Video Presentations (updated 12/05/06)

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Plenary Lectures I.

(Moderated by Robert Nowierski, USDA-CSREES)
  • P.1 - Pests and Disease needs for new methods in agriculture - Bob Staten (wmv, 32 Mb)
  • P.2 - History of Paratransgenesis - Frank Richards, Yale University (wmv, 29 Mb)
  • P.3 - Pioneering applications in transgenic insect technologies - Luke Alphey, University of Oxford (wmv, 32 Mb)
  • P.4 - Cross-infective microbes: from plants to humans - Anne Vidaver, University of Nebraska - Lincoln (wmv, 36 Mb)

Plenary Lectures II.

(Moderated by Robert Rose, USDA-CSREES)
  • P.5- Development of transgenic pink bollworm - Greg Simmons, USDA, APHIS, PPQ (wmv, 23 Mb)
  • P.6 - The pathogen / commensal paradigm: can taxonomy predict risk? - Bryan White, University of Illinois (wmv, 18 Mb)


Session 1: Symbiotic control of Pierce's Disease (PD).

(Moderated by Mary Purcell-Miramontes, USDA-CSREES-Competitive Programs)
  • 1.1 - Development of symbiotic control of PD - David Lampe, Duquesne University (wmv, 23 Mb)
  • 1.2 - Microbial Biopesticides - Michael Adang, University of Georgia (wmv, 20 Mb)
  • 1.3 - Risk Assessment research for the PD project - Tom Miller, UC - Riverside (wmv, 27 Mb, PowerPoint, 14 Mb)
  • 1.4 - Elimination of a primary Filariasis vector population at an endemic field site - Stephen Dobson, University of Kentucky (wmv, 21 Mb)
  • 1.5 Risk Assessment and Biotechnology - "Get Jiggy with it!" - Charlie Yoe, College of Notre Dame (wmv, 42 Mb)


Session 2A: Environmental and medical safety concerns.

(Moderated by Michael Firko, USDA-APHIS-PPQ)
The schedule had been modified.
  • Introduction - Michael Firko, USDA-APHIS-PPQ (wmv, 4 Mb)
  • 2A.1 - Regulating microbials for plant pest risk - Robert Flanders, USDA-APHIS-PPQ (wmv, 23 Mb)
  • 2A.2 - EPA regulatory process for microbial pesticides - William Schneider - EPA, BPPD (not available)
  • 2A.3 - Microbial pest control agents: environmental considerations - William MacDonald, West Virginia University (wmv, 15 Mb)
  • 2A.4 - APHIS/BRS regulatory process for genetically engineered microbials- Andrea Huberty - USDA-APHIS, BRS (wmv, 26 Mb)


Session 2B: Transgenic Insects.

(Moderated by David O'Brachta, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute)
  • 2B.1 - The impact of regulatory decisions on emerging pest control research - Margaret Allen, USDA-ARS (not available)
  • 2B.2 - Regulatory procedures for transgenic insects - Robyn Rose, USDA-APHIS-BRS (wmv, 24 Mb)
  • 2B.3 - The Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative: Genetic strategies to control insect vectors of disease - Stephanie James, NIH (not available)
  • 2B.4 - Genetic modification of insects of medical importance: past, present and future - Marcelo Lorena, Johns Hopkins (not available)
  • 2B.5 - An incremental process for developing releases of genetically engineered mosquitoes - Mark Benedict, CDC (not available)


Session 3: Microbial pesticides - case histories.

(Moderated by Eldon Ortman, Agricultural research programs, Purdue)
  • 3.1 - Development of AF-36 - Peter Cotty, USDA-ARS (wmv, 20 Mb)
  • 3.2 - Regulatory summary of AF-36 - John Kough - EPA, BPPD (not available)
  • 3.3 - What Do Risk Assessments of Agricultural Biotechnologies Need to Tell Risk Managers? - Erik Lichtenberg, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (wmv, 28 Mb)


Session 4: Microbial pesticides - case histories.

(Moderated by John Sherwood, University of Georgia)
  • 4.1 - GE and non-GE fungi: Risk Assessment - Ray St. Leger, University of Maryland (wmv, 21 Mb)
  • 4.2 - Burkholderia cepacia : TSCA Regulatory aspects - Mark Segal, EPA, OPPT (not available)
  • 4.3 - Burkholderia cepacia : FIFRA - Regulatory aspects - Chris Wozniak, CSREES (wmv, 15 Mb)


Session 5: Regulation of and impacts on microbial biopesticides.

(Moderated by Eldon Ortman, Agricultural research programs, Purdue)
  • 5.1 - Impact of regulatory activity on emerging companies - Pam Marrone, Marrone Organic Innovations (wmv, 29 Mb)
  • 5.2 - Panel Discussion: How do we enhance communication and cooperation. (wmv, 20 Mb)


Session 6: Concluding remarks from the workshop and comments.

(Moderated by Eldon Ortman, Agricultural research programs, Purdue)
  • 6.1- Brief overview of Split Sessions: Microbial and Transgenic Insect - Herve Bossin (wmv, 19 Mb)
  • 6.2 - Risk assessment framework for paratransgenesis - Scott Matthews, Yale University (wmv, 18 Mb)
  • 6.3 - What can public sector researchers do to facilitate the registration process? - Michael Braverman, IR-4 Project, Rutgers University (wmv, 25 Mb)
  • 6.4 - Costs of biopesticide registration?- Robert Torla, EPA-BPPD International Atomic Energy Agency (not available)

Session 7: How do we enhance communication between regulating agencies and the affected community?

(Moderator by: Eldon Ortman) (wmv, 53 Mb)