Programme
Wednesday – September 25, 2024
ARRIVAL OF PARTICIPANTS AND ACCOMMODATION | |||||
13.00 | – | 14.00 | Registration of participants | ||
14.00 | – | 14.30 | Opening ceremony | ||
14.30 | – | 15.00 | KL | 1 | Mart Krupovic (France): A kaleidoscope of archaeal viruses |
15.00 | – | 15.30 | KL | 2 | ![]() |
15.30 | – | 16.00 | Coffee break |
SESSION I: Virus-host interactions
CHAIRPERSONS: Beatriz Navarro, Tina Uršič |
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16.00 | – | 16.30 | IL | 1 | Beatriz Navarro (Italy): Molecular interplay between viroids and plants |
16.30 | – | 17.00 | IL | 2 | Tina Uršič (Slovenia): Respiratory viruses and the stories behind the scene |
17.00 | – | 17.15 | OP | 1 | Ilana S. Fratty (Israel): The aftermath of COVID-19: Exploring its impacts on influenza patterns in Israel |
17.15 | – | 17.30 | OP | 2 | Marina Prišlin Šimac (Croatia): In vitro interaction between canid alphaherpesvirus 1 and canine adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells: impact on cell gene expression and secretome profile |
17.30 | – | 17.45 | OP | 3 | Ivona Viduka (Croatia): Cytomegalovirus secondary envelopment and its release from infected cells is mediated by Rab15-positive membrane organelle |
20.00 | Welcome Reception (Swimming Pool) |
Thursday – September 26, 2024
8.00 | – | 9.00 | REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS |
SESSION II: Veterinary virology
CHAIRPERSONS: Lorena Jemeršić, Dragan Brnić |
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9.00 | – | 9.30 | IL | 3 | Lorena Jemeršić (Croatia): A large virus causing a large problem – African swine fever virus |
9.30 | – | 10.00 | IL | 4 | Sandra Blome (Germany): African swine fever vaccination – concepts and status quo (online) |
10.00 | – | 10.15 | OP | 4 | Margarita Božiković (Croatia): First detection of porcine lymphotropic herpesviruses 1,2 and 3 in domestic pigs in Croatia |
10.15 | – | 10.30 | OP | 5 | Ivana Giovanna Zupičić (Croatia): Seawater Outbreak of Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis (IHN) in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) |
10.30 | – | 10.45 | OP | 6 | Jelena Maksimović Zorić (Serbia): Establishment of the European Swine Influenza Network (ESFLU) for improvement of the One Health perspective |
10.45 | – | 11.00 | Coffee break | ||
SESSION III: Plant viruses
CHAIRPERSONS: Dijana Škorić, Éva Varallyay |
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9.00 | – | 9:30 | IL | 5 | Éva Várallyay (Hungary): The legacy of classical virologists explored by HTS can lead to new discoveries |
9.30 | – | 10.00 | IL | 6 | Sebastien Massart (Belgium): “Into the wild“: from plant virus ecology in wild ecosystems to plant virus epidemics in crops |
10.00 | – | 10.15 | OP | 7 | Dijana Škorić (Croatia): Discovery of a previously unknown virus in ancient olives remains |
10.15 | – | 10.30 | OP | 8 | Lana Vogrinec (Slovenia): High-throughput sequencing reveals hidden viral diversity in aquatic plants |
10.30 | – | 10.45 | OP | 9 | Karima Ben Mansour (Czech Republic): Where do viruses come from, and when? Case studies of watermelon mosaic virus and grapevine Pinot Gris virus |
10.45 | – | 11.00 | Coffee break | ||
SESSION IV: Immune response to virus infection
CHAIRPERSONS: Vanda Juranić Lisnić, Sanda Ravlić |
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11.00 | – | 11.30 | IL | 7 | Vanda Juranić Lisnić (Croatia): Pathogenesis of cytomegalovirus infection in ovaries and adrenal glands |
