CSV2020: The 3rd Symposium of the

Canadian Society for Virology June 3-5, 2020

University of Guelph Summerlee Science Complex & Alexander Hall

474-570 Gordon St. Guelph, Ontario, Canada

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MEETING CO-CHAIRS Dr. Sarah Wootton University of Guelph Dr. Leo Susta University of Guelph SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE Dr. Jimmy Dikeakos Western University Dr. David Evans University of Alberta Dr. Nathalie Grandvaux

TRAINEES COMMITTEE Sunoh Che Matthew Guilleman Melanie Iverson Alexander Leacy Thomas McAusland Jessica Minott Amira Rghei Ashley Stegelmeier Brenna Stevens Sylvia Thomas

Université de Montréal and CRCHUM Dr. Vikram Misra University of Saskatchewan Dr. Hélène Sanfaçon Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Dr. Leo Susta University of Guelph Dr. Sarah Wootton University of Guelph LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Dr. Byram Bridle University of Guelph Dr. Bryan Griffin Public Health Agency of Canada Dr. Peter Krell University of Guelph Dr. Baozhong Meng University of Guelph Dr. Eva Nagy University of Guelph Dr. John Pham University of Guelph Dr. Lisa Santry University of Guelph Dr. Leo Susta University of Guelph Dr. Scott Walsh McMaster University Dr. Sarah Wootton University of Guelph

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Wednesday, June 3rd 15:00 Registration and refreshments (Science Complex)

Poster setup (Science Complex) 16:00- 16:30 Welcome remarks (Alexander Hall)

Sarah Wootton Nathalie Grandvaux (Université de Montréal and CRCHUM) CSV President & co-founder

16:30 - 17:30 Inaugural Keynote Lecture (Alexander Hall)

Curtis Suttle (University of British Columbia) 17:30 - 19:00 CIHR-III session (Alexander Hall) 17:30 - 18:00 Presentation - Charu Kaushic, director CIHR III 18:00 - 18:15 “Ask the Director” Q&A session – Moderators: J. Dikeakos (CSV

vice-president) and N. Grandvaux (CSV president) 18:15 - 19:00 3-min Thesis presentations from trainees selected based on

abstract submissions 19:00 - 21:00 Poster Session #1 – posters #1 to 100 (Science Complex)

Wine and Cheese, sliders and antipasto will be served Thursday, June 4th 6:30 Fun Run

Departing from the University Centre 8:00 - 8:55 Meet the PIs - Breakfast (Science Complex) 9:00 - 10:15 Topic #1: Building Viruses a Lego at a Time: Structural Virology

(Alexander Hall) Session Chair: David Evans (University of Alberta)

9:00-9:30 “State of the Art Lecture”- Jeff Lee, University of Toronto 9:30 -9:45 Trainee talk (selected from abstract submissions) 9:45 -10:00 Trainee talk (selected from abstract submissions) 10:00 – 10:15 Trainee talk (selected from abstract submissions)

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10:15 Health Break (Science Complex) 10:45 - 12:35 Topic #2: Immune Cells United Against Viral Invaders: Viral

Immunology (Alexander Hall) Session Chair: Jimmy Dikeakos (Western University)

10:45 -11:15 State of the Art Lecture - Sylvia Van Druren Littel van den Hurk, VIDO InterVac

11:15-11:30 Trainee talk (selected from abstract submissions) 11:30-11:45 Trainee talk (selected from abstract submissions) 11:45-12:00 Trainee talk (selected from abstract submissions) 12:30-14:00 Career Development Workshop for trainees *Box lunches will be

available OR

13:00 – 14:00 CSV Business Meeting (Alexander Hall) *Box lunches will be available

14:30 - 15:45 Topic #3: How to Train your Virus: Viral Therapy (Alexander Hall)

Session Chair: Sarah Wootton (University of Guelph) 14:30- 15:00 “State of the Art Lecture” - Douglas J. Mahoney, University of Calgary 15:00-15-15 Trainee talk (selected from abstract submissions) 15:15- 15:30 Trainee talk (selected from abstract submissions) 15:30- 15:45 Trainee talk (selected from abstract submissions) 15:45 Health Break (Science Complex) 16:15 - 17:25 Topic #4: New and Classic Hits: Emerging and Re-emerging

Viruses (Alexander Hall) Session Chair: Vikram Misra (University of Saskatchewan)

16:15-16:45 “State of the Art Lecture” - Helen Lazear, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

16:45 -17:00 Trainee talk (selected from abstract submissions) 17:00 -17:15 Trainee talk (selected from abstract submissions) 17:15 –17:30 Trainee talk (selected from abstract submissions)

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17:30 - 18:30 Discussion panel – The Canadian response to the SARS-Cov-2 epidemic: from the clinical to the basic science perspective

Panel members: To be announced (Alexander Hall)

19:00 - 21:00 Poster Session #2 – posters #101 to 200 Wine and Cheese, pasta and antipasto will be served

Friday, June 5th 8:00 - 8:55 Meet the PIs - Breakfast (Science Complex) 9:00 - 10:15 Topic #5: Friends or Foes? Untold tales between viruses and their

Hosts (Alexander Hall) Session Chair: Selena Sagan (McGill University)

9:00- 9:30 “State of the Art Lecture” Aiming Wang, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada

9:30- 9:45 Trainee talk (selected from abstract submissions) 9:45-10:00 Trainee talk (selected from abstract submissions) 10:00-10:15 Trainee talk (selected from abstract submissions) 10:15 Health Break (Science Complex) 10:45 - 12:35 Topic #6: Welcome to the Jungle: Virus Ecology (Alexander Hall)

Session Chair: TBD 10:45-11:15 “State of the Art Lecture”- Caroline Duchaine, Université Laval 11:15-11:30 Trainee talk (selected from abstract submissions) 11:30-11:45 Trainee talk (selected from abstract submissions) 11:45-12:00 Trainee talk (selected from abstract submissions) 12:30 – 13:30 Career workshop for trainees

Session chair: Alyson Kelvin (Dalhousie University) *Box lunches will be available

14:00 - 15:10 Topic #7: Living in a Viral World: One Health (Alexander Hall)

Session Chair: Jason Kindrachuk (University of Manitoba) 14:00 – 14:30 “State of the Art Lecture”- Andrew Lang, Memorial University 14:30 – 14:45 Trainee talk (selected from abstract submissions) 14:45- 15:00 Trainee talk (selected from abstract submissions)

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15:00-15:15 Trainee talk (selected from abstract submissions) 15:15-15:50 Keynote lecture – Recipient of CSV Early Career researcher

Award” (Alexander Hall) TBD

15:50 - 16:25 Keynote Lecture – Recipient of CSV Research Excellence Award for mid- or late-career researchers (Alexander Hall)

TBD 16:25-16:45 Awarding of trainee presentation prizes and travel awards and

concluding remarks Sarah Wootton (University of Guelph) & Leo Susta (University of Guelph, CSV2020 co-organizers

16:45 – 17:05 MCI and Senior Mentoring CSV awards and Closing remarks

Nathalie Grandvaux (President CSV) and Jimmy Dikeakos (Vice President CSV)

19:00-23:00 Reception at the Albion Hotel Saturday, June 6th

Departure