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Scientific Program

The ASV ’08 program will include scientific symposia, workshops, poster sessions, and special educational presentations. Collegial mixers and social events will punctuate the program. The meeting will begin Saturday, July 12th, at 3:30 p.m. with the Welcome Reception, to be followed by the Keynote Address at 5:30 p.m. The first simultaneous workshop sessions will begin at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday evening.

Satellite Meetings
In conjunction with ASV’08, two satellite meetings will be held simultaneously on Saturday, July 12th, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. A separate registration fee applies to each satellite, as listed on the registration form.

Presented by the ASV Medical Virology Club, this satellite symposium, organized by Mark Denison, includes a coffee break and buffet luncheon.  Speaker information is availabe on the link below.

The ASV Plant Virology Club will present this satellite symposium, organized by Marilyn Roossinck. Registration includes a coffee break and luncheon.  Click on the link below for speaker information.

Please Note:  All satellite symposium attendees and speakers must pay the registration fee for the general ASV meeting in addition to the registration fee for the satellite meeting. Fees are listed on the ASV meeting registration form. 

Symposia
The Plenary Symposia, organized by ASV President Ann Palmenberg, will take place during the mornings of Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Continuing workshop sessions are scheduled for Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday afternoons, as well as Saturday, Sunday and Monday evenings.

Keynote Address: Enteric Virus Pathogenesis
Saturday, July 12, 2008: 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Mary Estes (Baylor College of Medicine)

Sunday Symposium, July 13, 2008:
8:30 a.m. - 12 noon
Virus Mechanisms
Peter Nagy (University of Kentucky)
Susan Baker (Loyola University)
Craig Cameron (Penn State University)
Bert Semler (University of California-Irvine)
Lee Gehrke (Massacuhusetts Institute of Technology)

Monday Symposium, July 14, 2008:
8:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Viruses in the Environment
W. Ian Lipkin (Columbia University)
Curtis Suttle (University of British Columbia)
Mark Pallansch (Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA)
Angela Belcher (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Tuesday Symposium, July 15, 2008:
8:30 a.m. - 12 noon
Virus Interactions with Cells
Volker Vogt (Cornell University)
James Hogle (Harvard University)
Mavis Agbandje-McKenna (University of Florida)
Lindsey Hutt-Fletcher (Louisiana State University)
Rozanne Sandri-Goldin (University of California-Irvine)

Wednesday Symposium, July 16, 2008:
8:30 a.m. - 12 noon
Viruses Versus the Red Queen (Host Defenses)
James Gern (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Margo Brinton (Georgia State University)
Akiko Iwasaki (Yale University)
Nancy Reich (State University of New York-Stony Brook)
Beth Levine (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center)

State-of-the-Art Lectures
ASV’08 will include an outstanding lineup of state-of-the-art speakers, arranged by Roz Sandri-Goldin and the Program Committee. These presentations (30 minutes each) will be included in various workshop sessions. The 2008 speakers and lecture topics are:

Brenda G. Hogue (Arizona State University)
Coronavirus Assembly

Marianne Manchester (The Scripps Research Institute)
Virus-based nanoparticles for imaging

Nancy Raab-Traub (University of North Carolina)
The contribution of EBV to oncogenesis

Susan R. Ross (University of Pennsylvania)
Host-retrovirus interactions

Barbara Sherry (North Carolina State University)
Cell type-specific innate immunity

Sean P.J. Whelan (Harvard University)
VSV gene expression

Matthew D. Weitzman (The Salk Institute)
Viruses and the cellular DNA damage response

Poster Sessions
Two poster sessions will be held during ASV’08:

Poster Session I: Sunday, July 13th  -  4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Poster Session II: Monday, July 14th -  4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Special Events

This workshop, convened by David Sander, is scheduled on Monday, July 14th, from 12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Click on the link for additional information.

Glenn Rall, Chairman of the Education and Career Development Committee, will convene a workshop regarding "Career Alternatives: Matching Your Skills to the Right Job in Virology." Additional information is available on the link below.