The sixth meeting in the Chemical and Biological Medical Treatment Symposia (CBMTS) series and the third international meeting to be held at the original venue of the CBMTS, the AC-Laboratorium Spiez (ACLS), Switzerland.
Spiez, Switzerland, 7-12 May 2000. Over 100 professionals in medicine, science and related disciplines from 32 countries will be representing goverment, academia and industry at this exceptionally important and timely symposium. The quality of papers, as well as the expertise of the presenters, when combined with the normal enthusiasm of the CBMTS members, will make for another lively, informative symposium - another great CBMTS meeting.
On behalf of all CBMTS members, ASA and the CBMTS International Organizing Committee would like to thank Dr. Bernhard Brunner, Director ACLS, and the Swiss Federation for their continuing support of the CBMTS as a method in bringing together from east and west, north and south, the professionals in science and medicine to share knowledge and friendship. This sharing between the CBMTS professionals has produced documented results that we feel may have also contributed very much to understanding and peace. And all of us want to thank the Swiss CBMTS Organizing Committee for a job well done. They did a great job.
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| Welcome to the AC-Laboratorium Spiez (ACLS) from Dr. Bernhard Brunner, Director ACLS and CBMTS-III, Dr. Rudolf Portmann, Co-Director CBMTS-III, Dr. Barbara Price, Co-Chair CBMTS-III, and Dr. Ueli Huber, Deputy Director ACLS and Chair CBMTS Organizing Committee. |
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| The AC-Laboratorium Spiez. Looking at a portion of the main laboratory and headquarters building. Niessen is the mountain in the background. |
The following is a list of the papers and posters presented in Spiez.
A picture of the group
is on the web.
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Sector Chemical Aspects: Chair: Rudolf Portman Co-Chair:David Moore Sessions: 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15 |
Sector Biological Aspects: Chair Scott Lillibridge Co-Chair: Ji-Sheng chen Sessions: 3, 6, 7, 12, 14, 16 |
The meeting ran from Sunday 7 May to Friday 12 May, 2000.
A review of the meeting will be presented in the next ASA Newsletter, Issues #78, June 29, 2000.
For information on the next CBMTS meeting, go to CBMTS Industry II: The First World Congress on Chemical and Biological Terrorism
| COUNTRY | NAME | TITLE | No. | SESSION |
| AUSTRALIA | Robertson, A.G. | Bioterrorism and Australia - The Way Ahead |
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| BRAZIL | Santana, G. | Communication in the Heat of a Crisis - The Crucial Element for Effective Crisis Decision Making |
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| CANADA | Eaton, D. | Mass Casualty Decon and Olympic Style NBC Response Factors and Solutions for CB Related Events |
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| CANADA | Hamilton, M | "Hinge" Peptide Libraries as Inhibitors of Botulinus Neurotoxin |
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| CANADA | Harwood, C. | Canada’s Response To NBC Incidents |
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| CANADA | Laurie, E. | Gloves that Fit and Do NOT Tear: a Novel Idea. |
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| CANADA | O'Dell, P. | Recent and Planned Research to Extend and Further Validate RDSL as a Broad Spectrum Personal Decontaminant System for BCW Agent Decontamination |
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| CANADA | Pitts, N. | Large Scale Mass Decontamination and Special Event Planning Criteria for Special International Events based on the CASCAD System and Canadian Model |
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| CANADA | Tremblay-Lutter, J. | Gloves that Fit and Do NOT Tear: a Novel Idea. |
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| CHINA | Chen, JiSheng | An Assessment of Toxins |
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| CHINA | Zhang, Y. | Effects of some Reversible Cholinesterase Inhibitors on the Reactivatability of Soman-inhibited Human Erythrocyte Acetylcholinesterase in vitro. |
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| CHINA | Zhou, W. | Effects of some Reversible Cholinesterase Inhibitors on the Reactivatability of Soman-inhibited Human Erythrocyte Acetylcholinesterase in vitro. |
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| CROATIA | Bokan, S. | Criteria for Selection of Human, Animal and Plant Pathogens and Toxins to be Included in a List of Biological Agents and Toxins in Relation to the BTWC |
