Quasispecies: past, present and future 30 th anniversary VIII Jornada de Virologia SCB November 17-18, 2008 Institut d Estudis Catalans, Barcelona, Spain Speakers Christof Biebricher Albert Bosch Carlos Briones Esteban Domingo Manfred Eigen Cecilio López-Galíndez Susanna Manrubia Miguel Angel Martínez Andreas Meyerhans Isabel Novella Jean-Michel Pawlotsky Juan Carlos Saiz Francisco Sobrino Ricard Solé Roger Paredes Juan Carlos de la Torre Marco Vignuzzi Simon Wain-Hobson Charles Weissmann Scientific Committee Jordi Gómez, Cecilio López-Galindez, Miguel Angel Martínez and Antonio Mas Sponsored by: Contacts and Registration Societat Catalana de Biologia, Institut d'estudis Catalans C/ Carme, 47, 08001 Barcelona Tel. 933 248 584 Fax. 932 701 180 email: scb@iec.cat http://scb.iec.cat 1 Reproduced with permission of Cell Press, nº 1975960141924
Scope The first experimental evidence that an RNA virus population consisted of distributions of mutant genomes, termed quasispecies, was first published 30 years ago by Charles Weissmann, Esteban Domingo and colleagues (Domingo et al. Cell 1978; 13: 735-744). This publication gave experimental support to the first theoretical treatment of a system that replicated with limited fidelity that was developed by Manfred Eigen (Eigen Naturwissenschaften 1971; 58: 465-523) to understand self-organization and adaptability of early life forms in earth. High mutation rates and quasispecies dynamics of RNA viruses are intimately related to viral disease, adaptive potential of viruses and therapeutic antiviral strategies. Moreover, the quasispecies concept is being applied to other biological systems as tumors, in which a cellular mutant spectrum can be also detected. The meeting will start with a brief historical review of the most relevant findings but it will quickly move to present day questions regarding viral and theoretical quasispecies concepts and its more practical aspects concerning resistances to viral treatments for HIV and HCV and with the discussion of new strategies to treat these and other worldwide viral diseases. Scientific Committee Jordi Gómez, Insitituto de Investigación en Parasitología y Biomedicina Lopez Neyra, Granada, Spain, jgomez@ipb.csic.es Cecilio López-Galindez, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, clopez@isciii.es Miguel Angel Martínez, Fundació irsiciaxa, Badalona, Spain, mmartinez@irsicaixa.es Antonio Mas, Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, Albacete, Spain, Antonio.Mas@uclm.es Format of the meeting The meeting will bring together 17 speakers and a maximum of 120 participants (including speakers). The scientific program will start early in the morning of Monday, November 17, and will end around midday on Thursday, November 18. Ample time for informal discussion will be reserved. Participants will be invited to present a poster. Organized jointly by the Universidad de Castilla La Mancha and the Societat Catalana de Biologia 2
Speakers Christof Biebricher, Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göetingen, Germany Albert Bosch, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain Carlos Briones, Centro de Astrobiología, CSIC-INTA, Madrid, Spain Esteban Domingo, Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC-UAM, Madrid, Spain Cecilio López-Galíndez, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain Susanna Manrubia, Centro de Astrobiología, CSIC-INTA, Madrid, Spain Miguel Angel Martínez, Fundació irsicaixa, Badalona, Spain Andreas Meyerhans, University of Saarsland, Germany Isabel Novella, University of Toledo, Ohio, USA Jean-Michel Pawlotsky, University of Paris XII, France. Juan Carlos Saiz, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agrarias, Madrid, Spain Francisco Sobrino, Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC-UAM, Madrid, Spain Ricard Solé, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain and Santa Fe Institute, New Mexico, USA Roger Paredes, Fundació irsicaixa, Badalona, Spain Juan Carlos de la Torre, The Scripps Institute, La Jolla, California, USA Marco Vignuzzi, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France Simon Wain-Hobson, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France Charles Weissmann, The Scripps Institute, Florida, USA Venue The meeting will be held in Barcelona, at the Institut d Estudis Catalans, a XVII century building with conference rooms for 156 participants and a cloister where coffee breaks, lunch and poster 3
sessions will take place. Carrer del Carme 47, 08001, Barcelona, Spain Barcelona Come on and find out what s going on in Barcelona by checking out http://www.bcn.cat/english/ihome.htm Barcelona city map: http://www.bcn.es/guia/welcomea.htm Barcelona virtual flight: http://www.bcn.es/volvirtual/en_bcn4d.html How to get to the Institut d Estudis Catalans Call for abstracts Accepted abstracts will be displayed as posters during the entire conference from November 17th until November 18th, 2008. The acceptance decision will be notified by the end of October by email. A few posters will be selected for a short oral talk. The abstracts will appear in the booklet distributed among the participants as they have been sent. Please check your abstract 4
before posting it. They should be submitted using the abstract submission form below (Fields Last name, First name, Address, E- mail, Title and Abstract are required). The deadline for submission is October 17th, 2008. The official language of the meeting will be English Abstract should be send to: scb@iec.cat The posters size should not exceed 2 meters high by 1 meter wide (portrait). If the size is not respected, it will be not possible to present your poster. Please bring tape to hold it on the metal poster board (not provided on site). Guidelines for Abstracts - Abstracts should be written in English, 200 words maximum. - Use margins of 2,5 cm on left side and 2 cm on right side of the A4 page (21 cm x 29,7 cm). - Format: word doc. - Title: Times New Roman Font, size 14; it should be written in lowercase bold letters at the top of the page. - Authors: Times New Roman Font, size 12; skip one line after title; Underline name of the presenting author. - Affiliation: Times New Roman Font, size 12; skip one line after authors' names; Department, Institution, city and country. - Text: Times New Roman font, size 12; skip one line from affiliation, text should be adjusted to the left. For any further information concerning your abstract or poster, please contact any member of the Scientific Committee. Online Registration Registration fee (TVA included) covers cost for admission to the scientific sessions, abstracts book, coffee breaks and lunch (November 17). Fees: Academics: 80 Students: 50 Members of the Societat Catalana de Biologia: free Gala dinner (optional) (Evening November 17, Cloister of the Institut d Estudis Catalans): 50 To register go to: http://scb.iec.cat/quasispecies/inscripcio.asp Payment: by bank transfer to la Caixa 2100-0963-61-0200010607, contact us for details scb@iec.cat 5