The 15th meeting in the CBMTS series:

List of Abstracts and Papers to date for CBMTS VII

The Seventh Plenary

SPIEZ LABORATORY Switzerland
Spiez , Switzerland
13 April - 18 April 2008

LATEST ABSTRACTS:

The following listing of 121 Abstracts provide the Abstract titles and Authors and their Countries - to date. The listing of Sectors as well as the Abstracts are considered tentative and may change when the International Science Review Committee meets at the Spiez Laboratory from 29-31 January 2008. Sessions are formed from Sectors.

SECTOR:

1: CHEMICAL ASPECTS
2: BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS
3: RADIOLOGICAL ASPECTS
4: MEDICAL ASPECTS
5: CRISIS MANAGEMENT
6: DETECTION & DECONTAMINATION
7: EMERGING THREATS: Dual Use, Biosafety & Biosecurity and Special

SECTOR#  

Paper #.  Author;  Country  "Abstract Title"

SECTOR 1: CHEMICAL ASPECTS

  1. Bajgar, Jiri; Czech Republic "Cholinesterase Reactivators: Mapping of their Effect in the Rat Brain (Toxicological, Biochemical and Histochemical Study)"
  2. Baud, Frederick; France "Analytical evidence of the ability of hydroxocobalamin to bind cyanide in human poisonings" 
  3. Matousek, Jiri; Czech Republic "Impact of advances in science and technology on the Chemical Weapons Convention and its implementation"
  4. Matousek, Jiri; Czech Republic "Chemical Weapons Convention: Second Review Conference (2008)"
  5. Savelieva, Elena; Russia "Determination of the Composition of Degradation Products of Russian VX in Various Media"
  6. Stojanovic, Bozidar; Serbia "Exposure of horses wearing gas masks in Sarin test atmosphere"
  7. Jun, Daniel; Czech Republic "Reactivation of Human Acetylcholinesterase Inhibited by Leptophos-Oxon with Different Oxime Reactivators In Vitro"
  8. Kuca, Kamil; Czech Republic "Acetylcholinesterase reactivator – oxime HI-6 – antidote against nerve agents "
  9. Kuca, Kamil; Czech Republic "Structure-activity relationship of acetylcholinesterase reactivators"
  10. Yaren, Hakan; Turkey "Effects of Poly(ADP-RIBOSE) Polymerase Iinhibition in Lung Toxicity Caused by Nitrogen Mustard in Rats"
  11. Orehovec, Zvonko; Croatia "The Future of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons after Chemical Weapons Destruction"
  12. Espona, Marie; Argentina "CWC implementation in Latin America: current situation"
  13. Petrov, Vadim; Russia "Opportunity of Change of Use of Object on Destruction of Lewisite in Kambarka (Udmurtia)"
  14. Petrov, Petrov; Russia "Destruction of the Chemical in Russia: Prospects and Problems of End in 2012"
  15. Musilek, Kamil; Czech Republic "Novel Reactivators of AChE with (E)-BUT-2-ENE LINKER – Rivals for Obidoxime?"
  16. Khalili, Alireza; US "Mustard Gas Exposure and Carcinogenesis of Lung: Study of Specific P53 Mutations in Iranians Exposed to Mustard Gas During Iraq-Iran War and Later Developed Lung Cancer" (tentative)
  17. Doctor, Bhupendra, US "Current Status of the Use of Bioscavengers for Protection Against Chemical Warfare Agents"
  18. Chilukuri, Nageswararao; US "Development of Recombinant Human Butyrylcholinesterase As A Bioscavenger Of Organophosphorus Nerve Agents"
  19. Saxena, Ashima; US "Developing A Broad-Spectrum Oxime For The Treatment Of Nerve Agent Toxicity"
  20. Stankovic-Ciric, Jasmina; Serbia "The Effects of Neurotoxic Insecticides on Changes of Central and Cardiovascular Functions in Rats"
  21. Ramabrahmam, Boppana; India "Advances in Technology and the Impact of these Developments on the Chemical Weapon Convention (CWC)"
  22. Ghosh, Kallol; India "Detoxification of Simulants of Chemical Warfare Agents in  Novel  Micellar Environment"
  23. Ramabrahmam, Boppana; India "Chemical Process Risk Analysis - An Overview"

