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12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
 
Registration Desk Open
Max Bell Building
Foyer
 
 
12:00 PM - 10:00 PM
 
Poster Set-Up
Kinnear Centre
Room 201/203/205
 
 
3:00 PM
 
Hotel Check-in
Professional Development Centre
Hotel Lobby
 
 
3:00 PM - 3:20 PM
 
dsRNA Viruses: Primer #1 - Overview of different dsRNA viruses
Max Bell Building
 
 
Session Chair & Speaker: John Parker - Cornell University
3:20 PM - 3:40 PM
 
dsRNA Viruses: Primer #2 - Structure and entry
Max Bell Building
 
 
Speaker: Pranav Danthi - Indiana University
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM
 
dsRNA Viruses: Primer #3 - RNA synthesis mechanisms of dsRNA viruses
Max Bell Building
 
 
Speaker: Sarah Esstman - Wake Forest University
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM
 
dsRNA Viruses: Primer #4 - Reverse Genetics for dsRNA Viruses
Max Bell Building
 
 
Session Chair & Speaker: Kristen Ogden - Vanderbilt University Medical Center
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
 
Welcome Reception
Max Bell Building
Husky Energy Foyer / The Elder Tom Crane Bear Room
 
 
6:00 PM - 6:15 PM
 
Introduction and Welcome
 
 
 
 
6:15 PM - 7:15 PM
 
Keynote: Advances in non-lytic release of non-enveloped viruses
Max Bell Building
Auditorium
 
Nihal Altan-Bonnet - National Institutes of Health
7:15 PM - 9:15 PM
 
Dinner and Networking
Kinnear Centre
Husky Great Hall 103/105
 
 
7:30 AM - 8:45 AM
 
Breakfast
Vistas Dining Room
 

Breakfast buffet open for all attendees at their leisure, no formal programming.

 
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
 
Welcome Remarks
Kinnear Centre
Husky Great Hall 103/105
 
 
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
 
1A: The dsRNA Virosphere: Evolution and diversity
Kinnear Centre
Husky Great Hall 103/105

9:15 - 9:20 am

 Name: Jelle Matthijnssens
Topic: Introduction

9:20 - 9:45 am

 Name: Ioly Kotta-Loizou
Topic: Polymycoviridae: an emerging family of dsRNA viruses infecting fungi

9:45 - 10:00 am

 Name: Celeste Donato
Topic: Diversity of Zoonotic Rotavirus Strains in Australian Children and Adults

10:00 - 10:15 am

 Name: Hayoto Harima
Topic: Isolation and Characterization of a Nelson Bay Orthoreovirus from an Egyptian Fruit Bat in Zambia

 

    
Session Chair: Jelle Matthijnssens - KU Leuven
Session Chair & Speaker: Ioly Kotta-Loizou - Imperial College London
Speaker: Hayato Harima - Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Speaker: Celeste Donato - Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Speaker: Fulufhedzani Savhasa - Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
 
Coffee Break
Kinnear Centre
Husky Great Hall Foyer
 
 
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
 
1B: The dsRNA Virosphere: Evolution and diversity
Kinnear Centre
Husky Great Hall 103/105

10:45 - 10:50 am

 Name: Ioly Kotta Loizou
Topic: Introduction

10:50 - 11:15 am

 Name: Lisa Bono
Topic: There and Back Again: a Story of Virus Adaptation to a Changing Host Landscape

11:15 - 11:30 am

 Name: Akhtar Ali
Topic: Identification and Complete Genome Sequence of an Alternavirus from a Pathogenic Fungus Fusarium Nanum

11:30 - 11:45 am

 Name: Aase B. Mikalsen
Topic: Diversity of piscine toti-like viruses - Inter- and intra-host variability of PMCV from salmon suffering from myocarditis

11:45 am - 12:00 pm

 Name: Jose Caston
Topic: Inside the Capsid of L-A dsRNA Virus of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae
Session Chair & Speaker: Ioly Kotta-Loizou - Imperial College London
Speaker: Lisa Bono
Speaker: Akhtar Ali - The University of Tulsa
Speaker: Aase B Mikalsen - Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Speaker: Jose Caston - CSIC
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
 
