Viruses 2016 - At the Forefront of Virus-Host Interactions
Viruses 2016 - At the Forefront of Virus-Host Interactions
Part of the Viruses series
Conference Chairs
Director, HIV Dynamics and Replication Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702-1201, USA
efreed@mail.nih.gov
thomas.klimkait@unibas.ch
List of Authors (747)
Sponsors and Partners
Organizers
Platinum Sponsors
Sponsors
Accomodation
Accomodation
Basel Tourismus
Basel Tourismus kindly offers participants of the Viruses 2016 Conference the possibility to use their booking system to obtain the best rates for Hotels in Basel. Click the link to the booking system to reserve a room.
Conference Venue
The conference will be held at the PharmaCenter of the University of Basel. The address is Klingelbergstrasse 70, Basel.
Basel
Basel is the third largest city in Switzerland and is located in the Northeast of the country, on the border of France and Germany. It is an important economic center in Switzerland and offers a rich cultural life. It is home to the Museum of Fine Arts, which holds the most significant and largest collection of art in Switzerland, the Foundation Beyeler, the Theater Basel and the Musical Theater Basel.
Located on the bank of the Rhine and situated only a few kilometers from the German Black Forest and French Vosges, it also offers great possibilities for excursions in the nature.
University of Basel
The University of Basel was founded in 1460 and is the oldest university in Switzerland. It prides itself in its tradition of over five hundred years of excellence in teaching, learning, and research, during which it has adopted a forward-looking approach to new developments in science to provide high-quality education and underpin its well-deserved reputation as a university capable of attracting staff and students from all over the world. Located in the heart of Basel, and drawing on innovation anchored in tradition, the University of Basel is dynamic and innovative. Research at the University of Basel focuses on the life sciences and culture. Both core areas comprise a wide range of projects, involving research staff and scientists committed to interdisciplinary work and a cross-faculty approach to advancing the knowledge of life and the workings of culture. The University of Basel is committed to providing state-of-the-art education and to facilitating outstanding research. (Adapted from www.topuniversities.com).
Conference Photos
Group Photo Participants of Viruses 2016 - At the Forefront of Virus-Host Interactions - 26–28 January 2016 Basel.
Participants at Viruses 2016 arriving at the Pharmacenter of the University of Basel.
Jesse Bloom, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Winner of the 2015 Viruses Young Investigator Award at the registration desk.
Welcome by Prof. Dr. Thomas Klimkait, University of Basel and Co-Chair Viruses 2016.
Welcome by Dr. Eric O. Freed, NIH, Editor-in-Chief Viruses and Chair Viruses 2016.
Ari Helenius's keynote on 'Viral and Cellular Factors in Capsid Uncoating', ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
Young Investigator Award Ceremony with Eric O. Freed and Jesse Bloom.
A full lecture hall during Ari Helenius's keynote on day one.
Joanna Parish's talk on 'CTCF Regulates Differentiation-Dependent HPV Gene Expression'.
Jens Kuhn's talk on 'Ebola Virus—Sex, Lies, and YouTube Videos'.
Thomas Klimkait's talk on 'From Therapy to Eradication of Chronic Virus Infections? About HIV, HCV, and Other Role Models'.
Andrea Cimarelli, Chair, Session 2: Antiviral Innate Immunity
Charles M. Rice's talk on 'Unraveling the Multifaceted Roles of Innate Antiviral Effectors'.
Eric M. Poeschla's talk on 'Broad Spectrum Antiviral Protection via RdRPMediated Stable Activation of MDA5-Dependent Innate Immunity'
Questions?
Ivan Marazzi's talk on 'Regulation of Influenza Virus Replication by Host Factors'
Andrew Mehle's talk on 'The Unexpected Pro-Viral Role of "Anti-Viral" Genes during Influenza Virus Infection'.
Full House on day 2.
Thomas Klimkait, Co-Chair, University of Basel and Franck Vazquez, MDPI.
Keskustelua suomeksi!
Time to rest!
Ben TenOever's talk on 'MicroRNA Biology in the Context of RNA Virus Infections'-
Maria Carla Saleh's talk on 'A New Dimension in Insect Antiviral Immunity'-
Shou-Wei Ding's talk on 'Mammalian siRNA Response to Virus Infection'.
