Annually, our symposium in virology, presented by five national speakers who are experts in the field of virology, attracts attendees from industry, as well as students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty from institutions in Nebraska and the surrounding states.
All interested individuals are invited to attend.
Registration is free but advanced registration on this website is required.Your registration confirmation will be received by email.
Attendees are also invited to present posters and should indicate their poster title at the time of their registration.
Free parking is available for attendees (excluding UNL faculty, staff and students) at Que Place (11& Q) or University Square (14 & P) City Parking Garages. You MUST bring your parking ticket to the symposium registration table for validation. Ride sharing is encouraged because of limited parking.
SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE
October 6, 2006 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Nebraska Union Auditorium 14th & R Street • Lincoln, Nebraska
8:15
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:45
Welcome: Charles Wood, UNL Moderator: Howard Gendelman Opening Remarks: Harvey Perlman, UNL Chancellor
9:15
Peter Angeletti, University of Nebraska - Lincoln A Novel Approach to Study Human Papillomaviruses
10:15
Break
10:30
Robert L. Hendricks, University of Pittsburgh Eye and Ear Institute CD8+ T cell regulation of HSV-1 latency
11:30
Janice E. Clements, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Mechanisms for Establishing Transcriptional HIV Latency in a SIV Macaque Model
12:30
Lunch
1:30
Robert A. Lamb, Northwestern University Extreme nano machines: the paramyxovirus fusion protein
2:30
Break
3:00
Peter Palese, Mount Sinai School of Medicine Influenza Pandemics: the Past and the Future
4:00
Poster Session Wine and Cheese Reception
SPEAKERS
Speakers for the Sixth Annual Symposium in Virology Nebraska Center for Virology October 6, 2006 UNL Student Union
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Peter Angeletti, PhD Assistant Professor Nebraska Center for Virology and the School of Biological Sciences University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Janice Clements, PhD Mary Wallace Stanton Professor of Faculty Affairs Vice Dean for Faculty Professor & Director Department of Comparative Medicine Johns Hopkins Medical
Robert L. Hendricks, PhD Vice-Chair for Research, Department of Ophthalmology Director, Ophthalmology and Visual Science Research Center University of Pittsburgh
Robert A. Lamb, PhD, ScD John Evans Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, and Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Dept. of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology Northwestern University
Peter Palese, PhD Chairman & Professor, Microbiology Mount Sinai School of Medicine
