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University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Nebraska Center for Virology

The Strength of Cooperation Among Three Institutions

The Fifth Annual Symposium in Virology
Nebraska Center for Virology
October 7, 2005
UNL Student Union

The Nebraska Center for Virology (NCV), formed in the fall of 2000, combines the expertise and facilities of Nebraska’s leading biomedical research institutions: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Nebraska Medical Center, and Creighton University. NCV was formed to establish a nationally recognized center of biomedical research excellence by creating an infrastructure linking the virology programs of these three institutions and attracting to Nebraska promising new investigators with similar research interests. Our Fifth Annual Symposium in Virology will include formal presentations by five distinguished speakers.

Attendees are invited to present posters.

Registration is free. Advanced registration is required.
You will receive registration confirmation via email.

SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE

October 7, 2005
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Nebraska Union Auditorium
14th & R Street • Lincoln, Nebraska

8:30
 Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00
 Welcome: Charles Wood, UNL
Opening Remarks: Harvey Perlman
UNL Chancellor
 Moderator: Clinton Jones, UNL
9:15
 The Molecular Biology of RNA Picornaviruses
 Ann Palmenberg
University of Wisconsin-Madison
10:15
 Break
10:30
 Functional and Genetic Characterization of the HIV-1 Subtype C Env: Implications for Virus Transmission, Evolution and Pathogenesis John T. West
University of Nebraska – Lilncoln
11:30
 Receptor Usage by Herpes Simplex Virus for Infection of Cells Relevant to Disease Patricia G. Spear
Northwestern University
12:30
 Lunch
1:30
 Prion protein anchoring and TSE disease Bruce Chesebro
Rocky Mountain Laboratories
NIAID/NIH, Hamilton, Montana
2:30
 Break
3:00
 Viruses from High Temperature Environments and the use of Viruses as Protein Cage Architectures Mark J. Young
Montana State University
4:00
 Poster Session
Wine and Cheese Reception

SPEAKERS

Bruce Chesebro, MD Chief, Laboratory of Persistent Viral Diseases
Rocky Mountain Laboratories
NIAID, NIH, Hamilton, Montana
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/dir/labs/lpvd/chesebro.htm

Ann C. Palmenberg, PhD
Professor, Department of Biochemistry Institute for Molecular Virology, Chair University of Wisconsin - Madison
http://virology.wisc.edu/acp/AboutACP/AboutACP.html

Patricia G. Spear, PhD
Professor of Microbiology-Immunology
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
http://bugs.mimnet.northwestern.edu/labs/Faculty/spearp.html

John West, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
School of Biological Sciences
Nebraska Center for Virology
University of Nebraska – Lincoln
http://www.unl.edu/virologycenter/faculty/west.html

Mark Young, PhD
Professor and Co-Director, Thermal Biology Institute
Montana State University
http://plantsciences.montana.edu/Faculty/young.htm
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