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June 5 - 7, 2017

TROPICANA CASINO & RESORT ATLANTIC CITY

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Welcome 2017 TriBranch Symposium!

The 2017 meeting is hosted by the Metro NY AALAS Branch in conjunction with Delaware Valley Branch of AALAS and New Jersey Branch of AALAS.

We are pleased to offer an exciting program this year!

I am delighted to announce our keynote speaker is Dr. David J Waters of the Gerald P. Murphy Foundation. The Foundation has a mission emphasizing Personalize Cancer Prevention Research with the ONE Health uniting human and veterinary medicine. Through a Pfizer sponsorship, Dr. Waters will be discussing “Envisioning the Future of Medicine: Science, Attitudes, and the Challenge of Optimizing Health in a World of Words”. This is a great topic and steers us to think about the 2017 theme - One HEALTH: Human, Education, Animal, Laboratory, Training, Husbandry.

In our animal science world, words are everything. But in a world that now really has no borders because of technology - we are all one. What we do in our animal rooms here in the US can be done in the Middle East tomorrow, thanks to the advent of shared list serves, international universities, etc.

In addition to our wonderful keynote speaker, we have a program full of presentations, workshops, and posters for all audiences.

This includes a veterinarian workshop “Translational Medicine and Science” and Dr. William Singleton’s workshop “Management Training? Yes Please” on Wednesday.

Tuesday and Wednesday, send your technicians for a track dedicated to preparing them for their AALAS certification. The Technician Fun Fair will also be held both days. Coupled with an amazing commitment by our vendors, the return of the 5K, and the chance to take the AALAS tests via paper and pen.

I hope you will consider joining us at the Tropicana on June 5, 6 and 7.

Julia Krout

2017 TriBranch Symposium Chair

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Exhibitors Poster Display

Track One Track Two ALAT

Improve Breeding Success in Rodents Cell & Tissue Structure

8:00 - 8:45 8:00 - 8:30

Karen Froberg-Fejko, LATg, VMD

Dr. James Marx

Enrichment Club Roundtable 9:00 - 9:30

9:15 - 10:00 Complex Anesthesia for Translational Models or Translation in Reverse: Using Human Anesthesia

Techniques for Animal Models in Research

Kristin Carter 9:30 - 10:00

Dr. Urshulaa Dholakia

10:00

Theiler’s Murine Encephalomyelitis Virus Outbreak Management in a Murine Facility

10:30 - 11:00

USDA Species: Swine

Nicole Herndon, DVM 10:30 - 11:00

12:00

1:30 Topic: Health and Well-being 1:30 - 3:00

and Locking

1:30 - 2:15 Candace Rohde-Johnson

LAT: Diagnostic Techniques Exhibits Open Authors Present

2:15 Catheter Case Study 2:15 - 2:30

2:00 - 2:30 1:30 - 4:00 1:30 - 3:00Jack Hershey, VMD

LATG

Infectious Diseases

Christopher Cheleuitte, DVM, PhD 2:30 - 3:00

3:00

3:30Topic: Animal Facility 3:30 - 5:00

3:30 - 4:30

Richard Huneke, DVM Animal Facility Design and Different Types 4:00 - 4:30

Mimicking Human Polymicrobial Sepsis in an Animal Model 4:30 - 5:00 Quality Assurance and Personnel

5:00Dr. Kevin Prestia and Dr. Eldad Hod

4:30 - 5:00

Vaccines in Veterinary Medicine

LAT: Organ Systems

8:30 - 9:00

LATG: Organic Chemistry/BioChemistry

ALAT: Basic Diseases, Transmission, Euthanasia

1:30 - 2:00

Bacteriophage Lysins: A Novel Antimicrobial Treatment for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus

aureus in Nonhuman Primates 2:30 - 3:00

Break - Exhibit Hall 3:00 - 3:30

ALAT: Setting up an Animal Facility 3:30 - 4:00

The Future of Mouse Anesthesia and Medicine 8:45 - 9:15

David J. Waters DVM, PhD

Director, Center for Exceptional Longevity Studies, Gerald P. Murphy Cancer Foundation

Keynote Presentation 11:00 - 12:00

Envisioning the Future of Medicine: Science, Attitudes, and the Challenge of Optimizing Health in a World of Words - Science, Attitudes, and the Challenge of