SECTOR 2: BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS

  1. Weingart, Oliver; Switzerland "Threat of a Bioterror Attack on the Food Supply"
  2. Griot, Christian; Switzerland "The Pirbright laboratory accident – what went wrong?"
  3. Pozdnyakova, Lyudmyla; Ukraine "Evaluation of Potential Biological Threats in Ukraine"
  4. Ristanovic, Elizabeta; Serbia "Dual-use goods in the production of biological weapons"
  5. Ryabchikova, Elena; Russia "Possible Role of Kelch-Genes Functions in Mechanisms of Cowpox Virus Virulence"
  6. Stienstra, Stef; Netherlands "Peroxide in bacteriofil nanoparticels is an effective method to disinfect areas contaminated with B-agents"
  7. Stephen, Eric; Canada "Lioposome encapsulated Poly-ICLC as a broad spectrum non-specific anti-viral"
  8. Stephen, Eric; Canada "VDI - Brucella"
  9. Beacorn, Thomas; US "The Food Emergency Response Network in the U.S."
  10. Donlon, Gerald; US "BARDA: An Update"
  11. Rudolf, Sandra; Switzerland "Sero-Prevalence of Brucellosis in Kyrgyzstan"
  12. Ka, Jyh-Hwa; Taiwan "Antimicrobial activity of visible light-illuminated titania photocatalysts against Bacillus anthracis"
  13. Liu, Cheng-Che; Taiwan "Monoclonal Antibody-Based Lateral Flow Assay for Detection of Botulinum Neurotoxin Type A"
  14. Biketov, Sergey and Dunaitsev, Igor; Russia "Preparation and Characterization of Bacillus Anthracis High - Specific Spore Antigen"

SECTOR 3: RADIOLOGICAL ASPECTS

  1. Adams. Steve; US "Innovative Radiological Countermeasure Strategies for Public Health, Emergency Response, and Medical Systems"
  2. Bice, Steve; US "Medical Countermeasure Stockpiling:  Generic Issues"
  3. Carr, Zhanat; WHO-Geneva "WHO's role in strengthening international preparedness and response to radio-nuclear events"
  4. Chelidze, Lia; Georgia "Radiological Accidents in West Georgia: Abandoned "Orphan" Sources"
  5. Jikia, David; Georgia "Ten years after the Lilo radiological accident: overview and follow-up"
  6. Pellmar, Terry; US "Current Research in Radiation Biodosimetry"
  7. Egger, Emmanuel; Switzerland "DU-Ammunition: A Threat to Civilian Population?"
  8. Hadjamberdiev, Igor; Kyrgyzstan "Old Uranium Tails in Pamir"
  9. Pivovarov, Alexander; Ukraine "Radiation Risk and Possible Consequences for Ukrainian Population"
  10. Hauer-Jensen, Martin; US "Gastrointestinal Radiation Injury: Significance, Mechanisms, and Countermeasure’s"
  11. Donlon, Mildred; US "Novel Approaches to Radiation Mitigation and Biodosimetry"
  12. Jikia, David; Georgia "Medical Management Strategy of Patients with Local Radiation Injury During Acute Phase" 
  13. Herodin, Francis; France "New approaches in medical treatment of irradiated persons" (tentative)
  14. Mkheidze, Media; Russia  ""Does the vicinity of nuclear power plants cause anxiety to the inhabitants of Saint-Petersburg?" (or - Is the Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant (LNPP) with four reactors of the RMBK-1000 (Chernobyl) type, a cause for anxiety to the Saint Petersburg population?)

