SPECIAL EVENT
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION CLUB SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM
Virus and Host Evolutionary Co-selection and Arms Races –
Viral:Host Interactions and Co-evolution
Saturday – June 24, 2017
8:30 AM to 3:00 PM – Hall of Ideas EF
Convenor: Colin Parrish, Cornell University
Admittance will not be permitted without meeting and satellite registration as displayed on nametags
Much research has focused on studying the variation of viral sequences, and that has taught us a great deal about
how viruses evolve and in some cases adapt. The hosts also interact with and in many cases control viruses at
the tissue, cellular and intracellular levels, and there is often a complex interplay between the evolution of viruses
and their hosts that can occur over highly variable time scales. In some cases the virus can capture host sequences
and use them for their benefit, and in other cases host components may evolve to block or modify virus
replication. In this program we examine a variety models for viral evolution, and also examine their various
interplays with their hosts in a variety of systems.
Opening Remarks
Colin Parrish, Cornell University
8:30 – 9:10 AM
Poxvirus Capture of Host Genes
Nels Elde, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
9:10 – 9:50 AM
Host RNA Editing as a Selective Force on RNA Viruses
Marta Wayne, University of Florida, Gainesville
9:50 – 10:30 AM
Virus Evolution and the Adaptation of Antiviral Defenses
Benjamin tenOever, Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York
10:30 – 10:45 AM
Break
10:45 – 11:25 AM
Ecology or Genomic Architecture: What’s Driving Viral Molecular Evolution?
Siobain Duffy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
11:25 – 12:05 AM
Host Adaptation and Evolution of Flavivirus 3’ Untranslated Regions
Andrea Gamarnik, Leloir Institute, Buenos Aires, Argentina
12:05 – 1:00 PM
Lunch Break
1:00 – 1:45 PM
Influenza A Virus Reassortment
Anice Lowen, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta
1:45 – 2:30 PM
Using Functional Genomics to Discover New Antivirals
Against Emerging Viruses
Sara Cherry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
2:30 – 3:00 PM
Challenges and Opportunities in the Study of Virus:Host Co-evolution
Group Discussion