Welcome to the Institute for Molecular Virology.
The IMV fosters and promotes virology education, translational applications and fundamental research in virology at the University of Minnesota, with particular focus on interdisciplinary and interprofessional collaboration.
IMV researchers work toward or at the molecular level, where virus research intersects with other applications. Currently, our members work on HIV/AIDS, herpes virus, avian and pandemic flu, West Nile virus and other vital areas of research.
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7th International Retroviral NC Symposium
September 14-16, 2009 -- University of Minnesota
The 7th International Symposium on Retroviral Nucleocapsid and Nucleocapsid-like Proteins will be held at the McNamara Alumni Center at the University of Minnesota from September 14-16, 2009.
Nucleocapsid (NC) plays multiple roles in the viral life cycle and is therefore a prime target for anti-HIV therapy. NC is involved in the synthesis, maintenance and integration of proviral DNA, and in virus particle assembly. All these processes will be covered at the meeting. Other proteins playing a role in the viral life cycle that are either associated with NC, or resemble it in structure or function, such as the antiviral APOBEC3G protein, will also be discussed at the conference. In addition, we will be expanding the emphasis to discuss additional viruses with proteins similar to NC, including the hepatitis C virus.
We anticipate an international attendance of about 150 people, consisting of the worldwide top researchers in the fields of NC, reverse transcription, viral assembly and antivirals/vaccines.
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Research in Progress
Monday, December 8
Dan Voytas (Genetics, Cell Biology and Development)
"The influence of chromatin on retrotransposon target specificity"
4pm, 450 CCRB
Click for a list of speakers
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