Agenda 2017


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	Laurie Krug, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Stony Brook University ♦ Moderator of first session
8:30–9:00 am	Harvey Friedman M.D., Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania ♦ "Efficacy of a trivalent subunit antigen vaccine in prevention of genital herpes"
9:00–9:15 am	Julian Scherer, Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Fellow, Lynn Enquist's Lab, Princeton University ♦ "Complex of Three Envelope Proteins Mediates Anterograde Transport and Spread"
9:15–9:30 am	Eric Burton, Graduate Student, Sumita Bhaduri-McIntosh's Lab, Stony Brook University ♦ "KAP1/TRIM28 is repressed and post-translationally modified during the Epstein-Barr virus lytic cycle"
9:30–9:45 am	Claude Krummenacher, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Science, Rowan University ♦ "How HSV interferes with normal functions of its cellular receptors"
9:45–10:00 am	Eui Tae Kim, Ph.D., Research Associate, Matthew Weitzman's Lab, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia ♦ "Searching for substrates of the ICP0 ubiquitin ligase of HSV-1"
10:00–10:30 am	COFFEE BREAK
Second Session	Clare Sample, Ph.D., Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Penn State College of Medicine ♦ Moderator of second session
10:30–11:15 am	Jim Alwine, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Cancer Biology, University of Pennsylvania Gertrude and Werner Henle Lectureship Keynote Speaker ♦ "Serving its own schemes:The manipulation of host cell signaling, stress responses and metabolism by HCMV"
11:15–11:30 am	Yan Yuan, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania Dental Medicine ♦ "Evidences for Kaposi’s sarcoma originating from mesenchymal stem cells through mesenchymal-to-endothelial transition"
11:30–11:45 am	Nick Van Skike, Graduate Student, Laurie Krug's Lab, Stony Brook University ♦ "Absence of ORF75A, a member of the gammaherpesvirus FGARAT family, reduces the specific infectivity of MHV68 particles and impairs acute replication and reactivation from latency in the host"
11:45–12:00 pm	Shane McAllister, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Minnesota ♦ "Repurposing Beta Blockers to Improve Treatment of KSHV-associated Malignancies"
12:00–1:15 pm	LUNCH
Third Session	Gary Cohen, Ph.D., Professor of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania ♦ Moderator of third session
1:15–1:25 pm	Comments by Harvey Friedman and Claude Krummenacher honoring Roz Eisenburg
1:25–1:55 pm	Angus Wilson, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, New York University ♦ "Breaking down the barriers: first steps in herpes simplex virus reactivation"
1:55–2:10 pm	Wei Liu, Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Fellow, Jianxin You's Lab, University of Pennsylvania ♦ "Probing the oncogenic mechanisms of MCPyV-associated MCC using a chemical approach"
2:10–2:25 pm	Joshua Walston, Graduate Student, Clare Sample's Lab, Penn State College of Medicine ♦ "Epstein-Barr Infection and Spread in Stratified Epithelium"
2:25–2:40 pm	Sydney Campbell, Graduate Student, Kathryn Wellen's Lab, University of Pennsylvania ♦ "Microenvironmental regulation of the hexosamine biosynthesis pathway."
2:40–3:10 pm	AFTERNOON BREAK
Final Session	Paul Lieberman, Ph.D., Professor of Gene Expression and Regulation Program, Wistar Institute ♦ Moderator of final session
3:10–3:40 pm	Ileana Cristea, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University ♦ "Dynamic Proteome Organization and Host Defense during Viral Infection"
3:40–3:55 pm	Alessandra De Leo, Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Fellow, Paul Lieberman's Lab, The Wistar Institute ♦ "ER stress-induced RAD21 cleavage disrupts Cohesin-dependent conformational control of KSHV latency"
3:55–4:10 pm	Chad Kuny, Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Fellow, Moriah Szpara's Lab, Penn State University ♦ "Genetic drift & selection in a captive HSV-1 population"
4:10–4:25 pm	Clare Burn, Graduate Student, Betsy Herold's Lab, Albert Einstein College of Medicine ♦ "HVEM and ADCC: lessons from the HSV-2 ΔgD vaccine”
4:25–4:40 pm	William Donegan, Ph.D., Post-Docoral Fellow, Jane Clifford's Lab, Drexel Medical School ♦ "HSV-1 Activates the DNA Damage Response through ICP4”
4:40 pm	RECEPTION