Table 1.

Foamy virus conference history.

Year	Location	Key Findings Reported
1994	London, UK	Identification of “human foamy virus (HFV)” being the result of a zoonotic transmission of a chimpanzee FV Involvement of a defective HFV genome in viral latency Details of Tas-dependent HFV transcriptional control involving internal and LTR promoter
1997	Herzogenhorn, Germany	Full-length sequence of a feline FV isolate Reverse transcription during virus morphogenesis results in infectious FVs with a DNA genome First generation replication-deficient PFV vectors
1999	Gif-sur-Yvette, France	Characterization of an equine FV isolate FV glycoprotein-mediated subviral particle formation FV glycoprotein leader peptide-dependent viral particle release mechanism
2002	Atlanta, GA, USA	Application of 2nd generation replication-deficient PFV vector for hematopoietic stem cell gene transfer Viral genome-dependent FV Pol encapsidation mechanism
2004	Würzburg, Germany	Identification of FV Bet as inhibitor of the APOBEC restriction factors ESCRT-complex-dependent FV release First generation replication-deficient feline FV vector systems
2006	Seattle, WA, USA	Successful treatment of canine leukocyte adhesion deficiency by FV vector-mediated HSC gene transfer Centrosomal latency of incoming FV capsids in resting cells Identification of in vivo sites of FV replication in infected primates
2008	Heidelberg, Germany	CRM1-mediated nuclear export of unspliced FV RNAs PFV protease structure
2010	Argos, Greece	Host cells DDX6 protein involvement in PFV genome encapsidation Heparan sulfate as FV Env-dependent attachment factor
2012	Bethesda, MD, USA	Structure of the PFV Gag N-terminus in complex with FV Env LP peptides Innate sensing of FV by plasmacytoid dendritic cells Pseudotyping of FV vectors by heterologous viral glycoproteins
2014	Puławy, Poland	Discovery of BFV LTR encoded microRNAs Host cell Polo-like kinase interaction with PFV Gag involved in proviral integration Update of FV taxonomy and new nomenclature proposed
2016	Paris, France	Structure of the central domain of PFV Gag Genetic diversity of the env gene in zoonotic gorilla and chimpanzee FV strains
2018	Dresden, Germany	Identification of ISG PHF11 as cellular restriction factor of FVs Cross species dynamics of feline FV A FV vector system for transient expression of CRISPR/Cas genome engineering tools