Optimizing Health in a World of Words

Cocktail Reception 5:30 - 7:00 PM Exhibit Hall

Exhibits Open 9:00 - 12:00

Lunch 12:00 – 1:30 PM On your own - lunch not provided

Authors Present 10:30 - 12:00

8:00

8:30

8:45

10:30

11:00

2:30

4:00

4:30

2:00

Post-surgical Care and Maintenance of Catheters and Implanted Devices including

Accessing, Flushing

Tuesday June 6, 2017 8:00 - 5:00

Break - Exhibit Hall 10:00 - 10:30

Exhibit Hall

9:00

9:30

Platform SessionsTime

Utilizing Enrichment and Nutritional Supplementation to

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Exhibitors PostersTrack One Track Two

Breeding 8:00 - 9:30

ALAT 8:00 - 8:15

Shawn DeLong Basic Heredity & Breeding

8:15 Novel Approach to Housing Gnotobiotic Mice & Expansion of Microbiota Experiments 8:00 - 8:30

8:15 - 8:40LAT:

Michael Sidelsky Sr Breeding Schemes

8:45The Horse in Biomedical Research with an

Emphasis on Asthma 8:30 - 9:00

8:45 - 9:05 Lauren Bright

LATG

9:05 Intraperitoneal Administration of Ethanol as a Means of Euthanasia in Preweanling Mice (Mus musculus ) Genetic Engineering

9:05 - 9:30

Cecilia de Souza Dyer 9:00 - 9:30

Ergonomics….Your New BEST Friend USDA Species:

9:30 - 9:55 Non-Human Primate

Melissa Hostrander 9:30 - 10:00

10:00

10:30A Modeled Water Bottle Leak in a Novel IVC

Design 10:30 - 10:50

USDA Species:

Liz Kramer Rabbits and Dogs

What's in an ID? 10:50 - 11:10

10:30 - 11:00

Cecilia de Souza Dyer

11:00 - 11:30

11:10 - 11:30 Lynette Oguntayo

11:30 Translational Models of Facial Recognition and Attention Social Media - Friend or Foe?

11:30 - 12:00 11:30 - 12:00

Dr. Skye Rasmussen Lewis T. Holt-Bright, CLAT Exhibits Close 12:00

Posters Close 12:00

12:00

Effectiveness of Rapid Cooling as a Method of Euthanasia in Young Zebrafish (Danio rerio ) Chelsea Wallace, DVM 12:00 - 12:15

What’s Your Diagnosis? Eye mass in a Yucatan pig Julie M. Brent, DVM, MPH 12:15 - 12:30

Keeping Up in Cagewash 12:00 - 12:30

Christopher Southern

12:30Difficulty Swimming in AB Zebrafish

Samantha M. Peneyra, DVM 12:30 - 12:45

12:45Unilateral Eye Disease in a Biglycan-Deficient

Mouse (Mus musculus ) Kristin Gardiner, MB, VMD 12:45 - 1:00

1:00What’s Your Diagnosis? A Sheep with Acute Anorexia (Ovis

aries) Sara Bell, DVM 1:00 - 1:15

1:15What’s Your Diagnosis: Spontaneous Bilateral Neoplasm in

a Rat (Rattus norvegicus ) Mariya Gugel, DVM 1:15 - 1:30

Wednesday June 7, 2017 8:00 - 3:30

Time Platform Sessions

Exhibit Hall

8:00Considerations for Risk Assessment and

Diligence for Externalization of Animal Studies at GSK

Exhibits Open

9:30

Break - Exhibit Hall 10:00 - 10:30

10:50Review and Q&A for AALAS Certifications

Exams11:10

How To Help Your Staff Grieve the Loss of a Coworker While Still Ensuring the

Facility Is Running Properly

Posters Open

Thanks for attending

AALAS Certification Exam (pen and paper)

12:30 - 3:30

See you in 2018!

