Announcing the 3rd annual UF Virology Retreat to be held on Friday, December 6th, 2024 at the Black Prong Resort in Bronson, FL. This year’s event brings together our UF virology community from across the state, with speakers from various departments on main campus (Gainesville), UF Scripps Biomedical Research Center (Jupiter), the IFAS FL Medical Entomology Laboratory (Vero Beach), and Keynote Speaker, Dr. Robert Gallo, MD.
Please register by November 15th. The abstract submission deadline ended Sunday, October 6th.
Keynote Speaker
2024 keynote speaker
Dr. Robert Gallo, MD
Founding Director, University of S. Florida (USF) Virology Institute and of the Microbial Oncology Program of Tampa General Hospital (TGH), And Co-Founder and Chair, of the International Science Program of the Global Virus Network (GVN), Tampa, Florida.
Agenda
FRIDAY DECEMBER 6, 2024
| TIME | TOPIC |
|---|---|
| 8:00 – 8:45AM | Registration & Breakfast |
| 8:45 – 9:00AM | INTRODUCTION by STEPHANIE KARST, PHD |
| SESSION 1 | CONVENER: SVETLANA FOLIMONOVA, PHD |
| 9:00 – 9:20AM | BRYONY BONNING, PHD, Department of Entomology & Nematology, Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences (IFAS): The Use of Insect Gut Binding Peptides to Inform Virus-Vector Molecular Interactions |
| 9:20 – 9:40AM | SAFDER GANAIE, PHD, Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, College of Medicine: Decoding the Broad Host Range and Viral Entry Mechanisms in Bunyaviruses |
| 9:40-10:00AM | LINDSAY CAMPBELL, PHD, IFAS Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory (Vero Beach): Spatial Ecology of Arbovirus Vectors |
| 10:00-10:20AM | DAVID BLOOM, PHD, Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, College of Medicine: Virus Against Virus: Using a Gene Therapy Approach to Treat Persistent Herpes Simplex Infections |
| 10:20 – 10:45AM | COFFEE BREAK |
| 10:45-11:45AM | KEYNOTE SPEAKER: ROBERT GALLO, MD INTRODUCTION BY: MAURICIO MARTINS, PHD |
| Part 1: T Cells, Cytokines, and Human Retroviruses: the beginning. Part 2: The Central Role of IFN-a in HIV Pathogenesis. | |
| 11:45 – 1:45PM | LUNCH & POSTER SESSION |
| SESSION 2 | CONVENER: SUMITA BHADURI-MCINTOSH, MD, PHD |
| 1:45 – 2:05PM | AMY VITTOR, MD, PHD, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine: Alphaviral Epidemiology and Ecology in Panama |
| 2:05 – 2:25PM | BERNADETT PAPP, PHD, Department of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry: Discovering Conserved Short Linear Motifs Underlying Host-Pathogen Interactions of Gammaherpesviruses |
| 2:25 – 2:45PM | ROBERT MCKENNA, PHD, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, College of Medicine: How Knowledge of the AAV Capsid Structure has Aided its Application in Gene Therapy |
| 2:45 – 2:55PM | PATRICIA HAHN, Martins lab, Scripps: The Immunogenicity of AAV/bNAb Therapy in Rhesus Macaques is Unaffected by a Short Course of the Immunomodulator CTLA4Ig |
| 2:55 – 3:05PM | ARTEM NEMUDRYI, PHD, Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, College of Medicine: CRISPR-based Engineering of RNA Viruses |
| 3:05 – 3:30PM | COFFEE BREAK |
| SESSION 3 | CONVENER: ZHE MA, PHD |
| 3:30 – 3:40PM | TIMOTHY MCNAMARA, PHD, Martin lab, IFAS: Do Socio-demographic Factors Impact Mosquito Burdens in Suburban Neighborhoods? |
| 3:40 – 3:50PM | LAUREN GAY, PHD, Renne lab, COM: Ectopic Expression of KSHV miR-K12-9 Can Induce Transformation of immortalized and Primary Endothelial Cells |
| 3:50 – 4:10PM | ANDREW ALLISON, PHD, Department of Comparative, Diagnostic & Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine: Emerging Wildlife Viruses: Applications for Disease Prevention, Surveillance, and Model Systems |
| 4:10 – 4:30PM | JAMES BURKE, PHD, UF Scripps Biomedical Research (Jupiter): Reprogramming of Cellular RNA Biology in Response to Pathogenic Viruses |
| 4:30 PM – | DINNER RECEPTION & DRINKS |
Location
event location
Black Prong Resort, Main Pavilion
Located at 450 SE County Road 337 Bronson, FL 32621
Registration
Registration is open to all UF Virologists and their lab members, limited to ~150 participants. Please register by November 15th.
The organizers will choose 4 trainees to present, and others may be chosen for posters. The abstract submission deadline ended Sunday, October 6th.
The abstract submission deadline has ended. You may still register to attend the event.
Registration is now closed. Please email Dr. Stephanie Karst at skarst@ufl.edu to inquire whether additional spots are available.
This event made possible through the generous support of our sponsors:
