Third European Congress of Virology

1 - 5 September 2007, CCN CongressCenter Nürnberg · Germany

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Monday 3 September 2007 -

09.00 – 10.30 h / Room Tokio
Symposium I Epidemiology
Chair: Detlev H. Krüger, Marc van Ranst
Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus Emerging virus infection and intervention strategies
Isabelle Schuffenecker Chikungunya: where will the virus emerge next?
Sir Roy M. Anderson The interface between scientific analysis and policy formulation for pandemic influenza A virus

10.30 - 11.00 h

COFFEE BREAK
 
11.00 – 13.00 h / Room Tokio
Workshop 7 Transcription and siRNA
Chair: Peter O’Hare, Walter Schaffner
Keynote Lecture: Bryan R. Cullen:
11.00 - 11.30 h Viruses, microRNAs and RNA interference
11.30 - 13.00 h Oral presentations:
The NS3 protein of Rice hoja blanca tenuivirus suppresses RNA silencing by efficiently binding to siRNAs
* Esther Schnettler (1), Hans Hemmes (1), Rob Goldbach (1), Marcel Prins (2)
(1) Wageningen University, Virology, Wageningen, The Netherlands; (2) Keygene, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Histone modification pattern of the T lymphotropic Herpesvirus saimiri genome in latency
* Barbara Alberter (1), Armin Ensser (1)
(1) Virologisches Institut, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
Functional Analysis of Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)- encoded microRNAs
* Thorsten Pfuhl (1), Stephanie Barth (1), Nathalie Motsch (1), Claudia Ehses (1), Ruth Nord (1), Klaus Römer (2), Friedrich Grässer (1)
(1) University of Saarland, Medical School, Institute of Virology, Homburg/Saar, Germany; (2) University of the Saarland, Medical School, Jose-Carreras-Center, Homburg/Saar, Germany
High expression levels of HNF1α and 4α link efficient hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication with hepatocyte differentiation
* Maria Quasdorff (1), Marianna Hoesel (1), Uta Zedler (1), Felix Bohne (1), Margarete Odenthal (1), Tobias Goeser (1), Ulrike Protzer (1)
(1) University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Foamy viral RNA-export is distinct from other retroviruses
* Jochen Bodem (1), Axel Rethwilm (1)
(1) Universität Würzburg, Institut für Virologie, Würzburg, Germany
The papillomavirus E2 protein inhibits AP-1-dependent regulation of the beta4-integrin
*Monika Oldak (1), Radoslaw Maksym (1), Jacek Malejczyk (1), * Sigrun Smola-Hess (2)
(1) University of Warsaw, Dept. of of Histology and Embryology, Warsaw, Poland; (2) University of Cologne, Institute of Virology, Cologne, Germany
 
11.00 – 13.00 h / Room Istanbul
Workshop 8 Viral Gastroenteritis
Chair: Axel Rethwilm, Jacques Rohayem
Keynote Lecture: Marion Koopmans:
11.00 - 11.30 h The interplay between viral evolution and epidemiology of caliciviruses
11.30 - 13.00 h Oral presentations:
Differential and sequential cleavage of the polyprotein precursor of human pathogenic calicivirus by two active forms of the viral protease
Ivonne Robel (1), Ulrike Scheffler (1), Julia Gebhardt (1), * Jacques Rohayem (1)
(1) Institut für Virologie, The Calicilab, TU Dresden, Germany
Bovine Noroviruses and Porcine Sapoviruses: Prevalence and Phylogeny
* Barbara Regina Bank-Wolf (1), Matthias König (1), Heinz-Jürgen Thiel (1)
(1) Institut für Virologie, FB Veterinärmedizin, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Giessen, Germany
Correlation Between Recombinant Norovirus-like Particle Binding and Expression of Histo-Blood Group Antigens in Oyster Gastrointestinal Tissue
* Peng Tian (1), Anna Engelbrektson (1), Robert Mandrell (1)
(1) WRRC, ARS, USDA, PSMRU, Albany, USA
Validation of the viral enzymes of replication in calicivirus as a target for antiviral therapy
* Dorothea Kramer (1), Julia Gebhardt (1), Gregor Meyers (2), Jacques Rohayem (1)
(1) Institut für Virologie, The Calicilab, TU Dresden, Germany; (2) Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Tübingen, Germany
Parechovirus in patients with diarrhea, Northern Germany: type 1/3 recombintion and evidence for a new parechovirus type or subtype
* Luciano Luna (1), Sigrid Baumgarte (2), Klaus Grywna (1), * Christian Drosten (1)
(1) Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Clinical Virology, Hamburg, Germany; (2) Institute of Hygiene and Environment, Hamburg, Germany
Complete Genomic Sequence of Turkey Coronavirus
* Maged Gomaa Hemida (1), John Barta (1), Davor Ojkic (1), Dongwan Yoo (2)
(1) Guelph University-OVC, Pathobiology, Guelph, Canada; (2) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Pathobiology, Urbana-Champaign, USA
 