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Posters1. Chinchilla Care in the Laboratory Setting Andrea McCurry, Luciana Mills, Emily Reimold, Sallyann Carpenter Drexel University

2. Breeding a Better Training Rat Nancy Rossi, BS, RLATG Rutgers University Comparative Medicine Resources

3. Using Innovation and Technology to Problem Solving in the Vivarium Carlos Hall 4. One Health and Kids working Together

Aimee Fuller CVT, RLAT Charles River Laboratories

5. Photoreceptor Proliferation and Dysregulation of Cell Cycle Genes in Canine Early OnsetIinherited

Retinal Degenerations Kristin Gardiner, MB, VMD, Louise Downs, Agnes I. Berta-Antalics, Evelyn Santana, Gustavo D. Aguirre and Sem Genini University of Pennsylvania

6. Pair Housing Female Rabbits in a Laboratory Setting Toya McCullough Merck and Company

7. Animal Allergens: What’s Your Exposure? Felicia Thomas, Renee Spatocco, Philip Czerniak,

Khary Adams Incyte Corporation

8. Horses with ‘Pasture Heaves’ Demonstrate Airway Remodeling and Reversible Airway

Hyperresponsiveness that is Characteristic of Asthmatic Airways

Lauren A Bright, Courtney Hunter, Claudenir Ferrari, Jim Cooley, Robert Wills, Jackie Bowser, Priscilla Shaw, Michael Brashier, Jessica Wilson, Lais Costa, Stephanie Mays, and

Cyprianna Swiderski University of Pennsylvania, Mississippi State University

9. PEES Index for the Quantitative Evaluations of Dermatitis in Rodents Rachael Koch, Blair Yasso, Laura DiDonato, Bennett Varsho, George DeGeorge MB Research Lab

10. Pair Housing Male Rabbits Dorothy Chotalal, Karen Richmond-Mato Charles River Laboratories

11. The Use of a Remote Video Monitoring System as a Refinement in a Nonhuman Primate Colony

Behavioral Health Program Jennifer Santiago B.S., RLATG Mikele Simkins, DVM, DACLAM Pfizer

12. Comparison of Standard Venous vs. Arterial Blood Sampling and the Impact on Test Article Exposure Amy Hehman, Andrew Zuvich, Khary Adams Incyte Corporation

13. Mineralized Trichobezoars in a Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta)

Chelsea Wallace, DVM Jolaine Wilson DVM DACLAM, Leah Makaron DVM DACLAM,

Angela Brice DVM PhD DACVP University of Pennsylvania

14. Using 5S to Increase Organization of Supply Rooms Penny L. Devlin, Jennifer Booth, Karen Briar,

Michael Glantz, Jennifer Groff, Heidi Piper, Jeanette Mohl, Brian Murphy Penn State College of Medicine

15. Improving Methods of ADME/Bile Duct Study: AB and Access Button vs. Manual Sampling & Exteriorized Catheters Andrew Zuvich, Amy Hehman, Khary Adams, Dana Shuey Incyte Corporation

16. Husbandry… From the Animal’s Point of View Dawn Nines

CMS, National Institute of Health, Charles River Laboratories 17. Utilizing a GoPro Camera to Refine and Improve

Training for New Husbandry Technicians Carmen Perez-Fisher, Bahiya Stone, Renee Rawls

University of Pennsylvania- ULAR

18. My Experience as an Animal Technician Rosalyn V Jackson, Renee Rawls University Of Pennsylvania

19. Efficacious Use of GenEon Technologies (GET) Cleaning/Disinfectant System for Biosafety Cabinet

and Room Disinfection Processes Jason Presutti, Joan Flanagan, Wayne Robjohns,

Courtney Smith, Suresh Bhatt, Malachy M. Noone, Larry Barbour

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; The Gramercy Company, LLC

20. Development of a Canine Socialization Program Allison Crossley, LAT, Jolaine Wilson, DVM, DACLAM, Bill Zanes, LAT, Donna Nungesser, LATG,

Erwin Gonzalez and John Dang, LAT Janssen Research & Development, LLC

21. Safe Practices for Biosafety Cabinet Cleaning Delaney (Bill) Zanes, LAT

Janssen Research & Development, LLC

22. Preventing H2O2 Exposure During Misting Tunnel Operation James Freece, LATG Janssen Research & Development, LLC

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Monday Event

Tuesday and Wednesday Events

2017 Technician Fun FairAll technicians are invited to participate in the Technician Fun Fair at the 2017 TriBranch

Symposium. Gain a deeper understanding of the laboratory animal science industry, products and services available to support your work. Plus CEUs and Prizes! Just pick up and return your Technician Fun Fair Exam at the Registration Booth! Top scoring exams will be put into a drawing for Daily Prizes. Technicians may participate both days! You do not need to be present to win!

