DAY 1: Tuesday 15.09.2026
9:00 – 9:30 OPENING
9:30 – 10:30 KEYNOTE LECTURE: Dr Adithya Sridhar, Amsterdam UMC, NL
Title: Scaling up Host Complexity: Human Disease Models for Virology
10:30 – 11:00 COFFEE BREAK sponsored by AA BIOTECHNOLOGY
11:00 – 12:30 VIROLOGY at FarU (Chairs: A. Lipińska/M. Grzybek)
11:00 – 11:30 Dr Anna Albecka-Moreau, MRC Lab. of Molecular Biology, UK
Title: Cytosolic Antibody Receptor TRIM21 and Its Role in Antiviral Immunity;
12:30 – 12:45 FLASH-talks for sessions FarU and Basic Virology
12:45 – 13:45 LUNCH
12:45 – 14:30 POSTER SESSION (hall in front of auditorium)
14:30 – 15:45 BASIC VIROLOGY I (Chairs: A. Milewska/ M. Weidner-Glunde)
14:30 – 15:00 Prof. A. Kula-Păcurar, Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology, UJ, PL
Title: A Road Towards a Cure: Defining the Molecular Mechanisms of HIV-1 Latency;
15:45 – 16:00 Novel Tools and Technologies for Virus Research
Krzysztof Jankowski, Pro-Environment
16:00 – 16:15 Spatial Multiomics in Virology Research
Dr Jakub Wudarski, VaxiOmics – 3Genes
16:15- 16:45 COFFEE BREAK
16:45 – 18:00 BASIC VIROLOGY II (Chairs: P. Niedźwiedzka-Rystwej, A. Milewska)
19:00 – 23:00 BANQUET at Olivia Tower
DAY 2: Wednesday 16.09.2026
8:30 – 9:30 Polish Society for Virology General Assembly
9:30 – 10:45 ANTIVIRALS AND VACCINES I (Chairs: A. Szuster-Ciesielska/ Ł. Świątek)
9:30 – 10:00 Dr Paweł Zmora, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, PAS, Poznań, PL
10:45 – 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 – 12:00 ANTIVIRALS AND VACCINES II ( Chairs: Ł. Świątek/ R. Nawrot)
11:00 – 11:30 Prof. Ewelina Król, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG & MUG, Gdańsk
Title: Innovative Approaches to Flavivirus Vaccines: mRNA Platforms and Virus-Like Particles;
12:00 – 12:15 FLASH-talks for sessions Antivirals and Vaccines/Clinical and Epidemiological Virology
12:15 – 13:15 LUNCH
13:15 – 14:15 CLINICAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL VIROLOGY I (Chairs: K. Pancer, E. Paradowska)
13:15 – 13:45 Prof. John Blaho, The City College, Univ. of New York, New York, USA
Title: Epidemiological and Clinical Elements of Herpesvirus Infections
14:15 – 14:45 COFFEE BREAK
14:45 – 15:30 CLINICAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL VIROLOGY II (Chairs: A. Matczuk, E. Paradowska)
15:30 – 16:00 POSTER AWARD CEREMONY AND CLOSING REMARKS