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Viruses & Cells

 

June 7-12, 2009
Il Ciocco Hotel and Resort
Lucca (Barga), Italy

 

Chair:
Rozanne Sandri-Goldin

Vice Chair:
Terence Dermody

 

 

 

Application Deadline: Applications for this meeting must be submitted by May 17, 2009.

Please apply early, as some conferences become oversubscribed (full) before this deadline. If the conference is oversubscribed, it will be stated here. You will still be able to submit your application. However, it will only be considered by the Conference Chair if there are cancellations, making more seats available.

 

The 2009 Viruses and Cells Gordon Conference, the premier conference in the field of virology, will cover all aspects of virus infection, from entry into the cell through replication and assembly, to uncovering the molecular basis of pathogenesis, to prevention and therapy. The 2009 meeting will held at the GRC conference site, Il Ciocco in Barga, Italy from June 7-12, 2009.

 

The invited speakers will present cutting edge findings on the dynamic interactions of viruses with the cells and organisms they infect as well as host counter responses to infection. Topics will include: entry and receptors; assembly, budding and release, dynamics of cellular trafficking, viral replication & gene expression, immune response & pathogenesis, cellular inhibition of virus replication; innate immune response & virus counter response; exploiting host functions, and epidemiology, prevention & therapy. Discussion leaders, who are expert in the topics covered in each session, will lead lively and open discussions following each presentation. In addition to the invited speakers, shorter talks will be chosen from among the abstracts that are submitted for poster sessions at the time of registration. Selections will be made to highlight exciting new developments in virus research with the emphasis on the selection of younger scientists for these presentations. The evening poster sessions are a prominent and important aspect of this conference providing yet another opportunity for participants to present and discuss their research findings in a congenial atmosphere. The conference will bring together investigators at the forefront of the field, young investigators launching their independent research careers, as well as postdoctoral fellows and graduate students and investigators from industry to discuss new ideas and to foster collaborations

 

Entry and Receptors
(Gabriella Campadelli-Fiume, Roberto Cattaneo / Yves Gaudin / Ari Helenius / Thilo Stehle / Steven Russell)
Assembly, Budding and Release
(Anette Schneemann, Carol Carter / Joel Baines / Thomas Wileman / Cristina Risco / Walther Mothes)
Dynamics of Cellular Trafficking
(Peter Sarnow, Greg Smith / Lynn Enquist / Julie Pfeiffer / Peter O’Hare / Thomas Hope)
Viral Replication and Gene Expression
(Robert Kalejta, Sean Whelan / Bert Semler / Paula Traktman / Peter Nagy / Juan Ortin)
Immune Response and Pathogenesis
(Katherine Spindler / Edward Mocarski / Sujan Shresta / Tatyana Golovkina / Sara Cherry / Hisashi Arase)
Cellular Inhibition of Virus Replication and Virus Countermeasures
(Sandra Weller, Ellen Fanning / Thomas Stamminger / Stacey Schultz-Cherry / Skip Virgin / Ellen Fanning)
Innate Immune Response and Virus Counter Response
(Karen Mossman, Joanna Shisler / Ganes Sen / Antonella Casola / Karla Kirkegaard / Edward Mocarski)
Exploiting Host Functions
(Michael Gale, James Alwine / Bernard Roizman / Thomas Shenk / Michael Katze / Peter Sarnow)
Epidemiology, Prevention and Therapy
(Teresa Compton, Marianne Manchester / Dianne Griffin / Nicolas Grassly / Marianne Manchester / Teresa Compton)