Keynote Speakers

Sunday, July 25

Gene Expression
08:30 – 09:00
Does HSV hijack the HDAC/CoREST/REST/LSD1 repressor to silence itself in sensory ganglia? Interference with silencing has profound effect on the outcome of infection in the mouse
Bernard Roizman (Bio)
The University of Chicago, USA

Glycoproteins and Entry
14:00 – 14:30
Structures, Interactions and Inhibition of Epstein Barr Virus Entry Glycoproteins
Theodore Jardetzky (Bio)
Stanford University, USA

Monday, July 26

Assembly and Egress
08:30 – 09:00
Early and late steps in Herpesvirus egress
Joel Baines (Bio)
Cornell University, USA

Immunology
14:00 – 14:30
Cytomegalovirus immunoevasin reveals the physiological role of "missing self" recognition in NK cell dependent virus control in vivo
Stipan Jonjic (Bio)
University of Rijeka, Croatia

Tuesday, July 27

Priscilla Schaffer Lecture
08:30 – 09:00
Questions of Human Cytomegalovirus Coexistence
Felicia Goodrum (Bio)
University of Arizona, USA

Virus / Cell Interactions
14:00 – 14:30
Regulation of Cellular and Viral Genes by HCMV microRNAs
Jay Nelson (Bio)
Oregon Health & Science University, USA

Wednesday, July 28

Pathogenesis
08:30 – 09:00
Modulation of Innate Immune Pathways by KSHV
Blossom Damania (Bio)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

VZV Foundation Lecture
14:00 – 14:30
Skin test to detect delayed type hypersensitivity to VZV antigen may predict incidence of Herpes Zoster in elder people
Koichi Yamanishi (Bio)
National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Japan

Subak-Sharpe Lecture
14:00 – 14:30
Multifunctional HSV Regulatory Proteins
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Neal DeLuca (Bio)
University of Pittsburgh, USA