Tenth Scientific Biennial Meeting of the Australasian Virology Society-AVS10 2019

Karla J Helbig; Rowena A Bull; Rebecca Ambrose; Michael R Beard; Helen Blanchard; Till Böcking; Brendon Chua; Agathe M G Colmant; Keaton M Crosse; Damian F J Purcell; Johanna Fraser; Joshua A Hayward; Stuart T Hamilton; Matloob Husain; Robin MacDiarmid; Jason M Mackenzie; Gregory W Moseley; Thi H O Nguyen; Miguel E Quiñones-Mateu; Karl Robinson; Chaturaka Rodrigo; Julio Rodriguez-Andres; Penny A Rudd; Anja Werno; Peter White; Paul Young; Peter Speck; Merilyn Hibma; Heidi E Drummer; Gilda Tachedjian

doi:10.3390/v12060621

Tenth Scientific Biennial Meeting of the Australasian Virology Society-AVS10 2019

Viruses. 2020 Jun 6;12(6):621. doi: 10.3390/v12060621.

Authors

Karla J Helbig¹, Rowena A Bull², Rebecca Ambrose³, Michael R Beard⁴, Helen Blanchard⁵, Till Böcking⁶, Brendon Chua⁷, Agathe M G Colmant⁸, Keaton M Crosse¹, Damian F J Purcell⁷, Johanna Fraser⁹, Joshua A Hayward^{10

11}, Stuart T Hamilton¹², Matloob Husain¹³, Robin MacDiarmid¹⁴, Jason M Mackenzie⁷, Gregory W Moseley¹¹, Thi H O Nguyen⁷, Miguel E Quiñones-Mateu¹³, Karl Robinson¹⁵, Chaturaka Rodrigo², Julio Rodriguez-Andres⁷, Penny A Rudd⁵, Anja Werno¹⁶, Peter White¹⁷, Paul Young⁸, Peter Speck¹⁸, Merilyn Hibma¹⁹, Heidi E Drummer^{7

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11}, Gilda Tachedjian^{7

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora 3086, VIC, Australia.
² Viral Immunology Systems Program, The Kirby Institute, and School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
³ Host Pathogen Interactions, Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia.
⁴ School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.
⁵ Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University, Southport, QLD 4215, Australia.
⁶ ARC Centre of Excellence in Advanced Molecular Imaging & EMBL Australia Node in Single Molecule Sci., University of New South Wales, School of Medical Sciences, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
⁷ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia.
⁸ Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.
⁹ World Mosquito Program, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia.
¹⁰ Burnet Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia.
¹¹ Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Victoria, Australia.
¹² Serology and Virology Division, Department of Microbiology, NSW Health Pathology, Prince of Wales Hospital and School of Women's and Children's Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2031, Australia.
¹³ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand.
¹⁴ The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand.
¹⁵ Centre for Horticultural Science. Queensland Alliance for Agricultural and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.
¹⁶ Microbiology Department, Virology/Serology Section, Canterbury Health Laboratories, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand.
¹⁷ School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Faculty Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
¹⁸ College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA 5042, Australia.
¹⁹ Department of Pathology, Otago Medical School, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand.

Abstract

The Australasian Virology Society (AVS) aims to promote, support and advocate for the discipline of virology in the Australasian region. The society was incorporated in 2011 after 10 years operating as the Australian Virology Group (AVG) founded in 2001, coinciding with the inaugural biennial scientific meeting. AVS conferences aim to provide a forum for the dissemination of all aspects of virology, foster collaboration, and encourage participation by students and post-doctoral researchers. The tenth Australasian Virology Society (AVS10) scientific meeting was held on 2-5 December 2019 in Queenstown, New Zealand. This report highlights the latest research presented at the meeting, which included cutting-edge virology presented by our international plenary speakers Ana Fernandez-Sesma and Benjamin tenOever, and keynote Richard Kuhn. AVS10 honoured female pioneers in Australian virology, Lorena Brown and Barbara Coulson. We report outcomes from the AVS10 career development session on "Successfully transitioning from post-doc to lab head", winners of best presentation awards, and the AVS gender equity policy, initiated in 2013. Plans for the 2021 meeting are underway which will celebrate the 20th anniversary of AVS where it all began, in Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia.

Keywords: animal viruses; antivirals; bacteriophages; clinical virology; epidemiology; immunology; indigenous virology; innate immunity; plant viruses; systems virology; vaccines; virus–host interactions.

Publication types

Congress
Portrait
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Australia
Awards and Prizes
Group Processes
Societies, Scientific
Virology / organization & administration*