SECTOR 4: MEDICAL ASPECTS

  1. Balali-Mood, Mahdi; Iran "New approach in treatment of organophosphorous poisoning"  
  2. Borron, Stephen; US "Administration of the cyanide antidote hydroxocobalamin by the intraosseous route in a goat model
  3. Chang, Eddie; US "Cobalthexammine as a Potential Broad Spectrum Antiviral Therapeutic
  4. Clawson, Ronald; US "Use of the Animal Rule by the US Department of Defense"
  5. Davey, Brian; UN "UN Preparations for Pandemic Influenza"
  6. Davey, Brian; UN "The Role of UN Medical"
  7. Dudley, Joe; US "Zoonotic and Emerging Diseases Surveillance: A Global Public Health and Biosecurity Imperative"
  8. Emadi, Naser Sayed; Iran "Prevalence of Malignant Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma Among Iranian Veterans, 19-25 Years Following Exposure to Sulfur Mustard"
  9. Conley, Steve; US "Demonstrating the Emergency Treatment of WMD Agents on the METIMAN Patient Simulator"
  10. Kannan, G.M.; India "Development of Antidotes for Blistering Agents"
  11. Karasova, Jana; Czech Republic "Pretreatment with Huperzine A Protects Acetylcholinesterase in the Rat Brain Against Inhibition by Soman, VX And Russian VX In Vivo"
  12. Kassa, Jiri; Czech Republic "A comparison of reactivating and therapeutic efficacy of newly developed oximes (K206, K269) and currently available oximes (obidoxime, trimedoxime, HI-6) in tabun-poisoned rats and mice"
  13. Sezigen, Sermet; Turkey "CB Pharmaceutical Stockpile for Emergency Services; GATA preparedness"
  14. Stienstra, Stef; Netherlands "Intradermal vaccination with a new 'tattoo'-like device results in faster immunization"
  15. Tresnaningsih, Erna; Indonesia "Update Indonesia: Avian flu and vector borne diseases; i.e., anthrax, plague, and others" (title is tentative)"
  16. Wilson, Terrance; US "Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza-the Global Effort by International Agencies (FAO, OIE, WHO, WB) numerous Countries and NGO - A Veterinary Perspective"
  17. Vucinic, Slavica; Serbia "Acute organophosphate poisoning: the standard therapy compared to sodium bicarbonate as a therapeutic agent"
  18. Netesov, Sergey; Russia "Emerging Infections in the Asian part of Russia"
  19. Phillips, Carl; US "Research on zoonoses in Central Asia" (title to be expanded)
  20. Dizaye, Kawa; Iraq "Hepatoprotective effects of the aqueous extract of Pistacia Khinjuk on Acetaminophen and carbon tetrachloride - induced acute liver toxicity in rats"
  21. Ozyurt, Gurayten; Turkey "Effect mechanisms of some poisons used today and some poisons used yesterday"
  22. Karayilanoglu, Turan; Turkey "Comparing of obidoxime with a new synthesized oxime, M-2, regarding medical effectivity on animal exposure to parathions - the OP insecticide"
  23. Rao, Venkat; US "Converging Requirements and Emerging Challenges to Public Health Disease Surveillance and Biosurveillance"
  24. Kalantari, Heibatullah; Iran "Acetylcholinesrase and Butrylcholinestrase Activities Measurements in Different Communities of Khosestan Province (Iran –Iraq War Region) Exposed To Organophosphate Compounds"            
  25. Mkheidze, Medea; Russia "UV exposure of genetic forms of human butyrylcholinesterase: in vitro investigation"
  26. Abbot, Chris; UK "Real-Time Medical Surveillance"
  27. Sardas, Semra; Turkey "Arsenic problem in drinking water of developing countries"
  28. Wannarka, Gerald; US "The Auto-Injector as a Drug Delivery System"
  29. Dishovsky, Christophor; Bulgaria "Biological Markers Of Intoxications with Nerve Agents"
  30. Stephen, Eric; Canada "Defence R&D Canada’s  Nucleic Acid-Based Anti-Viral Program" (Poster)
  31. Mahboob, Sumera; Pakistan "GERMA-g-LACTONES as New Pharmacological Agents: Anti-Leishmanial Effects and Epidemic Perspective of this Infection in Pakistan"
  32. Jovic-Stosic , Jasmina; Serbia "Fatal Complications of Severe Organophosphate Poisonings Treated in Intensive Care Unit"

SECTOR 5: CRISIS MANAGEMENT

  1. Baud, Frederick; France "Cyanide poisoning and structural fires"
  2. Bice, Steve; US "WHO’s Guidelines for the Deployment of a Pandemic Influenza Vaccine. A Review"
  3. Borron, Stephen; US "Success rates for protected hazardous materials technicians and physicians in placing intraosseous needle device for antidote administration"
  4. Cassel, Gudrun; Sweden "Development of generic scenarios for release of chemicals by terrorist as a tool for crisis management teams and Public Health"

