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ACME Symposia#144, November 16, Sunday @ 1:45pm
Symposium I: Annual Business Meeting and Award Presentations• Annual Business Meeting and Awards Presentation: Stephen L. Dobson
• ACME Student Travel awardee presentation: Rob McCann
• Hoogstraal Medal awardee presentation: Barry Beaty
• Contributions of Female Scientists to the Field of Medical Entomology: Jennifer M. Anderson
• Keynote: “Mosquito Immunity and Malaria Transmission: Insights into immune activation and Plasmodium immune evasion" – Carolina Barillas‐Mury (NIH)
• Networking and Social Time
Your team of many talents…• Amy Morrison • Brian Foy • Kevin Macaluso• Sam Telford A,C
• Jason Rasgon A
• Nora Besansky A
• Jennifer Anderson A,B
• Stephen Dobson
• Nicole Achee• Lyric Bartholomay• Kristen Michel • Dan Kline
A – Nominating Committee
B – Student Travel Award Committee(also Rebekah Kading and Ellen Dotson)
C – Hoogstraal Medal Coordinator
Jennifer AndersonNIH
2014 Chair:
New Chairperson‐elect:
Nicole AcheeNotre Dame
Rebekah KadingCDC
New Secretary Treasurer:
2013 – New ACME Councilors
Maria Diuk WasserYale University
Rebekah KadingCDC, Fort Collins, CO
Gonzalo Vazquez Emory University
“Thank You!” For all of your contributions2013 – Outgoing ACME Councilors
Amy MorrisonUC Davis
Secretary/Treasurer
Kevin MacalusoLouisiana State U.
Past Chair
Brian FoyColorado State U.
Past Chair
What does ACME do?• Promote medical entomology in the ASTMH and in organizations whose scopes of
activities include the area of human diseases transmitted by arthropods • Organize symposia or workshops annually that emphasize, but are not limited to,
the contributions of medical entomology to tropical medicine • Encourage active participation of medical entomologists in the ASTMH • Recognize outstanding contributions by medical entomologists
• The Harry Hoogstraal Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Medical Entomology.
• ACME Student Travel Award• Help serve as an expert clearing house on certain issues in medical entomology
• e.g., Arthropod Containment Guidelines
ACME Symposia#155, November 16, Sunday @ 4pm
Symposium II: Progress Towards the Use of Vector Manipulation for the Prevention of Pathogen Transmission
“Microbe‐mediated control of arthropod vector competence” ‐ Jason Rasgon (Penn State)
“Genetic engineering of parasite‐resistant mosquitoes" ‐ Tony James (UC Irvine)
“Manipulating the mosquito innate immune system for disease control” ‐ George Demopolis (Johns Hopkins)
"How to use a fungus to combat Malaria" ‐ Raymond J. St. Leger (University of Maryland)
2013 Award Winners• Hoogstraal Award
– Barry Beaty, Colorado State University
• Student Travel Award– Rob McCannMichigan State University
2014 Awards• Remember to submit your nominations for 2014 !
• Don’t forget that postdocs (≤2 years) are eligible for the travel award
• Promote developing scientists !!
Contributing to the Development of Guideline Documents
• Guidelines for Human Participants in Vector Biology Research (VBR)
• Experimental Releases of Mosquitoes into the Environment
• Revision of the Arthropod Containment Guidelines
Advocacy / Increasing Awareness• Please participate in ASTMH‐organized activities to promote our field
Capitol Hill Visits, May 2013
2014 Priorities• Continue to increase membership, Improve standing within the Society, Better define our role within ASTMH
• ACME Newsletter and other engagement tools (blog, twitter, etc.)
• Continue ACME fundraising efforts, including pursuit of corporate sponsorship
Visit the ACME Booth!!• Meet an ACME member• Pick up information about ACME• Buy a shirt, hat, entomological memorabilia
– Funds go to the support of ACME !!!