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CEV virtual events at recurring Zoom link
Midwest AViDD virtual meetings at a separate Zoom link
Upcoming event:
April 22 - AViDD Seminar: Nevan Krogen, UCSF and QCRG (Quantitative Biosciences Institute Coronavirus Research Group)
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Event schedule:
(60) May 6, 2024- Quarterly NIH Update (Zoom with ExLT only)
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(59) April 22- AViDD Seminar: Nevan Krogen, UCSF and QCRG (Quantitative Biosciences Institute Coronavirus Research Group)
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(58) April 15, 2024-Reverse Site Visit (1pm CT- 4 pm CT, ExLT only)
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(57) Workshop #4 is set for March 21-22, 2024 at BCM, Houston (note: ASBMB Annual Meeting will be March 23-26 in nearby San Antonio). Please block off these dates on your calendar now.
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(56) March 18- AViDD Science Meeting-Core E on antiviral animal models
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(55) Midwest AViDD virtual meeting - Monday, March 4 -- 3pm CT

Ming Luo, Professor at Georgia State University
"AViDD Project 1 update: Small molecule entry inhibitors of pandemic viruses"
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(54) February 26 - AViDD Seminar: Matthias Gotte from the University of Alberta
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(53) Midwest AViDD virtual meeting - Monday, February 19th - 3pm CT

Donghoon Chung, Associate Professor at University of Louisville
"AViDD Project 5 update: Pandemic Virus Helicase Inhibitors"
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(52) February 12, 2024 -Quarterly NIH Update (Zoom with ExLT only)
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(51) Midwest AViDD virtual meeting - Monday, February 5th, 2023 (3 pm CT)

Hideki Aihara, Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics
"AViDD Project 4 update: Nuclease Inhibitors for Viruses of Pandemic Concern"
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(50) Midwest AViDD virtual meeting - Monday, January 29th, 2023 (3 pm CT)

Reuben Harris, HHMI investigator, Professor and Chair at University of Texas Health San Antonio
"AViDD Project 3 update: Pandemic virus protease inhibitors"
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(49) Midwest AViDD virtual meeting - Monday, January 8th, 2023 (3 pm CT)

Fang Li, Professor and Endowed Chair, Department of Pharmacology at the University of Minnesota Medical School; Director, Center for Emerging Viruses; Co-Director, Midwest Antiviral Drug Discovery Center
"AViDD Project 2 update: Nanobodies as novel entry inhibitors of pandemic viruses"
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(48) Midwest AViDD virtual meeting - Monday, December 18- 3pm CT

Ming Luo, Professor at Georgia State University
"AViDD Project 1 update: Small molecule entry inhibitors of pandemic viruses"
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(47) Midwest AViDD virtual meeting - Monday, December 4 - 3pm CT

Donghoon Chung, Associate Professor at University of Louisville
"AViDD Project 5 update: Pandemic Virus Helicase Inhibitors"
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(46) November 27-AViDD Seminar (Luiza Mendonca, AViDD Mentored Project)
(45) Midwest AViDD virtual meeting - Monday, November 20th, 2023 (3 pm CT)

Hideki Aihara, Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics
"AViDD Project 4 update: Nuclease Inhibitors for Viruses of Pandemic Concern"
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(44) Quarterly NIH Update (zoom with ExLT only) - November 13th, 2023
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(43) Midwest AViDD virtual meeting - Monday, November 6th, 2023 (3 pm CT)

Reuben Harris, HHMI investigator, Professor and Chair at University of Texas Health San Antonio
"AViDD Project 3 update: Pandemic virus protease inhibitors"
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(42) Midwest AViDD virtual meeting - Monday, October 16th, 2023 (3 pm CT)

Fang Li, Professor and Endowed Chair, Department of Pharmacology at the University of Minnesota Medical School; Director, Center for Emerging Viruses; Co-Director, Midwest Antiviral Drug Discovery Center
"AViDD Project 2 update: Nanobodies as novel entry inhibitors of pandemic viruses"
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(41) Midwest AViDD virtual meeting - Monday, October 2nd, 2023 (3 pm CT)

