Dates and Times:
Start : Monday 8th December at 18:00
Finish : Friday 12th December at 14:00

Expert Tutors:

Prof. Yukako Fujinaga - Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Dr. Karen Hill - Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
DVM Päivi Lahti - University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Dr. Miia Lindström - University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Dr. Ute Messelhäusser - Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Oberschleißheim, Germany
Dr. Panu Somervuo - University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Aim:
A 5-day course giving theoretical and practical knowledge on tools available for genetic characterization and epidemiological analysis of C. botulinum.

Topics included:
- real-time PCR for detection of C. botulinum
- amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP)
- comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) analysis with DNA microarrays
- structure and function of the neurotoxin cluster genes