Third International Symposium on Ranavirus

Ranaviruses Detailed Agenda

Friday May 29, 2015
8:00am - 5:00pm Optional Research Group Meetings (See Group Meeting Schedule for Details) Cypress & Live Oak
1:00pm - 3:00pm GRC Executive Board Meeting Cypress   
4:00pm - 8:00pm Registration Registration Desk
4:00pm - 8:00pm Poster Set-Up Century Ballroom B/C
Saturday May 30, 2015
7:00am - 5:00pm Registration Registration Desk
7:00am - 5:00pm Poster Set-Up Century Ballroom B/C
7:00am - 8:15am Morning Refreshments Century Ballroom B/C
8:15am-8:30am Welcome From The GRC President & Symposium Host - Matthew Gray & Thomas Waltzek Century Ballroom A
8:30am-9:30am Keynote Address - Dr. Richard Whittington
Ranavirus - The Australian Story		 Century Ballroom A

Diagnostics

Moderator: Debra Miller
9:30am - 9:45am Lessons Learned From An Aquatic Pathogen PCR Ring-Test In Indonesia Paul Hick Century Ballroom A
9:45am - 10:00am The Positives And Negatives Of Ranavirus Detection With eDNA: It’s Useful  Jesse Brunner Century Ballroom A
10:00am - 10:15am Repeated Detections Of Ranaviruses In Aquaculture And The Development Of Improved Molecular Tools  Natalie Steckler Century Ballroom A
10:15am - 10:30am Revealing Ranaviruses Within The Tissues: An Immunohistochemical Study  Debra Miller Century Ballroom A
10:30am-10:45am Break Century Ballroom B/C

Ecology

Moderator : Jesse Brunner
10:45am - 11:00am Grim Reaper: Role Of Wood Frogs In Ranavirus Outbreaks  Matthew Gray Century Ballroom A
11:00am - 11:15am The Impact Of Ranavirus On UK Amphibian Population Genetics And Demographics Lewis Cambell Century Ballroom A
11:15am - 11:30am Prior Exposure To The Trematode, Echinostoma trivolvis, Decreases Ranavirus Infection Prevalence In Gray Tree Frogs (Hyla versicolor)  Vanessa Wuerthner  Century Ballroom A
11:30am - 11:45am Too Late Or Too Soon: How Does Host Phenology Mediate The Impact Of Ranavirus? Goncalo Rosa Century Ballroom A
11:45am - 1:30pm Lunch Albert's Restaurant

Stressors, Physiology and Immunology

Moderator: Gregory Chinchar
1:30pm - 1:45pm Life History Trade-Offs Induced By Copper And Temperature In The Lithobates pipens - Ranavirus System  David Lesbarrères Century Ballroom A
1:45pm - 2:00pm On The Road To Disease: Susceptibility To Ranavirus Infection of Wood Frog Populations Near Roads  Emily Hall Century Ballroom A
2:00pm - 2:15pm Complex Interactions Between Host Macrophages And Ranaviruses  Jacques Robert Century Ballroom A
2:15pm - 2:30pm Xenopus laevis Tadpole Type III Interferon Responses To Frog Virus 3  Leon Grayfer Century Ballroom A
2:30pm - 2:45pm Hematological Reference Intervals For Rana sylvatica (Lithobates sylvaticus) And Alterations Due To Infection With Frog Virus 3 (Ranavirus Sp, Iridoviridae)  María Forzán Century Ballroom A
2:45pm - 3:00pm Break Century Ballroom B/C

Taxonomy and Evolution

Moderator: Amanda Duffus
3:00pm - 3:15pm Ranavirus Taxonomy And Phylodynamics Thomas Waltzek Century Ballroom A
3:15pm - 3:30pm The Genomic Sequence And Taxonomic Classification Of Largemouth Bass Virus James Jancovich Century Ballroom A
3:30pm - 3:45pm Comparative Genomics Of An Emerging Ranavirus  Andrew Storfer Century Ballroom A
4:00pm - 5:00pm North & South America Regional Meeting Thomas Waltzek and Rolando Mazzoni Century Ballroom A
4:00pm - 5:00pm Europe Regional Meeting Rachel Marschang Live Oak
4:00pm - 5:00pm Australia & Asia Regional Meeting Andrew Storfer Cypress
5:30pm - 7:30pm Poster Session With Hors D'Oeuvres Century Ballroom B/C
Sunday May 31, 2015
7:00am - 5:00pm Registration Registration Desk
7:00am - 8:30am Morning Refreshments Century Ballroom B/C

