July 29- August 2, 2001

2001 International Meeting on Hepatitis B Viruses

Agenda

The 2001 meeting on the Molecular Biology of hepatitis B viruses will be held at the University of Massachusetts- Amherst, on July 29 to August 2, 2001. The meeting organizers are Betty Slagle (Baylor College of Medicine) and Michael Roggendorf (University of Essen). We invite you and your colleagues to attend the meeting and submit abstracts on new, unpublished material.

Lectures and poster sessions will take place in the auditorium of the Murray D. Lincoln Campus Center, with meals served in the same building.

The first scientific session will begin at approximately 7 PM Sunday evening, July 29. The last session will end at 12 noon on Thursday, August 2.

All areas of hepadnavirus and delta virus research will be covered, including the following topics.

New models and virus entry
Virus replication: DNA synthesis

Virus replication: RNA synthesis

Trafficking, assembly, and morphogenesis
Hepatitis Delta Virus
Virus-host Interactions: Pathogenesis
Virus-host interactions: Immune Response
Virus-host interactions: Regulatory Proteins
Virus-host interactions: Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Viral variants
Prophylaxis and therapy: Immunomodulation
Prophylaxis and therapy: Antivirals

 


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