Connecticut State The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

Spring Open House--2008

Putting Science to Work for Society

"Public Health"

Spring 2008--Open House

Thursday, April 24th, 2008, 1:00 p.m.

The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

donald f. jones auditorium

123 huntington street, new haven, ct 06511

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PRESENTATIONS

¨ Experiment Station Welcome and Updates, Dr. Louis A. Magnarelli, Director

¨ 104 Years of Public Health Entomology, Dr. John F. Anderson, Department of Entomology

¨ Ticks and Lyme Disease:  An Update, Dr. Kirby C. Stafford, III, Vice Director, Chief Entomologist, Department of Entomology

¨ Research and Surveillance Activities on Mosquitoes and Mosquito-Borne Diseases at CAES, Dr. Theodore G. Andreadis, Chief Medical Entomologist, Head, Department of Soil and Water

GUIDED TOURS
¨ Biosafety Level-3 Laboratory ¨ Department of Analytical Chemistry

¨ Decoding the Plant Genome ¨ Plant Pathogens in Connecticut’s Salt Marshes

QUESTIONS ANSWERED IN JONES AUDITORIUM

¨ Plant Diagnosis ¨ Soil Testing ¨ Insect Identification ¨ Weed Identification

Bring soil samples for testing and plant, insect, and weed problems for identification

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refreshments will be served

for more information call new haven (203) 974-8500, toll free statewide (877) 855-2237

www.ct.gov/caes

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DIRECTIONS TO THE EXPERIMENT STATION, NEW HAVEN


From I-95 North or South:  Exit onto I-91 north in New Haven. Take Exit 6 (left exit) to Willow Street. Follow detailed instructions below.

From I-91 South:  Take Exit 6 in New Haven to Willow Street. Follow detailed instructions below.

From I-84: Take Route 691 to I-91 south to Exit 6 in New Haven. Follow detailed instructions below.

Detailed instructions:  Turn right onto Willow Street and proceed to the end. Turn right onto Whitney Avenue. Take the third left off Whitney Avenue (Huntington Street) and proceed up the hill. The Experiment Station is on the right just past the first cross street on Huntington Street.

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SAVE THE DATE!
Plant Science Day, Lockwood Farm, Hamden, Wednesday, August 6th, 2008, 10:00 a.m.