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The 2018 Focused Meeting on the Molecular Biology and Pathogenesis of Avian Viruses, in association with Journal of General Virology, will cover the following key topics:

  • Molecular biology and genetics of avian virus replication
  • Tropism and host range restriction
  • Host antiviral responses and virus immunomodulation
  • Emerging and variant viruses
  • New and improved approaches to the control of avian viruses
  • Pathogenesis of avian viruses

This event will take place from Monday 3 to Tuesday 4 September 2018 at St Catherine's College, University of Oxford, UK.

Confirmed Speakers:

  • Professor Karen Beemon (Johns Hopkins University, USA) 
  • Dr Hui-Wen Chen (Department of Veterinary Medicine, National Taiwan University)
  • Professor Janet Daly (University of Nottingham School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, UK)
  • Professor Joanne Devlin (Asia-Pacific Centre for Animal Health, Australia)
  • Professor Paul Digard (The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, UK)
  • Professor Jiri Hejnar (Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic)
  • Dr Helene Verheije (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
  • Dr Yongxiu Yao (The Pirbright Institute, UK)
  • Professor Steve Goodbourn (St George's, University of London, UK) 

Organising committee:

  • Mike Skinner (Imperial College London, UK)
  • Steve Goodbourn (St George’s, University of London, UK)
  • Jim Kaufman (University of Cambridge, UK)
  • Stephen Prentice (Queen's University Belfast, UK)

If you would like to register your interest or have an inquiry, please email conferences@microbiologysociety.org.

Follow us on Twitter @MicrobioSoc. Updates on Molecular Biology and Pathogenesis of Avian Viruses can be found using the hashtag: #Avian18.

Submit your article to the Avian Virus collection 

Call for papers now open! Journal of General Virology's Avian Virus collection is specially curated by Dr Mike Skinner and Professor Paul Britton. 

Articles are invited on the following topics:

  • Pathogenesis of avian viruses 
  • Host antiviral responses and virus immunomodulation 
  • New approaches to the control of avian viruses

To find out more visit the Journal of General Virology's website. See articles that have already been published here.

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