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Virology Retreat. October 25th 2003, University of Maryland Plant Science Building Room 1140.
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Virology Retreat October 25th 2003, University of Maryland Plant Science Building Room 1140 Welcome to the third annual Virology Retreat, an event organized by the Virology Graduate Program, a collaboration of faculty from the University of Maryland College Park, the NIH, the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, the Regional College of Vet Medicine, and the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute Program: 9:45 Coffee and treats 10:00 Opening Remarks 10:05 Daniel Perez (VetMed) A genetic approach to influenza virus pathogenicity 10:35 Jonathan Jacobs (Dinman lab, CBMG) Ribosomal frameshifting in SARS-associated coronavirus 10:50 Bernard Moss (NIH) Safer smallpox vaccines 11:20 Todd Allen (Nuss lab,UMBI): A genomics approach to elucidate signal transduction pathways in virus/fungus interactions 11:50 Xiaoping Sun (Simon Lab, CBMG) Interference of stable virion assembly by a small subviral RNA 12:05 Buffet Lunch and Poster Session I 1:30 Keynote SpeakerCharles Rice (Maurice R. and Corinne P. Greenberg Professor, Rockefeller University) Hepatitis C: Some surprises and advances 2:30 Vik Vahkaria (UMBI): Functional studies of virulence in Birnavirus 3:00 Poster Session II 4:00 Margaret Fearon (Ontario Ministry of Health): Report from the frontlines: The SARS epidemic in Toronto 5:00 Concluding Remarks SARS coronavirus For more information on the Virology Graduate Program, please visit our web site at: http://www.life.umd.edu/CBMG/research/virology/