Washington DC Chapter Updates
Padma Pillai, President of the Washington, DC Chapter
The Washington DC Area Chapter of ARPAS began the 2013/2014 year with two monthly luncheon meetings and the dates, speakers, and titles of their presentations were as follows:
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 – Dr. Daniel Nelson, Assistant Professor, Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, Rockville, Maryland – “Evaluating Bacteriophage-based Strategies for Diagnosis and Treatment of Bacterial Infections”
Thursday, November 7, 2013 - Dr. Kasey Moyes, Assistant Professor, Department of Animal and Avian Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland – “Potential Mechanisms Linking Mastitis to Risk of Subsequent Disease in Lactating Dairy Cows”