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Presentation of Retrovirology Prize Trophy in Kyoto
An international symposium on Infection, Immunity, and Cancer was held January 16-17, 2012 at Kyoto University, Kyoto Japan. The symposium brought together speakers from Japan, the USA, Taiwan, Germany, and Australia. The symposium was organized by Prof. Masanori Hatakeyama of Tokyo University and Prof. Masao Matsuoka of Kyoto University. The setting of this symposium was an opportune occasion for the presentation of the 2011 Retrovirology Prize trophy to Prof. Masao Matsuoka.
Presentation of the Retrovirology Prize trophy by Kuan-Teh Jeang (left) to Masao Matsuoka (right)
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SCImago SJR 2011 ranks Retrovirology second from the top of "virology" journals
Thomson Reuters - ISI uses Scientific Citation Index to rate journals according to Impact Factor. A competing organization SJR http://scimagojr.com/ employs the Scopus citation database to rank journals in different sub-disciplines.
For 2011, the SJR ranks Retrovirology second from top amongst virology journals. (see Table below)
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HIV-1 Keystone Meeting, Whistler, Canada, Mar 26-31, 2012
Eric Freed has asked me to post the following announcement about the HIV-1 Keystone meeting in Whistler, Canada. I would encouraged interested colleague to attend this meeting or to contact Eric (efreed@mail.nih.gov) for more information.
Announcing Keystone Symposia’s Meeting on “Frontiers in HIV Pathogenesis, Replication and Eradication”
Apply for a scholarship, submit an abstract and register for Keystone Symposia’s conference on “Frontiers in HIV Pathogenesis, Replication and Eradication,” which takes place March 26–31, 2012 at Whistler Conference Centre in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.
Organized by Alan N. Engelman of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Eric O. Freed of National Cancer Institute at Frederick and John M. Coffin of Tufts University, the conference will: Convene with keynote addresses by Stephen C. Harrison of Harvard Medical School and Robert F. Siliciano of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine on the evening of Monday, March 26 followed by four days of informative plenary sessions, workshops and poster sessions; Unites themes from HIV pathogenesis, HAART (highly-active antitretroviral therapy) and persistence fields at an unprecedented level;
· Better understand mechanisms that drive the formation and maintenance of persistent HIV-infected cells;
· Identify new targets for drug development;
· Examine mechanisms of HIV-1 drug resistance;
· Mentor new investigators and under-represented minorities in science communication and research collaboration.
The meeting is being jointly held with the Keystone Symposia meeting on “Cell Biology of Virus Entry, Replication and Pathogenesis.” Two plenary sessions and the keynote session will be shared, and registered attendees of one meeting are free to participate in sessions of the other, pending space availability. Short talks will be selected from submitted abstracts.
Discounted registration rates are available for students, and scholarships are available to students and postdoctoral fellows.
Deadlines: Abstract & Scholarship – November 29, 2011 / Late-Breaking Abstract – January 4, 2012/ Early Registration Deadline – January 26, 2012
To submit an abstract, register and view the full meeting program, please visit www.keystonesymposia.org/12X8 and for an up-to-date meeting flyer, visit http://keystonesymposia.org/Meetings/MeetingFlyer.cfm?MeetingID=1166.
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There is still time to register for 23rd Retroviral Pathogenesis Meeting, Montpellier, France
The 23rd Retroviral Pathogenesis meeting will take place in Montpellier on November 2-5, 2011. The meeting is organized by Marc Sitbon, Jean-Luc Battini, Valerie Courgnaud and Hung Fan.
The website for the meeting is : http://23retropath.igmm.cnrs.fr/ You can also view the program at: http://23retropath.igmm.cnrs.fr/spip.php?rubrique1
This is an exciting meeting for which you still have time to register. If you need further information, please email Marc Sitbon at marc.sitbon@igmm.cnrs.fr
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Retrovirology editors attended the Frontiers of Retrovirology Conference, Amsterdam
Seven Retrovirology editors (Ben Berkhout, Monsef Benkirane, Ariberto Fassati, Masa Fujii, Andrew Lever, Mark Wainberg, and Kuan-Teh Jeang) attended and presented research findings at the recent Frontiers of Retrovirology conference in Amsterdam. A photo of Ariberto, Teh, Masa and Andrew is pictured below. Mark your calendar early and reserve your schedule to attend the fall 2013 Frontiers meeting which will take place in Cambridge, England. Come and meet Retrovirology editors.
Ariberto, Teh, Masa, and Andrew
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Four poster prize winners at the Frontiers of Retrovirology Conference, Amsterdam
Four young investigators were awarded Poster Prizes at the Frontiers of Retrovirology meeting in Amsterdam, held October 3 - 5, 2011. Their names and poster topics are listed below. Also below are photos of Ben Berkhout, chair of the meeting organizing committee, awarding the poster prizes to the recipeints. Support by The AIDS Fonds, Netherlands, for these prizes is gratefully acknowledged.
Anna Kula, Laboratory of Molecular Virology, ICGEB, Trieste, Italy Characterization of the HIV-1 RNA associated proteome identifies Matrin3 and PSF as nuclear cofactors of Rev function.
Pieter J. Meuwissen, HIV Laboratory, Ghent University, Belgium Nef interferes with development of thymic T cell precursors: differential mechanisms in HIV and SIV.
Thijs van Montfort, Laboratory of Experimental Virology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands Stable HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein immune complexes as vaccine immunogens.
Atsushi Koito, Dept of Retrovirology, Kumamoto University, Japan Intrinsic restriction activity by apoB mRNA editing enzyme APOBEC1 against the mobility of retroelements
Pieter, Thijs, and Anna with Ben.
Ben and Atsushi
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8th International NC meeting, a great success
The 8th International NC meeting was successfully held at the Caixa Forum in Barcelona, September 18 -21, 2011. The meeting was organized by Gilles Mirambeau, and several dozen colleagues attended and made insightful oral and poster presentations. A group photo taken at the meeting is presented below.
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Nomination call for Retrovirology Prize 2011
Nominations are being accepted for the 2011 Retrovirology Prize. As stated previously, the Prize alternates yearly between recognizing a non-HIV retrovirologist (2011 and odd years) and an HIV retrovirologist (2010 and even years). This year is for a non-HIV retrovirologist. There can be some discretion on this guideline exercised from time-to-time by the selection committee. Any individual can initiate a nomination of others or self-nominate. A nomination includes a statement (1000 words or less) of the nominee's significant contributions to retrovirus research, a curriculum vitae of the nominee, and a statement by the nominator that the nominee has agreed to be nominated. The selection committee consists of the Editors of Retrovirology. All nominations submitted to the selection committee must be communicated through an Editorial Board member of Retrovirology. Hence, an individual who is not an Editorial board member but who wishes to make a nomination should seek out a Retrovirology Editorial board member to communicate his/her information to the selection committee. Names of Editorial board members are available at the journal's webpage. Within stipulated age limits (age 45 to 60), all Retrovirology Editors, Editorial Board members, and interested colleague are eligible to be nominated with the exception of the Editor-in-Chief who will administer the final selection. For 2011, the nomination period will begin September 26th and will close October 17th. Nominations and questions about nominations should be emailed to editorial@retrovirology.com
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Frontiers of Retrovirology Oct 3-5, 2011, Amsterdam
The second biennial Frontiers of Retrovirology meeting will take place Oct 3-5, 2011 in Amsterdam (see http://www.frontiers-of-retrovirology.com/ ). This conference promises to continue the small cutting-edge meeting format started in Montpellier, France, two years ago. For colleagues interested in a collegial atmosphere with outstanding science where you have plenty of opportunities to meet and mingle with all attendees, this is a meeting that you will not want to miss.
As in the past, all Abstracts at the Frontiers meeting will be published as an indexed supplement in Retrovirology (see some examples below of ISI Web of Science indexed Abstracts from the first Frontiers of Retrovirology meeting in Montpellier).
All Retrovirology published Abstracts are individually indexed in ISI Web of Science by Thomson Reuters- ISI (the folks who calculate Impact Factor). Citations to Abstracts that are indexed by Thomson Reuters- ISI count toward your total citations and the calculation of your personal H index. This may be another benefit to submitting an Abstract to Frontiers of Retrovirology.
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New Retrovirology Impact Factor leads virology journals
ISI Thomson-Reuters has just released the latest Impact Factor numbers (2010 data). Amongst virology eponymous journals, Retrovirology (based on Impact Factor) now leads the pack. In the latest ranking, Retrovirology ranks at 443 out of 8005 journals indexed by ISI for Impact Factor. By comparison the Journal of Virology ranks at 454. Retrovirology's Impact Factor and Immediacy Index are both slightly ahead of those for the Journal of Virology and well-ahead of Virology. The Retrovirology numbers also compare very favorably to two stalwarts of journal publishing, the Journal of Biological Chemistry and the Journal of Molecular Biology.
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Young scientists win Awards at HTLV Conference
Three poster awards to recognize young scientists were presented at the 15th International HTLV conference,
Alexandra Desrames “Molecular epidemiology of HTLV-1 infection in the Caribbean area as compared to
Carol Hlela “HTLV-1 integration, HTLV-1-associated infective dermatitis and the risk of Adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma”
Jocelyn Turpin “Identification and characterization of auxiliary proteins encoded by the STLV-3 retrovirus pX region”.
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At the recently concluded 15th International HTLV-1 Conference held in Leuven, Belgium, Retrovirology presented its biennial HTLV-1 Research Award to Luc Willems, Research Director, Molecular and Cellular Biology Lab, Gembloux and Professor University Liege. Willems was recognized for his leadership and accomplishements in HTLV research. This award sponsored by Retrovirology is to remember and honor the achievements of our recently departed colleague retrovirologists, John Brady, David Derse, Ralph Grassmann and Bill Harrington. The Retrovirology sponsored HTLV-1 Research Award has previously been awarded to Mitsuaki Yoshida, Charles Bangham, and Carlos Brites.
Luc Willems and the HTLV-1 Retrovirology Award trophy
Presentation of the Retrovirology HTLV Award (left to right) Luc Willems, Kuan-Teh Jeang (editor in Chief, Retrovirology), Ali Bazerbachi (award committee chair) and Veffa Franchini (International Retrovirology Association president)
see also: http://blogs.openaccesscentral.com/blogs/rvblog/entry/brady_grassmann_harrington_retrovirology_award
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Jean-Luc Darlix receives Retrovirology Life Achievement recognition
A symposium to honor the retirement of long time internationally renowned retrovirologist Jean-Luc Darlix was held in Lyon, France on June 1-2. The symposium featured scientific presentations on HCV and HIV and was attended by approximately 100 of Jean-Luc Darlix's friends, colleagues and students. At this symposium Retrovirology editors, Mark Wainberg, Ben Berkhout and Kuan-Teh Jeang presented Jean-Luc Darlix with the first ever Retrovirology Life Achievement Award in recognition of his many achievements in and contributions to retrovirus research.
Mark Wainberg, Ben Berkhout, Jean-Luc Darlix (with Retrovirology trophy) and Kuan-Teh Jeang
Retrovirology Life Achievement Award
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New Retrovirology Editorial Board members
Periodically, Retrovirology rotates its Editorial Board members. This year, we welcome Hisatoshi Shida (Hokkaido University), Sarah Rowland-Jones (Oxford University), Marco Salemi (University of Florida), Linqi Zhang (Tsinghua University) and Yuntao Wu (George Mason University) to our board. We thank departing board members (Susan Marriott, Naoki Mori, Jennifer Nyborg, Tom Hope, and Toshi Watanabe) who have served Retrovirology capably.
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The Keynote speaker for the ASBMB virology meeting will be Professor Michael MC Lai who is currently a distinguished investigator at Academia Sincia,
Ni hao! We encourage your participation at this meeting, and we look forward to seeing you July in
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