Ming Luo, Professor at Georgia State University
"AViDD Project 1 update: Small molecule entry inhibitors of pandemic viruses"
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(40) Midwest AViDD Center Hybrid Lecture Series - Monday, September 26th, 2023 (3 pm CT)
Guest speaker Zhengqiang Wang, UMN Center for Drug Design
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(39) September 19th-20th – Workshop #3 at UMN, in person, and zoom (all members). Please put these dates in your calendar. We recommend arrival on the 18th and departure on evening of the 20th.
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(37) Midwest AViDD Center Hybrid Lecture Series - Monday, August 28th, 2023 (3 pm CT)
Jason Perry, Genentech
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(36) Midwest AViDD virtual meeting - Monday, August 21st, 2023 (3 pm CT)

Donghoon Chung, Associate Professor at University of Louisville
"AViDD Project 5 update: Pandemic Virus Helicase Inhibitors"
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(35) Midwest AViDD virtual meeting - Monday, August 7th, 2023 (3 pm CT)

Hideki Aihara, Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics
"AViDD Project 4 update: Nuclease Inhibitors for Viruses of Pandemic Concern"
(34) Midwest AViDD Center Hybrid Lecture Series - Monday, July 24th, 2023 (3 pm CT)
Wade Blair, Head of Virology and Vaccine Discovery at AstraZeneca
"Discovering Novel Antivirals and the Path to an Approved Drug"
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(33) Midwest AViDD virtual meeting - Monday, July 17th, 2023 (3 pm CT)

Reuben Harris, HHMI investigator, Professor and Chair at University of Texas Health San Antonio
"AViDD Project 3 update: Pandemic virus protease inhibitors"
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(32) Midwest AViDD virtual meeting - Tuesday, June 5, 2023 (5:30 pm CT)

Fang Li, Professor and Endowed Chair, Department of Pharmacology at the University of Minnesota Medical School; Director, Center for Emerging Viruses; Co-Director, Midwest Antiviral Drug Discovery Center
"AViDD Project 2 update: Nanobodies as novel entry inhibitors of pandemic viruses"
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(31) Midwest AViDD virtual meeting - Monday, May 15th, 2023 (3 pm CT)

Ming Luo, Professor at Georgia State University
"AViDD Project 1 update: Small molecule entry inhibitors of pandemic viruses"
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(30) Midwest AViDD virtual meeting - - Monday, May 1st, 2023 (3 pm CT)

Donghoon Chung, Associate Professor at University of Louisville
"AViDD Project 5 update: Pandemic Virus Helicase Inhibitors"
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(29) Midwest AViDD Hybrid Lecture Series - Monday, April 24th at 3 pm
Jonathan Baell, PhD - Co-Director, Australian Translational Medicine Chemistry Facility, Lecturer, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Lecture: How to Maximize the Utility of High Throughput Screening
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(28) March 30-31st 2023 – Workshop #2 at UF-Scripps, in person, and zoom (all members)
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(27) Midwest AViDD virtual meeting - Monday, March 20, 2023 (3 pm CT)

Hideki Aihara, Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics
"AViDD Project 4 update: Nuclease Inhibitors for Viruses of Pandemic Concern"
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(26) AViDD ExLT Meeting - Monday, March 13th, 2023
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(25) Midwest AViDD virtual meeting - Monday, March 6th, 2023 (3 pm CT)

Reuben Harris, HHMI investigator, Professor and Chair at University of Texas Health San Antonio
"AViDD Project 3 update: Pandemic virus protease inhibitors"
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(24) AViDD Hybrid Lecture Series - Monday, February 27th, 2023 (3 pm CT)
Hongmin Li, Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Arizona
"Inhibitors targeting flavivirus protease and methyltransferase"
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(23) Midwest AViDD virtual meeting - Monday, February 20th, 2023 (3 pm CT)
Gang Ye, Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Minnesota
"AViDD Project 2 update - Nanobodies as novel entry inhibitors of pandemic viruses"
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(22) Midwest AViDD virtual meeting - Monday, February 6th, 2023 (3 pm CT)

Ming Luo, Professor at Georgia State University
"AViDD Project 1 update: Small molecule entry inhibitors of pandemic viruses"
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(21) Midwest AViDD virtual meeting - Monday, December 5, 2022 (3 pm CT)

Ryan Langlois, Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
"AViDD Core E update: Cellular and Organismic Systems for Antiviral Testing"
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(20) Midwest AViDD virtual meeting - Monday, November 21, 2022 (3 pm CT)

