Symposium 2019
 Opening remarks: Professor Erle Robertson, PhD |
 Gertrude and Werner Henle Lectureship Keynote Speaker: Lawrence S. Young, PhD, Pro-Dean, Warwick Medical School, Director of the Warwick Cancer Research Centre, University of Warwick, UK. |
 Sumita Bhaduri-McIntosh, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Pediatrics & Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida, presents: “Diabetes-related Inflammasome Components Trigger the Replication switch of Epstein-Barr virus”. |
 Claude Krummenacher, PhD, Assistant Professor, Rowan University, presents: “Interaction between the HSV receptor nectin-1 and the natural killer cell receptor CD96”. |
 Robert Yarchoan, MD, Senior Investigator HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch, National Cancer Institute, Moderator of first session. |
 Hyun Jin Kwun, PhD, Assistant Professor Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology Penn State University College of Medicine, presents “Surface charge of Merkel cell polyomavirus small t antigen: a key determinant of cell transformation”. |
 Paul Lieberman, PhD, Hilary Koprowski, M.D., Endowed Professor The Wistar Institute, Moderator of third session. |
 Robert P. Ricciardi, MA, PhD, Chair and Professor of Department of Microbiology, Penn Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, presents “Developing an Antiviral Stapled-Peptide to Treat Herpes Ocular Keratitis, the Leading Cause of Blindness in the World”. |
 Sean Lawler, PhD, Assistant Professor at Brigham and Women's Hospital, presents: “Cytomegalovirus promotes brain tumor growth via pericyte recruitment and angiogenesis”. |
 Yan Yuan PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology, Penn Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, presents: KSHV Infection of Mesenchymal Stem Cells Leads to Kaposi's sarcoma and Osteosarcoma”. |
 Professor Lawrence Young and Ileana Cristea, PhD, Professor of Molecular Biology at Princeton University, Moderator of second session |
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Herpes Virus Symposium
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