11.00 – 13.00 h / Room Shanghai
Workshop 9 Negative
Strand RNA Viruses I
Chair: Richard M. Elliott, Juan Ortín
Keynote Lecture: Richard M. Elliott:
11.00 - 11.30 h Bunyavirus replication
11.30 - 13.00 h Oral presentations:
Nipah virus infection of endothelial cells
* Stephanie Erbar (1), Sandra Diederich (1), Dennis Pfaff (2), Hellmut Augustin (2), Andrea Maisner (1)
(1) Institute of Virology, Marburg, Germany; (2) Department of Vascular Oncology and Metastasis, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany
Identification and characterization of cellular interaction partners of Influenza A Virus vRNP and polymerase complex
* Geoffrey Chase (1), Daniel Mayer (1), Kaaweh Molawi (1), Adolfo Garcia-Sastre (2), Martin Schwemmle (1)
(1) University of Freiburg, Department of Virology, Freiburg, Germany; (2) Mt Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, NY, USA
High pathogenicity of an avian influenza virus (H7N1) is regulated by the shuttling ability of NS1 between Nucleolus and Cytoplasm
* Benajmin Mänz (1), Björn Keiner (1), Hans-Dieter Klenk (1)
(1) Institut für Virologie, Marburg, Germany
The influenza virus NS1 protein activates the PI3K/Akt pathway to suppress premature apoptosis in infected cells
* Christina Ehrhardt (1), Thorsten Wolff (2), Stephan Pleschka (3), Oliver Planz (4), Wiebke Beermann (2), Mirco Schmolke (1), Stephan Ludwig (1)
(1) Institute of Molecular Virology, WWU, Münster, Germany; (2) RKI, Berlin, Germany; (3) Inst. of Virology, Giessen, Germany; (4) FLI, Tübingen, Germany
Influenza B virus targets nuclear speckle domains
* Jana Schneider (1), Bianca Dauber (1), Andreas Standke (1), Thorsten Wolff (1)
(1) Robert Koch-Institute, Berlin, Germany
Borna disease virus phosphoprotein is responsible for viral interference with neuronal signaling and plasticity
* Christine Prat (1), Sonja Schmid (2), Romain Volmer (1), Martin Schwemmle (2), Daniel Gonzalez-Dunia (1)
(1) INSERM U563, Toulouse, France; (2) University of Freiburg, Department of Virology, Freiburg, Germany

13.00 - 14.00 h

BREAK
 
14.00 – 16.00 h
Poster Session II

16.00 - 16.30 h

COFFEE BREAK
 
16.30 – 18.30 h / Room Tokio
Workshop 10 Virus-Host Interactions
Chair: Guido Antonelli, Peter Staeheli
Keynote Lecture: Geoffrey L. Smith:
16.30 - 17.00 h Intracellular inhibitors of innate immunity from vaccinia virus
17.00 - 17.30 h Loeffler-Frosch Award:
Introduction: Nikolaus Müller-Lantzsch
Award Lecture: Friedemann Weber:
Induction and suppression of the interferon response by pathogenic RNA viruses
17.30 - 18.30 h Oral presentations:
Axonal transport mediates West Nile virus entry into the central nervous system and induces paralysis
* Melanie Samuel (1), Michael Diamond (1), Hong Wang (2), Venkatraman Siddharthan (2), John Morrey (2)
(1) Washington University School of Medicine, Molecular Microbiology, St. Louis, MO, USA; (2) Utah State University, The Institute for Antiviral Research, Logan, UT, USA
Involvement of the E62EEE65 Nef Acidic Domain and TRAF Family Members on Signaling Events Induced by Treatment of Monocytes/Macrophages with HIV-1 Nef
* G. Mangino (1), Z. Percario (1), A. Noto (1), G. Fiorucci (2), G. Romeo (2), M. Geyer (3), E. Affabris (1)
(1) Univ. Roma Tre, Biology, Rome, Italy; (2) CNR, Inst. of Mol. Biol. and Pathology, Rome, Italy; (3) MPI für Mol. Physiologie, Abteilung Physikalische Biochemie, Dortmund, Germany
Maintenance of normal cell morphology in cells infected with a MCMV deletion mutant
* Sarah Sengstake (1), Martin Messerle (1)
(1) Hanover Medical School, Virology, Hanover, Germany
Mutant suppression explained by virus cell interactions
* Samuel Ojosnegros (1), Cristina Escarmís (1), Esteban Domingo (1)
(1) Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC-UAM, Madrid, Spain
 
