Invitation
14.04.2008 |
Dear All,
it is a pleasure to invite you to the annual TBNET-meeting, which will take place on the 3rd of October (all day) at the HELIOS Clinic Emil v. Behring in Berlin.
There will also be a TBNET dinner on the evening of the 3rd.
Members should make travel arrangemnents for Thursday, October the 2nd as the TBNET meeting will be on Friday October 3rd all day. Details about the agenda will be distributed in the forthcoming months.
All best regards, yours Christoph
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Invitation
18.07.2008 |
Dear friends and colleagues,
by a kind invitation of Torsten Bauer, who is the co-chairs of the ERS meeting in Berlin, we will meet for the 3rd TBNET meeting in Berlin on the 3rd of October 2008 in the conference room of the the Helios Clinic "Emil v. Behring" in Berlin-Zehlendorf (Walterhoeferstr. 11- see attached flyer).
The meeting will start at 09:00 and end at 18:00 on that friday. Our colleague Andrés de Roux from Berlin has organized a special event for the TBNET members for the evening of October 3rd. After the meeting, a private bus will bring us to the old lecture hall ruin of the Charite (http://www.bmm.charite.de/ruine/ruine_engl.htm) were we will meet for dinner in a very special atmosphere.
A detailed agenda for the meeting and the dinner and a description how to get to the Helios Clinic Emil v. Behring by public transport will follow by the end of July 2008 by email. During the meeting we will again present the proceedings of ongoing projects and we will discuss new project proposals and forthcoming TBNET activities.
Please register by July 28 by email to
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New proposals should also be submitted on the page attached by July 28th to Rosella. I am looking forward to seeing you all again.
With all best regards and on behalf of the TBNET steering committee,
yours Christoph
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Final program
15.09.2008 |
The TBNET meeting will be held in 2 weeks in Berlin and I am looking forward to meeting you all there again! We already have 52 bookings and 46 colleagues signing up for the dinner. The final program is now avaible (see below and Agenda-File). |
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Agenda
15.09.2008 |
The meeting takes place at the Conference room of the Helios Clinic Emil v. Behring |
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09:00-09:10 |
Welcome address by Torsten Bauer and Andrés de Roux, Berlin, local hosts of the TBNET meeting |
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09:10-09:30 |
Introduction to the meeting and the agenda Christoph Lange, Germany and Giovanni B. Migliori, Italy |
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09:30-10:45
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Completed projects: (chaired by Aik Bossink, The Netherlands and Ivan Solovic, Slovenia) |
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09:30-09:40 |
TBNET#3: Active case-finding of TB in Europe: guidelines for contact tracing in different countries Graham Bothamley, UK |
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09:40-09:50
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TBNET#4: Evaluation of clinical aspects associated with MDR- and XDR-TB Giovanni B. Migliori, Italy |
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09:50-10:00
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TBNET#5: Rapid diagnosis of smear negative TB by MTB-specific ELISPOT and PCR Claudia Jafari, Germany |
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10:00-10:10
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TBNET#6: RD1 peptides as markers of active vs latent TB: a tool to monitor the effect of therapy Delia Goletti, Italy |
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10:10-10:20 |
TBNET#14: A consensus definition on LTBI Ulrich Mack, Germany |
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10:20-10.30 |
TBNET #12: Novel biomarkers in T-cell assays Morten Ruhwald, Denmark |
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10:30-10:50
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Coffee break |
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10:50-11.45 |
TBNET affairs (chaired Daniella Cirillo, Italy and Jean-Pierre Zellweger, Switzerland |
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10:50-11:10 |
TBNET constitution, and ERS relationship Giovanni B. Migliori, Italy |
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11:10-11:30 |
Elections for 2009-2012 |
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11:30-11:45 |
TBNET website management Massimo Amicosante, Italy and Dirk Wagner, Germany |
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11:45-13:30 |
Lunch (supported by the Helios Clinic Emil v. Behring) |
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13:30-14:15 |
Progress of ongoing projects: (chaired by Andrés de Roux, Germany and Delia Goletti, Italy) |
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13:30-13.45
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TBNET#1: IGRA (ELISA, ELISPOT) testing in immunocompromised patients Martina Sester, Germany |
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13:45-14:00 |
TBNET#8: Predictive value of elevated Procalcitonin levels in tuberculosis Aik Bossink, The Netherlands |
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14.00-14.15 |
TBNET#2: Use of IGRA testing in TB contact tracing: database supported analysis Jean-Pierre Zellweger, Switzerland |
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14:15-14:30 |
