Agenda 2022


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	Clare Sample, PhD, Professor, Penn State College of Medicine ♦ Moderator of first session
8:30–9:00 am	Dr Sumita Bhaduri-McIntosh, Associate Professor and Chief, Pediatric Infectious Disease, University of Florida ♦"EA-D Directs Traffic at the Intersection of Epstein-Barr Virus Transcription and Replication".
9:00–9:15 am	Dr. Lauren Hook, Research Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania ♦“Vaccine-induced antibodies to four distinct epitopes on gC2 correlate with protection from lethal HSV-2 challenge in mice”.
9:15–9:30 am	Dr. Michael McIntosh, Associate Professor, University of Florida ♦"The intrinsic K+ channel function of Epstein-Barr virus’ Latent membrane protein-1”.
9:30–9:45 am	Katelyn Cook, PhD Student, Princeton University, I. Cristea Lab. ♦“Human Viruses Rewire Membrane Contact Sites for Pro-Viral Organelle Remodeling”.
9:45–10:00 am	Dr Jesse Arbuckle, NIH, NIAID ♦ “Deletion of the Transcriptional Coactivator HCF-1 Suppresses HSV Reactivation from Latency in Vivo“.
10:00–10:30 am	COFFEE BREAK
Second session	Ethel Cesarman MD, PhD, Professor, Weill Cornell Medicine ♦ Moderator of second session
10:30–11:30 am	Dr. Patrick S. Moore, MD, MPH Distinguished Professor, American Cancer Society Research Professor, Department of Microbiology and Medical Genetics at the University of Pittsburgh, PA ♦ Gertrude and Werner Henle Lectureship Keynote Speaker ♦ "Invisible viruses, latency and cancer"
11:30–11:45 am	Takanobu Tagawa, Postdoctoral fellow, National Cancer Institute ♦ “Kaposi’s sarcoma herpesvirus-induced circular RNAs control infection and cell growth”.
11:45–12:00 am	Dr Laura Dunn, Postdoctoral Researcher, Cornell University ♦ “Novel Transcription Initiation Regions Associated with CTCF Binding Sites on the EBV Genome are Involved in Early Reactivation Processes”.
12:00–1:15 pm	LUNCH
Third session	Italo Tempera, PhD, Associate Professor, Gene Expression & Regulation Program, The Wistar Institute ♦ Moderator of third session
1:15–1:45 pm	Dr. Jennifer Moffat, Associate Professor, SUNY Upstate Medical University ♦ “Varicella Zoster Virus Luciferase Reporter viruses for use in culture, skin, and SCID-Hu Mice for Antiviral Drug Discovery”.
1:45–2:00 pm	Dr. Yan Yuan, Professor, Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania, Penn Dental ♦ “KSHV-infection of mesenchymal stem cells leads to osteosarcoma-like tumor“.
2:00–2:15 pm	Kristina Atanasoff, PhD student, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY ♦ “Broadly-neutralizing anti-HCMV monoclonal antibodies effectively limit virus infection and dissemination.”
2:15–2:30 pm	Dr Angela Nalwoga, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Colorado ♦ "IFN-g responses to human gamma-herpesviruses in HIV-negative individuals from Uganda”.
2:30–2:45 pm	Maddie Martin, Graduate Student, Penn State College of Medicine ♦ “Ironing out the details of HCMV infection”.
2:45–3:15 pm	AFTERNOON BREAK
Final Session	Nick Buchkovich, Associate Professor, Penn State College of Medicine ♦ Moderator of final session
3:15–3:45 pm	Dr Elizabeth White, Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania ♦ “Mechanisms of human papillomavirus-mediated carcinogenesis”.
3:45–4:00 pm	Kasia Kulej, Matthew Weitzman Lab, CHOP ♦ “Proteomics approaches to define the importance of post-translational modifications during HSV-1 infection”.
4:00–4:15 pm	Yana Astter, Post-baccalaureate Research Fellow at Robert Yarchoan lab, NCI ♦ “KSHV-encoded K5 is Cleaved by Caspases and Prevents Caspase-dependent Cell Death”.
4:15–4:30 pm	Joshua J. Walston, PhD Candidate, Clare Sample Lab, Penn State Hershey College of Medicine ♦ “Differing Requirements of the EBV BDLF2/BMRF2 Glycoproteins during Infection of Epithelia”.
4:30–4:45 pm	June Yang, Graduate Student, University of Pennsylvania ♦ “Determining the cellular factors regulating Merkel cell polyomavirus transcription”.
4:45 pm	RECEPTION

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