ESR

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ESRs role in the National Centre for Biosecurity
and Infectious Disease (NCBID -
Wallaceville)July/August 2007

• Dr Virginia Hope
• Programme Leader

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Protecting people and their environment through
science Manaaki tangata taiao hoki
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• underpinning the
• Public Health and Criminal Justice systems
• in New Zealand
• delivering solutions in
• Environmental Health and
• Forensic Science

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Major programme areas

• Forensic science
• Communicable disease
• Population environmental health
• Food safety
• Water quality management
• Social science
• Pharmaceuticals
• Drug alcohol free workplace programmes
• Science information management systems

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Science Centre locations
Mt Albert Science Centre

• Forensic Science
• Analytical Chemistry Lab
• Public Health Lab

Kenepuru Science Centre

• Communicable Disease Labs
• Population Environmental Health
• Pharmaceutical Testing Services

• Forensic Science

National Centre for Biosecurity and Infectious
Disease

• Zoonoses research
• Aberrant event surveillance

• CBRE response
• Laboratory Networks

Christchurch Science Centre

• Food Safety Group
• Analytical Chemistry Lab
• Water Management Group

• Public Health Lab
• Forensic Science

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Current key initiatives

• DNA Automation for Forensics
• Forensic Research Centre
• Microbial chemical forensics
• National Centre for Biosecurity and Infectious
  Disease (NCBID)
• Surveillance Information New Zealand (SurvINZ)
• Envirogenomics

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NCBID- Wallaceville

• Wallaceville Campus,Hutt Valley
• Collaborative agreement
• Supported by MAF, MoH, MORST
• Approximately 90 scientists and researchers will
  be co-located
• Co-ordination of effort scientific synergies,
  joint investigations, interoperability

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ESR NCBID

• New PC2 laboratories and office space - 4.9m
• Three laboratories
• Enteric Reference Laboratory
• Virus Identification ReferenceLaboratory (incl.
  WHO national reference services)
• Arboviral Laboratory
• Leptospira Laboratory
• Room for expansion
• Completion 2007
• Initially 20 microbiologists (bacteriologists,
  virologists, molecular biologists),
  epidemiologists and disease modellers, and
  researchers
• Growing to 25-30 short term

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ESR Objectives

• Guaranteed long-term access to the only PC3
  facility in NZ
• Enhanced reference laboratory services
  integrated surveillance specialist surge
  capacity epidemiological support for outbreak
  investigation
• Coordination of existing activities for optimal
  emergency response e.g. white powder response
• Synergies
• Partners
• on site
• research/academic organisations
• national government
• local government and regional offices
• private sector
• internal SurvINZ and Microbial and Chemical
  Forensics

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NCBID
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Post-graduate training
       
Skill Development Post docs, tertiary training,
seminars and conferences
Training Workshops
Ecology of Emerging Infectious Diseases
Technology Transfer
Detection Surveillance, disease modelling and
forecasting
Biosecurity and Infectious Disease Response
Laboratories, surveillance, investigation  
Research Programme
Microbial and chemical forensics
SurvINZ
National Centre for Biosecurity and Infectious
Disease Wallaceville
                                                 
             
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NCBID and Laboratory Response

• Characteristics of National Centre response
• Supporting all of Government and throughout NZ
• Highest biocontainment culture collection
  supplementary confirmation/identification
  detection of GE agents and toxins links for
  response (GOARN/ WHO/ PulseNet Asia-Pacific and
  PulseNet International)
• Rapid co-ordinated response lab/lab
  network/surveillance system
• Capability to develop or assess, validate, and
  apply novel methods as required
  horizon-scanning
• Robust QA and HS environment
• Specialist expertise and surge capacity

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NCBID and Research

• Avian influenza (ESR, IDC, AgR, WSM)
• Understand the ecology of avian influenza
  viruses (AIV) and potential AIV transmission
  pathways
• CDRP Vector-borne disease (MAF, ESR, NZ
  Biosecure, Landcare)
• Investigating the threat of vector-borne disease
  in New Zealand
• Salmonella (ESR, AgR)
• Investigating genetic differences
• REANNZ/KAREN
• Microbiology laboratory networks and
  international data sharing
• Rickettsial disease (ESR, Landcare)
• Epidemiological and ecological research

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NCBID and Research

• MICROBIAL AND CHEMICAL FORENSICS
• 4 year ESR developmental research programme
• Biological agents
• Food and water safety threats (e.g. norovirus,
  shigella)
• Biological warfare agents (e.g. anthrax,
  botulism)
• Important Australian Arboviral Diseases (e.g.
  RRVd, BFV)
• Chemical agents
• Chemical warfare agents (e.g. sarin, sulphur
  mustard, ricin)
• Pesticides (e.g. 1080, cyanide)
• Toxic industrial chemicals (e.g. chlorine and
  phosgene)
• Clan Lab chemicals (e.g. phosphine, ammonia)
• Explosives

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NCBID and Research

• MCF plans for the next 2 years
• Development and implementation of rapid screening
  and confirmatory analysis methods for the
  priority risk agents
• Extraction of risk agents from environmental
  sources
• Collection and analysis of gas/vapour samples
• Obtaining forensic evidence to help link a
  suspect with a crime in which a priority risk
  agent was involved
• Analysis of clinical samples to confirm whether
  individuals have been exposed to a risk agent

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Information and action to support response

• Reports for monitoring and action
• Weekly collation and analysis of EARS reports
• Monitoring, collation, and reporting of overseas
  surveillance and alert information
• International links
• Enternet/ European Centre
• PulseNet Asia-Pacific/ International
• GOARN
• Sister agencies
• Incident investigation and response

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In summary ESR NCBID will provide

• Core national reference laboratory testing up to
  PC3 containment level
• Capability development in laboratory testing for
  potential infectious and chemical threats
• Analysis and information for action for
  responders to infectious diseases and other
  threats
• Training and development in core areas of work
• Capability for coordination and networking for
• laboratory diagnostics and research
• public health unit investigations
• Investigations of other threats to health

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Can this or other support help you

• To better safeguard New Zealanders health and
  economy from infectious diseases and other
  emerging threats?
• Timely information on infectious diseases/ other
  aberrant events in New Zealand and overseas
• epidemiology
• modelling
• alerts
• PulseNet and other information
• links with biosecurity
• Risk assessment
• Microbiological research network and research
  collaboration
• Capability in scientific support

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Virginia.Hope_at_esr.cri.nz

• 04 9175907
• 0276535681

www.ncbid.govt.nz