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Viral Evolution
Chair: Prof. Juan Cristina
Co-chair: Dr. Alla Rynditch
Invited Speakers: Prof. Eckard Wimmer and Prof. Raúl Andino
Program
14:00 – 14:50 “Linking genetic diversity to virus evolution: implications for
pathogenesis and antiviral strategies”. Prof. Raúl Andino.
14:50 – 15:00 Questions.
15:00 – 15:50 “Novel Genetics of RNA Viruses: Recoding Genomes by Changing Codon
Pair Bias”. Prof. Eckard Wimmer.
15:50 – 16:00 Questions.
16:00 – 16:15 “2009 H1N1 Pandemic Influenza A Virus evolution: the evolution that Darwin would have liked to study.” Prof. Juan Cristina.
16:15 – 16:30 “Genetic Variability and Evolution of Hepatitis C Virus”. M.Sc. Gonzalo Moratorio.
16:30 – 16:45 “Evolution of Dengue Virus in the South American region”. Lic. Álvaro Fajardo.
16:45 – 17:15 “Selection and characterization of human Respiratory Syncytial Virus escape mutants by immune and drug-induced pressure”. Lic. Santiago Mirazo and Lic. Lorena Tomé.
17:15 – 17:30 Questions, conclusions and remarks.
Raul Andino Pavlovsky
Professor. Department of Microbiology & Immunology,
University of California, San Francisco, USA.
Dr. Andino is a world wide known scientis in the field of Poliovirus research, iRNA and silencing and viral quasispecies and its relation with pathology in viral infections.
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Eckard Wimmer
Distinguished Professor. Department of Molecular Genetics &
Microbiology. Stony Brook University, New York, USA. Dr. Wimmer is a world
wide known scientist in the field of molecular biology of poliovirus and
hepatitis C virus replication and basis of picornaviral pathogenesis.
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