Wednesday, 6th December 9th Australasian Virology Society Meeting 2017

• How gut microbes enhance enteric virus infection    - Julie Pfeiffer

• Introducing CrAssphage: Discovering virus that is present in half the people in the world!  - Rob Edwards

"Identification of Galectin-9 as an Anti-viral Lectin that Inhibits both Human Cytomegalovirus and Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Infections" Emily Machala

"Inhibition of replication, but poor genome editing of VACV by CRISPR/Cas9" Stewart Smith

"Discovery of New Drug Classes for HIV Treatment and Prevention:  Exploring Novel Reverse Transcriptase Allosteric Sites" George Mbogo

"Enhancement of influenza-specific immunity following intranasal co-administration of whole inactivated Influenza and pneumococcal vaccines" Shannon David

"An effective GAG mimetic against athritogenic alphaviral infection in primary host cells" Aroon Supramaniam

"Rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus 2 (GI.2) is replacing endemic strains of RHDV in the Australian landscape within 18 months of its arrival" Tanja Strive

• Characterization of influenza B virus variants with reduced neuraminidase inhibitor susceptibility - Rubaiyea Farrukee
• New HIV latency reversing agents that target novel gene expression pathways. - Damian Purcell
• SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACIDS ASSOCIATED WITH BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS FAIL TO ELICIT ANTI-INFLAMMATORY EFFECTS ON ECTOCERVICAL EPITHELIAL CELLS - David Delgado Diaz
• Inhibition of replication, but poor genome editing of VACV by CRISPR/Cas9 - Stewart Smith
• Rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus 2 (GI.2) is replacing endemic strains of RHDV in the Australian landscape within 18 months of its arrival - Robyn Hall
• In vitro screening with a library of West Nile viruses encoding artificial miRNAs targeting host antiviral genes identifies IFITM 3 as the major antiviral factor   - Faith Elizabeth Nanyonga
• Genetic diversity and Positive selection pressure on the E2 gene of classical swine fever virus in South Korea:Comparison of Recent and historical isolates during 1987-2017   - SeEun Choe
• Metagenomic arbovirus detection from mosquitoes using MinION sequencing - Jana Batovska
• Role of noncoding subgenomic RNAs derived from the viral 3’ untranslated region in Zika virus infection - Andrii Slonchak
• Recent emergence of two novel recombinant lagoviruses in Australian rabbits and hares - Robyn N Hall
• Localised outbreaks of epidemic polyarthritis among Australian Defence Force personnel in Shoalwater Bay Training Area (Central Queensland) in 2016 and 2017 due to different lineages of Ross River virus - jo Kizu
• In silico identification of human norovirus antivirals reveals a novel non-nucleoside inhibitor - Peter A White
• Stuck in the gut: a new clade of insect-specific flaviviruses from Australian Anopheles mosquitoes displays species-specific host-restriction - Agathe M. G. Colmant
• MNV manipulates the surface expression of MHC class I proteins - Svenja Fritzlar
• The poxvirus orf virus modulates the interferon response - Stephen B Fleming
• The role of interferon stimulated genes in the host response to human cytomegalovirus - Caroline L Ashley
• Nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of the West Nile virus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase is critical to infection - Adam J Lopez-Denman
• Discovery of New Drug Classes for HIV Treatment and Prevention:  Exploring Novel Reverse Transcriptase Allosteric Sites - George Mbogo
• Characterisation of E2-DHBVS Virus-like Particles as a Hepatitis C Virus Vaccine Candidate - Joey McGregor
• Structural Elucidation of the Rabies Virus P protein-STAT1 interface: The Molecular Basis for Immune Evasion - Gregory W Moseley
• West Nile virus encoding epitope-tagged NS2A protein as a tool to investigate the role of NS2A protein in virus-host interactions. - Parthiban Periasamy
• Role of Interferon Induced Transmembrane proteins in HIV-1 entry to target cells - Paula Ellenberg
• Enhancement of influenza-specific immunity following intranasal co-administration of whole inactivated Influenza and pneumococcal vaccines - Shannon C David
• Exploring the use of chimeric insect-specific viruses to develop safe and efficient vaccines against flavivirus pathogens - Laura J Vet
• Optimising lentiviral vectors for gene delivery - Anupriya Aggarwal
• Jak1 is essential for the human-mouse difference during HSV-1 infection - Yeu-Yang Tseng
• Interaction of VPg and the Host Cell Cycle - Alice McSweeney
• Varicella zoster virus ORF63 inhibits apoptosis in both human neuronal and keratinocyte cell lines and changes its localisation upon apoptosis induction - Chelsea Gerada
• Elucidating the Role of Clade C HIV Env in the Infection of Cells Comprising the Viral Reservoir - Matthew Gartner
• Identification of Galectin-9 as an Anti-viral Lectin that Inhibits both Human Cytomegalovirus and Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Infections - Emily A Machala
• Dissecting human cytomegalovirus assembly and egress with systems biology - Rommel A Mathias
• Dengue and Zika Virus Infect Retinal Cells and Induce Differential Host Defense Gene Expression. - Gustavo Bracho
• Comparison of Koala retrovirus (KoRV) proviral DNA and viral RNA levels between Queensland and South Australian koalas - Nishat Sarker
• RRV ecology in Victoria - Peter Mee
• Gamma-ray Inactivated Whole Virus Vaccines: Concepts and Applications - Mohammed Alsharifi
• Investigation of the mechanisms and functions of Henipavirus Matrix protein nucleolar targeting - Tianyue Zhao
• An effective GAG mimetic against athritogenic alphaviral infection in primary host cells - Aroon Supramaniam
• Characterisation of broadly neutralizing antibody responses in subjects with repeated HCV clearance - Alexander PJ Underwood
• Neuroinvasion: Understanding the Mechanisms Used By Hendra Virus - Sarah J Edwards
• Generation of polyclonal sera against Wolbachia surface protein - Stacey Cheung
• Seroprevalence and Genetic Characterization of Hepatitis E virus (HEV) in Korean wild boars (Sus scrofa) - SeEun Choe
• A possible role for unconventional splicing enzymes in nonreplicative recombination of poliovirus. - Anna Shishova
• Subversion of subnucleolar protein function by Henipavirus Matrix protein: a novel mechanism to regulate ribosomal RNA biogenesis   - Stephen M Rawlinson
• The role of white adipose tissue in modulating the replication of murine cytomegalovirus - Pablo Garcia Valtanen