MVS 2019 Confirmed Speakers

Organizers: Shan-Lu Liu and Jacob Yount

Speakers:


Terence Dermody (KEYNOTE)

Physician in Chief and Scientific Director, UPMC Children’s Hospital

Vira I. Heinz Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics

University of Pittsburgha

“The Amazing Assembly Mechanism of a Viral Nanomachine”

Kathleen Collins

Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

University of Michigan

“The role of HIV-1 Vpr in macrophage infection”

Carolyn Coyne

Professor of Molecular Virology and Microbiology

Director, Center for Microbial Pathogenesis

University of Pittsburgh

“Antiviral signaling at the maternal-fetal interface”.

Rebecca Dutch

Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Associate Dean for Biomedical Education

University of Kentucky

“Mechanisms of Pneumovirus Infection”

Zongdi Feng

Assistant Professor, Center for Vaccines and Immunity

Nationwide Children’s Hospital and The Ohio State University

“New insights into hepatitis E virus biology and pathogenesis”

Shou-Jiang Gao

Professor of Microbial and Molecular Genetics

Director, UPMC Cancer Virology Program

University of Pittsburgh

“Metabolic reprogramming and metabolic sensors in KSHV-induced oncogenesis"

Haitao Guo

Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

Indiana University

“HBV cccDNA minichromosome formation and epigenetics”

Michael Imperiale

Vice President of Research – Policy and Compliance

Professor Associate Chair of Microbiology and Immunology

University of Michigan

“The Transition from Persistent BKPyV Infection to Lytic Replication”

Jonathan Karn

Director, Case Center for AIDS Research

Professor and Chair of Molecular Biology and Microbiology

Case Western Reserve University

"The shocking case for an HIV cure"


Jianrong Li

Professor of Veterinary Biosciences

Ohio State University

“N6-methyladenosine is a molecular marker for discrimination of self and nonself RNAs by innate immunity”


Tuli Mukhopadhyay

Professor of Biology

Director of Graduate Studies, Biology

Indiana University

“Making and Breaking Alphavirus Particles: My Version of Legos”


Karin Musier-Forsyth

Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Ohio Eminent Scholar

The Ohio State University

“Unexpected Roles of tRNAs and Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases in Retroviral Replication”


Peter Nagy

Professor of Plant Pathology

University of Kentucky

“Exploitation of host factors and cellular pathways by tombusviruses for the biogenesis of the viral replication compartment”

Kristin Parent

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Michigan State University

“Entry mechanisms of Giant Viruses”

John Patton

Professor of Biology

Blatt Chair of Virology

Indiana University

"Boundless Flexibility of the Rotavirus Genome"

Robert Silverman

Mal and Lea Blank Chair and Professor of Cancer Biology

Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic

“THE ANTIVIRAL OAS-RNASE L PATHWAY IS TRIGGERED BY SELF DOUBLE-STRANDED RNA”

Paul Spearman

Director and Albert B. Sabin Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

University of Cincinnati

“Mechanism of HIV Particle Capture and Transmission by Macrophages and Microglia”

Billy Tsai

Corydon Ford Collegiate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology

University of Michigan

“How non-enveloped viruses hijack host membrane transport and disassembly machineries to cause infection”

Anastasia Vlasova

Assistant Professor of Veterinary Preventive Medicine

Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center

The Ohio State University

“Avian Deltacoronavirus in US migratory birds: implications for swine health”


Kristine Yoder

Assistant Professor of Cancer Biology and Genetics

The Ohio State University

"Investigating retroviral intasome search dynamics using single molecule technology: Can integration be targeted?"