Mark your Calendars for the ACWA ANNUAL MEMBER MEETING!
Held at Meinelschmidt Distillery, 54 S Potomac St, Hagerstown,
Presentation “Insect Mimicry: Why insects look the way they do” by Entomologist Michael Turell, PhD
Check in can start at 5:30pm; Presentations will start ~6:30pm
Board of Director Elections
Annual Report to Members (Join/Renew your membership for 2025)
Appetizers and nibbles will be available
Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks will be available for purchase at the bar.
Meet & greet other members while supporting a local business
Minors may attend, but cannot sit at the bar.
Very limited street parking and the A&E parking garage is available immediately behind the venue off Renaissance Way, Hagerstown.
Free for members and guests. Each member may bring one guest. Please sign up to help us plan accordingly. Space is limited at the distillery venue.
About the Speaker: Michael J. Turell, PhD
Michael Turell recently retired as a principal investigator at USAMRIID (United States Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases) where he had served for more than 30 years. He has more than 200 referred publications and has given more than 175 presentations at national and international meetings, including invited presentations at >30 international meetings. In addition, Mike serves as an editor for PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases and serves as a reviewer for numerous journals.
His principal interest has been the study of factors affecting the ability of mosquitoes to transmit various arboviruses. He has evaluated the potential of selected arthropods to transmit pathogens such as Rift Valley fever, eastern equine encephalitis, Venezuelan equine encephalitis, Japanese encephalitis, and West Nile viruses. These involve both field studies (Peru, Ecuador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Senegal, Kenya, Republic of Korea, Uzbekistan, etc.) and laboratory studies. In addition, he has conducted research on the development of vaccines for several mosquito-borne viruses and the development and evaluation of antigen and RNA detection assays.
Dr. Turell will be providing an educational and entertaining presentation “Insect Mimicry: Why insects look the way they do” during our meeting.