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
8:00 AM
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30
Welcome: Charles Wood
Opening Remarks: Prem Paul
UNL Vice Chancellor for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies
Moderator: T. Jack Morris
9:00
Latent Membrane Protein 1: Molecular
and Biologic Properties
Nancy Raab-Traub
10:00
Break
10:30
Biochemical and Proteomic Analysis of HIV-1
Nucleoprotein Complexes
Michael Belshan
11:30
Functional Analysis of HCMV micro RNAs
Jay A. Nelson
12:30 PM
Lunch
1:30
Hepatitis C Virus, Tumor Suppressors, and
Liver Cancer
Stanley M. Lemon
3:00
Biophysical Analysis of Virus Particles
and their Maturation: Insights into Elegantly Programmed
Nano Machines
John E. Johnson
4:00
Poster Session
Wine and Cheese Reception
SPEAKERS
Speakers for the
Seventh Annual Symposium
in Virology Nebraska Center for Virology
October 26, 2007
UNL Nebraska Union
Michael Belshan, PhD
Assistant Professor
Nebraska Center for Virology and
The Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Creighton University
John E. Johnson, PhD
Professor of Molecular Biology
The Scripps Research Institute
Stanley M. Lemon, MD
Professor, Microbiology & Immunology & Internal Medicine
Institute for Human Infections and Immunity
University of Texas
Jay A. Nelson, PhD
Director, Vaccine & Gene Therapy Institute
Oregon Health & Science University
Nancy
Raab-Traub, PhD
Professor, Microbiology & Immunology Virology
Lineberger Cancer Center
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