Virology

Moderator: Jacques Robert
8:30am - 8:45am The Next Chapter In The Ranavirus Story: Elucidation Of Viral Genes Mediating Host Range, Virulence, And Immune Evasion  V. Greg Chinchar Century Ballroom A
8:45am - 9:00am Entry Of Singapore Grouper Iridovirus (SGIV) Into Host Cells Via Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis And Macropinocytosis In A pH-Dependent Manner  Qiwei Qin Century Ballroom A
9:00am - 9:15am Rapid Assembly Of Recombination Cassettes And Generation Of Knock-Out Ranaviruses  Mariah Aron Century Ballroom A
9:15am - 9:30am Ranavirus And Turtle Tactics  Ellen Ariel Century Ballroom A
9:30am - 9:45am Molecular Characterization Of Three Ranaviruses Detected In Reptiles In Europe  Rachel Marschang Century Ballroom A
9:45am - 10:00am Characterizing the Epidemiology of Ranaviral Disease in Chelonians: Natural Outbreaks, Challenge Studies, And Continued Surveillance  Matt Allender Century Ballroom A
10:00am - 10:15am Break Century Ballroom B/C

Surveillance

Moderator: Matthew Gray
10:15am - 10:30am Ranavirus And The Chinese Giant Salamander Farming Industry  Andrew Cunningham Century Ballroom A
10:30am - 10:45am Investigation Of The International Amphibian Trade As A Pathway Of Global Ranavirus Dispersal  Jonathon Kolby Century Ballroom A
10:45am - 11:00am Isolation Of Ranavirus From Ornamental Amphibians In The International Pet Trade And Their Pathogenicity To Selected Amphibians And Fish Amanda Bayley Century Ballroom A
11:00am - 11:15am Molecular Epidemiology of CMTV-Like Ranavirus In The Netherlands Steven van Beurden Century Ballroom A
11:15am - 11:30am Patterns of Prevalence of Two Amphibian Pathogens, Ranavirus and Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, Across Wetlands of the Savannah River Site Stacy Lance Century Ballroom A
11:30am - 11:45am Reconstructing UK Ranavirus Emergence Supports Key Role For Translocations By Humans  Stephen Price Century Ballroom A
11:45am - 12:00pm A 5-State Surveillance Of Wood Frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) Breeding Ponds for Ranavirus  Scott Smith Century Ballroom A
12:00pm - 1:30pm Lunch Albert's Restaurant

Clinical Case Reports And Pathology

Moderator: Matthew Allender
1:30pm - 1:45pm Ranavirus Infection In A Group Of African Spur-Thigh Tortoises (Geochelone sulcata)  Lisa Farina Century Ballroom A
1:45pm - 2:00pm Pathologic Findings From A Mortality Event Associated With Frog Virus 3 In Lee County, Florida In Florida Box Turtles (Terrapene carolina bauri) In 2014  Heather Fenton Century Ballroom A
2:00pm - 2:15pm Ranavirus Infection In The Invasive Xenopus laevis And Endemic Calyptocephallela gayi In Chile  Claudio Soto Century Ballroom A
2:15pm - 2:30pm Vestibular Syndrome Associated To Ranavirus In Farmed Frogs (Rana catesbeiana (Shaw, 1802)  /Lithobates catesbeianus) Rolando Mazzoni Century Ballroom A
2:30pm - 2:45pm Break Century Ballroom B/C
2:45pm - 3:45pm Topical Discussion: Ecologyk, Stressors and Surveillance Jesse Brunner Century Ballroom A
2:45pm - 3:45pm Topical Discussion: Pathology and Diagnostics Deb Miller Cypress
2:45pm - 3:45pm Topical Discussion: Virology and Immunology Jacques Robert Live Oak
2:45pm - 3:45pm Topical Discussion: Evolution, Phylogenetics and Taxonomy Greg Chinchar Dogwood
3:45pm - 4:30pm Discussion Summaries Century Ballroom A
4:30pm - 5:30pm State Of The GRC Matthew Gray Century Ballroom A
5:00pm - 7:00pm Poster Removal Century Ballroom B/C
7:00pm - 9:00pm Reception / Social Florida Museum of Natural History
Monday June 1, 2015
8:00am - 4:00pm Field Trips and Workshops
8:00am - 3:00pm Poster Removal Century B/C

 


UF/IFAS

Aquatic Animal Health Logo

Home | Questions | UF/IFAS Office of Conferences and Institutes
This page is designed and maintained by the UF/IFAS/OCI Graphics Editor and Webmaster
Aquatic Ecosystem Health 2015