Agenda 2016


8:00 am	REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST
8:25 am	Erle Robertson Ph.D., Vice Chair of Otorhinolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Professor of Microbiology Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania ♦ Opening Remarks
First Session	Gary Cohen, Ph.D., Professor of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania ♦ Moderator of first session
8:30–9:00 am	David Lukac Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, Rutgers University ♦ "Dynamic-genome-wide DNA binding of Recombination Signal Binding Protein (RBP)-Jk during reactivation of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV)"
9:00–9:15 am	Jennifer Tontonchy Ph.D., Post-doctoral Associate, Ethel Cesarman's Lab, Weill Cornell Medical College ♦ "KSHV Alters the Human B cell Repertoire"
9:15–9:30 am	Mackenzie Shipley, Graduate Student, Moriah Szpara's Lab, Penn State University ♦ "Neuronal differentiation impacts host responses to HSV-1 infection in vitro"
9:30–9:45 am	Nick Buchkovich Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Penn State College of Medicine ♦ "Potent inhibition of HCMV by targeting SNARE proteins"
9:45–10:00 am	Yonggang Pei Ph.D., Post-doctoral Fellow, Erle Robertson's Lab, University of Pennsylvania ♦ "EBV nuclear antigen 3C mediates regulation of E2F6 to inhibit E2F1 transciption and promote cell proliferation"
10:00–10:30 am	COFFEE BREAK
Second Session	Ileana Cristea Ph.D., Professor, Department of Microbiology, Princeton University ♦ Moderator of second session
10:30–11:15 am	Lynn Enquist Ph.D., Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University Gertrude and Werner Henle Lectureship Keynote Speaker ♦ "Jim Alwine: A Stellar Virologist"
11:15–11:30 am	Orkide Koyuncu Ph.D., Post-doctoral Fellow, Lynn Enquist's Lab, Princeton University ♦ "Alpha Herpesvirus Infection in Compartmentalised Neuron Cultures: Quiescent or Productive?"
11:30–11:45 am	Adrian Wilkie, Graduate Student, Don Coen's Lab, Harvard University ♦ "Roles for myosin Va and nuclear F-actin induction in human cytomegalovirus nuclear egress"
11:45–12:00 pm	Clare Burn, Graduate Student, Betsy Herold's Lab, Albert Einstien College of Medicine ♦ "Mechanisms of protective immunity against HSV-1 and HSV-2 induced by a live attenuated HSV-2 strain deleted in glycoprotein D"
12:00–1:15 pm	LUNCH
Third Session	Paul Lieberman, Ph.D., Professor of Gene Expression and Regulation Program, Wistar Institute ♦ Moderator of third session
1:15–1:45 pm	Blossom Damania Ph.D., Professor & Vice Dean of Research, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ♦ "Modulation of Host Signaling Pathways by KSHV"
1:45–2:00 pm	Ranran Wang PhD, Research Scientist, Jianxin You's Lab, University of Pennsylvania ♦ "BRD4 hyper-phosphorylation and cancer"
2:00–2:15 pm	Sarah Hendrickson MD, Ph.D., Post-doctoral Fellow, John Wherry's Lab, University of Pennsylvania ♦ "Discovering novel immunodeficiencies by studying patients with severe, persistent viral cutaneous infections"
2:15–2:30 pm	Julian Scherer Ph.D., Post-doctoral Fellow, Lynn Enquist's Lab, Princeton Univerity ♦ "Dual-Color Capsids Distinguish Between Herpesvirus Inculum and Progeny"
2:30–3:00 pm	AFTERNOON BREAK
Final Session	Moriah Szpara Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Penn State University ♦ Moderator of final session
3:00–3:30 pm	Alan Diehl Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina ♦ "UPR monitors the intersection of neoplastic growth and the Circadian Clock"
3:30–3:45 pm	Ayman El-Guindy Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Yale University ♦ "A Distinct Mechanism Regulates Expression of Epstein-Barr Virus Late Genes Encoding Immunomodulators"
3:45–4:00 pm	Alessandra De Leo Ph.D., Post-doctoral Fellow, Paul Lieberman's Lab, Wister Institute ♦ "Regulation of gammaherpesvirus latency"
4:00–4:15 pm	Benjamin Diner, Graduate Student, Ileana Cristea's Lab, Princeton University ♦ "Viral DNA sensors IFI16 and cGAS possess distinct antiviral functions during herpesvirus infection"
4:15–4:30 pm	Wei Liu Ph.D., Post-doctoral Fellow, Jianxin You's Lab, University of Pennsylvania ♦ "Merkel cell polyomavirus infection and Merkel cell carinoma"
4:30 pm	RECEPTION