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October 24, 2007
1 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
The New York Academy of Sciences
7 World Trade Center
250 Greenwich Street, 40th Floor
New York, NY 10007

The Malaria Research Institute at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and The New York Academy of Sciences present Progress Against Malaria: Developments on the Horizon, a half-day symposium to highlight the latest research developments in the fight to combat malaria. This meeting will include discussions of new diagnostic tests, treatment and prevention strategies, and malaria-resistant mosquitoes. The symposium will also feature work from Macha, Zambia, where malaria research is conducted in a unique rural setting.

Online registration is available at www.nyas.org/mraconf. To register by phone or to request accommodations for a disability, call 212-298-8615.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2007 1:00 PM 5:30 PM

1:00 pm 2:00 pm Registration

2:00 pm 2:15 pm Welcome and Introduction
Ellis Rubinstein, President, The New York Academy of Sciences

2:15 pm 2:45 pm KEYNOTE LECTURE
Current Developments in Malaria Product Innovation and Control
Chris Hentschel, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, Medicines for Malaria Venture

2:45 pm 3:25 pm SESSION I: The State of the Art and Beyond:
Vaccine Development and Creation of Malaria-Resistant Mosquitoes

Mosquitoes That Cant Get Infected
Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute

Progress and Challenge in the Development of a Malaria Vaccine:
The PATH MVI Perspective
Christian Loucq, M.D., Director, The PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative

3:25 pm 3:45 pm Coffee Break

3:45 pm 4:45 pm SESSION II: Progress in Diagnosis, Prevention and Treatment
Moderator: Diane Griffin, Ph.D., M.D., Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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