Scientific Program
Keynote
Monday, July 27, 2026

Stephen Goff, Columbia University
Symposium I - Monday, July 27 Symposium II - Tuesday, July 28
Mechanisms at the Virus-Host Interface Across Scales

 Viral Immunity and Vaccine Responses

Paul Bieniasz, The Rockefeller University

Dan Barouch, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School

Wendy Maury, University of Iowa

Michaela Gack, Cleveland Clinic Florida Research and Innovation Center

Anthony Nicola, Washington State University

Yuying Liang, University of Minnesota

 

Pei-Yong Shi, GlaxoSmithKline

Ann Palmenberg Junior Investigator Awards and Presentations

Erica Spackman, United States Department of Agriculture
   

Symposium III - Wednesday, July 29

Symposium IV - Thursday, July 30

Emerging and Re-emerging Viruses in a Changing World

Comparative Infection and Pathogenesis Across Disciplines

Ralph Baric, University of North Carolina

Kay Choi, Indiana University

Marion Koopmans, Erasmus Medical Centre

Matthew Evans, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

David Veesler, University of Washington

David Knipe, Harvard Medical School

Susan Weiss, University of Pennsylvania

Xiang-Jin Meng, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

 

Anne Simon, University of Maryland


State-of-the-Art Lectures
Pranam Chatterjee
University of Pennsylvania
"Designing Programmable Biologics with Generative Sequence Models"		 Melody Li
Universityy of California - Los Angeles
"Breaking the Barrier: Mechanisms of Alphavirus Entry into the Central Nervous System"

Amaro Nunes Duarte Neto
University de Sao Paulo
"Viral Infections and Epidemics Through the Lens of Autopsy"

 Rosa Lozana-Duran
Universitat Tubingen
"The DNA Virus Guide to Hijacking a Host: the Case of Geminiviruses"

Talia Karasov
The University of Utah
Tailocins: Repurposing Phage Machinery to Suppress Pathogens

 Kristine Wylie
Washington University in St. Louis
"Dynamics of the Virome and Host During Pregnancy"


Satellite Symposia

 
Animal Virology: Methods and Concepts towards Understanding Dynamic Viral Processes
Organizers: Samuel Campos, Morgan State University, Councilor for Animal Virology
Susan Hafenstein, University of Minnesota, Hormel Institute
Evolution and Ecology: Virus Evolution and Emergence Across Scales: Insights from the Field, Bench, and Model
Organizer: Gregory Ebel, Colorado State University, Councilor for Evolution and Ecology
Applied Virology: Research Experiences in Industry
Organizer: Timothy Tellinghuisen, F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Ltd., Councilor for Applied Virology
Prokaryotic Virology: Bacteria did it first: Innate Immune Systems against Phage Predation with Eukaryotic Homologs
Organizer: Carolyn Teschke, University of Connecticut, Councilor for Prokaryotic Virology
Global Scholar Satellite: Virology in One Voice
Organizers: Miguel Quiñones-Mateu, Western University, Chair, Global Partnerships and Advocacy Committee
Andrew Pekosz, Johns Hopkins University, Co-Chair, Global Partnerships and Advocacy Committee