Lunch
Vistas Dining Room
 
 
 
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
 
2A: Structure and function: Virions, genomes and proteins
Kinnear Centre
Husky Great Hall 103/105

1:30 - 1:35 pm

 Name: Liya Hu
Topic: Introduction

1:35 - 2:00 pm

 Name: Jason Kaelber
Topic: Genesis of Quasiequivalence-breaking in Reoviridae

2:00 - 2:15 pm

 Name: Minna Poranen
Topic: Stepwise Activation of Semiconservative Intra-Capsid Transcription in a dsRNA Virus

2:15 - 2:30 pm

 Name: Kristen Ogden
Topic: In the FAST Lane: Multiple Rotavirus Species Encode Functional Fusion-associated Small Transmembrane Proteins

2:30 - 2:45 pm

 Name: David Gil-Cantero
Topic: Organization of Genomic dsRNA Inside the Capsid of the Mycovirus Penicillium Chrysogenum Virus
Session Chair & Speaker: Liya Hu - Baylor College of Medicine
Speaker: Jason Kaelber - Rutgers
Session Chair & Speaker: Kristen Ogden - Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Speaker: Minna Poranen - University of Helsinki
Speaker: David Gil-Cantero - CSIC
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM
 
Coffee Break
Kinnear Centre
Husky Great Hall Foyer
 
 
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
 
2B: Structure and function: Virions, genomes and proteins
Kinnear Centre
Husky Great Hall 103/105

3:00 - 3:05 pm

 Name: Kristen Ogden
Topic: Introduction

3:05 - 3:30 pm

 Name: Liya Hu
Topic: The Battle Between Rotavirus and Humans at Atomic Levels

3:30 - 3:45 pm

 Name: Gabriela Llauger
Topic: Donut-Shaped Decamers and Dodecamers from Mal de Río Cuarto Virus P9-1 Reveal the Structural Versatility of a Major Viroplasm Protein

3:45 - 4:00 pm

 Name: Danica Sutherland
Topic: The Human Neuronal Receptor NgR1 Bridges Reovirus Capsid Proteins to Initiate Infection

4:00 - 4:15 pm

 Name: Alexander Borodavka
Topic: Viral Ribonucleoprotein Condensates and RNA
Partitioning as Paradigms for Multi-Segmented Genome
Assembly
Session Chair & Speaker: Kristen Ogden - Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Session Chair & Speaker: Liya Hu - Baylor College of Medicine
Session Chair & Speaker: Alexander Borodavka - University of Cambridge
Speaker: Gabriela Llauger - National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA)
Speaker: Danica Sutherland - University of Pittsburgh
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM
 
3-min Presentations
Kinnear Centre
Husky Great Hall 103/105

Poster presenters provide 3-minute overview of poster topic. 

 
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
 
Poster Session
Kinnear Centre
Room 201/203/205
 
 
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
 
Dinner Networking
Kinnear Centre
Husky Great Hall 103/105
 
 
8:30 PM - 9:30 PM
 
Ad Hoc Sessions
Kinnear Centre
Husky Great Hall 103/105
 
 
7:45 AM - 9:00 AM
 
Breakfast
Vistas Dining Room
 

Breakfast buffet open for all attendees at their leisure, no formal programming.

 
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
 
3A: Virus replication: Virus entry, exit and everything in between
Kinnear Centre
Husky Great Hall 103/105

 

9:00 - 9:05 am

 Name: Alex Borodavka
Topic: Introduction

9:05 - 9:30 am

 Name: John Parker
Topic: Spatiotemporal Host Responses During Reovirus-Induced Myocarditis

9:30 - 9:45 am

 Name: Justine Kniert
Topic: Reovirus Assembly is Spatially and Temporally Segregated

9:45 - 10:00 am

 Name: Andrew Broadbent
Topic: Birnaviridae Virus Factories are not Membrane Bound, Display Liquid-Like Properties, and are Distinct from the Paracrystalline Arrays Observed by Transmission Electron Microscopy

