Retrovirology Blog

John Brady passes away

It is with extreme personal sadness that I learned of the passing of John Brady this past weekend after a courageous battle with colon cancer.  In 1987, John and I were in the same laboratory when our mentor George Khoury passed on.  Since 1987, John has been an esteemed colleague and a thoughtful friend.  He and I ran the annual NIH George Khoury Lecture, and I have always admired John's insightul work on HTLV and HIV gene regulation.  Our thoughts and prayers are with John's wife Larrine and his children. John --- you will be missed!!!

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Citations to Retrovirology articles continue to increase

Citations to Retrovirology articles have nearly doubled every year since 2005 for the past several years.  The graph below from ISI illustrates this increasing trend.  In 2008, Retrovirology published slightly more than 100 articles; in the same year Retrovirology papers were cited approximately 1,000 times.  The journal continues to make excellent progress.  Note that the data for 2009 are ongoing and represent only citations up to the month of April.

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Paul Gorry's new recombinant DNA success

Carolyn and Paul Gorry are delighted to announce the arrival of their new son, Mitchell Timothy Gorry, born at 9.30am Wednesday 8th April. He weighed in at 3.84 kg, and is 52 cm long.  Both mother and baby are doing great. 

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Register and attend the Frontiers of Retrovirology conference, Sept 21 -23, Montpellier, France

     Have you ever wanted an opportunity to go to a small conference with cutting edge speakers and be able to meet and talk to each of the speakers and for the speakers to get to know you?  Large meetings where speakers are inaccessible and disappear immediately after their talks may hold great ambience for speakers, but are definitely not wonderful venues for many attendees.    

     From September 21 – 23, 2009, in the beautiful south of France (Montpellier), Biomed Central and Retrovirology (supported in part by ANRS, Pasteur Institute, and IGH) will host the first annual Frontiers of Retrovirology meeting.  Organized in an intimate format with internationally renowned retrovirologists as speakers, Frontiers of Retrovirology promises to be a best-in-class conference for a limited number of registrants.    

    This is your chance to hear the speakers that you have always wanted to meet.  This is your opportunity to visit the south of France and to submit your abstract for either a platform or poster presentation.  To register for this meeting (before space is filled), to submit your abstract, and to see the speaker line-up, please visit http://www.frontiersofretrovirology.com/

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