11.30 | – | 12.00 | IL | 8 | Sanda Ravlić (Croatia): Understanding differences in immune status between COVID-19 survivors and vaccinated individuals |
12.00 | – | 12.15 | OP | 10 | Maja Bogdanić (Croatia): Seroepidemiology of cytomegalovirus infections in childbearing-aged and pregnant women in Croatia |
12.15 | – | 12.30 | OP | 11 | Jasmina Kučinar (Croatia): Prevalence of herpes simplex virus type 1 and type 2 antibodies in risk populations, Istria County, 2020-2023 |
12.30 | – | 14.00 | Lunch break (optional, not included in registration fee) | ||
14.00 | – | 15.30 | Poster session 1
Poster teaser: 15 min Session Chair: Marina Drčelić |
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SESSION V: Environmental virology
CHAIRPERSONS: Sebastien Massart, Denis Kutnjak |
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11.00 | – | 11.30 | IL | 9 | Eeva J. Vainio (Finland): Evolutionary links and lifestyle of mycoviruses in forest ecosystems (online) |
11.30 | – | 12.00 | IL | 10 | Denis Kutnjak (Slovenia): Assessing virome diversity across ecosystems: from plants to water samples |
12.00 | – | 12.15 | OP | 12 | Anna S. Speranskaya (Russia): Metavirome analysis of oral and faecal swabs from hedgehogs in central Russia: Coronaviruses, Mammarenaviruses and differences in virus composition in active and hibernating hedgehogs |
12.15 | – | 12.30 | OP | 13 | Dorotea Grbin (Croatia): First virome analysis of severely symptomatic zucchini in Croatia reveals high prevalence and diversity of potyviruses |
12:30 | – | 14:00 | Lunch break (optional, not included in registration fee) | ||
14.00 | – | 15.30 | Poster session 1
Poster teaser: 15 min Session Chair: Marina Drčelić |
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17:00 | – | 20:00 | Social event-excursion (optional) |
Friday – September 27, 2024
SESSION VI: Emerging and neglected viruses
CHAIRPERSONS: Tatjana Vilibić-Čavlek, Pavle Jeličić |
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9.00 | – | 9.30 | IL | 11 | Tatjana Vilibić Čavlek (Croatia): Emerging trends of arbovirus infections in Croatia |
9.30 | – | 9.45 | OP | 14 | Dario Sabadi (Croatia): Clinical characteristics of neuroinvasive flavivirus infections in Croatia |
9.45 | – | 10.00 | OP | 15 | Barbara Igriczi (Hungary): First report of porcine parvovirus 8 in Europe: widespread detection and genetic characterization on commercial pig farms in Hungary and Slovakia |
10.00 | – | 10.15 | OP | 16 | Pavle Jeličić (Croatia): Epidemiology of hepatitis E virus in Croatia |
10.15 | 10.30 | OP | 17 | Iva Pem Novosel (Croatia): Assessment of West Nile virus transmission risk in Croatia | |
10:30 | 10:45 | Gold sponsor presentation- Altium – Ines Topalović Piteša: Emerging viruses – from another perspective | |||
10.45 | – | 11.10 | Coffee break | ||
SESSION VII: One Health
CHAIRPERSONS: Tamaš Petrović, Ljubo Barbić |
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11.10 | – | 11.40 | IL | 12 | Tamaš Petrović (Serbia): Some of the zoonotic viruses that circulate in Serbia in the last 20 years |
11.40 | – | 12.10 | IL | 13 | Ljubo Barbić (Croatia): A veterinary perspective on One Health in Croatia |
12.10 | – | 12.25 | OP | 18 | Gašper Grubelnik (Slovenia): Investigation of Feline Infectious Peritonitis Virus during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic |
12.25 | – | 12.40 | Gold sponsor presentation – NOACK– Gordana Rožić: Different solutions in the diagnosis of emergent animal diseases | ||