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| CROATIA | Bokan, S. | Scientific Review of CBMTS - Industry I |
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| CROATIA | Orehovec, Z. | Operational Review of CBMTS - Industry I |
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| CROATIA | Reiner, E. | Acetylcholinesterase and Butyrylcholinesterase Activity Measurements in Human Blood by the Ellman Method: Procedure Protocol and Comparison with Procedures Suggested by Other Authors |
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| CROATIA | Reiner, E. | State of the Art Lecture: Organophosphorus Compounds and Esterases: Current Research Topics Concerning Toxicity of and Protection Against Organophosphates |
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| CROATIA | Simeon, V. | Acetylcholinesterase and Butyrylcholinesterase Activity Measurements in Human Blood by the Ellman Method: Evaluation of Experimental Conditions |
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| CZECH REPUBLIC | Bajgar, J. | Inhalation Intoxication with Sarin: Relationship between Sarin Dose and Cholinesterase Inhibition in Blood |
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| CZECH REPUBLIC | Bajgar, J. | Simple Method for More Precise Diagnosis and Treatment of Intoxication with Nerve Agents Poisoning |
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| CZECH REPUBLIC | Kassa, J. | The Long-term Effects of Low Level Inhalation Exposure of Rats to Sarin |
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| FRANCE | Dorandeu, F. | Search for New Neuroprotective Drugs Against Soman-Induced Central Neuropathology: Antioxidants |
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| GEORGIA | Juruli, M. | On the Old Military "Heritage" in Georgia |
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| GEORGIA | Juruli, M. | Toxicological Aspects of Events in Tbilisi on April 9, 1989 |
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| GERMANY | Eyer, P. | The Determination of Human Erythrocyte Acetylcholinesterase (ERY-ACHE) in a Modified Ellman Assay |
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| GERMANY | Müller-Amato, L. | Mass Casualty Decon and Olympic Style NBC Response Factors and Solutions for CB Related Events |
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| GERMANY | Sierchermann, K. | Mass Casualty Decon and Olympic Style NBC Response Factors and Solutions for CB Related Events |
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| GERMANY | Szinicz, L. | Sulfur Mustard Induced Cytokine Changes in Different Cell Cultures |
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| GERMANY | Worek, F. | New Aspects on the Reactivation by Oximes of Organophosphate-Inhibited Human Acetylcholinesterase in vitro |
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| INDIA | Jaiswal, D. | Prophylactic Efficacy of Amifostine and its Analogues against Sulphur Mustard Intoxication |
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| IRAN | Balali-Mood, M. | Effects of Sodium Bicarbonate in Human Organophosphate Poisoning |
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| IRAN | Haghighi, L. | A Review of Infections Among Iranian Combatants in the Iran-Iraq War |
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| IRAN | Kalantari, H. | Identifcation and Determination of Mycotoxins by HPLC in Liver |
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| ISRAEL | Wormser, U. | Iodine Protects Skin Against Mustard Gas |
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| KAZAKHSTAN | Lepeshkin, G. | Conversion of Biotechnology (BW) Complex in Kazahstan: Scientific and Technical. The New Results |
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| KENYA | Mathenge, V. | Mass Casualty Management in the Event of a Chemical Accident |
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| MACEDONIA | Taleski, V. | Epidemiology and Detection Methods of the Most Important Infectious Diseases in the Republic of Macedonia |
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| NETHERLANDS | Davey, B. | Biomedical Sampling: An OPCW Perspective. |
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| NETHERLANDS | Nieuwenhuizen, M. | Physostigmine as a Pretreatment Against Soman-Intoxication Under Stress Circumstances |
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| NETHERLANDS | Noort, D | Methods for Retrospective Detection of Exposure to Toxic Scheduled Chemicals: An Overview |
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| NETHERLANDS | Philippens, I. | Physostigmine As A Pretreatment Against Soman-Intoxication Under Stress Circumstances |
