Enjoy breakfast at your leisure in the restaurant next to the hotel lobby. 

Presentations: 

• Genetic Signatures of Emergent P[8] VP4 Reassortant DS-1-like Human Rotaviruses
  • Sarah Esstman, Wake Forest University
• Comparative whole genome analysis reveals a heightened propensity for intra-genogroup reassortment in G9 rotaviruses in Malawi
  • Chimwemwe Mhango, Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme
• Viral metagenomics on urban wastewater allows genomic surveillance of rotaviruses and other viral pathogens
  • Mustafa Karatas, KU Leuven

Presentations: 

• Predicting host range of cystoviruses using phylogenetic inference
  • Lisa Bono, Texas Tech University
• A dsRNA mycovirus infection leads to hypovirulence in the red-band needle blight fungus
  • Ioly Kotta-Loizou, University of Hertfordshire
• Exploring the Complexities of Mycovirus Co-infection in Macrophomina phaseolina isolates, the pathogen responsible for Charcoals rot of soybean
  • Akhtar Ali, The University of Tulsa
• Dissecting Killer Yeast Systems: From Function to Genetic Diversity
  • Ricardo Manuel Fernandes Santos, NOVA School of Sciences and Technology - University of Lisbon

Presentations: 

• P4 NTPase in cystovirus phi6 genome packaging and transcription
  • Minna Poranen, University of Helsinki
• Structural analysis of yadonushi/yadokari viruses in fungi Rosellinia necatrix and Aspergillus foetidus
  • Jose Caston, CSIC
• Trypsin is a structural component of rotavirus particles.
  • Didier Poncet, INRAE-I2BC
• Fluorescent protein tags affect the condensation properties of a phase-separating viral protein
  • Russell Barkley, Cornell University

Presentations: 

• Structural determinants of rotavirus proteolytic activation
  • Daniel Luque, The University of New South Wales
• Structural and functional analysis of infectious bursal disease virus VP4 helical assemblies
  • Juan Manuel Martínez Romero, National Center for Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC)
• Contrasting features of VP3 of group A and C rotaviruses
  • Sue E Crawford, Baylor College of Medicine
• Structural characterization of the infectious bursal disease virus replication machinery
  • Jose Maria Fernandez Palacios, National Center for Biotechnology

Presentations: 

• Modulation of Oral Rotavirus Vaccine Replication in Infants by the Intestinal Microbiome
  • Lakshmi Somasundaram, Baylor College of Medicine
• Investigating NSP4-Mediated Calcium Signaling and Transcription Changes in Rotavirus Infection
  • Ethan Huleatt, Baylor College of Medicine
• Unveiling the functional significance of a novel form of rotavirus NSP2
  • Sue E Crawford, Baylor College of Medicine

Presentations: 

• Defining the Role of Interferon-Stimulated Genes in the Virus Entry Mechanism of Mammalian Reovirus
  • Megan Stanifer, University of Florida
• Rotavirus NSP4 Generates "Calcium Flares": Discrete, Hypermorphic Calcium Signals that Shape the Viral Microenvironment
  • Joseph Hyser, Baylor College of Medicine
• The recruitment of TRiC chaperonin in rotavirus viroplasms correlates with virus replication.
  • Catherine Eichwald, Institute of Virology, University of Zurich
• Reovirus recombination is highly selective, and its patterns are primarily determined by the identity of the viral gene segment.
  • Alejandra Flores, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Presentations: 

• Hidden rules in apparent disorder: diverse rotavirus A variants use distinct mechanisms to nucleate viral factories
  • Alexander Borodavka, University of Cambridge
• RNA Chaperone and Helix Destabilizing Activity of Mal de Río Cuarto Virus P9-1 Protein
  • Demian Monti, Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA)
• Infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) VP3 contains a predicted C-terminal intrinsically disordered region (IDR) that modulates the physical properties of virus factories (VFs)
  • Andrew Brodrick, University of Maryland College Park

Presentations: 