Coffee break |
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14:30-16:00
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Proposals for new projects (chaired by Jose Dominguez, Spain and Jean-Pierre Zellweger, Switzerland) |
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14:30-14:40 |
Short course of Rifapentin and Moxifloxacin for the treatment of LTBI Graham Bothamley, UK |
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14:40-14:50 |
Interferon-γ Release Assays in the diagnosis of NTM infections Tim Grueber, Germany |
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14:50-15:00 |
A database for paediatric tuberculosis in Europe Beate Kampmann, UK |
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15:00-15:10 |
The negative prospective value of IGRA for the diagnosis of latent TB in children in Europe Beate Kampmann, UK |
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15:10-15:20 |
Genetic susceptibility for linezolid adverse drug effects Christoph Lange, Germany |
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15:20-15:30 |
Assesment of tuberculosis in Roma Constantin Marcia, Romania |
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15:30-15:40 |
Illness perception in patients with tuberculosis Dragica Pesut, Serbia |
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15:40-15:50 |
Nontuberculous mycobacteria in patients with HIV-infection Bernhard Schaaf, Germany |
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15:50-16:10 |
Coffee break |
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16:10-16:40 |
Small group discussions (chaired by Pernille Ravn, Denmark and Fusun Eyuboglu, Turkey)
1. Clinical aspects of MDR-TB in Europe (TB-PAN-NET EU Project) Daniela Cirillo, Italy, Frank van Leth, The Netherlands and Christoph Lange, Germany
2. Pediatricians in the TBNET Beate Kampmann, UK and Anne Detjen, Germany
4. Defining research priorities Martina Sester, Germany and Enrico Girardi, Italy |
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16:40-17:30 |
Presentations and discussions of small group discussions (10 min/group) |
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17:30-17:45 |
TBNET summer school 2009 Giovanni Sotgiu, Italy |
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17:45-18:00 |
Future activities and summary of the meeting (chaired by C. Lange, Germany and G.B. Migliori, Italy)
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Depart by bus for dinner
For those of you that will attend the TBNET dinner on Friday evening, a bus will leave from the main entrance of the hospital at 18.00. The bus will take us to the Historic lecture hall of the Charité, where dinner will be served around 19.00. The cost of the dinner will be €30 per person; this price includes bus transport and the dinner buffet. Money will be collected at the dinner. Please bring the exact amount of € 30 in cash.
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From the Friedrichstrasse Station -Bahnhof Friedrichstrasse- (fastest connection from the city-center): |
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-Take the S-Bahn No 1 (see attached plan for the Berlin S-Bahn System) to Berlin Zehlendorf (allow ca. 25 minutes from Friedrichstrasse station – central Berlin - to Zehlendorf station), form there 3 stops on the Bus 101 or 623.
- Duration ca 45 min |
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From the Main Station (Hauptbahnhof): |
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- Bus TXL towards Airport Tegel, Exit U Turmstrasse
- Bus 101 towards Zehlendorf, Exit Behring-Krankenhaus
- ca. 200 m walking distance
- Duration: 1:04 hrs. |
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- RE1 (train) towards Magdeburg/Bahnhof Buckau, Exit S Wannsee Bhf.
- S1 towards S Oranienburg Bhf, Depart S Zehlendorf
- ca. 950 m walking distance
- Duration: 51 Minutes |
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From Schoenfeld Airport |
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- Bus X7 towards Rudow, Exit U Rudow
- U7 towards Rathaus Spandau, Exit Blissestrasse
- Bus 101 towards Zehlendorf/Sachtlebenstrasse, Exit Behring-Krankenhaus
- 100 m walking distance
- Duration: 1:24 hrs. |
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- Bus X7 towards U Rudow, Exit U Rudow
- U7 towards Rathaus Spandau, Exit S+U Yorckstrasse
- S1 towards S Wannsee, Exit S Zehlendorf
- 950 m walking distance
- Duration: 1:22 hrs. |
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From Tegel Airport |
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- Bus X9 towards S+U Zoologischer Garten, Exit S+U Jungfernheide Bhf.
- S42 towards Ringbahn 42, Exit S Hohenzollerndamm
- Bus115 towards Dueppel-Süd, Neuruppiner Strasse, Exit Camphausenstrasse
- 450 m walking distance
-Duration: 1 hr. |
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- Bus X9 towards S+U Zoologischer Garten, Exit S+U Jungfernheide Bhf.
- U7 towards U Rudow, Exit U Blissestrasse
- Bus 101 towards Zehlendorf, Sachtlebenstrasse, Exit Behring-Krankenhaus
- 100 m walking distance
- Duration: 1 hr. |
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Distances by car (estimates): |
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Airport Schoenefeld – Walterhoeferstrasse : 29 km, 30 min
Airport Tegel – Walterhoeferstrasse: 20 km, 25 min
Main Station (Hauptbahnhof) – Walterhoeferstrasse:18 km, 26 min
Please calculate at least 1 hour to reach the Helios Clinic either from Schoenefeld airport, Tegel airport or from the Main Station by car. |
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