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| PAKISTAN | Khan, L.A. | Non-Conventional Terrorism: Threat and Countermeasures |
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| POLAND | Kowalczyk, M. | Imidazenil, a Proposed Drug for the Treatment of Convulsions in Acute Poisonings with Soman |
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| POLAND | Rump, S. | Imidazenil, a Proposed Drug for the Treatment of Convulsions in Acute Poisonings with Soman |
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| ROMANIA | Mircioiu, C. | Pharmacokinetic Component of the Mechanism of Action of Decorporators |
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| ROMANIA | Paul, F. | Epidemiological Approach of Biological Crisis Caused by Criminal Use of Bacillus Anthracis |
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| RUSSIA | Petrov, V. | Creation of Modern Systems of Warning of Population and Personnel During Emergency at the Sites of Chemical Weapons Storage and Destruction in Russia |
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| RUSSIA | Ryabchikova, E. | Virus Reproduction in Macrophages: A Common Feature of Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers |
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| RUSSIA | Shchelkunov, S. N. | Smallpox, Monkey pox, and Cowpox Viruses as Sources of New Therapeutic Drugs |
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| RUSSIA | Surovtsev, I. | Scanning Flow Cytometry for Kinetics Study of Antigen-Antibody Interaction on the Cell Surface |
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| RUSSIA | Tonkopii, V. | Structure and Efficiency of Carbamates as Drugs for Prophylaxis |
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| SINGAPORE | Moochhala, S. | Effects of Pyridostigmine (PYR) and non-Penetrative Head Injury of Neuromuscular Performance in the Rat |
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| SOUTH AFRICA | Erasmus, C. | Compilation of a Training Curriculum for CB Defense Specialist Advisers for the South African National Defence Force |
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| SOUTH AFRICA | Yousefi, V. | Agrochemicals: A Toxic Terror In South Africa |
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| SPAIN | Pita, R. | The Spanish Armed Forces Autoinjector for Nerve Agent Antidote |
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| SWEDEN | Persson, S.A. | Decontamination Of Casualties After Exposure To Harmful Liquid Chemicals |
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| SWITZERLAND | Baumberger, Ch. | Risk Assessment of Bioterrorism |
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| SWITZERLAND | Brodbeck, U. | Evaluation of Methods for Interlaboratory Comparison Tests on Measurements of Cholinesterase Activity |
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| SWITZERLAND | Centonze, A. | Swiss Protection Equipment Training and Availability |
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| SWITZERLAND | Huber, U. | The Swiss Approach to Counter Chemical Terrorism |
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| SWITZERLAND | Portmann, R. | Towards a Common Method for Measuring Cholinesterase Activity |
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| SWITZERLAND | Robinson, S. | Monitoring Of Potential Health Effects Of Nerve Agent Destruction In Shchuch'ye, Kurgan Oblast (South Ural), Russian Federation |
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| SWITZERLAND | Schuerch, N. | Immunodetection of Biological Agents by Repertoire Cloning |
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| SWITZERLAND | Schuetz, M. | Current Developments in Gene Technology: The Impact on Biological Weapons |
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| SWITZERLAND | Wicki, A. | Capsaicin in Pepperspray - Mode of Action |
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| TURKEY | Hincal, A. | Mass CasualtyManagement in Turkish Pharmaceutical Industry |
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| TURKEY | Hincal, F. | The Role of Drug and Poison Information Centers in Emergency Assistance and Professional / Public Education for CBW |
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| TURKEY | Ozyurt, G. | Role of Serum Cholinesterase Activity in the Treatment of Organophosphate (OP) Intoxication |
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| UKRAINE | Chaika,Y. | Minimizing the Ecological Consequences of Chemical Agent Destruction |
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| UNITED KINGDOM | McMillan, M. R. | Overview of Plague Vaccine |
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| UNITED KINGDOM | Russell, P. | Overview of Plague Vaccine |