• Exploring the diversity and biocontrol potential of dsRNA bacteriophages
  • Sari Mäntynen, University of Helsinki
• The role of RNA-RNA interactions in selective genome packaging in rotavirus
  • Aidan Tollervey, University of Cambridge
• Investigating the effect of rotavirus NSP6 on mitochondrial membrane rigidity by phospholipid fatty acid analysis
  • Jayme Herbert, University of the Free State/Deltamune
• Assembly cofactor regulates RNA binding by the cystovirus phi6 RNA polymerase
  • Xiaoyu Sun, University of Helsinki
• The role of VP2 in the formation of Viroplasm-like structures across rotavirus species A to J
  • Ariana Cosic, Institute of Virology/University of Zurich

Presentations: 

• Rotavirus Exploits Endoplasmic Reticulum and Lipid Droplet Machinery to Facilitate Viroplasm Biogenesis
  • Sue Crawford, Baylor College of Medicine
• Mammalian orthoreovirus nonstructural protein µNS forms viral replication factories using liquid-liquid phase separation
  • Gavin Treadaway, University of Pittsburgh
• Virus-induced purinergic signaling amplifies type I & III interferon production and responses during rotavirus infection
  • Michael Eledge, Baylor College of Medicine
• Fucosidase activity modulates human rotavirus infection: insights from “in vitro” and “in vivo” models
  • Jesus Rodriguez-Diaz, Universitat de Valencia

Presentations: 

• The reovirus FAST proteins activate macropinocytic pathways to generate a cell-cell fusion synapse
  • Roy Duncan, Dalhousie University
• Genome-wide screen reveals non-lytic release of bacteriophage phi6
  • Madaline McPherson, Indiana University
• Mature reovirus virions associate with vesicular transport proteins to facilitate lysosome-mediated nonlytic egress
  • Gwen Taylor, University of Pittsburgh
• Virion aggregation shapes infection dynamics and evolutionary potential
  • Meher Sethi, Emory University

Presentations: 

• Virus infection induces immunostimulatory host cell-derived Alu dsRNAs
  • Kristen Ogden, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
• Reovirus σ3 modules the host response by promoting proteasomal degradation of inhibitor of kappaB kinase (IKK) complex
  • Pranav Danthi, Indiana University
• Bluetongue virus infection disrupts the DNA-sensing cGAS-STING axis to prevent type I IFN induction
  • Rojas Jose Manuel, CISA-INIA/CSIC
• Hypoxia increases intestinal epithelial cell susceptibility to rotavirus infection through repression of type III interferon
  • Sorin Jacobs, University of Florida

Presentations: 

• Comparative clinical, virological, and pathological features of equine rotavirus A G3P[12] and G14P[12] infection in suckling mice
  • Viviana Parreño, Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria
• Investigating the role of M cells in rotavirus immune response
  • Avan Antia, Washington University School of Medicine
• Rotavirus-specific intestinal resident memory T cells induced by oral vaccination in early-life mice play a role in disease protection
  • Catherine Montenegro Chávez, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
• Identification of novel virulence factors of pteropine orthoreovirus associated with discrimination between highly pathogenic and low pathogenic strains
  • Hayato Harima, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Shuttles will depart from the Crown Plaza Hotel front entrance at 5:40 PM

Presentations: 

• Identification of maternal, genetic and medical factors that influence rotavirus vaccine efficacy in a large-scale clinical trial in Vietnamese infants
  • Sarah Caddy, Baker Institute for Animal Health, Cornell University
• MVA viral vaccine vectors expressing VP2 or VP7 confer full protection against epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus in the IFNAR(-/-) mice model
  • Javier Ortego, CISA-INIA, CSIC
• Novel antibody-dependent intracellular neutralization assay to assess rotavirus vaccine efficacy
  • Sarah Woodyear, Cornell University
• A rotavirus VP4 or VP7 monoreassortant panel identifies genotypes that are less susceptible to neutralization by systemic antibodies induced by vaccination or natural infection
  • Tomohiro Kotaki, Osaka University

Presentations: 

• Microbiota-derived indole metabolites inhibit rotavirus infection in vitro, in vivo, and in humans
  • Vanessa Harris, Amsterdam University Medical Centers
• Exploring Viral Interactions in the Gut using Human Intestinal Enteroids: Co-infections Between Oral Rotavirus Vaccines and Enteroviruses
  • Xaira Rivera Gutierrez, Baylor College of Medicine
• Mechanisms of maternal antibody interference to oral rotavirus vaccination
  • Tawny Chandler, Baker Institute for Animal Health, Cornell University