Rommie Amaro, Professor and Endowed Chair at University of California
"AViDD Core D update: Structural and Computational Virology"
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(19) Midwest AViDD virtual meeting - Monday, November 7, 2022 (3 pm CT)
Thomas Bannister, Senior Scientific Director at University of Florida Scripps
"AViDD Core C update: Medicinal Chemistry"
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(18) Midwest AViDD Workshop - Thursday, October 27, 2022
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(17) Midwest AViDD virtual meeting - Monday, October 17, 2022 (3 pm CT)
Louis Scampavia, Senior Scientific Director at University of Florida Scripps
"AViDD Core B update: Antiviral Drug Discovery and Development"
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(16) Midwest AViDD virtual meeting - Monday, September 19, 2022 (3 pm CT)

Hideki Aihara, Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics
"AViDD Project 4 update: Nuclease Inhibitors for Viruses of Pandemic Concern"
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(15) Midwest AViDD virtual meeting - Monday, August 15, 2022 (3 pm CT)

Ming Luo, Professor at Georgia State University
"AViDD Project 1 update: Small molecule entry inhibitors of pandemic viruses"
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(14) Midwest AViDD virtual meeting - - Monday, August 1, 2022 (3 pm CT)

Donghoon Chung, Associate Professor at University of Louisville
"AViDD Project 5 update: Pandemic Virus Helicase Inhibitors"
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(13) Midwest AViDD virtual meeting - Monday, July 18, 2022 (3 pm CT)

Reuben Harris, HHMI investigator, Professor and Chair at University of Texas Health San Antonio
"AViDD Project 3 update: Pandemic virus protease inhibitors"
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(12) Midwest AViDD virtual meeting - Tuesday, July 5, 2022 (5:30 pm CT)

Fang Li, Endowed Professor of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
"AViDD Project 2 update: Nanobodies as novel entry inhibitors of pandemic viruses"
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(11) CCR virtual seminar - Tuesday, May 24, 2022 (2 pm CT)

Liqiang Chen, Associate Professor of Center for Drug Design
"Bi-substrate Inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 Nsp14 Methyltransferase"
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(10) CCR virtual seminar - Tuesday, April 26, 2022 (2 pm CT)

Stanley Perlman, Professor and Distinguished Chair at University of Iowa
"Animal models of COVID-19, including Anosmia"
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(9) CCR virtual seminar - Tuesday, April 12, 2022 (2 pm CT)

Fang Li, Endowed Professor of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
"Molecular mechanisms of COVID-19 and intervention strategies"
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(8) CCR virtual seminar - Tuesday, March 15, 2022 (2 pm CT)

Hideki Aihara, Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics
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(7) CCR virtual seminar - Tuesday, March 1, 2022 (2 pm CT)

Hyeryun Choe, Professor at Scripps Research Institute Florida
"How SARS-CoV-2 first adapted in humans"
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(6) CCR virtual seminar - Tuesday, February 1, 2022 (2 pm CT)

Lijun Rong, Professor at University of Illinois at Chicago
"SARS-CoV-2 Research: Small Molecule Antivirals"
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(5) CCR virtual seminar - Tuesday, January 18, 2022 (2 pm CT)

Reuben Harris, HHMI investigator, Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics
"Picking golden needles from haystacks – powerful cellular assays for identifying and characterizing SARS2 protease inhibitors"
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(4) CCR virtual seminar - Tuesday, January 4, 2022 (2 pm CT)

Rommie Amaro, Professor and Endowed Chair at University of California San Diego
"Computational Microscopy of SARS-CoV-2"
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(3) CCR virtual seminar - Friday, December 10, 2021 (12 pm CT):

Donghoon Chung, Associate Professor at University of Louisville
"Viral helicases as novel antiviral targets"
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(2) CCR virtual seminar - Friday, November 19, 2021 (12 pm CT):

Timothy Palzkill, Professor and Chair at Baylor College of Medicine
"Discovering Inhibitors for Infectious Disease Targets Using DNA-Encoded Chemical Libraries"
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(1) CCR virtual seminar - Friday, September 17, 2021 (12 pm CT):

Yang Yang, Assistant Professor at Iowa State University
"Mechanism of mismatch recognition by the SARS-CoV-2 proofreading exonuclease"
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