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2026 Schedule<\/strong><\/h3>\n

All events will take place in the Memorial Union on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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6\/7\/2026 (Sunday)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Registration<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\nTripp Pocket Lounge<\/strong><\/td>\n2-7pm<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Welcome: Inaugural Session and Keynotes<\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/td>\n5-6pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Keynote<\/strong><\/td>\nJos\u00e9 M. Almendral del Rio<\/strong><\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/strong><\/td>\n5-5:30pm<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Keynote<\/td>\nAravind Asokan<\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/td>\n5:30-6pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reception<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/strong><\/td>\n6-8pm<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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6\/8\/2026 (Monday)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Session 1: Evolution and Structure<\/td>\n<\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/td>\n9-10:30am<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Developing the AAV Gene Therapy Platform Through Capsid Structural Insights<\/strong><\/td>\nRobert McKenna<\/strong><\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/strong><\/td>\n9-9:30am<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cryo-EM Insights into AAV Genome Packaging: AAV2 Rep\u2013Capsid Complex<\/td>\nVadim Barnakov<\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/td>\n9:30-9:50am<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Capsid Choreography: Modeling VP\/AAP Interactions in AAV Capsid Assembly<\/strong><\/td>\nAnna Maurer<\/strong><\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/strong><\/td>\n9:50-10:10am<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Parvovirus NS2 protein alters Rae1-dependent mRNA nuclear export: Impact on host protein synthesis and viral fitness<\/td>\nJorge Martinez-Ortega<\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/td>\n10:10-10:30am<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coffee Break<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\nTripp Commons \/ Profile Room<\/strong><\/td>\n10:30-11am<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Session 2: Receptors<\/td>\n<\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/td>\n11-12:10pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Additional AAV-Receptor Interactions<\/strong><\/td>\nMichael Chapman<\/strong><\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/strong><\/td>\n11-11:30am<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Switching receptor usage from AAVR to Globoside improves cellular transduction in an AAV serotype-dependent manner<\/td>\nXinlong Wan<\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/td>\n11:30-11:50am<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Newly evolved AAV variants display diverse and species-specific receptor usage for transduction of immune cell subtypes<\/strong><\/td>\nVivian Yudistyra<\/strong><\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/strong><\/td>\n11:50-12:10pm<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lunch<\/td>\n<\/td>\nTripp Commons \/ Profile Room<\/td>\n12:10-2pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Session 3: Replication<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/strong><\/td>\n2-3:40pm<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Single-Molecule Analysis of AAV2 Rep Protein Binding Dynamics on viral DNA<\/td>\nAnouk Lkharrazi<\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/td>\n2-2:20pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ATR-mediated signals regulate the localization of wtAAV2 genome to cellular sites of DNA damage and restrict viral gene expression.<\/strong><\/td>\nMonnette Summers<\/strong><\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/strong><\/td>\n2:20-2:40pm<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mixing Behavior of AAV2 Genome Replication Compartments<\/td>\nMichelle Sarah Gull<\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/td>\n2:40-3pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Parvoviral mRNA processing: modulating the ends for productive viral replication and efficient gene therapy<\/strong><\/td>\nOlufemi Fasina<\/strong><\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/strong><\/td>\n3-3:20pm<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Assembly-Activating Protein Phase Separation Properties Are Required for Adeno-Associated Virus Type 2 Assembly<\/td>\nJann St\u00e4bler<\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/td>\n3:20-3:40pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Poster Session (even numbers)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\nMain Lounge<\/strong><\/td>\n4-6pm<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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6\/9\/2026 (Tuesday)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Session 4: Trafficking<\/td>\n<\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/td>\n9-10:10am<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AAV Capsids directly bind to Actin Filaments: Implications for AAV trafficking?<\/strong><\/td>\nMario Mietzsch<\/strong><\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/strong><\/td>\n9-9:30am<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Transferrin receptor 1 binds human parvovirus B19 VP1u to facilitate entry<\/td>\nHyunwook Lee<\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/td>\n9:30-9:50am<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carboxypeptidase D is an AAVR-associated factor that indirectly modulates intracellular trafficking of AAV<\/strong><\/td>\nXiujuan Zhang<\/strong><\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/strong><\/td>\n9:50-10:10am<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coffee<\/td>\n<\/td>\nTripp Commons \/ Profile Room<\/td>\n10:10-11am<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Session 5: Virus-Host interactions<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/strong><\/td>\n11-12:30pm<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nucleolar reorganization and nucleolar capsids in canine parvovirus infection<\/td>\nMaija Vihinen-Ranta<\/p>\n