    •• 5-8 : A Special Risk Analysis Session, with Nichols, Tonya; McKean, Deborah; Taylor, Michael; US EPA;
  5. "Risk-based Incident-specific Methodology for Managing Consequences of a Catastrophic Release of Highly Hazardous Materials"
  6. "SERRA: The Use of a Knowledgebase Approach to Meet the Needs of Pre-Event Planning and Post-Event Consequence Management"
  7. "A Methodology to Assess Risks from High Hazard Materials in Surface Deposits"
  8. "Risk-based Strategies to Select Decontamination Technologies"
  9. A Wrap Up Panel Discussion for 5-8 above.
  10. Nolan, Richard; US "Disaster Logistics: Comprehensive Planning Mandated"
  11. Nolan, Richard; US "A National Veterinary Stockpile (the requirements and program from concept to fulfillment)"
  12. Bauer, Timothy; US "Employment of a New Approach for Estimating Hazards Resulting from a Massive Chlorine Releases"
  13. Paul, Florin; UN, New York "Crisis Management in an International Environment with an International Organization"
  14. Mashhadi, Hassan; Netherlands "Need for coordination between Crisis Management and Consequence Managment"
  15. Ramabrahmam, Boppana; India "Model  Emergency/Disaster Management  Plan.  Case Study: Toxic Gas  Release from a Chemical Facility"
  16. Tan, Clive; Singapore "Training a CBR Medical First Responder – A Five Year Experience Within the Medical Response Force of the Singapore Armed Forces"

SECTOR 6: DETECTION and DECONTAMINATION

  1. Aue, Walter; Switzerland "Covering chemical agent sources with foams"
  2. Daitch, Charles; US "Disposable Integrated Microfluidic Microarray Tests for Simple to Use, Low Cost Identification of Infectious Agents"
  3. Ioannis, Galatas; Greece "Physical & Behavioral Signals for ‘Screeners’ Indicating a Human Vector May Have Handled CBW Agents"
  4. Koryagina, Nadezhda; Russia "Application of Solid-Phase Microextraction in Trace Analysis of Terrorist Poisons"
  5. Kiel, Jonathan; US "Select Agent Recovery and Identification Using Aptamer-linked Immobilized Sorbent Assay"
  6. Roberts, Gareth; UK "Implementation of a micro chamber/thermal extraction system for analysis of toxic chemicals released from bulk sample or material/fabrics"
  7. Roberts, Gareth; UK "The analysis of airborne toxic chemicals using Thermal Desorption and bench top Time of Flight mass spectrometer"
  8. Schirk, Oliver; Germany "Measurement of Biological Warfare Substances using a quick test system"
  9. Feghali, Nayla; Canada "R&D Efforts with Reactive Skin Decontamination Lotion (RSDL): An Update since CBMTS-Industry V"
  10. Ribordy, Pascale; Sweden "Mobile Decontamination Units In Sweden Are Not Effective"
  11. Groelin, Rahel; Switzerland "Evaluation of Immunological Detection Systems (ABICAP, BIOVERIS M1M, BIOPLEX 200, ABICAP AND SECTOR IMAGER 6000) Using Vaccinia Virus as a Model"

SECTOR 7: EMERGING THREATS: Dual Use, Biosafety & Biosecurity and Special

  1. Schütz, Martin; Switzerland "Hands-On Biosafety / biosecurity training in a fully equipped BSL4 lab: the SPIEZ LABORATORY concept"
  2. Peitersen, Laura; US "The On-Line Journal of Medical Chemical, Biological and Radiological Defense"
  3. Paz, Hector; Chile "International agreements and required complimentary protocols to assist in proliferation avoidance"
  4. Price, Barbara; US "The Promise and Threat of Nanotechnology"
  5. Trudil, David; US "The Initative for Proliferation Prevention, IPP, and other programs to enhance and further international collaboration in addressing urgent needs of current as well as emerging pathogens"
  6. Wilson, Terrance; US "Veterinary Medical, Food and Agricultural Scientific Publications - National Security and Responsible Authorship"
  7. Deneer, Harry; Canada "Developing a mechanism for the responsible communication of research having dual-use potential - An editor's and publisher's perspective"
  8. Bokan, Slavko; Croatia "Counterproliferation of WMD, Border Security and Counterterrorism (CBSC) in Southeastern Europe (Poster)"
  9. Rao, Venkat; US "Biosecurity and Biosafety Assessment Related Enabling Technologies in Support of the Cooperative Threat Reduction"
  10. Khaydarov, Renat; Uzbekistan "Environmental Threat of Silver-Based Nanomaterials"
  11. Gareva, Radica; Macedonia "Asymetric Threats of the 21st Century from the Strategic Management Perspective"

Countries attending, (33) to date - (27) represented by abstract titles include:

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