s deadliest
diseases***
*[image: JHMRI -kids]*<http://www.flickr.com/photos/42738180@N03/4050109537/>Baltimore,
MD -- *Each year more than 300 million malaria cases occur worldwide*.
Nearly one million people die of malaria every year, most of them children.
In Africa, malaria is responsible for one in five childhood deaths.
Scientists at the *Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute (JHMRI)* are on
the cutting edge of world-class basic science and clinical research to treat
and control malaria, develop a vaccine, and find new drug targets to prevent
and cure this deadly disease.
During an interactive web summit, participants will hear the latest findings
in the fight against malaria from top researchers at JHMRI and have the
opportunity to ask questions in real time. In addition, participants will be
able to visit remotely the JHMRI insectary where mosquitoes are bred, raised
and studied at the heart of the Institute’s scientific operations in
Baltimore, MD. Participants will virtually meet researchers who use NASA
data to map the movement of deadly malaria carrying mosquitoes. They’ll also
hear from researchers based at the Macha study field site in Zambia, a
living laboratory for mosquito and human behavior in malaria-stricken areas.
*Peter Agre*, MD, Nobel Laureate, Director, Johns Hopkins Malaria Research
Institute, President, American Association for the Advancement of Science
(AAAS), will introduce the event by video.
*WHO:*
*Mosquito Immunity to Malaria
**George Dimopoulos, PhD*, Associate Professor of Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
*Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena, PhD*, Professor of Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (by video)
*Mapping Mosquito Migrations*
*Gregory Glass, PhD*, Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology and
Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
*Tracking Resistant Malaria and Non-Invasive Diagnosis*
*With video from researchers based at the Macha study field site in Zambia
**Sungano Mharakurwa, PhD*, Research Associate, Department of Molecular
Microbiology and Immunology (Malaria Institute at Macha, Zambia)
*Phil Thuma, MD*, Clinical Director of the Malaria Institute at Macha (by
video)
*WHEN:* *Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 12:30 p.m. EST (9:30 a.m. PST,
17:30 GMT)* *RSVP:*
RSVP here: http://www.jhsph.edu/malariasummit2009
To access the event, participants will need a computer with high-speed
internet access. The *Web Summit URL* will be:
http://www.jhsph.edu/malariasummit2009. A recording will be available online
at the event’s conclusion.
*OTHER DETAILS:*
Participants may also follow the event and pose questions via *Twitter* at *
#JHMal09* <http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23JHMal09>. Please indicate your
affiliation at the end of your question.
*Embargoed materials* will be available to journalists on a
password-protected site:
http://www.burnesscommunications.com/aboutus/aboutus_show.htm?doc_id=1072188
and on EurekAlert!
For more information, and to receive the username and password, contact
Carol Lin Vieira at or +1-401-714-0821.
Journalists requesting access to embargoed materials should acknowledge in
writing that they agree to uphold the *EMBARGO* set for Thursday, November
12, 2009 at 12:30 p.m. EST (9:30 a.m. PST, 17:30 GMT).
On-site participants are welcome, although parking for the event is limited.
Public transportation via MARC is strongly advised. Taxi, JHMI shuttle bus
or Baltimore’s light rail can deliver people to Johns Hopkins Hospital and
School of Public Health from Penn Station. The address is:
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Sheldon Hall W1214, 615 N. Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21205-2179
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