24th Glasgow Virology Workshop 2019

Now in its 24th year, this one-day virology workshop is an informal and friendly event with ample time for interactive discussion throughout the day, which culminates in a Scottish ceilidh dance in the evening.

Registration

If you would like to attend this year’s event, please complete the attached registration form (link below) and return no later than the Monday 3 June to cvr-gvw@glasgow.ac.uk.

Programme

09.10 - Welcome

Session 1 – CHAIR: Chris Boutell

9.15-9.45 Silke Stertz, University of Zürich (Switzerland) – MHC class II proteins mediate cross-species entry of bat influenza viruses

9.45-10.00 Julien Amat, CVR – Long-term adaptation of an avian-origin influenza virus to horses

10.00-10.15 Emma Thomson, CVR – The Uganda Acute Febrile Illness study – viruses flying under the radar

10.15-10.30 Michael Nevels, St Andrews University – Revisiting the impact of PML protein targeting and PML body disruption by human cytomegalovirus on innate immune activation and viral replication

Session 2 – CHAIR: Rute Maria Pinto

11.00-11.30 Daniel Bausch, Public Health England/London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (UK) – The UK Public Health Rapid Support Team

11.30-11.45 Sara Clohisey, Edinburgh University – Cap-snatching is directed in favour of influenza A translation

11.45-12.00 Nardus Mollentze, CVR – Using genomics and machine learning to predict the zoonotic potential of viruses

12.00-12.15 Open forum:  Q&A “Careers in industry; an insider’s perspective” Moiz Kitabwalla (elanco), Malcom Macartney (Janssen), Andy Lane (native antigen company), David Chapman (MedImmune/AZ)

Session 3 – CHAIR: Marc Niebel

13.30-14.00 Gill Elliott, University of Surrey (UK) – New perspectives on RNA metabolism in HSV1 infected cells

14.00-14.15 Emilie Pondeville, CVR – Reproduction-antiviral immunity trade-offs in the mosquito Aedes aegypti

14.15-14.30 Dave Bhella, CVR – Update on the Scottish Centre for Macromolecular Imaging

14.30-15.00 Ann Palmenberg, University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA) – In Memoriam: Betty the Chimp

Session 4 – CHAIR: Emilie Pondeville

15.30-15.45 Alex Borodavka, University of Leeds – These can go up to 11: The molecular choreography of multi-segmented RNA genomes

15.45-16.00 Vanessa Cowton, CVR – The road from neutralising antibody to potential HCV vaccine

16.00-16.15 Steven Sinkins, CVR – Field trials using dengue transmission-blocking Wolbachia in Malaysia

16.15-16.45 Richard M Elliott memorial lecture:

Stuart Neil, King’s College London (UK) – TRIMming and ZAPping filoviruses and retroviruses

19.30-late:  Ceilidh @ Glasgow University Union Dining Hall £10.00/ticket