Session 1:  Introduction and Overviews
Session 1:  (Chair, Stephen Hughes)

Jeffrey Strathern
Welcoming Remarks

* W. Ian Lipkin
Microbe Hunting in the 21st Century (Abstract)

* Derek Smith
The Global Evolution and Circulation of Influenza Viruses (Abstract)

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17

Session 2:  Viral Entry
Session 2:  (Chair, Rahm Gummuluru)

* Olivier Schwartz
Novel Insights into Mechanisms of HIV Cell-to-Cell Transfer: Role of "Polysynapses" (Abstract)

Christos Petropoulos
Co-receptor Utilization and env Sequence in Recent CXCR4-Tropic HIV-1 Infection (Abstract)

* Michael Rossmann
Peptide Inhibitors of Dengue and West Nile Virus Infectivity (Abstract)

Yutaka Takebe
Potent Inhibition of HCV Entry by Carbohydrate Binding Proteins (Abstract)

Session 3:  Nucleic Acid Replication
Session 3:  (Co-Chairs, Stefan Sarafianos and Kirsten White)

* Paul Ahlquist
Virus and Host Functions in RNA Virus Replication (Abstract)

* Max Nibert
The Reovirus Platform: Nonstructural Protein NS and Its Multiple Roles in Viral Factories (Abstract)

* Eddy Arnold
Complementary Mechanisms of Nucleoside Analog Resistance from Structural Studies of HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase (Abstract)

Michael Abram
Fidelity of HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase: The "Truth" Is out There…In Vivo! (Abstract)

Dwight Nissley
Fidelity of HIV-1 Reverse Transcription: RT Variants with Increased Levels of Mutation (Abstract)

* Nicolas Sluis-Cremer
Discovery, Structure-Activity-Resistance Relationships and Pharmacology of the 3'-Azido-2',3'-Dideoxypurines, a Potent Lead Class of Nucleoside Analogs Active against Drug-Resistant HIV-1 (Abstract)

Eleftherios Michailidis
Hypersensitivity of K65R HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase to 4'-Ethynyl-2-Fluoro Deoxyadenosine (EFdA) (Abstract)

Michaela Wendeler
New Lessons from HIV RNase H Inhibitors (Abstract)

Kyeongeun Lee
Regulation of HIV-1 Nuclear Import (Abstract)

Mamuka Kvaratskhelia
The Highly Dynamic Structure of Multimeric HIV-1 Integrase as a Novel Therapeutic Target (Abstract)

Henry Levin
Retrotransposon Tf1 Is Targeted to Pol II Promoters by Transcription Activators (Abstract)

* Alan Frankel
Assembly of Tat and Rev Complexes (Abstract)

Kevin Weeks
The Structure of an Entire HIV-1 RNA Genome (Abstract)

* Graham Hatfull
The Big Wide World of Bacteriophages: What Are They and How Did They Get to Be That Way? (Abstract)

Poster Session

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18

Session 4:  Assembly, Release, and Processing
Session 4:  (Co-Chairs, Mamuka Kvaratskhelia and Christos Petropoulos)

Olga Nikolaitchik
Trafficking and Dimerization of HIV-1 RNA: Investigations into Its Subcellular Localization and Export Requirements (Abstract)

Susana Valente
Inhibition of HIV-1 mRNA 3' End Cleavage by eIF3f (Abstract)

* Eric Poeschla
Simultaneous Imaging of Lentiviral Genomic RNA and Gag in Live Cells: Deciphering the Cell Biology of Encapsidation (Abstract)

* James Hurley
HIV-1 Budding and the ESCRT Complexes (Abstract)

Meng Sun
Retrovirus-Specific Differences in Protein-Nucleic Acid Interactions: Implications for Genomic RNA Packaging (Abstract)

Rachael Crist
Assembly Properties of HIV-1 Gag-Leucine Zipper Chimeras: Implications for Retroviral Assembly (Abstract)

John Purdy
Defining the Nucleation Step of Early Capsid Assembly (Abstract)

Benjamin Luttge
FIV Resistance to a Dominant-Negative Fragment of Tsg101 Maps to the Env Glycoprotein (Abstract)

* Juan Bonifacino
Mechanisms of CD4 Downregulation by the Nef Protein of Immunodeficiency Viruses (Abstract)

François Clavel
Differential Effect of Gag Determinants on Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Resistance to Protease Inhibitors and Replicative Capacity (Abstract)

* John E. Johnson
Designer Virus Particles as Multi-Valent Presentation Systems for Polypeptide and Protein Antigens (Abstract)

Session 5:  Novel Antiviral Strategies
Session 5:  (Co-Chairs, Henry Levin and Daria Hazuda)

* Paul Bieniasz
Tetherin, an Interferon-alpha Induced Inhibitor of Retrovirus Release That Is Antagonized by Vpu (Abstract)

Vinay Pathak
Distinct Domains within APOBEC3G and APOBEC3F Interact with Separate Regions of HIV-1 Vif (Abstract)

Gisela Heidecker
Retrovirus Resistance to APOBEC3 Restriction (Abstract)

Linda Chelico
Crystal Structure of the Anti-Viral APOBEC3G Catalytic Domain (CD2) and Its Functional Implications (Abstract)

* Michael Emerman
The Evolutionary Dynamics of APOBEC3 Function (Abstract)

* Abraham Brass
Using Functional Genomics to Find Host Proteins Required for HIV Replication (Abstract)

* Sumit Chanda
Global Analysis of Host-Pathogen Interactions That Regulate Early HIV-1 Replication (Abstract)

Poster Session

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19

Session 6:  Biology of Viral Infection
Session 6:  (Co-Chairs, François Clavel and Jonathan Stoye)

* Rolf Renne
KSHV-Encoded Micro-RNAs and Their Potential Role in Viral Biology and Pathogenesis (Abstract)

* Kanta Subbarao
Active and Passive Immunization against Avian Influenza Viruses (Abstract)

* Theodora Hatziioannou
Restriction Factors to HIV-1 Replication in Macaques (Abstract)

* Gary Nabel
AIDS Vaccines at a Crossroads: What Might the Future Hold? (Abstract)

Jason Dinoso
Treatment Intensification Does Not Reduce Residual HIV-1 Viremia in Patients on Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (Abstract)

Helene Mens
Single Genome Sequence Analysis of Plasma Viruses from HIV-1 Controllers Suggests Ongoing Low-level Replication (Abstract)

Yoshihiro Kitamura
Variants of JFH1 Strain of Hepatitis C Virus, Which Have Adapted to Cultured Huh7 Cells (Abstract)

John Coffin
Closing Remarks