| 7:30-8:30 a.m. |
Registration & Breakfast |
| 8:30-8:35 a.m. |
Opening Remarks |
| 8:35-9:05 a.m. |
"Defining Ebola Virus Vertical Transmission"
Wendy Maury, PhD, Professor
University of Iowa
|
| 9:05-9:35 a.m. |
"Bridging Laboratory and Field Approaches to Define the Role of Vertebrate Hosts in Flavivirus Transmission"
Anna Fagre, PhD, Assistant Professor
Iowa State University |
| 9:35-10:05 a.m. |
"Understanding the Interplay of the HCMV RL11 Glycoproteins in Cell Cate, Cellular Function, and Viral Infection"
Lindsey Crawford, PhD, Assistant Professor
University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
| 10:05-10:15 a.m. |
Break |
| 10:15-10:45 a.m. |
"Harnessing cell-type specific gene editing for a combinatorial HAART cell therapy"
Amanda Dudek, PhD, Assistant Professor
University of Iowa
|
| 10:45-11:15 a.m. |
"Novel Translation Mechanisms of Novel Plant Viruses"
W. Allen Miller, PhD, Professor
Iowa State University
|
| 11:15-12:15 p.m. |
Poster Session |
| 12:15-1:30 p.m. |
Lunch
Thermo Fisher Lunch & Learn
"Unlocking Cellular Secrets: The Power of Cryo-Tomography"
Optional Tour of The Hormel Institute |
| 1:30-2 p.m. |
"Influenza A (H5N1): Pathogenesis and Host‑Range Dynamics"
Joaquin Caceres, PhD, Assistant Professor
Iowa State University
|
| 2-2:30 p.m. |
"Arthropod-borne Orthoflavivirus Evolution and Transmission Are Shaped by Distinct Host Environments"
Nicole Sexton, PhD, Assistant Professor
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
|
| 2:30-3 p.m. |
"Elucidating the Role of IP6 in HIV-1 Assembly and Maturation"
Alex Kleinpeter, PhD, Assistant Professor
University of Iowa
|
| 3 p.m. |
Closing Remarks |