Conference Dinner
Day 3
Yohei Yamauchi's talk on 'Mechanism of Influenza A Virus Uncoating During Host Cell Entry'.
Alexander Ploss's talk on 'Determinants of Host Range Restrictions of Human Hepatotropic Viruses'.
Gabrielle Vieyres talk on 'ABHD5/CGI-58, the Causative Protein for the Chanarin-Dorfman Syndrome, Consumes Lipid Droplets to Support Assembly and Release of the Hepatitis C Lipo-Viro-Particle'
Brett Lindenbach's talk on 'Bacterial Effectors as Cell Biological Probes to Study the Replication of Positive-Strand RNA Viruses'.
Ry Young's talk on 'The Role of Membrane Fusion in Phage Lysis'.
Margaret Kielian's talk on 'Alphavirus Budding: How Viruses Remodel the Cell during Exit'.
Eleni-Anna Loundras's talk on 'Identification of Novel Cis- and Trans-Activities of FMDV 3Dpol Necessary for the Formation of Viral RNA Replication Complexes'
Polly Roy's talk on 'Disassembly and Assembly of Bluetongue Virus 1'.
Terence S. Dermody's talk on 'Formation and Function of Reovirus Replication Organelles'.
Veronique Ziegler-Graff, Chair, Session 5: Replication Organelles
Closing remarks and 'Poster Award Winners Ceremony' with Eric O. Freed
See you again at Viruses 2018 in Barcelona, Spain?
Pictures from the Editorial Board Members Meeting during Viruses 2016
Travel & Registration Information
Registration Information
To register with this conference, please follow this link. If you need assistance, please e-mail the Conference Secretariat.
Registration Fees (in Swiss Francs)
| Early Registration (until 30 September 2015) | |
| Academic | 700 CHF |
| Scientific Board Members of Viruses | 350 CHF |
| MDPI Author* or Reviewer** | 650 CHF |
| Student | 550 CHF |
| Non-academic | 1000 CHF |
| Late Registration (from 1 October to 31 December 2015) | |
| Academic | 800 CHF |
| Scientific Board Members of Viruses | 400 CHF |
| MDPI Author* or Reviewer** | 700 CHF |
| Student | 600 CHF |
| Non-academic | 1100 CHF |
The registration fee must be paid latest one month after registration and includes attendance of all conference sessions, morning/afternoon coffee breaks and lunches, participation in the conference dinner on 27th January 2016, conference bag and program book. Other dinners are not included and are left at the convenience of attendees
For onsite registration, please contact the Conference Secretariat.
* First and last authors of articles published in 2013 or later will enjoy a discount.
**Reviewers who provided timely review reports in in 2013 or later will enjoy a discount.
Prices are in CHF (Swiss Francs)
Cancellation Policy
Participation to the conference is considered final only once the registration fees have been paid. The number of participants is limited, once the number of paid registrations reaches the maximum number of participantsd, unpaid registrations will be cancelled.
| Cancellation of paid registration is possible under the terms listed below: | |
| > 2 months before the conference | Full refund but 100 CHF are retained for administration |
| > 1 month before the conference | Refund 50% of the applying fees |
| > 2 weeks before the conference | Refund 25% of the applying fees |
| < 2 weeks before the conference | No refund |
Visa Requirements
Citizens of the EU and the EFTA and their family members
- Citizens of EU and EFTA countries must present valid personal identification, an ID card or a passport. No visa required.
- Regardless of their citizenship, family members of EU and EFTA citizens must present a valid passport and they must have a specific residence permit from a Schengen country (no visa required). Otherwise a visa must be obtained.
For more information, see https://www.bfm.admin.ch/content/bfm/en/home/themen/einreise/kurzfristig/eu-efta-buerger.html.
- EU Countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom.
- EFTA Countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland.
- Schengen Countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland.
Citizens of the USA and Canada
A valid travel passport is required. No visa required for stays of up to 90 days.
Third-Country Nationals
A valid travel passport is required and in some cases a visa must be obtained prior to entering Switzerland. For more information, check the column "Visa required for stays of up to 90 days" for your country in the Overview of ID and visa provisions according to nationality from the Swiss Office for Migration.
