Program Schedule

Time	Wednesday Sep 21
9:00	Registration opens
11:30	Opening
11:45	Keynote: Andrea De Luca The use of different data-mining techniques for the prediction of in vitro susceptibility and in vivo response of HIV-1 to antiretroviral drugs from viral genotypic data. Istituto di Clinica delle Malattie Infettive, Policlinico Universitario “A. Gemelli”, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
12:35	Comprehensive bioinformatic analysis of HIV-1 protease specificity Liwen You Halmstad University, Sweden
13:00	Fold predictions of HIV-1 p1 RNA from therapy-naive and -experienced patients suggest contribution to drug resistance Jens Verheyen Institute for Virology, University of Cologne
13:25	Modelling in-vivo HIV evolutionary mutational pathways under AZT-3TC regimen through Markov Chains Mattia Prosperi Faculty of Computer Engineering - University of Roma TRE
14:00	Lunch
15:00	Keynote: Anne-Mieke Vandamme HTLV and HIV molecular epidemiology: dating their zoonotic origin Laboratory for Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
15:50	Virus dynamics: Basic and detailed models of influenza A virus replication in mammalian cells Udo Reichl Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg, Germany
16:15	Modelling molecular evolution of influenza Richard A. Goldstein National Institute for Medical Research
16:40	Coffee
17:10	Keynote: Alan Scott Lapedes The analysis of antigenic data: Application to influenza. Theoretical Division Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545
18:00	Posters
19:00	End

Time	Thursday Sep 22
09:00	Keynote: Ralf Bartenschlager Cell culture systems for hepatitis C virus: Useful for computational modeling of the viral life cycle? Department of Molecular Virology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 345, Heidelberg, Germany
09:50	Genetic variability and relatedness of hepatitis C virus strains and their effects on liver fibrosis progression Xavier López-Labrador and Fernando Gonzalez-Candelas “Cavanilles” Institute for Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of Valencia, and Public Health Department, Generalitat Valenciana.
10:15	The European hepatitis C virus data base Christophe Combet Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines, Lyon France
10:40	Amino acid variations in HCV p7 and sensitivity to antiviral combination therapy with amantadine in chronic hepatitis C Christoph Welsch Klinik für Innere Medizin II, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Homburg/Saar, Germany
11:10	Coffee
11:40	Keynote: Sergio Abrignani HCV infection disturbs adaptive B cell responses National insitute of Molecular Genetics (INGM) Milan, Italy
12:30	Posters
14:00	Lunch
15:00	Keynote: Giovanni Migliaccio & the HCV antiviral team HCV resistance to antiviral agents IRBM P. Angeletti - Merck Research Laboratories, Pomezia (Roma) ITALY
15:50	viRgil: An integrated interdisciplinary European Network of Excellence Ralf Bartenschlager Department Molecular Virology, University Heidelberg, Germany
16:15	Detection and analysis of drug resistance mutations: Bioinformatics challenges and solutions. Mahanandeeshwar Gattu Research & Development, GlaxoSmithkline, USA & UK
16:40	Coffee
17:10	Keynote: Paul Ahlquist Genome-wide identification of host functions in RNA virus replication. Institute for Molecular Virology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA
18:00	Posters
19:00	End

Time	Friday Sep 23
09:00	Keynote: Niko Beerenwinkel Modeling the evolution of drug resistance in HIV University of California, Department of Mathematics
09:50	Structure based analyses of HIV PI-resistance Daniel Hoffmann and Oli Grober Bingen University of Applied Sciences, Bioinformatics Project Group
10:15	Treatment history improves the accuracy of neural networks predicting virologic response to HIV therapy Dechao Wang HIV Resistance Response Database Initiative, London, UK
10:40	Probabilistic modeling of genetic barriers enables reliable prediction of HAART outcome at below 15% error rate Martin Däumer Institute of Virology, University of Cologne, Germany
11:10	Coffee
11:40	Keynote: Alexander E. Gorbalenya Combining bioinformatics and experimental approaches to learn RNA viruses Department of Medical Microbiology Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden The Netherlands
12:30	Panel
14:00	Lunch
15:00	End