Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm
Keynote Session: Global Impacts of Viruses and Methods to Propel Research Forward
Discussion Leader: Adam Caparco (University of California San Diego, United States)
3:15 pm - 3:55 pm
Barney Graham (Morehouse School of Medicine, United States)
"Structure-based Vaccine Development for Pathogens of Global Health Importance"
3:55 pm - 4:00 pm
Discussion
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Poster Session
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Viral Assembly and Entry Pathways
Discussion Leader: Fouzia Bano (Umeå University , Sweden)
5:30 pm - 5:45 pm
Nathalie Lavoie (Tufts University School of Medicine, United States)
"Structure of the Herpesvirus Nuclear Egress Coat In Situ"
5:45 pm - 5:50 pm
Discussion
5:50 pm - 6:15 pm
Amelia Paine (Harvard University, United States)
"How do Virus-like Particles Disassemble?"
6:15 pm - 6:20 pm
Discussion
6:20 pm - 6:45 pm
Gonen Golani (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
"IFITM3 blocks Viral Entry by Sorting Lipids and Stabilizing Hemifusion"
6:45 pm - 6:50 pm
Discussion
6:50 pm - 7:05 pm
Dario Conca (Umeå University, Sweden)
"Role of Binding Avidity and Membrane Complexity in the Attachment of SARS-CoV-2 Variants"
7:05 pm - 7:10 pm
Discussion
7:10 pm - 7:25 pm
Mikail Levasseur (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
"Engineering Nonviral Protein Cages for Delivery Applications"
7:25 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Recent Advancements in Virus Biomimicry
Discussion Leader: Paige Pistono (UC Berkeley, United States)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Ivonne González-Gamboa (University of California, San Diego, United States)
"Inter Coat Protein Molecule Loading into TMGMV"
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am
Puspangana Singh (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur), India)
"Enhanced Calcium Sensitivity in Evolved SARS-CoV-2 Strains for Fusion and Entry"
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Ayesha Amjad (Indiana University Bloomington, United States)
"Constructing the Phase Diagram of Multi-core Virus-like Particles"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:10 am
Fouzia Bano (Umeå University , Sweden)
"Sulfation Patterns of Heparan Sulfate Modulate the Interactions Between Human Papillomavirus and Cell Surface Glycosaminoglycans"
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Elana Super (University of Manchester, United Kingdom)
"Developing Novel Broad-Spectrum Virucidal Antiviral Polymers"
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 10:40 am
Sophie Shoemaker (UC Berkeley, United States)
"The SARS-CoV-2 Spike Reversibly Samples an Open-Trimer Conformation Exposing Novel Epitopes"
10:40 am - 10:45 am
Discussion
10:45 am - 10:55 am
Matti Pronker (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
"Carbohydrate Receptor Binding Triggers Spike Opening in a Common Cold Betacoronavirus"
10:55 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Where Can Your Degree Take You?
Discussion Leaders: Kerstin Seier (Umea University, Sweden) and Nicolas Moreno (Basque Center for Applied Mathematics, Spain)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Where Can Your Degree Take You?
Johnna Frierson (Duke University of School of Medicine, United States)
Barney Graham (Morehouse School of Medicine, United States)
Kimberly McCoy (NPR, United States)
Aysu Uygur (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, United States)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes