Get Ready for ASV 2026!

45th Annual Meeting
July 27 - 30
Minneapolis, MN

Hosted by:
University of Minnesota

Registration - Abstract Submission - Travel Award Applications

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Local Host Spotlight

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Yuying Liang, PhD

University of Minnesota
Twin Cities

The Liang lab focuses on both basic and translational research on arenaviruses, a family of enveloped RNA viruses with a bi-segmented genome that are carried by local rodents and can cause severe hemorrhagic fevers in humans. Our research areas include studying virus-host interactions and developing a recombinant Pichinde virus (PICV) vector as a platform for vaccines and immunotherapies targeting animal and human diseases.

Wei Zhang

Wei Zhang, PhD

University of Minnesota
Twin Cities

Dr. Zhang’s research group investigates structural transformations of enveloped viruses, including alphaviruses and retroviruses, during assembly and infection. We use cryo-EM, cryo-ET, and 3D reconstruction methods to elucidate how alphaviruses mediate membrane fusion during entry and the key determinants of retrovirus assembly and maturation. We aim to reveal structure-function relationships by resolving atomic details of critical viral proteins throughout these essential biological processes.

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Louis M. Mansky, PhD

University of Minnesota
Twin Cities

The Mansky research group has maintained long-standing interests in the replication, evolution and virus-host cell interactions of the human retroviruses – human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) and human immunodeficiency virus types 1 and 2 (HIV-1, HIV-2). Areas of investigation have included the determinants of HIV-1 mutagenesis, lethal mutagenesis as an antiviral strategy, and the comparative analysis of HTLV and HIV particle assembly and host-cell interactions. Dr. Mansky is the founding director of the University of Minnesota’s Institute for Molecular Virology as well as the founding director of the NIH T32-supported Minnesota Training Program in Virology.

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Sandra Quackenbush, Secretary
Pranav Danthi, Treasurer
University of Michigan Medical School
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
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Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5620
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Membership

Alison Kell
Assistant Professor
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
University of New Mexico
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Jonathan Simon
Administrative Assistant
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ASV 2026

July 27 - 30, 2026
45th Annual Meeting
Minneapolis, Minnesota
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities 
Local Hosts: Wei Zhang, Yuying Liang, Louis Mansky

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