RETROVIRUSES
May 18 - 23, 2009
Abstract Deadline: February 27, 2009

Organizers:
Alan Engelman, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Wei-Shau Hu, National Cancer Institute, Frederick

This meeting is now heavily oversubscribed
and new registrations will be added to the waitlist.

past program

We are pleased to host the 34th annual meeting on Retroviruses which will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Monday May 18 and end after lunch on Saturday May 23, 2009.

We are looking forward to a broad-based meeting, and abstracts are welcomed on all aspects of retrovirology.

Tentative Topics:
Entry
Post-Entry
Assembly / Release
Integration
Reverse Transcription / Recombination
Pathogenesis / Host Factors
Transcription, RNA Processing, Export, Packaging
Antivirals

Keynote Speakers:
Volker M. Vogt, Cornell University
Ronald C. Desrosiers, Harvard Medical School

Abstracts should contain only new and unpublished material and must be submitted electronically by the abstract deadline. Selection of material for oral and poster presentation will be made by the organizers and individual session chairs. Status (talk/poster) of abstracts will be posted on our web site as soon as decisions have been made by the organizers.

View Andy Kaplan Prize nominating instructions.

We look forward to seeing you at Cold Spring Harbor in May.

This conference is supported in part by funds provided by National Institutes of Health and CSHL's Corporate Sponsor Program.

We have funds to provide partial scholarships for individuals who are US citizens/permanent residents from minority groups under-represented in the life sciences. Please provide justification in writing to beavers@cshl.edu and state your financial needs. Preference will be given to those applying who submit abstracts to the meeting.

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Regular packages are all inclusive and cover registration, food, housing, parking, wine-and-cheese party, lobster banquet, etc. No Housing packages include all costs except housing. Full payment is due 4 weeks prior to the meeting.