16.30 – 18.30 h / Room Istanbul
Workshop 11 (PCR) Diagnostics
Chair: William F. Carman,  Bert Niesters
Keynote Lecture: William F. Carman
16.30 - 17.00 h Problems with NAT as a gold standard for viral diagnostics
17.00 - 17.30 h Abbott Diagnostic Award:
Introduction: Peter Coyle
Award Lecture: Daniele Lilleri:
Monitoring of HCMV infection in transplant recipients
17.30 - 18.30 h Oral presentations:
DNA-microarray for simultaneous detection of herpesviruses and adenovirus in transplanted patients
Anette Ditzen (1), Markus Stichling (1), René Müller (1), Anke Rutzka (1), Thomas Illmer (2), Kristine Hille (1), Gerhard Ehninger (2), Ralf Ehricht (3), * Jacques Rohayem (1)
(1) Institut für Virologie, TU Dresden, Germany; (2) Medizinische  Klinik I, Uniklinikum Dresden, Germany; (3) Clondiag GmbH, Jena, Germany
An Adenovirus Type F41 (HAdV-F41) Outbreak in a Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) Unit
Frauke Mattner (1), * Albert Heim (2)
(1) Medininische Hochschule, Krankenhaushygiene, Hannover, Germany; (2) Medizinische Hochschule, Virologie, Hannover, Germany
Molecular diagnosis and prediction of EBV infection after allogeneic stem cell transplantation
* Sanna Aalto (1), Eeva Juvonen (2), Jussi Tarkkanen (3), Liisa Volin (2), Heikki Haario (4), Tapani Ruutu (2), Klaus Hedman (1)
(1) Dept Virology, Univ Helsinki, Finland; (2) HUCH, Helsinki, Finland; (3) Dept Pathology, Univ Helsinki, Finland; (4) Univ Lappeenranta, Lappeenranta, Finland
High Predictive Value of Amniotic Fluid (AF) real-time PCR (RT-PCR) for Prenatal Diagnosis of Congenital CMV Infection (CCI)
* D Wolf (1), O Kaplan (1), N Mador (1), B Shainberg (2), L Shreiber (2), A Bonneh (3), Z Roash (3), E Nir (4)
(1) Hadassah Univ Hosp, Jerusalem, Israel; (2) Maccabi, Rehovot, Israel; (3) Meuchedet, Rehovot, Israel; (4) Clalit, Rehovot, Israel
 
16.30 – 18.30 h / Room Shanghai
Workshop 12 Herpesviruses / DNA Viruses I
Chair: Janos Minarovits, Thomas Stamminger
Keynote Lecture: Roger D. Everett:
16.30 - 17.00 h The role of PML and other ND10 proteins in cellular defense against herpes simplex virus infection
17.00 - 18.30 h Oral presentations:
A somewhat different look at virus host interaction. Cellular and viral proteins, which change their intracellular location during HCMV infection
* Jörg Schröer (1), Tom Shenk (1)
(1) Princeton University, Dept. Mol. Bio., Princeton, USA
Complete Intracellular Localization Map of all HHV-8 Proteins
* Gaby Sander (1), Andreas Konrad (1), Mathias Thurau (1), Michael Stürzl (1)
(1) Molecular and experimental Surgery, Surgery,  Erlangen, Germany
Identification of Conserved γ-Herpesvirus miRNAs
* Nicole Walz (1), Thomas Christalla (1), Uwe Tessmer (1), Adam Grundhoff (1)
(1) Heinrich-Pette-Institute for experimental Virology and Immunology, Hamburg, Germany
Role of the Ubiquitin E3 Ligases SIAH in the Infectious Cycle of the Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus
Rinat Abada (1), Tsofia Dreyfus (1), Yifat Herman-Bachinsky (1), Haim Geva (1), * Ronit Sarid (1)
(1) Bar Ilan University, The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Ramat-Gan, ISRAEL
The essential UL52 gene of human cytomegalovirus–a novel player in genome packaging?
* Eva Borst (1), Anne Binz (1), Beate Sodeik (1), Martin Messerle (1)
(1) MHH, Virology, Hannover, Germany
Human torque teno virus (TTV): cell biology and immunology
* Laura Kakkola (1), Klaus Hedman (1), Maria Söderlund-Venermo (1)
(1) Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital Laboratory, Department of Virology, Helsinki, Finland

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