Traveling to Basel
For a complete overview, see wikitravel.org.
- By Plane: Basel can easily be reached by direct flights from many cities within Europe to the EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg (IATA airport codes: MHL/BSL/EAP). Inter-continental travel to Basel is recommended via Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Paris or London airports. Remember to use the “Swiss Exit”, not the exit to France.
Basel is readily connected within 30 minutes via the airport bus line 50 or by taxi.Another airport in the area includes Zurich International (ZRH).- By Train: reachable from most major cities in France (via Strasbourg or Mulhouse), Germany (via Frankfurt a. M. or Mannheim) and Italy (via Milan). The two train stations Basel SBB and Basel Bad. are both conveniently connected with the city public transports (BVB). A mobility ticket for free use of public transport is provided by many hotels in Basel.
Visa Requirements
- Citizens of EU and EFTA countries must present valid personal identification, an ID card or a passport. No visa required.
- Regardless of their citizenship, family members of EU and EFTA citizens must present a valid passport and they must have a specific residence permit from a Schengen country (no visa required). Otherwise a visa must be obtained.
- EU Countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom.
- EFTA Countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland.
- Schengen Countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland.
Citizens of the USA and Canada
A valid travel passport is required. No visa required for stays of up to 90 days.
Third-Country Nationals
A valid travel passport is required and in some cases a visa must be obtained prior to entering Switzerland. For more information, check the column "Visa required for stays of up to 90 days" for your country in the Overview of ID and visa provisions according to nationality from the Swiss Office for Migration.
Traveling to Basel
For a complete overview, see wikitravel.org.
- By Plane: Basel can easily be reached by direct flights from many cities within Europe to the EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg (IATA airport codes: MHL/BSL/EAP). Inter-continental travel to Basel is recommended via Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Paris or London airports. Remember to use the “Swiss Exit”, not the exit to France.
Basel is readily connected within 30 minutes via the airport bus line 50 or by taxi.Another airport in the area includes Zurich International (ZRH).
- By Train: reachable from most major cities in France (via Strasbourg or Mulhouse), Germany (via Frankfurt a. M. or Mannheim) and Italy (via Milan). The two train stations Basel SBB and Basel Bad. are both conveniently connected with the city public transports (BVB). A mobility ticket for free use of public transport is provided by many hotels in Basel.
Conference Schedule
The abstract book containing the precise schedule of the conference and all abstracts is available here.
Posters:
Each presenter will be provided with an A0 vertical poster board (841 x 1189 mm / 33.1 x 46.8 in). Please print your poster prior to the conference.
A plan of the poster session will be circulated later on. Posters should be set up the first day of the conference (26 January) between 8:30 am and 12:30 pm and remain up until the last poster session (28 January - 4:30 pm). The same day, posters must be removed by 6:30 pm, the posters remaining after this time will be removed and recycled.
Short talks:
Short talks will be 20 min long including questions. The typical presentation should be an up to 12-15-minute talk. Please bring your presentation to the desk 30 min before the start of your session.