                            

2016 AREA Program We are happy to announce the 2016 AREA program at TriBranch! This program promotes presents the fields of laboratory animal science and biomedical research for students and their teachers. It has been made possible by support from the 2016 TriBranch Committee, DVB AALAS, NJAALAS, Metro NY AALAS, NJABR, PSBR, and participating exhibitors. Special thanks to the AALAS Foundation for providing guidance and materials needed to bring this program to TriBranch and to Pfizer for a grant supporting part of this program.

Please look for students exploring the vendor hall during the afternoon of Tuesday, June 7. You are encouraged to join the students as they visit participating exhibitors.

Thank you to our program sponsors and participants!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2017 AREA Program

We are happy to announce the 2017 AREA program at TriBranch! This program promotes presents the fields of laboratory animal science and biomedical research for students and their teachers. It has been made possible by support from the 2017 TriBranch Committee, DVB AA-LAS, NJAALAS, Metro NY AALAS, NJABR, PSBR, and participating exhibitors. Special thanks to the AALAS Foundation for providing guidance and materials needed to bring this program to TriBranch and to Pfizer for a grant supporting part of this program.

Please look for students exploring the vendor hall during the afternoon of Tuesday, June 6. You are encouraged to join the students as they visit participating exhibitors.

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http://www.tribranch.org/5k-registration.html

Join us for our 3rd

5KWEDNESDAY JUNE 7, 2017

The race begins at 6:30 am start for runners & 6:40 am start for walkers

Atlantic City Boardwalk - Tropicana Hotel & Casino

REGISTRATION FEE IS $25Log

into http://www.tribranch.org/5k-

registration.html and register

through the "online registration"

link by May 24th

orRegister by cash or check on

Tuesday ONLY at the 5K race

table during the symposium.

No registrations will be accepted

the day of the event

RUN/ WALK

RACE PACKET PICK-UPYou may pick up your race bib/

packet on Tuesday June 6th

during the symposium at the 5K

race table. The table will be set

up in the lobby by registration.

orYou can also pick up your packet

the morning of the race event at the

race start line on the boardwalk by

Bally's. Packet pick up will be from

5:30 am - 6:20 am.

An EMT will be on site case of emergencies.

There will be no chip timing. However, volunteers will be available to record your time

No infant/ Toddler joggers, strollers, or animals will be permitted on the race course

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Exhibitors(as of 6 March 2017)

a-tune software Inc. Allentown Inc. Alpha Genesis Inc Alternative Design Ancare Corp. Andersons/Bed-o’cobs Animal Care Systems Animal Specialties And Provisions, LLC Beta Star Life Science Equipment Bio-Serv biofresh lab BSI Carter2 Systems Inc. Charles River Contec, Inc Covance Eastern Virginia Med School Edstrom Industries Elm Hill Envigo Esco Technologies Inc Hilltop Lab Animals, Inc. Horizon Discovery Innovive Inc LABEX of MA Life Science Products Life Science Products Lynx Product Group Marshall BioResources Pharmacal Research Labs. Inc. Process Control Solutions RC Testing Service Research Supply Company Scientek Technology Corporation Shepherd Specialty Papers Systems Engineering Taconic BioSciences Thoren Caging Systems, Inc. TOPAZ Technologies Tri-State Biomedical, Inc. Tuttnauer USA Viking Medical W. F. Fisher & Son

Sponsoring Exhibitors

Platinum Level Sponsorship

Animal Specialties and Provisions, LLCW. F. Fisher & Son

Gold Level Sponsorship Allentown Inc. Envigo

Silver Level Sponsorship

Shepherd Specialty Papers

Bronze Level Sponsorship

Charles River Ancare Corp.

Non Profit Booth Registration

Pennsylvania Society for Biomedical Eastern Virginia Medical School Drexel University College of Medicine

Book Your Room TodayYou may chose your room in either the

South Tower ($79/night) or North Tower ($99/night).

http://www.tribranch.org/

Address: 2831 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ 08401

Phone: (609) 340-4000

If you call the hotel mention TRIBRANCH to get our discount

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Workshop“Management Training? Yes Please” William Singleton, DVM, Animal Care Training Services (ACTS)

This workshop is designed to provide you and your management team the skills and knowledge needed for your success. A strong management team will go a long way in maintaining the highest quality animal care and welfare. In addition, this level of training will foster engagement and encourage your staff to achieve a high level of performance in support of organizational goals.

