Virology Retreat
December 7, 2023

Announcing the 2nd annual Virology Retreat for UF and Scripps Virologists! This event will be held on Thursday, December 7th, 2023 in McKenzie Hall at Sweetwater Branch Inn. This year’s event brings together our UF virology community from across the state, with speakers from various departments on the main campus (Gainesville), the IFAS FL Medical Entomology Laboratory (Vero Beach), and guest speakers from Emory University School of Medicine and Florida State University. It should be a wonderful day to interact with virology colleagues from across the Southeast!

Agenda

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THURSDAY DECEMBER 7, 2023

TIME TOPIC
7:30 – 8:15am CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:15 – 8:30am INTRODUCTION by Stephanie Karst
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM SESSION 1: VIRAL EVOLUTION & EPIDEMIOLOGY
8:30 – 9:20 KEYNOTE SPEAKER: ANICE LOWEN, Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine: Barcodes, bottlenecks and influenza A virus population dynamics
9:20 – 9:40 MARCO SALEMI, Department of Pathology, Immunology & Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine: Emerging pathogens in the age of AI – from pathogenesis to forecasting
9:40 – 10:00 SADIE RYAN, Department of Geography, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Mapping climate-driven mosquito borne diseases
10:00 – 10:20 COFFEE BREAK
10:20 AM – 12:00 PM SESSION 2: EMERGING VIRUSES
10:20 – 10:40 STEPHANIE KARST, Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, College of Medicine: Metabolite-mediated regulation of norovirus disease
10:40 – 11:00 JOHN LEDNICKY, Dept. of Environmental & Global Health, College of Public Health and Health Professions: Collection of viable airborne SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory viruses – recent lessons
11:00 – 11:20 ERIC CARAGATA, IFAS Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory (Vero Beach): Mosquito microbiota effect on viruses
11:20 – 12:00 TRAINEE TALKS
12:00 – 1:30 LUNCH & POSTER SESSION
1:30 PM – 3:10 PM SESSION 3: VIRAL REPLICATION
1:30 – 1:50 SARAH DOORE, Department of Microbiology & Cell Science, IFAS: Mechanisms of the Bacteriophage Sf14 Infection Cycle, from Attachment to Assembly
1:50 – 2:10 ZSOLT TOTH, Department of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry: KSHV: To be or not to be in latency after infection?
2:10 – 2:30 YING WANG, Department of Plant Pathology, IFAS: A foreign RNA’s journey in cells
2:30 – 3:10 TRAINEE TALKS
3:10 – 3:30 COFFEE BREAK
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM SESSION 4: VIRUS-HOST INTERACTIONS
3:30 – 4:20 KEYNOTE SPEAKER: FANXIU ZHU, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University: Inhibition of cGAS by KicGAS
4:20 – 4:40 EMILY MOSER, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine: The ubiquitin ligase Cul4b promotes viral-induced B cell responses
4:40 – 5:00 STEEVE BOULANT, Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, College of Medicine: Impact of low oxygen levels in the intestinal tract on enteric pathogen infection
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM DINNER RECEPTION

Location

event location

McKenzie Hall, Sweetwater Branch Inn

Located at 625 E. University Avenue Gainesville, Florida 32601

Sweetwater Garden

Registration

Registration is open to all UF Virologists and their lab members, though we are limited to ~100 participants. Please register by November 15th. The abstract submission deadline has now passed.

Registration is now closed. Please email Dr. Karst to inquire whether additional spots are available.

Thank you to our sponsors: