The BeTER LeTTER
June, 2022
Volume 18, Issue 5
Director's Letter
Greetings ,

The next BioTherapy Live! broadcast is coming up on Tuesday, June 21 at 12:00 pm EDT (9:00 am Pacific Time). The program will feature Dr. Yamni Nigam and is titled: "For the Love of a Good Maggot!"

Dr. Nigam is a Professor in Biomedical Sciences at Swansea University and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, where she leads the Faculty Anatomy and Physiology team, and lectures to a wide range of health professionals, including nurses and paramedics.
Dr. Nigam graduated from Kings College, London, and was subsequently awarded a Master’s degree in Applied Parasitology and Medical Entomology from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.
 
In 2001, she established the Swansea University Maggot Research Group, focusing on the medicinal maggot, Lucilia sericata, and the molecules involved in larval therapy. She and her team have published widely on the antimicrobial activity of larval secretions, and on the wound healing properties of maggots. The team has identified a new antimicrobial factor, Seraticin®, from maggot secretions. Dr. Nigam is also currently leading a project investigating public understanding and perception of the clinical use of maggots on wounds.

Dr. Nigam will share with us her work on the scientific and social aspects of maggot therapy, and how she got to this point. We hope you can join us for this informative talk.

The Zoom link, for watching live, is below. If you can not participate in the live program, watch the recording on our Facebook page or our YouTube channel afterwards.

To join the meeting on Zoom, go to:

Meeting ID: 938 6223 9768
Passcode: 504239

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Advancing healthcare through education and research in biotherapy,
R Sherman (signature)
Biotherapy Live! (and recorded)
The next broadcast of Biotherapy Live! will be on June 21 at 9:00 PDT (12:00 pm Eastern Time). Future webinars are tentatively scheduled to air live on the third Tuesday of each month (unless otherwise noted). Programs will be posted on our Facebook page and YouTube channel shortly thereafter.

  • June December 21, 2022: BioTherapy Live! with Dr. Yamni Nigam Professor in Biomedical Sciences, Swansea University
  • Topic/Title: For the Love of a Good Maggot!


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Meeting ID: 938 6223 9768
Passcode: 504239

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THE BeTER LeTTER is published by: 
BioTherapeutics, Education & Research (BTER) Foundation
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Phone: 949-246-1156 / Fax: 949-679-3001 

Editor:
Ronald A. Sherman

Assistant Editors:
Albert Nguyen

Contributing Writers:
Dr. Sagiv Ben-Yakir, Dr. Jose Contreras-Ruiz, Sheri Rosen,
Dr. Pascal Steenvoorde, Dr. Tarek Tantawi,
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Foundation Consultants:
Eve Iversen, Dr. Alana Jolley, Amy Mendez, Joanne Preston,
Dr. Aletha Tippett

Foundation Board:
Ronald A Sherman (Chair); Sagiv Ben-Yakir;
Chris Kleronomos; Samuel G Kohn (Treasurer); Sheri Cameron.

Past Board Members:
Donna Beales; Sharon Mendez; Pamela Mitchell; Randall Sullivan

Administrative Assistant: 
Albert Nguyen