| Tuesday 26 January | Wednesday 27 January | Thursday 28 January | |
Morning |
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S2. Antiviral Innate Immunity
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S4. Interactions Between Viruses |
| Coffee Break & Poster Session (even numbers) |
Coffee Break & Poster Session (odd numbers) |
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S2. Antiviral Innate Immunity
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S4. Interactions Between Viruses |
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| Lunch |
Lunch & Poster Session |
Lunch & Poster Session (even numbers) |
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Afternoon |
Introduction |
S3. Non-Coding RNAs
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S5. Replication Organelles |
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S1. General Topics in Virology |
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Coffee Break & Poster Session |
Coffee Break & Poster Session (even numbers) |
Coffee Break | |
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S1. General Topics in Virology |
S3. Non-Coding RNAs
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S5. Replication Organelles | |
| Conference Dinner | Closing Remarks |
Tuesday 26 January 2016: 13:00–18:00
Wednesday 27 January 2016: 08:30–13:20 / 14:20–18:30
Thursday 28 January 2016: 08:30–13:20 / 14:20–18:15
Dr. Ari Helenius – Viral and Cellular Factors in Capsid Uncoating
ETH Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland
Dr. Jesse Bloom – Next-Generation Approaches to Mapping the Constraints on Influenza Evolution
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, WA , USA
*2015 Young Investigator Viruses Prize winner
Dr. Jens Kuhn – Ebola virus – Sex, Lies, and YouTube Videos
NIH/NIAID/IRF-Frederick
Frederick, MD, USA
Dr. Thomas Klimkait – From Therapy to Eradication of Chronic Virus Infection? – About HIV, HCV, and Other Role Models
University of Basel
Basel, Switzerland
Dr. Julie Pfeiffer – How Gut Microbes Enhance Enteric Virus Infectivity
University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX, USA
Dr. Eric M. Poeschla – Broad Spectrum Antiviral Protection via RdRP-Mediated Stable Activation of MDA5-Dependent Innate Immunity
University of Colorado School of Medicine,
CO, USA
Dr. Charles M. Rice – Unraveling the Multifaceted Roles of Innate Antiviral Effectors
The Rockefeller University,
New York, NY, USA
Dr. Ivan Marazzi – Regulation of Influenza Virus Replication by Host Factors
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY, USA
Dr. Pierre Boudinot – Evolution of Antiviral Immunity : Insights From Comparison Between Fish and Mammals
INRA Jouy-en-Josas, France
Dr. Eva Harris – New insights into dengue pathogenesis: How dengue virus NS1 protein triggers endothelial permeability and vascular leak
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, USA
Dr. Benjamin TenOever – MicroRNA Biology in the Context of RNA Virus Infections
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY , USA
Dr. Carla Saleh – A New Dimension in Insect Antiviral Immunity
Pasteur Institute
Paris, France
Dr. Shou-Wei Ding – Mammalian siRNA Response to Virus Infection
University of California
Riverside, CA, USA
Dr. Bryan R. Cullen – Production of Functional Small Interfering RNAs by Human Dicer
James B. Duke Professor
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC, USA
Dr. Joan A. Steitz – Viral Noncoding RNAs: Insights Into Evolution
Yale University/HHMI
New Haven, CT, USA
Dr. Eric O. Freed – HIV Assembly and Maturation
National Cancer Institute, NIH,
Frederick, MD, USA
Dr. Ry Young – The Role of Membrane Fusion in Phage Lysis
Center for Phage Technology, Texas A&M University
College Station, TX, USA
Dr. Alexander Ploss – Determinants of Host Range Restrictions of Human Hepatotropic Viruses
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ, USA
*2015 Young Investigator Viruses Prize runner-up
Dr. Yohei Yamauchi – Mechanism of Influenza A Virus Uncoating During Host Cell Entry
University of Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland
Dr. Margaret Kielian – Alphavirus Budding: How Viruses Remodel the Cell during Exit
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NY, USA
Dr. Paul Ahlquist – Protein, RNA and Membrane Interactions in Postive-Strand RNA Virus Genome Replication
University of Wisconsin - Madison,
Madison, WI, USA
Dr. Peter D. Nagy – Insights into the Assembly of the Tombusvirus Replicase: the Role of co-opted Host Proteins and Lipids
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY, USA
Dr. Terence S. Dermody – Formation and Function of Reovirus Replication Organelles
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Nashville, TN, USA
Dr. Polly Roy – Disassembly and Assembly of Bluetongue Virus, a Complex Multi-capsid Particle
Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
London, UK
Conference Organizers
Chair
Dr. Eric O. Freed
National Cancer Institute, NIH, USA
Co-Chair
Prof. Thomas Klimkait
University of Basel, Switzerland
Committee Members
Prof. Paul Ahlquist
University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA
Dr. Jens H. Kuhn
NIH/NIAID, USA
Prof. Peter D. Nagy
University of Kentucky, USA
Prof. Charles M. Rice
The Rockefeller University, USA
Prof. Eric M. Poeschla
University of Colorado School of Medicine, USA
Prof. Ryland F. Young III
Texas A&M University, USA
Conference Secretariat
Dr. Franck Vazquez
Dr. Delphine Guérin
Matthias Burkhalter
Cornelia Bauer
Delia Mihaila
E-mail: viruses2016@mdpi.com
Tel. +41 61 683 77 35
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