February

Annual FR3 Minicourse Details

May 21-25, 2012

Registration for the 2012 course is now open! The registration form can be found here. The course is being held in Athens, GA from May 21st-May 25th, 2012.

2012 FR3 Minicourse Registration Form

The FR3 offers a free, hands-on minicourse to introduce students, postdocs, PIs, university professors, and industry representatives to organismal and molecular techniques commonly used in filariasis research. Lectures are given daily and include topics related to vector and nematode biology, experimental models of filarial disease, FR3 molecular and parasite resources, molecular data analysis and reporting, bioinformatics, and pathogenesis and control of filarial diseases. Daily hands-on lab exercises involve vector propagation, filarial nucleic acid purification and characterization, RT-PCR, isolation of filarial life cycle stages from vertebrate and invertebrate hosts, and host animal handling. The week-long minicourse is held at University of Georgia (Athens, GA), and is taught by FR3 personnel and filariasis researchers. It is a great way to learn filarial biology, ask lots of questions, and network with leading filariasis researchers. Please join us in 2012! For more information, click here for the 2009 syllabus.

FR3 Minicourse information: Shelly Michalski (michalsk@uwosh.edu)