Workshop in Copenhagen, January 25 - 26

29 September 2022 - Published by Per-Erik Lindgren

The next NorthTick workshop will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, from the 25th-26th of January. Save the date in your calender now. The venue is Hotel Scandic Falkoner, which is located in the city centre. Nearest Metro: Frederiksberg Metro (2 mins walk to the hotel)- direct connection from the airport. 

The workshop is open to all project members. 

Wednesday January 25th, 2023

12.00 Lunch
13.15-14.30 Welcome, presentation, and project status update
(Lead beneficiary Per-Eric Lindgren, Sofie Haglund, Ulla Hansson Green, Cecilia Jönsson, Svein Öderud, Yvonne Kerlefsen) WPs1 and 2. 

- Final reporting & related financial issues

- The final conference in Inverness, Scotland

14.30-15.00 Coffee break
WP 3 – Risk assessment and prevention of tick-borne diseases
15.00 - 15.30 Status for WP3 (Alan Bowman)
15.30 – 15.45 Discussion
WP4 - Microbial diagnostics of tick-borne diseases
15.45-16.15 Status for WP4 (Christine Wennerås)
16.15-16.30 Discussion
16.30-17.00 Break
WP5 - Management of tick-borne diseases
17.00-17.30 Status for WP5 (Randi Eikeland)
17.30-17.45 Discussion
18.00 Informal discussion and Get-together
20.00 Dinner 

Thursday January 26th, 2023

Presentations from RUC; Roskilde (Moderator Karen Krogfelt)
08.30-08.50 Public interest for ticks and tick borne infections (Mette Frimodt Hansen)
08.50-09.10 Surveillance of Borreliosis and TBE in NSR – is it necessary? (Camilla Adler Sørensen)
Presentations from Rigshospitalet (Moderator Anne-Mette Lebech)
09.10-09.40 Human blood-brain barrier organoids for the study of Lyme neuroborreliosis
(Yvonne Adams)
09.40-10.00 Neoehrlichia mikurensis in Denmark (Rosa M. Gynthersen)
10.00-10.15 Coffee break
1015- 12.15 Workshop: How do we secure the continuation of the development of our competence network? 
12.15-13.15 Lunch 
13.15-14.00 The way forward and summing up (Moderator Per-Eric Lindgren)
14.00-14.30 Coffee break
14.30-15.30 Steering group meeting