Havemeyer Workshops 2011

Neuromotor Control of Equine Locomotion
Organizer: Dr. Hilary Clayton
New Orleans, Louisiana, February 17-19, 2011

Topics: Modeling approaches for the equine spine; Trunk movements at walk and trot; Center of pressure analysis in horses; Concurrent forces and their effects on the center of mass; Transitions in dressage horses; Physiotherapeutic techniques.

Equine Ophthalmology Workshop
Organizer: Dr. Brian Gilger
West Palm Beach, Florida, April 1-2, 2011

Topics: Eyelid surgery; Squamous cell carcinoma; Equine herpes virus; Practical equine clinical ophthalmology; case presentations on orbital disease, periocular neoplasia; Corneal surgery; Ocular drug delivery; Equine congenital stationary night blindness.

Conference on Regenerative Medicine
Organizers: Dr. Lisa Fortier and Prof. Roger Smith
Saguaro lake Ranch, Mesa, Arizona, May 1-5, 2011

Topics: Types and characterization of stem cells; Cartilage, tendon, umbilical cord blood, and fat as sources; Cell tracking after implantation; Clinical experience for tendon and ligament injuries: Interface between regeneration, reconstruction and replacement for bone and joints.

Ninth International Equine Genome Mapping Workshop
Organizers: Drs. James Mickelson and Stephanie Valberg
Oak Ridge Conference Center, Chaska, Minnesota, July 27- 30, 2011

Topics: Whole-genome resequencing of a quarter horse mare; Copy number variants; ERE insertion polymorphism; SLC45A@ association with pearl coat color; Mitogenomics of thoroughbreds; Genetic factors influencing sarcoid tumors; Gene mapping resources.

30th Anniversary of The Dorothy Russell Havemeyer Foundation Workshop               
Organizers: Dr. Douglas F. Antczak and Mr. Gene M. Pranzo
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, August 17 – 21, 2011
This event marked the 30th anniversary year of the series of scientific meetings of the Havemeyer Foundation. Since 1981 one-hundred twenty workshops and conferences have been convened by the Foundation to benefit equine health. A principle objective of these meetings has been to foster cooperative research on intractable problems and projects that require group efforts for their successful resolution.

Topics: Genetics, Reproduction, Immunology, Infectious Disease, Sports Medicine.

Third Equine Herpes Virus-1 Workshop
Organizers: Drs. Paul Lunn, Joshua Slater, Julia Kidd and Klaus Osterrrider
Steamboat Springs, Colorado, September 18-23, 2011

Topics: Overview of EHV-1 infection models; Dendritic cell isolation and characterization; definitive host infection models; Molecular basis of neurovirulence and genome sequencing; SNP typing and neurological disease; immunity measures of vaccination and therapeutics.

Second International Gametes Workshop – Equine In Vitro Fertilization
Organizer: Drs. Edward Squires and Katrin Hinrichs
Hilton Head, South Carolina, November 10-12, 2011

Topics: Activating stallion sperm; Fertilization methods with equine oocytes; Incubation with follicular fluid from dominant follicles; Progress in the use of intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Sperm microinjection versus conventional fertilization in the horse.