Tuesday, 5th December 9th Australasian Virology Society Meeting 2017

Nigel McMillan & Peter Speck

• Insights into the assembly of the tombusvirus replicase: the role of co-opted host proteins and lipids - Peter Nagy

"The host anti-viral protein viperin positively augments the innate immune response against DNA viruses" Keaton Crosse

"Does HSV ICP47 block antigen presentation in mice?" Thilaga Velusamy

"Ebola virus VP24 protein antagonises signalling by interleukin-6 family cytokines by targeting STAT3" Angela Harrison

"A Subunit Vaccine Strategy To Combat Ebola Virus" Andrew Young

"Infectious DNAs of insect-specific flaviviruses enable identification of pre- and post-entry host restrictions in vertebrate cells" Thisun Piyasena

"CRISPR/Cas9 genome wide KO screen approach to identify novel host factors for ZIKV replication" Byron Shue

"Phosphoinositides are redistributed and upregulated in Mouse Norovirus Infection" Nathan Kenney

"Expression of MicroRNA by Human Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells in Response to Infection with Ebola Virus" Genevieve Oliver

• A novel glycan deletion mutation in HIV-1 Env enhances exposure of 4 key broad neutralization epitopes. - Andy Poumbourios
• Expression of MicroRNA by Human Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells in Response to Infection with Ebola Virus - Genevieve F Oliver
• Plasmacytoid dendritic cells: responses to HIV during initial infection - Orion Tong
• The pathway to a candidate Zika vaccine – generation and characterization of Zika-VLPs - Julio Carrera
• Single Cell Analysis of Interferon-α Stimulation and Hepatitis C Virus Infection - Colt Nash
• Gene Expression of Intrinsic Apoptotic Pathway in  Neutrophils and CD4 T-lymphocytes during HIV Infection and Therapy - Saif Ullah Munshi
• Phosphoinositides are redistributed and upregulated in Mouse Norovirus Infection - Nathan D Kenney
• Transcriptome profiling of crocodile liver cells stimulated with viral mimics highlights anti-viral pathways in non-mammalian hosts - Subir Sarker
• Lipid Droplet density alters early innate immune response to viral infection - Ebony A Monson
• The host anti-viral protein viperin positively augments the innate immune response against DNA viruses - Keaton M Crosse
• Nullbasic protects CD4⁺ Cells from HIV replication in vivo in a mouse model - Hongping Jin
• Tailoring the adaptive immune response through antibody complexed influenza vaccines - Ariel Isaacs
• CRISPR/Cas9 genome-wide KO screen approach to identify novel host factors for ZIKV replication - Byron Shue
• Use of the Focus Reduction Assay (FRA) to antigenically analyse circulating human Influenza A(H3N2) viruses - Heidi Peck
• Dengue Surveillance among WA Travellers Reveals Genotype Replacement of DENV-1 and Multiple Lineage Introductions of DENV-1 and DENV-2 in Bali, Indonesia - Harapan Harapan
• The first novel marsupial poxvirus from an Australian iconic kangaroo unveils deepest evolutionary relationship with human Molluscipoxvirus   - Subir Sarker
• Impact of Zika virus infection on the mosquito vector’s coding and non-coding RNAs - Sassan Asgari
• Substantial Receptor-induced Structural Rearrangement of Rotavirus Carbohydrate recognizing domain VP8*. - Rahul Mishra
• Ross River virus: does persisting virus and/or genome contribute to chronic disease? - Elisa X. Y. Lim
• Vector Competence of Australian Aedes aegypti for a Highly Divergent Dengue Virus Type 2 - Paul A Pickering
• Virus enrichment from recalcitrant tissues: dsRNA antibody tool optimised - Robin MacDiarmid
• Enhanced expression and purification of flavivirus NS1 - Renee Traves
• Infectious DNAs of insect-specific flaviviruses enable identification of pre- and post-entry host restrictions in vertebrate cells - Thisun BH Piyasena
• Structural and non-structural roles of the matrix protein of respiratory syncytial virus - Reena Ghildyal
• How can a largely buried hydrophobic motif of the rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus polymerase determine the subcellular localisation of the protein and its ability to change the architecture of the Golgi apparatus? - Michael Frese
• Role of NLRP3 inflammasome in murine norovirus detection and replication - Soroush T Sarvestani
• Trafficking roles for identified sorting motifs in the cytoplasmic tail of HSV-1 glycoprotein E - Christopher Denes
• The redundancy in anti-influenza viral mechanism and antagonism of host histone deacetylase ‘twins’ - Matloob Husain
• The NLRP3 inflammasome promotes hyperinflammation during severe influenza virus infections - Michelle Tate
• Mapping resistance to CCR5 antagonist maraviroc in clinical HIV-1 strains - Jacqueline Flynn
• Lyssavirus immune evasion - Celine Deffrasnes
• Ebola virus VP24 protein antagonises signalling by interleukin-6 family cytokines by targeting STAT3 - Angela Harrison
• Inhibiting the inhibitor: how do lyssavirus phosphoproteins inhibit interferon induction - Maria Aloi
• Identification and Characterisation of Novel Human Epidermal Mononuclear Phagocyte Populations; Implications for Transmission of HIV    - Hafsa Rana
• Entry Sites of Venezuelan and Western Equine Encephalitis Viruses in the Mouse Central Nervous System following Peripheral Infection - Aaron T Phillips
• Does HSV ICP47 block antigen presentation in mice? - Thilaga Velusamy
• GC content: a novel factor to consider when generating recombinant vaccinia virus - Matthew Witney
• miR-155-5p regulates dengue virus induced inflammation and infectious virus release in endothelial cells - Alexander M Abraham
• HIV-1 uncoating and reverse transcription requires eEF1A binding to surface exposed acidic residues of the reverse transcriptase thumb domain - Daniel J Rawle
• Discovery, characterization and functional analysis of novel WNV-derived small noncoding RNAs - Andrii Slonchak
• Influenza A virus infection is exacerbated in a mouse model of chronic inflammatory lung disease - Belinda J Thomas
• 2016/17 Boom Arbovirus Season for Victorian Arbovirus Disease Control Program - Peter Mee
• A Subunit Vaccine Strategy To Combat Ebola Virus - Andrew Young
• ‘Blood thirsty and ready to strike’ Mosquito and Arbovirus surveillance within a military training area - Christina Neuman
• FRNA bacteriophages for risk management of Australian oysters - Kate Hodgson
• Novel DNA vaccine formulations encoding secreted HCV-E1/E2 fused to the IMX313 or the IMX313P oligomerisation domain are immunogenic in mice. - Makutiro Masavuli
• Quality Assurance Program Review of HIV Detection - Grace Moyo
• Rapid molecular differentiation by pyrosequencing of the new B/Victoria-lineage deletion variants from other circulating human influenza B viruses - Hilda Lau
• Transkingdom interactions between Enteropathogenic E. coli and murine norovirus - Joshua Deerain
• Norovirus detection, quantification and genotyping in sera and faeces of hospitalised children with acute gastroenteritis, from Pará, Brazil. - Tulio M. Fumian
• Characterising Immune Response of Aedes albopictus Mosquito against Chikungunya Virus Infection - Ravi kiran Vedururu