10:00 - 10:15 am

 Name: Marc Guimera Busquets
Topic: Infection with One Bluetongue Virus Strain (BTV) Restricts Superinfection with a Second BTV Strain During Asynchronous Infection in Both Mammalian and Insect Cells
Session Chair & Speaker: Alexander Borodavka - University of Cambridge
Abstract Presenter: Justine Kniert - University of Alberta
Speaker: Marc Guimera Busquets - The Pirbright Institute
Session Chair & Speaker: John Parker - Cornell University
Speaker: Andrew Broadbent - University of Maryland
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
 
Coffee Break
Kinnear Centre
Husky Great Hall Foyer
 
 
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
 
3B: Virus replication: Virus entry, exit and everything in between
Kinnear Centre
Husky Great Hall 103/105

10:45 - 10:50 am

 Name: John Parker
Topic: Introduction

10:50 - 11:15 am

 Name: Alex Borodavka
Topic: Phase Separation in Replication of Viruses with Segmented RNA Genomes: from Observations to Opportunities'

11:15 - 11:30 am

 Name: Sarah Nichols
Topic: Mutation of Rotavirus NSP2 C-terminal Region Impacts Viroplasm Biogenesis and Maturation

11:30 - 11:45 am

 Name: Catherine Eichwald
Topic: Recruitment of TRiC Chaperonin in Rotavirus Viroplasms Directly Associates with Virus Replication

11:45 am - 12:00 pm

 Name: Jacob Perry
Topic: The Rotavirus NSP4 Viroporin Produces "Calcium Puffs" from the Endoplasmic Reticulum Early During Infection
Session Chair & Speaker: Alexander Borodavka - University of Cambridge
Speaker: Sarah Nichols - Wake Forest University
Speaker: Catherine Eichwald - Institute of Virology, University of Zurich
Speaker: Jacob Perry - Baylor College of Medicine
Session Chair & Speaker: John Parker - Cornell University
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
 
3-min Presentations
Kinnear Centre
Husky Great Hall 103/105

Poster presenters provide 3-minute overview of poster topic. 

 
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
 
Lunch
Vistas Dining Room
 
 
 
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
 
Option C: Johnston Canyon Tour
Professional Development Centre
Hotel Lobby entrance
 
 
 
Option A: Banff Gondola
Professional Development Centre
Hotel Lobby entrance
 
 
 
Option D: Hot Springs
Professional Development Centre
Hotel Lobby entrance
 
 
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
 
Option B: Open Top Banff Tour
Professional Development Centre
Hotel Lobby entrance
 
 
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
 
Dinner and Networking
Kinnear Centre
Husky Great Hall 103/105
 
 
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
 
Jean Cohen Lecture: The Replication Cycle of Bluetongue Virus Reveals its Secrets, and Those it Shares with Rotavirus
Kinnear Centre
Husky Great Hall 103/105
 
Speaker: Polly Roy - London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
8:30 PM - 10:00 PM
 
Poster and Drinks
Kinnear Centre
Room 201/203/205
 
 
7:45 AM - 9:00 AM
 
Breakfast
Vistas Dining Room
 

Breakfast buffet open for all attendees at their leisure, no formal programming.

 
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
 
4A: Combatting and exploiting dsRNA viruses
Kinnear Centre
Husky Great Hall 103/105

 

9:00 - 9:05 am

 Name: Takeshi Kobayashi
Topic: Introduction

9:05 - 9:30 am

 Name: John Patton
Topic: Boundless Flexibility of the Rotavirus Genome

9:30 - 9:45 am

 Name: Takahiro Kawagishi
Topic: Exploiting Recombinant Rotaviruses as an Intestinal Vaccine Vector to Express Heterologous Antigens from Enteric Pathogens

9:45 - 10:00 am

 Name: Francisca Cristi Muñoz
Topic: Super Virus 5: an improved oncolytic reovirus mutant that spreads better without replicating faster

10:00 - 10:15 am

 Name: Asha Philip
Topic: Development of a Reverse Genetics System for the Rotarix G1P[8] Rotavirus Strain RIX4414 Advances the Development of Next-Generation Combination Vaccines
Session Chair: Takeshi Kobayashi - Department of Virology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University
Speaker: John Patton - Indiana University
Speaker: Takahiro Kawagishi - Stanford University
Speaker: Francisca Cristi Munoz - University of Alberta
Speaker: Asha Philip - Indiana University
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
 
Coffee Break
Kinnear Centre
Husky Great Hall Foyer
 
 
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
 
4B: Combatting and exploiting dsRNA viruses
Kinnear Centre
Husky Great Hall 103/105

 

 

10:45 - 10:50 am

 Name: Viviana Parreno
Topic: Introduction

10:50 - 11:15 am

 Name: John Lewis
Topic: Development of a COVID-19 DNA Vaccine Formulated with the Fusion-Associated Small Transmembrane Protein Proteolipid Vehicle Delivery System

11:15 - 11:30 am

 Name: Megan Stanifer
Topic: Type-III and Not Type-I Interferons Efficiently Prevent the Spread of Rotavirus in Human Intestinal Epithelial Cells

11:30 - 11:45 am

 Name: Jonathan Mandolo
Topic: Maternal Breast Milk Microbiota Negatively Correlates with the Immunogenicity of Rotavirus Vaccine in Malawi: a prospective cohort study

11:45 am - 12:00 pm

 Name: Ming Tan
Topic: An Pseudovirus Nanoparticle-Based Trivalent Rotavirus Vaccine Candidate Elicits High and Broad Immune Responses Towards the Predominant Rotavirus P Types

 

Session Chair: Viviana Parreño - National Institute of Agricultural Technology Argentine
Speaker: John Lewis - Entos Pharmaceuticals
Speaker: Megan Stanifer - University of Florida
Speaker: Jonathan Mandolo - Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust
Speaker: Ming Tan - Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Speaker: Jacqueline Tate - Centers for Disease Control
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
 
Lunch and Networking
Vistas Dining Room
 
 
 
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
 
5A: Rotavirus Vaccine
Kinnear Centre
Husky Great Hall 103/105

 

1:30 - 1:35

 Name: Carl Kirkwood
Topic: Ruth Bishop Acknowledgement

1:35 - 1:40

 Name: Baoming Jiang/Carl Kirkwood 
Topic: Introduction

1:40 - 2:00

 Name: Jackie Tate
Topic: Global Rotavirus Vaccine Introduction and Impact

2:00 - 2:15

 Name: Venkata Raghava Mohan
Topic: Indian Experience - impact and effectiveness of Indian Rotavirus vaccines

2:15 - 2:30

 Name: Celeste Donato
Topic: Update on RV3 Vaccine

2:30 - 2:45

 Name: Vanessa Harris
Topic: Understanding Oral Rotavirus Vaccine Performance in Low- and Middle-income Countries 

2:45 - 3:00

 Name: Sasirekha Ramani
Topic: Human Intestinal Enteroids Recapitulate Interference Between Poliovirus and Rotavirus Vaccines
Session Chair: Baoming Jiang - CDC Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Speaker: Venkata Raghava Mohan - Christian Medical College
Speaker: Celeste Donato - Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Speaker: Vanessa Harris - Amsterdam Institute for Global Health, AMC, UvA
Speaker: Sasirekha Ramani - Baylor College of Medicine
2:55 PM - 3:25 PM
 
Coffee Break
Kinnear Centre
Husky Great Hall Foyer
 
 
3:25 PM - 4:55 PM
 
5B: Rotavirus Vaccine
Kinnear Centre
Husky Great Hall 103/105

 

3:25 - 3:30

 Name: Baoming Jiang/Carl Kirkwood
Topic: Introduction

3:30 - 3:55

 Name: Harry Greenberg
Topic: Recent Advances in Immune Mechanisms Against Rotavirus

3:55 - 4:10

 Name: James Platts Mills
Topic: Burden of Rotavirus Disease in Low- and Middle-Income Countries in the Post-Vaccination Era

4:10 - 4:25

 Name: Chris Gast
Topic: NRRV Update

4:25 - 4:40

 Name: Baoming Jiang
Topic: Inactivated Rotavirus Vaccine for Intramuscular and Intradermal Administration

4:40 - 4:55

 Name: Lijuan Yuan
Topic: mRNA-Based Trivalent P2-VP8* Rotavirus Candidate Vaccines are Highly Immunogenic and Confer Protection in a Gnotobiotic Pig Model of Human Rotavirus Infection and Diarrhea
Session Chair: Carl Kirkwood - Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Session Chair: Baoming Jiang - CDC Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Speaker: James Platts-Mills - University of Virginia
Speaker: Chris Gast - PATH
Speaker: Harry B. Greenberg - Stanford University School of Medicine
Speaker: Lijuan Yuan - Virginia Tech
4:55 PM - 5:15 PM
 
Group Photo
 
 

Group photo on the lawn just outside the Kinnear Centre. 

 
5:15 PM - 6:20 PM
 
Free Time
 
 
 
 
6:20 PM - 6:55 PM
 
Shuttles
 
 
 
 
7:00 PM - 11:15 PM
 
Dinner & Dance
Mountview BBQ
 

Tickets for the Dinner & Dance are included in the registration fee. Additional guest tickets can be purchased through the registration form. 

Shuttles for the Dinner & Dance will depart from the lobby of the Professional Development Centre on a 15 minute rotation. 

 
7:45 AM - 9:00 AM
 
Breakfast
Vistas Dining Room
 

Breakfast buffet open for all attendees at their leisure, no formal programming.

 
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
 
6A: Surviving & thriving: Virus-host relationships
Kinnear Centre
Husky Great Hall 103/105

9:00 - 9:05 am

 Name: Joe Hyser
Topic: Introduction

9:05 - 9:30 am

 Name: Anastasia Vlasova (Kristen)
Topic: Carbohydrate Mediated Interactions Between Rotavirus
and Intestinal Epithelial Cells

9:30 - 9:45 am

 Name: Liliana Sánchez-Tacuba
Topic: Dissecting the Role of the Rotavirus VP4 Attachment Protein in Host Range Restriction Using Recombinant Murine-Like RVs and an in Vivo Suckling Mouse Model.A

9:45 - 10:00 am

 Name: Gudam Kwon
Topic: Phenome-Based Investigation on the Transcription Factors of Fusarium Graminearum Associated with Fusarium Graminearum Virus 2 Infection

10:00 - 10:15 am

 Name: Francesca Scribano
Topic: Intercellular Calcium Dysregulation in Rotavirus and Beyond
Session Chair & Speaker: Dr. Joe Hyser - Baylor College of Medicine
Speaker: Liliana Sanchez Tacuba - Stanford University
Speaker: Gudam Kwon - Seoul National University
Speaker: Francesca Scribano - Baylor College of Medicine
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
 
Coffee Break
Kinnear Centre
Husky Great Hall Foyer
 
 
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
 
6B: Surviving & thriving: Virus-host relationships
Kinnear Centre
Husky Great Hall 103/105

 

10:45 - 10:50 am

 Name: Mariana Del Vas
Topic: Introduction

10:50 - 11:15 am

 Name: Sue Crawford
Topic: Human Intestinal Organoid Infections Reveal Unexpected Rotavirus Interactions

11:15 - 11:30 am

 Name: Marie Hagbom
Topic: Rotavirus Downregulates the Sympathetic Nerve Activity of the Ileum Early in Infection, Simultaneously with Increased Intestinal Transit and Altered Brain Activities

11:30 - 11:45 am

 Name: Steeve Boulant
Topic: Rotavirus-Induced Intercellular Calcium Waves Spatially Delineate Spreading of Rotavirus in Intestinal Epithelial Cells

11:45 am - 12:00

 Name: Megan Cole
Topic: Bluetongue Virus Exploits Interactions with Bacteria and Bacterial Compounds to Enhance Infection of Natural Host Cells
Session Chair: Mariana del Vas - Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA)
Speaker: Sue Crawford - Baylor College of Medicine
Taiyun Wei
Speaker: Marie Hagbom - Linköping University
Speaker: Steeve Boulant - University of Florida
Speaker: Megan Cole - The Pirbright Institute and The University of Edinburgh
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
 
Closing Remarks
Kinnear Centre
Husky Great Hall 103/105
 
 
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
 
Lunch and Departure
Professional Development Centre