Nature Conference: Viral Infection and Immune Response（First Announcement）
Date：02-06-2016 | 【Print】 【close】
The Nature Conference on Viral Infection and Immune Response (VIIR), which will be held on Oct 21-23, 2016 in Wuhan, aims at bringing together leading international scientists to explore emerging themes in viral infections and immune dysregulation, and providing promising venues for immune interventions.
Time and Venue:
October 21-23, 2016; Wuhan, China
Organizers:
Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Nature Microbiology
Chinese Society for Immunology
Committee on Virology, Chinese Society for Microbiology
Scientific Organizing Committee：
| Hong Tang |
Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, |
| George Gao | Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China |
| Andrew Jermy | Nature Microbiology, UK |
|
Nonia Pariente | Nature Microbiology, UK |
Local Organizing Committee：
| Xin-wen Chen | Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| Yan-yi Wang | Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| Bin Wei | Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| Zhong Huang | Chinese Society for Immunology, Chinese Academy of Medicine |
| Ying Wu | Chinese Society for Microbiology, Division of Virology |
Session Topics：
1.Epidemiology of emerging viral disease
2.Persistent viral infection and immune dysregulation
3.Viral pathogenesis
4.Immune intervention and prevention of disease
5.Innate antiviral immunity
6.Induction of systemic adaptive immunity
Speakers List：
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
| Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti | St Jude Children's Research Hospital, USA |
| Hong-bing Shu | Wuhan University, China |
PLENARY SPEAKERS
| George Gao | Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China |
| Elodie Ghedin | New York University, USA |
| Malik Peiris | The University of Hong Kong, China |
| Hualan Chen | Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy Agricultural Sciences, China |
| Fusheng Wang | Beijing Institute of Infectious Diseases, China |
| Sharon Lewin | University of Melbourne, Australia |
| Andrea L Cox | Johns Hopkins University, USA |
| James Crowe | Vanderbuilt University, USA |
| Wendy Barclay | Imperial College London, UK |
| Kwok-Yung Yuen | The University of Hong Kong, China |
| Amadou Sall | Institut Pasteur of Dakar, Senegal |
| Nancy Sullivan | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, USA |
| Dennis Burton | The Scripps Research Institute, USA |
| Rafick-Pierre Sekaly | Case Western Reserve University, USA |
| Paul Klenerman | University of Oxford, UK |
| Kanta Subbarao | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, USA |
| John Schoggins | University of Texas Southwestern, USA |
| James Chen | University of Texas Southwestern, USA |
| Gong Cheng | Tsinghua University School of Medicine, China |
| Ed Mocarski | Emory University, USA |
| Bing Sun | Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, CAS, China |
| Hai Qi | Tsinghua University School of Medicine, China |
| David Masopust | University of Minnesota, USA |
| Jose Villadangos | The University of Melbourne, Australia |
Contact Us：
Registration Websites: http://www.nature.com/natureconferences/viir2016/index.html
http://viir2016.csp.escience.cn
VIIR Conference Secretariat:
Ms. Han Zhang
Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
No. 44, Xiao Hong Shan, Wuhan, Hubei, China, 430071
Tel: +86-27-8719859
