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 from USF Health Morsani College of Medicine.
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 |
| KEYNOTE SPEECH | INTRODUCTION BY: MAURICIO MARTINS, PHD |
| 10:45-11:45AM | ROBERT GALLO, MD, Dept. of Medicine, USF Health Morsani College of Medicine: TBD |
| 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 – 3:05PM | TRAINEE TALKS |
| 3:05 – 3:30PM | COFFEE BREAK |
| SESSION 3 | CONVENER: ZHE MA, PHD |
| 3:30 – 3:50PM | TRAINEE TALKS |
| 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. Please submit an abstract up to 300 words as either a .doc/docx or .pdf. Please ensure your name and PI are listed on the abstract. The abstract submission deadline is October 1st.
This event made possible through the generous support of our sponsors:
