Berlin International Influenza Virus Conference

Historical Lecture Hall
“Old Zootomy“
Directions by public transport (BVG)
Underground to station U-Bahnhof Oranienburger Tor (U6)
S-Bahn (S1, S2, S25) or regional trains (RE or RB) to S-Bahnhof Friedrichstraße
by car
best approach through Invalidenstraße, Hessische and Hannoversche Straße;
use main gate to Veterinary Medicine City Campus at Philippstr.13,
located about 150 m southeast of Charité main building in City Centre
Berlin International
Influenza Virus
Conference
May 26th to 29th 2005
Partner Hotels
Speakers´ Hotel: Apart Hotel Residenz Deutsches Theater,
Reinhardstr. 27a
Jolly Hotel Vivaldi, Friedrichstraße 96
Accro Suitenhotel Berlin, Potsdamer Platz (S1, U2)
Conference Office (Registration)
Old Zootomy
Free University Berlin
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine City Campus
Philippstr.13, 10115 Berlin, Germany
Meeting Secretary Ms. Ilsabe Grunwald
Tel 0049 (0)30 2093 6468
Fax 0049 (0)30 2093 6171
Contact:
[email protected] or [email protected]
“Old Zootomy”
Original Lecture Hall, Berlin Veterinary Faculty 1790
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Free University Berlin
Society of Virology
German Veterinary Medical Association
Organising Committee
Michael F.G. Schmidt, Jürgen Dämmgen and Ralph T. Schwarz
Scientific Board
Sir John Skehel, Hans-Dieter Klenk, Robert G. Webster
Sponsored by
Boehringer-Ingelheim
Programme
Thursday, 26th May 2005
15:00 – 18:00 Registration at Historical Lecture Hall “Old Zootomy”,
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, City Campus
19:30
Reception for speakers, Puccini Room, Jolly Hotel Vivaldi
15:20 Peter Plagemann (USA) Origin of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory
Syndrome Virus (PRRS)
15:40 Wolfgang Garten (D)
Structural studies of Borna Virus proteins
16:00 Anthony I. Magee (GB)
Lipid rafts and immune defence
16:30 Debi P. Nayak (USA)
Role of lipid rafts in virus assembly and budding
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Discussion and closing remarks
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Evening Programme Friday
Friday, 27th May 2005
Venue: Historical Lecture Hall “Old Zootomy”
Registration from 08:00
Influenza Viruses in a Global Context – Part I
09:00 Dieter Lenzen
President, Free University Berlin
09:10 Alan Kendal (USA)
Influenza viruses - historical background
09:25 Chris Scholtissek (D)
Dissecting the influenza virus genome
10:05 Gerd Hobom (D)
Reverse genetics with influenza viruses
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Coffee Break
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10:50 Sylvie van der Werf (F)
Extremities of influenza virus segments
11:10 Stefan Ludwig (D)
Virus infection and cellular signalling
11:25 Jürgen Stech (D)
New approach for a live virus vaccine
using reverse genetics on the HA-gene
11:40 Hans-Dieter Klenk (D)
Cleavage activation of the influenza virus
HA and other viral glycoproteins
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Lunch at the Charité Cafeteria
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Intellectual Seeding Session – New Impulses
from Cell Biology and Biochemistry?
13:20 M. F. G. Schmidt (D)
Protein lipidation - from viruses to
receptor function
13:40 Ralph T. Schwarz (D)
Glycosylation - lessons from viruses and
protozoa
14:00 Georg Herrler (D)
Defining viral ligand–receptor interactions
14:20 Lukas Tamm (USA)
Fusion concepts - viral and vesicular
models
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Coffee Break
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Venue: La Matta restaurant, Jolly Hotel Vivaldi
19:00
19:30
23:00
Special lecture: “Fifty Years of Influenza Research”
Dinner
Coffee
Saturday, 28th May 2005
Venue: Historical Lecture Hall “Old Zootomy”
Influenza Viruses in a Global Context – Part II
09:00 Sir John Skehel (GB)
09:45 Mikhail Matrosovich (D)
HA-structure – form and function
Receptor specificity, host range and cellular
tropism of influenza viruses
10:00 Andreas Herrmann (D)
Stability of the HA-Ectodomain
10:15 N.N.
to be selected from abstracts submitted
10:30 Olga Popova (I)
New trends in flu vaccine development
10:45 Erich Hoffmann (USA)
Rapid generation of influenza virus vaccines
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Coffee Break
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11:20 Robert G. Webster (USA) Influenza - a close look at past and future
pandemics
12:00 Reinhard Kurth (D)
Preparation for pandemics - flu vaccines and
antivirals (lecture open to the press)
12:40 N.N.
Discussion and closing remarks
Evening Programme Saturday
Venue: Virchow´s Lecture Theatre “Ruine” at the Charité
18:00
Dinner followed by special programme:
“Influenza at its Best”