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| UNITED KINGDOM | Scott, L. | Assessing the Effects of Low Level Anticholinesterases |
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| USA | Broomfield, C. | Kinetics of Nerve Agent Hydrolysis by a Human OPAA Hydrolase |
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| USA | Cheng, T-C. | Wide Range Application of Alteromonas Prolidase for Decontamination of G-Type Chemical Nerve Agents |
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| USA | Doctor, B. | Buforin I, a Natural Peptide, Inhibits Botulinum Toxin B Activity |
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| USA | Doctor, B. | Scavenger Protection Against Organophosphorus Agents by Cholinesterases |
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| USA | Doctor, B. | Cholinesterases, Oximes, and Organophosphorus Hydrolases in Tandem Can Hydrolyze Organophosphates |
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| USA | Feaster, S. | Rapid, Quantitative, and Simultaneous Determination of AChE and BChE Levels in Unprocessed Whole Blood |
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| USA | Filer, S. | Novel Strategy Using Synthetic Nucleic Acids and Conventional Immunoassays for Biological Agent Detection |
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| USA | Gordon, R. | Polyurethane Foam Linked Mammalian Cholinesterase for Decontamination and Detection of OP Nerve Agents |
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| USA | Hughart, J. | Chemical Disaster Training For First Responders |
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| USA | Kosnett, M. | The Role of Poison Control Centers and Medical Toxicologists in Responding to Chemical and Biological Incidents |
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| USA | Laughlin, L. | History and Technological Evaluation of The U.S. Bio/Toxin Detection Program |
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| USA | Lindsey, K.Q. | The Development of Both Laboratory Protocols for Identifying Bioterrorist Threat Agents and A National Network for Information Dissemination to State Public Health Laboratories In the United States |
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| USA | Melling, J. | Biodefense Vaccines: Regulatory and Manufacturing Issues and Constraints |
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| USA | Moore, D. | Applications of an Effective Biocidal Technology for Medical Defense Purposes |
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| USA | Petrikovoics, I. | Diisopropylfluorophosphate (DFP) Antagonism by Recombinant Organophosphorus Acid Anhydrolase (OPAA) Encapsulated within Sterically Stabilized Liposomes (SL) |
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| USA | Rao, V. | Long-Term Toxic Effects: Emerging New Challenges to Chemical Biological Risk Analysis and Medical Treatment Strategies |
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| USA | Rotz, L. | Prioritizing Potential Biological Terrorism Agents for Public Health Preparedness in the United States: Overview of Evaluation Process and Identified Agents |
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| USA | Saxena, A. | Recombinant Cholinesterases: Developing an Ideal Bioscavenger for Protection against Organophosphate Nerve Agents |
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| USA | Spies, S. | WMD Casualty Planning |
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| USA | Treadwell, T. | Electronic Syndromic Surveillance for Bioterrorism at the World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference in Seattle, Washington, 2000 |
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| USA | Way, J. | Antagonism of Organophosphorous Lethality with Sterically Stabilized Liposomes (Sl) Containing Recombinant Organophosphorus Acid Hydrolase (OPH) |
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| YUGOSLAVIA | Antonijevic, B. | Efficacy of Oximes and Adamantanes against Soman Poisoning in Mice |
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| YUGOSLAVIA | Antonijevic, B. | Memantine Treatment Improves Antidotal Efficacy of Atropine, HI-6 and Diazepam in Rats Poisoned with Soman |
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| YUGOSLAVIA | Dobric, S. | The Protective Efficacy Of Calcium Channel Blockers In Soman-Poisoned Rats |
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| YUGOSLAVIA | Jovanovic, Dj. | Efficacy of various corticosteroid regimens in treatment of acute T-2 toxin poisoning in rats. presented by Dr. Djordje Jovanovic |
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