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Tripp Commons<\/td>\n11-11:30am<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The interaction between virus-bound KLF4 and host-bound PARP1 directs the localization of wtAAV2 genome to cellular sites of DNA damage<\/strong><\/td>\nRhiannon Abrahams<\/strong><\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/strong><\/td>\n11:30-11:50am<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A Longitudinal 3D Live-Cell Imaging Platform to Uncover AAV Vector\u2013Host Dynamics at Single-Cell Resolution<\/td>\nEls Henckaerts<\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/td>\n11:50-12:10pm<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The redistribution of host ki-67 during parvoviral infection is accompanied by the nuclear egress of progeny capsids<\/strong><\/td>\nSalla Mattola<\/strong><\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/strong><\/td>\n12:10-12:30pm<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lunch<\/td>\n<\/td>\nTripp Commons \/ Profile Room<\/td>\n12:30-2:30pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Session 6: AAV and Viral Vectors<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/strong><\/td>\n2:30-4:20pm<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gene Therapy for Hemophilia A with AAV Vectors: Wrong Serotype? Wrong Target Cell? Wrong Promoter?<\/td>\nArun Srivastava<\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/td>\n2:30-3pm<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CTCF regulates AAV and recombinant AAV lifecycle through changes in the viral chromatin landscape<\/strong><\/td>\nClairine Larsen<\/strong><\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/strong><\/td>\n3-3:20pm<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MADCAP: Unearthing Metagenomic AAV Caches with Deep Petascale Mining<\/td>\nSourav Choudhury<\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/td>\n3:20-3:40pm<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
An engineered hybrid AAV scaffold with reduced liver transduction and high productivity<\/strong><\/td>\nElad Firnberg<\/strong><\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/strong><\/td>\n3:40-4pm<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A minimally modified AAV9 variant for enhanced CNS gene delivery by lumbar intrathecal administration.<\/td>\nIrvin Garza<\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/td>\n4-4:20pm<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Poster Session (odd numbers)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\nMain Lounge<\/strong><\/td>\n4:30-6:30pm<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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6\/10\/2026 (Wednesday)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Session 7: Clinical and veterinary Parvovirology<\/td>\n<\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/td>\n9-10:10am<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mechanism of antiviral activity against extant parvoviruses of endogenous parvoviral derived proteins.<\/strong><\/td>\nGloria Arriagada<\/strong><\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/strong><\/td>\n9-9:30am<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Identification of Human Transferrin Receptor 1 as a Critical Host Factor for Parvovirus B19 Infection of Human Erythroid Progenitor Cells<\/td>\nShane Mcfarlin<\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/td>\n9:30-9:50am<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Human Parvovirus B19 : Discriminate an Active Infection from Residual DNA in Immunocompromised Patients<\/strong><\/td>\nDebora Sylverius<\/strong><\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/strong><\/td>\n9:50-10:10am<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coffee break<\/td>\n<\/td>\nTripp Commons \/ Profile Room<\/td>\n10:10-11am<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Session 8: Oncolytic Viruses<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/strong><\/td>\n11-11:40pm<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Directed evolution of the parvovirus MVMi yields a sialic acid binding-domain mutant with enhanced tropism for human glioblastoma<\/td>\nPedro Arroyo Gil<\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/td>\n11-11:20am<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bispecific DART-AAVs: combining T cell activation and receptor-targeted transduction in a single capsid<\/strong><\/td>\nFabian John<\/strong><\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/strong><\/td>\n11:20-11:40am<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lunch<\/td>\n<\/td>\nTripp Commons \/ Profile Room<\/td>\n11:40-2:30pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Session 9: Gene therapy<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/strong><\/td>\n2:30-4:10pm<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mechanistic Evaluation of Vector-Host Interactions Underlying Enhanced Muscle Transduction by Skeletal Muscle Specific Engineered AAV Capsids<\/td>\nJeanette Zanker<\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/td>\n2:30-2:50pm<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Strategies to Increase the Packaging Capacity of, and Transgene Expression from, Self-Complementary AAV vectors<\/strong><\/td>\nKeyun Qing<\/strong><\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/strong><\/td>\n2:50-3:10pm<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OneAAV capsid: A conjugation-enabled universal AAV capsid for receptor-driven tissue targeting<\/td>\nAdrien Savvy<\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/td>\n3:10-3:30pm<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Investigating the Impact of AAVR Overexpression on Retinal Transduction by Intravitreally Delivered AAV<\/strong><\/td>\nValerie Hinsch<\/strong><\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/strong><\/td>\n3:30-3:50pm<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TBC1D23-AAVR Interaction Drives Endosome-to-TGN Trafficking Required for rAAV Transduction<\/td>\nXiujuan Zhang<\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/td>\n3:50-4:10pm<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Banquet<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/strong><\/td>\n6-8pm<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dance<\/td>\n<\/td>\nTripp Commons<\/td>\n8-10pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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