<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="font-family: LucidaGrande;">Title: Viruses: Biology and Countermeasures </span><br style="font-family: LucidaGrande;"><span style="font-family: LucidaGrande;">Date & Time: Friday, December 12, 2014, 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM</span><br style="font-family: LucidaGrande;"><span style="font-family: LucidaGrande;">Location: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 136 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA</span><div style="font-family: LucidaGrande;">Admission: Registration is free but required.<br><div><div><a href="https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07e9zxieo475a89cb2&oseq=&c=&ch=">https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07e9zxieo475a89cb2&oseq=&c=&ch=</a></div><div><div><br></div><div>A light lunch will be provided.<div><br></div><div>Speakers:<br>:: Ian Wilson, The Scripps Institute<br>"Broad Neutralization of Influenza Virus and Implications for Vaccine Design"<br><br>::Sean Whelan, Harvard Medical School<br>"RNA synthesis machines of negative-strand viruses"</div><div><br>:: Stephen Cusack, EMBL/Grenoble<br>"Insights into RNA synthesis by influenza polymerase from the crystal structure of the complete heterotrimer"<br><br>::Brian Gowen, Utah State University</div><div>"Favipiravir – A Potential Broad-Spectrum Antiviral Agent Against RNA Viruses"<br><br>::Hans-Dieter Klenk, University of Giessen</div><div>"Host Proteases - Promoters of Influenza Virus Replication and Targets of Antiviral Therapy"<br><br>::Hidde Ploegh, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research<br>"New Strategies for Interfering with the Lifecycle of Influenza"<br><br>Co-Chairs:<br>Lakshmi Goyal, Cell Host & Microbe<br>Hidde Ploegh, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research</div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-family: LucidaGrande;"><br></div><div style="font-family: LucidaGrande;">Sponsors: Cell Host Microbe, FUJIFILM, MEDIVECTOR, and Whitehead Institute</div><div style="font-family: LucidaGrande;"><br></div><div style="font-family: LucidaGrande;"></div></body></html>