Agenda 2018
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| 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 | Dr. Sita Awasthi, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor Infectious Disease Division, University of Pennsylvania ♦ “An mRNA based trivalent genital herpes vaccine: Sterilizing immunity as a real possibility” |
| 9:00–9:15 am | Dr. David Davis, Staff Scientist, NCI/NIH ♦ “Pomalidomide Increases Immune Surface Markers in Herpesvirus-infected Cells and Increases NK KillinG" |
| 9:15–9:30 am | Qiwen Dong, Laurie Krug Lab, Stony Brook University ♦ "Coordinated loss of uracil excision and dUTP metabolism destabilizes the viral genome and impairs gammaherpesvirus pathogenesis in mice" |
| 9:30–9:45 am | Jillian Carmichael, John W. Wills Lab, Penn State University College of Medicine ♦ “Closing the door on HSV-1 cell-to-cell spread” |
| 9:45–10:00 am | Andrea Gardner, Ethel Cesarman Lab, Weill Cornell Medicine College ♦ “Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing for Diagnosis of Kaposi Sarcoma in Africa” |
| 10:00–10:30 am | COFFEE BREAK |
| Second Session | Jianxin You Ph.D., Associate Professor of Microbiology, Perelman School of MedicineUniversity of Pennsylvania ♦ Moderator of second session |
| 10:30–11:30 am | Edward S Mocarski, Ph.D., Robert W. Woodruff Professor, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology ♦ Gertrude and Werner Henle Lectureship Keynote Speaker ♦ “Alternative Cell Death Pathways in Antiviral Host Defense” |
| 11:30–11:45 am | Anna Serquina, NIH/NCI, Joseph Ziegelbauer Lab, HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch, National Cancer Institute ♦ “Viral microRNAs Inhibit the Cholesterol Biosynthesis Pathway and 25-hydroxycholesterol Inhibits KSHV and EBV Infections” |
| 11:45–12:00 am | Nathan Krump, Jianxin You Lab, University of Pennsylvania ♦ “Dissecting the Inflammatory Response to Merkel Cell Polyomavirus Infection” |
| 12:00–1:15 pm | LUNCH |
| Third Session | Moriah Szpara Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Penn State University ♦ Moderator of third session |
| 1:15–1:45 pm | Gary H. Cohen, Ph.D., Professor Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania ♦ “An approach to antigenically “stealth” oncolytic herpes simplex viruses to the human immune system” |
| 1:45–2:00 pm | Christine King, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, SUNY Upstate Medical University ♦ “Cheap & Easy: Targeting the non-negotiable to improve KS therapy” |
| 2:00–2:15 pm | Maciej Nogalski Ph.D., Thomas Shenk Lab, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University ♦ “The Induction of a Tumor-Specific Endogenous Repetitive Element by Herpesviruses" |
| 2:15–2:30 pm | Colleen Mangold, Moriah L. Szpara Lab, Penn State University ♦ “Examination of changes in host gene transcription following HSV-1 infection of human neuronal-like cells” |
| 2:30–2:45 pm | Colleen Harrington, Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko Lab, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia ♦ "Therapeutic Targeting of GSK3 in EBV-associated Myc-driven B-cell Malignancies" |
| 2:45–3:15 pm | AFTERNOON BREAK |
| Final Session | Ayman El-Guindy Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Yale University ♦ Moderator of final session |
| 3:15–3:45 pm | Elizabeth White Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head And Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania ♦ “High-risk HPV E7 degrades the tumor suppressor PTPN14 to limit keratinocyte differentiation” |
| 3:45–4:00 pm | Jinlin Li, Ayman El-Guindy Lab, Yale University ♦ “Phosphorylation regulates the function of the Epstein-Barr virus pre-initiation complex in transcription of late genes” |
| 4:00–4:15 pm | Rajnish Singh Ph.D., Robertson Lab, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania ♦ “Hypoxia-mediated metabolic reprogramming of KSHV infected B-cells |
| 4:15–4:30 pm | Lisa Akhtar, Matthew D Weitzman Lab, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania ♦ “Neurovirulence determinants of neonatal HSV disease” |
| 4:30–4:45 pm | Xinlei Sheng, Ileana Cristea Lab, Princeton University ♦ “Dynamic orchestration of protein acetylation during HCMV infection” |
| 4:45 pm | RECEPTION |