The EMBO workshop – Viruses of Microbes will be held on 9-13 July 2018 at Wrocław, Poland.

Viruses have always been a key element of microbial diversity and evolution, as well as a tool for molecular biologists to learn more about how the host cell functions. This information has also been put to productive use more recently to control infections and fouling in many areas of our modern life. A main objective of this EMBO Workshop is to stimulate new understandings of the role that viruses of microbes play in ecosystems and in the sustainable development of human technologies.

Session topics

• Viral entry and exit in the variety of microbial hosts
• Transcription and replication in viruses of microbes
• Host-virus interactions: structure and function
• Host-virus interactions: microbial resistance to viral infection
• Microbial virus encoded enzymes: fundamentals and application
• Biotechnology and molecular engineering of microbial viruses
• Phage therapy I, fundamentals
• Phage therapy II, application
• Diversity and evolution, bacterial and archaeal viruses
• Diversity and evolution, algae and fungi viruses, virophages
• Ecology and systems biology, bacterial and archaeal viruses
• Ecology and systems biology, algae and fungi viruses, virophages
• Application to market: food production, agriculture, environmental, diagnostics, health (part 1)
• Application to market: food production, agriculture, environmental, diagnostics, health (part 2)

Important Dates

• Registration Deadline: 19 March 2018
• Abstract Submission Deadline: 19 March 2018
• Chosen Participants Will Be Notified By: 13 April 2018
• Payment Deadline: 25 May 2018