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WORKSHOP ON PLANT VIROLOGY

Suppression & Circumvention of Host Defence by Plant Viruses

 

1- 5 July| 2006 | Haikko|Finland 


Programme
(Preliminary)

July 1 | July 2 | July 3 | July 4 | July 5

The programme is planned to start in the late afternoon, July 1st.
Please make your own travel arrangements (see transport) planning to arrive in Helsinki airport, Finland, latest at 15h00 (3 p.m.) on July 1st. The organisers will provide transport between the airport and Haikko Manor.

The programme will shape up based on the presentations offered by the applicants. However, organisers have invited a number of speakers to ensure coverage of the cutting-edge science in all main study fields relevant to the workshop. These 25 invited senior scientists who have confirmed their participation include, for example:

OLIVIER VOINNET, France – RNA silencing, especially viral silencing suppressors

SAVITHRAMMA DINESH-KUMAR, USA – Virus-induced hypersensitive response

KARL OPARKA, UK – Macromolecular transport and plasmodesmata

JOSEPH ATABEKOV, Russia – Viral movement complexes

DENNIS BAMFORD, Finland – RNA-dependent RNA polymerases

JÓZSEF BURGYÁN, Hungary – siRNA of viral origin

MICHAEL WASSENEGGER, Germany – Viroids and engineered resistance

TAKASHI SERA, Japan – Gene expression and viral replication

 

Saturday, July 1

12-16 pm            Arrival, registration

16:00                Opening of the Symposium

16:30                Oral presentations, session 1

18:00                Poster session 1

19:00                Get-together

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Sunday, July 2

9:00                  Oral presentations, session 2

10:15                Coffee

10:35                Oral presentations, session 3

11:50                Lunch

13:30                Oral presentations, session 4

14:20               Coffee

14:30                Poster session 2

15:30                Free time (swimming, walking...)

17:00                Oral presentations, session 5

18:45                Break

19:00                Dinner
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Monday, July 3

9:00                  Oral presentations, session 6

10:15                Coffee

10:45                Oral presentations, session 7

12:00                Lunch

13:30               Poster session 3

14:45                Coffee

15:15                Special lecture on societal context and impact

16:00                Social and evening programme
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Tuesday, July 4

9:00                  Oral presentations, session 8

10:15                Coffee

10:45                Oral presentations, session 9

12:00                Lunch

14:00                Oral presentations, session 10

15:15                Coffee

15:30                Oral presentations, session 11

16:15                CLOSURE OF THE WORKSHOP

19:00                Dinner
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Wednesday, July 5

8:00 - Breakfast, departure

Departure is planned for Wednesday morning, July 5th, starting at 8 a.m. Times can be adjusted according to participants' needs. There are several OPTIONS for the day of departure (July 5th)

Haikko Manor as such is an excellent place for staying some extra days for leisure at the Baltic Sea.

The organisers and Hotel Haikko Manor will assist participants in making their own arrangements for tourist excursions, e.g., to the towns of:

Porvoo     |       Kotka        |     Lappeenranta          
Savonlinna - (Savonlinna Opera Festival)     |       St. Petersburg, Russia (350 km)              

Depending on the participant's interest, a scientific excursion can be organised to the Viikki Life Science campus and the Biocenter of University of Helsinki.

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