Detailed Agenda - 10th International Symposium on Neurovirology
8:30 am - 10:00 am
Session XI
Prion diseases
Session chairs: Amanda Brown and Giorgio Palu
8:30 am
Adriano Aguzzi (plenary)
Molecular biology of mammalian prions
9:00 am
Giorgio Palu (plenary)
A Drosophila melanogaster model for human inherited prion diseases
9:30 am
Laura Manuelidis
Prion protein appears to function in neuron differentiation, nanotube contacts, and cell-to-cell transmission of TSE agents
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Special Lecture
Neurological Infections Lectureship
Introduction: Avindra Nath
10:00 am
James Kronstad
Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii: Sugar-coated agents of fungal meningitis
10:30 am – 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Workshop
Multiple sclerosis
Workshop Chairs: Pasquale Ferrante and Steven Jacobson
11:00 am
Antonio Uccelli
Stem cell transplantation in neurodegeneration
11:30 am
Bjorn Nexo
Involvement of the endogenous HERV-F(c)1 retroviral locus on the human X chromosome in the etiology of multiple sclerosis
11:45 am
Enrico Fainardi
Relevance of intrathecal oligoclonal anti-EBV antibodies in multiple sclerosis
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Session XII
Molecular therapeutics
Session chairs: Lena Al-Harthi and Joseph Steiner
12:00 pm
Premlata Shankar (plenary)
RNAi as a molecular weapon against HIV
12:30 pm
Samantha S. Soldan
La Crosse Virus replication and LACV-induced neuronal damage is decreased in minocycline treated primary rat neuronal cultures
12:45 pm
Jessica L. Reynolds
Targeted nanoparticles for gene silencing: HIV-1 and drugs of abuse
1:00 pm
Sara Louise Cosby
Measles virus regulation of suppressors of cytokine signaling (SOCS) proteins in the CNS
1:15 pm
Closing Remarks