Final Program

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All meetings take place at the Aula Magna Rettorato, which is right downtown in Siena, in the main University building (Via Banchi di Sotto 55 – I-53100 Siena).

Tuesday October 4

5.00-5.30 Welcome by the organizers
Zeger Debyser, K.U.Leuven - Maurizio Botta, University of Siena
6.30-6.30 Keynote speaker
Mike Miller, Merck

7.30 Dinner

Wednesday October 5

Session 1: Structural biology

8.30-8.50 Plenary lecture
Peter Cherepanov, London, UK
8.50-9.05 Talk selected from abstracts
Kushol Gupta, Philadelphia, USA
9.05-9.20 Talk selected from abstracts
Mark Andrake, Philadelphia, USA
9.20 - 9.35 Talk selected from abstracts
David R. Langley, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
9.35 - 9.55 Invited speaker
Sherwin Montano, Chicago, USA
9.55 -10.15 Invited speaker
Barbara Capecchi, Novartis, Italy

10.15 - 10.30 Coffee Break

Session 2: Biochemistry of integration

10.30 - 11.00 Plenary lecture
Alan Engelman, Boston, USA
11.00-11.20 Invited speaker
Bob Craigie, Bethesda, USA
11.20-11.40 Invited speaker
Mamuka Kvaratskhelia, Columbus, USA
11.40-11.55 Talk selected from abstracts
Vincent Parissi, Bordeaux, France
11.55-12.10 Talk selected from abstracts
Karine Pradeau, Illkirch, France
12.10-12.25 Talk selected from abstracts
Awatef Allouch, Trento, Italy

12.25-2.00 Lunch break

Session 3 : Cellular cofactors of retroviral replication

2.00-2.30 Plenary lecture
Zeger Debyser, Leuven, Belgium
2.30-2.50 Invited speaker
Eric Poeschla, Rochester, USA
2.50-3.05 Talk selected from abstracts
Ganjam Kalpana, New York, USA
3.05-3.20 Talk selected from abstracts
Marc Lavigne, Lyon, France
3.20-3.35 Talk selected from abstracts
Nicolas Soler, Paris, France

3.35-4.00 Coffee break

Session 4 Trafficking and Nuclear import

4.00-4.30 Plenary lecture
Anna Cereseto, Trento, Italy
4.30-4.50 Invited speaker
Thomas Hope, Chicago, USA
4.50-5.10 Invited speaker
Gloria Arriagada, New York, USA
5.10-5.25 Talk selected from abstracts
Stephanie De Houwer, Leuven, Belgium
5.25-5.40 Talk selected from abstracts
Ross Larue, Columbus, USA
5.40-5.55 Talk selected from abstracts
Cristina Di Primio, Pisa, Italy
5.55-6.10 Talk selected from abstracts
Albaerto De Iaco, Geneva, Switzerland
6.10-6.25 Talk selected from abstracts
Sam Chow, Los Angeles, USA

6.30-8.00        Poster session + drinks

8.00                  Dinner, free to choose from Siena restaurants
         (not included in the conference)

Thursday October 6

Session 5: Drug discovery

8.30-9.00 Plenary lecture
Yves Pommier, Bethesda USA
9.00-9.20 Invited speaker
Mark Underwood, GlaxoSmithKline, USA
9.20-9.40 Invited speaker
Romas Geleziunas, Gilead Sciences, USA
9.40-10.00 Invited speaker
Ira Dicker, Bristol-Myers Squibb, USA

10.00-10.20 Coffee Break

10.20-10.40 Invited speaker
Chris Pickford, Pfizer, UK
10.40-11.00 Invited speaker
Louie Lamorte, Boehringer Ingelheim
11.00-11.20 Invited speaker
Maurizio Botta, Siena, Italy
11.20-11.40 Invited speaker
Nouri Neamati, Los Angeles, USA
11.40-11.55 Talk selected from abstracts
Francesca Morreale, Messina, Italy
11.55-12.10 Talk selected from abstracts
Christophe Marchand, Bethesda, USA

12.10-2.00 Lunch break + Poster viewing

Session 6 : Clinical virology

2.00-2.30 Plenary lecture
Mark Wainberg, Montreal, Canada
2.30-2.50 Invited speaker
Francesca Ceccherini-Silberstein, Rome, Italy
2.50-3.05 Talk selected from abstracts
Pardise Madlala, Durban, South Africa
3.05-3.20             Talk selected from abstracts
         Marie-Line Andreola, Bordeaux, France

3.20-3.50             Coffee break

Session 7: Other retroviruses & (retro)transposons

3.50-4.20 Plenary lecture
Suzanne Sandmeyer, Irvine, USA
4.20-4.40 Invited lecture
Henry Levin, NIH, USA
4.40-5.00 Invited lecture
Zoltán Ivics, Berlin, Germany
5.00-5.20 Invited lecture
Andrea Cara, Rome, Italy
5.20-5.35 Talk selected from abstract
Monica Roth, Piscataway, USA

5.40-6.00 Coffee Break

6.00-6.30 Historical aspects of retrovirus integrase research
Duane Grandgenett, Saint Louis, USA
6.30-8.00 Poster viewing and drinks

8.00 Dinner

Friday October 7

Mini-symposium on gene therapy

8.30-9.00 Plenary lecture
Rick Bushman, Philadelphia, USA
9.00-9.30 Plenary lecture
Luigi Naldini, Milan, Italy
9.30-10.00 Plenary lecture
Fulvio Mavilio,Milan, Italy

10.00-10.30 Coffee Break

10.30-11.00 Plenary lecture
Christof Von Kalle, Heidelberg, Germany
11.00-11.20 Talk selected from abstracts
Mauro Giacca, Trieste, Italy
11.20-11.35 Talk selected from abstracts
Sylvia Kaulfuss, Dresden, Germany
11.35-11.50 Talk selected from abstracts
Corinne Ronfort, Lyon, France
11.50-12.05 Talk selected from abstracts
Pascale Lesage, Paris, France
12.05-12.20 Talk selected from abstracts
Valentina Poletti, Milano, Italy
12.20-12.35 Talk selected from abstracts
Paul Lesbats, Bordeaux, France
12.35-12.50 Talk selected from abstracts
Rik Gijsbers, Leuven, Belgium