This workshop will provide a management training program that reinforces the essentials of management, with a strong emphasis on leadership, communication, team building and accountability.

To facilitate optimum learning and sustainability, this management workshop will be separated into 4 distinct sections.

1. Managing people and processes with conviction and compassion

2. Demonstration of effective leadership

3. Understanding of the key factors to building and sustaining strong teams

4. Build trusting relationships with all members of the organization and communicate effectively in all situations

The workshop will be ideal for seasoned managers and directors as well as those that are new to the role. Application can also be found for those who don’t currently have a title of leadership but have aspiration to greater roles of influence and leadership.

PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED $50 Capacity 50

Register on linehttp://www.tribranch.org/leadership--management-workshops.html

don’t forget the 5K

and please

go outside

the ocean is RIGHT THERE

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Keynote Speaker

The Tribranch 2017 wishes to thank our corporate sponsor Pfizer for sponsoring Dr. David J. Waters, DVM, PhD, Director of the Center for Exceptional Longevity Studies at the Gerald P. Murphy Cancer Foundation in WEst Lafayette, Indiana. Dr. Waters will speak on “Envisioning the Future of Medicine: Science, Attitudes, and the Challenge of Optimizing Health

in a World of Words”

Wednesday Certification Class Training and Exams

This year, the TriBranch Symposium has a strong focus on the AALAS Certification exams!

TriBranch is offering a fantastic opportunity to take a pencil-and-paper based AALAS Certification exams for each level!!! This will take place on Wednesday, June 7th 1-3:30pm.

The meeting will also feature a two day prep course for anyone considering sitting for the AALAS certification exams, either at the meeting or at a later date. Topics from all three levels, the Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician (ALAT), Laboratory Animal Technician (LAT) or Laboratory Animal Technologist (LATg) levels, will be presented throughout the meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday.

To participate in the paper-based certification exams, you must submit your AALAS certification application and payment to National AALAS by April 21st, 2017. To see how to fill your application out, go to www.TriBranch.org.

For eligibility requirements and to download the application, visit AALAS’ website

https://www.aalas.org/certification/technician-certification

Tuesday Evening Cocktail Party and Silent Auction

A TriBranch tradition, the Silent Auction returns in 2017 - items will be displayed during the cocktail party and bids are accepted all day Tuesday as well. You never know what can show up at a Silent Auction at TriBranch! Bring your checkbook and make this a fun event for everyone.

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Directions to the Tropicana Resorts in Atlantic City, NJAll Points once in Atlantic City:

Continue straight onto Albany Avenue. Turn left onto Atlantic Avenue. Turn right at S. Brighton Avenue

From New YorkTake the New Jersey Turnpike to the Garden State Parkway (Exit 11). Proceed south on the

Parkway to Exit 38 (Atlantic City Expressway). Take Atlantic City Expressway (East). At the base of the Atlantic City Expressway, take Exit 2 and follow signs to Tropicana Casino and Re-sort.

From PhiladelphiaCross the Benjamin Franklin Bridge or Walt Whitman Bridge and follow the North-South

Freeway (Route 42) to the Atlantic City Expressway. Take Atlantic City Expressway (East). At the base of the Atlantic City Expressway, take Exit 2 and follow signs to Tropicana Casino and Resort.

From Baltimore/Washington D.C.Take I-95 North across the Delaware Memorial Bridge and follow Route 40 East to the Atlan-

tic City Expressway. Take Atlantic City Expressway (East). At the base of the Atlantic City Ex-pressway, take Exit 2 and follow signs to Tropicana Casino and Resort, Home of The Quarter.

Public Transportation

In addition to driving, there is public transit. This includes NJ Transit and great bus services to the Tropicana and Atlantic City. Daily services run from many locations in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, Washington DC, and Virginia. Many times these buses are ‘casino buses’ and run lines all day long that may or may not stop at the Tropicana, but stop at other locations within walking distance. You could find a way to go home every hour! For more details, go to

www.TriBranch.org

Parking costs

Valet: $15/stay with valet Self-park: $10/stay

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TriBranch Symposium913 Quarry RoadPerkasie, PA 18944

2017 TriBranch Symposium 5-7 June 2017

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