13.00 | – | 14.30 | Lunch break (optional, not included in registration fee) | ||
14.30 | – | 16.00 | Poster Session 2
Poster teaser: 15 min Session Chair: Sanda Ravlić |
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SESSION VIII: Virus diversity and evolution
CHAIRPERSONS: Snježana Židovec-Lepej, Francesco di Serio |
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9.00 | – | 9.30 | IL | 14 | Francesco di Serio (Italy): The expanding world of novel viroid-like RNAs |
9.30 | – | 10.00 | IL | 15 | Snježana Židovec-Lepej (Croatia): Molecular diversity of EBV |
10.00 | – | 10.30 | IL | 16 | Leticia Botella (Czech Republic): The use of mycoviruses as potential markers to track the invasion pathways of their hosts |
10.30 | – | 10.45 | OP | 19 | Iro Skopa (Greece): Genomic surveillance in the era of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant of concern, from December 2021 to March 2024, in Greece |
10.45 | – | 11.10 | Coffee break | ||
SESSION IX: Virus and cancer
CHAIRPERSONS: Beata Halassy, Jasmina Vraneš |
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11.10 | – | 11.40 | IL | 17 | Beata Halassy (Croatia): Oncolytic virotherapy of a localized breast cancer recurrence in neoadjuvant setting – a case study |
11.40 | – | 12.10 | IL | 18 | Jasmina Vraneš (Croatia): HPV-associated cancers and HPV testing |
12.10 | – | 12.25 | OP | 20 | Anita Szalmás (Hungary): The role of the interaction between cytoplasmic protein phosphatases and HPV E7 |
12.25 | – | 12.50 | Gold sponsor presentation – Sartorius BIA Separations – Maja Leskovec (Slovenia): Leveraging chromatographic tools for isolation and purification of viruses and viral vectors | ||
13.00 | – | 14.30 | Lunch break (optional, not included in registration fee) | ||
14.30 | – | 16.00 | Poster Session 2
Poster teaser: 15 min Session Chair: Sanda Ravlić |
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20.00 | – | 23.00 | Gala dinner (optional) |
Saturday – September 28, 2024
SESSION X: Human virology
CHAIRPERSONS: Sunčanica Ljubin Sternak, József Kónya |
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9.00 | – | 9.30 | IL | 19 | Igor Jurak (Croatia): RNA Editing-Dependent and -Independent Roles of Adenosine Deaminases Acting on RNA Proteins in Herpesvirus Infection |
9.30 | – | 9.50 | IL | 20 | Sunčanica Ljubin Sternak (Croatia): Contemporary Insights into Rhinoviruses: Exploring Global Trends and Local Perspectives |
9.50 | – | 10.20 | IL | 21 | József Kónya (Hungary): Assessment of the benefit of co-PCR-testing SARS-CoV-2 virus with influenza and RSV viruses on archived specimens |
10.30 | – | 10.45 | OP | 21 | Ivana Ferenčak (Croatia): Genomic surveillance of respiratory viruses in Croatia |
10.45 | – | 11.15 | Coffee break |
SESSION XI: Antivirals and vaccines
CHAIRPERSON: Jelena Ivančić Jelečki, Nataša Lindič |
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11.15 | – | 11.45 | IL | 22 | Dragomira Majhen (Croatia): Adenovirus vectors: when bad guys become the good ones |
11.45 | – | 12.15 | IL | 23 | Nataša Lindič (Slovenia): Cysteine cathepsins as potential targets for treatment of viral infections |
12.15 | – | 12.45 | IL | 24 | Maja Jagušić (Croatia): Guinea pig as a model for mumps virus infection |
12.45 | – | 13.00 | OP | 22 | Filip Glavač (Croatia): Intensive care unit treatment in people living with HIV in Croatia: a single Centre 25-year experience |
13.00 | Closing remarks |
IL: invited lecture; OP: oral presentation;