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