About ASV
The American Society for Virology is committed to growing and supporting a diverse and inclusive community of virologists, to promote research and education on viruses, and to foster engagement and open communication of discoveries.
Rotavirus triple-layered particles. Rotavirus virions are triple-layered particles with icosahedral symmetry. The spike protein and the glycoprotein VP7 compose the external layer. Meanwhile, a unique component, VP6, is part of the middle layer. The VP2 icosahedral internal layer or virus core encapsidates the eleven dsRNA genome segments. All twelve vertices of inner core contain VP1-VP3 complexes. The image represents high-definition transmission electron microscopy of rotavirus triple-layered particles purified from cell culture. After glutaraldehyde fixation, the particles were stained phosphotungstate. Acquired images were colored using Adobe Photoshop.
Courtesy of Catherine Eichwald, Institute of Virology, University of Zürich.
Officers and Councilors
FELICIA GOODRUM, Ph.D.
President
University of Arizona
Department of Immunobiology
1657 E. Helen St., BIO5 Institute
Thomas W. Keating Bldg, Rm 4
Tuscon, AZ 85721
Phone: 520-626-7468
COLIN PARRISH, Ph.D.
President-Elect
Cornell University
Baker Institute for Animal Health
College of Veterinary Medicine
235 Hungerford Hill Road
Ithaca, NY 14853
Phone: 607-256-5610
KATHERINE R. SPINDLER, Ph.D.
Secretary-Treasurer
University of Michigan Medical School Department of Microbiology and Immunology
1150 West Medical Center Drive,
5635 Med Sci II
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5620
Phone: 734-615-2727
Councilors
Nominating Committee Chair (2022)
CRAIG E. CAMERON – University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Councilor for Invertebrate Virology (2024)
MICHELLE FLENNIKEN – Montana State University
Councilor for Plant Virology (2023)
SVETLANA FOLIMONOVA – University of Florida
Councilor for Evolution and Ecology (2023)
ADAM LAURING – University of Michigan
Councilor for Animal Virology (2024)
ANDREW MEHLE – University of Wisconsin - Madison
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Councilor for Medical Virology (2022)
ANNE MOSCONA – Columbia University Medical Center
Councilor for Prokaryotic Virology (2023)
KRISTIN PARENT – Michigan State University
Councilor for Veterinary/Zoonotic Virology (2022)
JOHN S. L. PARKER – Cornell University
Councilor for Virology Trainees (2023)
CHELSEY SPRIGGS – University of Michigan
Councilor for Virology Trainees (2022)
KISHANA Y. TAYLOR – University of California, Davis
In Memoriam
Professor Emeritus, Director
Salk Institute’s National Cancer Institute
President and Founder
ViroDefense Inc.
Edith Wilson Bowles and Robert Bowles Professor
California Institute of Technology
Deputy Director, Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Chair & Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine