Detailed Agenda - 9th International Symposium on Neurovirology

Thursday, June 4th

7:30 am - 8:00 am Continental Breakfast  
  Foyer, 3rd floor Ocean Tower  
8:00 am - 9:30 am Session III NeuroAIDS and minor neurocognitive disorders
  Ocean Tower Ballroom II, Salons B and C, 3rd floor Ocean Tower  
  Session Chairs Ronald Ellis and Elyse Singer
8:00 am - 8:25 am Kevin Robertson
(Plenary Address)
Neurocognitive disorders in HIV
8:30 am - 8:55 am Renaud Du Pasquier Prevalence of cognitive disorders in HIV+ patients with long-term suppression of viremia
9:00 am - 9:25 am Louise Pemberton Viral heterogeneity within the V3 loop of HIV-1 CSF isolates correlates with
HIV-associated dementia (HAD)
9:30 am - 10:00 am Coffee Break  
  Foyer, 3rd floor Ocean Tower  
10:00 am - 11:30 am Session IV Substance abuse and other co-morbidities
  Ocean Tower Ballroom II, Salons B and C, 3rd floor Ocean Tower  
  Session Chairs Howard Gendelman and Sunhee Lee
10:00 am - 10:25 am Johnny He
(Plenary Address)
HIV infection, drug abuse, and the brain
10:30 am - 10:55 am Anil Kumar HIV-1 Nef mediated induction of MCP-1 and cumulative effect of methamphetamine in astrocytes
11:00 am - 11:25 am Michael Nonnemacher Modulation of HIV-1 replication by μ-opioid and cAMP pathways in human bone marrow progenitor cells
11:30 am - 12:00 pm Special Lecture 4  
  Ocean Tower Ballroom II, Salons B and C, 3rd floor Ocean Tower  
  Charles Weissmann Transmissible encephalopathies and prions
  Introduction Eugene O. Major
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Investigators-in-Training Session II  
  Ocean Tower Ballroom II, Salons B and C, 3rd floor Ocean Tower  
  Session Chairs Ruth Brack-Werner and Joseph Mankowski
12:00 pm - 12:10pm Pornpun Vivithanaporn Antiepileptic drug use in HIV infection: Clinical outcomes and immune effects
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm Gurudutt Pendyala Proteomic profiling of cerebrospinal fluid reveals potential neuropathogenic changes in NeuroAIDS
12:30 pm - 12:40 pm Toni Roberts The role of cell adhesion molecules in HIV-1 neuropathology
12:45 pm - 12:55 pm Jonathan Pitcher Role of ferritin heavy chain and opiates in NeuroAIDS
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Lunch Break (on your own)  
2:00 pm - 3:50 pm Workshop Vaccines & neuropathogenesis
  Salon 1A, 1st floor Ocean Tower  
  Workshop Chairs Eckhard Podack and David Weiner
2:00 pm - 2:25 pm David Weiner Putting lipstick on a pig: Improving the immune potency of DNA vaccines for infectious diseases
2:30 pm - 2:55 pm Eckhard Podack Chaperone based vaccination against SIV stimulates powerful mucosal response
3:00 pm - 3:10 pm Pooja Jain DC-SIGN as a potential target to block HTLV-1 transmission and infection
3:15 pm - 3:25 pm Guey Chuen Perng ICAM-5 modulates chemokines production in CNS during the course of herpes simplex virus type 1 infection
3:30 pm - 3:40 pm Ruth Itzhaki Herpes simplex virus type 1, apolipoprotein E, Alzheimer’s disease & antiviral treatment
3:40 pm - 3:50 pm Open Discussion  
2:00 pm - 3:50 pm Workshop Signal transduction & cellular/viral gene expression
  Salon 1B, 1st floor Ocean Tower  
  Workshop Chairs Edward Harhaj and Ken Tyler
2:00 pm - 2:25 pm Edward Harhaj Mechanisms of persistent NF-kB activation by HTLV-I Tax
2:25 pm - 2:35 pm Rick Meeker Stabilizing intracellular calcium regulation with novel neurotrophin mimetics provides potent neuroprotection against gp120-induced macrophage toxins
2:35 pm - 2:45 pm Penny Clarke Gene expression in the brain during virus-induced encephalitis
2:45 pm - 2:55 pm Claudia Detje Local IFNAR signaling protects against virus spread within the central nervous system
2:55 pm - 3:05 pm J. David Beckham Reovirus activates BMP signaling pathways in vitro and in vivo which contribute to neuronal survival following infection
3:05 pm - 3:15 pm Erick Tatro Alteration of gene regulatory networks through microRNAs in frontal cortex of HIV-infected individuals
3:15 pm - 3:25 pm Scott Schachtele Herpes simplex virus infection of microglial cells triggers oxidative stress responses and damage via Toll-like receptor 2
3:25 pm - 3:50 pm Open Discussion  
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Special Lectures 5-7  
  Ocean Tower Ballroom II, Salons B and C, 3rd floor Ocean Tower  
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm Special Lecture 5  
  Ken Tyler Mechanisms of virus-induced CNS injury and neuronal cell death
  Introduction Micheline McCarthy
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Special Lecture 6 Psychoneuroimmunology
  Jeanette Marketon Neural-immune interactions: Glucocorticoid receptors as a target for infectious agents
  Introduction Mahendra Kumar
5:00 pm - 5:30 pm Special Lecture 7 Paradigm Builder Lectureship
  Nigel Fraser Herpes simplex virus – a tale of two states
  Introduction James Lokensgard
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Networking Reception  
  Sponsored by the Women in NeuroVirology Committee (WIN)  
  Salon 2A, 3rd floor Ocean Tower  
8:00 pm Evening in Miami Beach