CGD Seminar on zoonotic and non-zoonotic viral infections

Program

14:30 – 14:35 Welcome and short introduction, Dr. Jonas Johansson Wensman, SLU CGD

14:35 – 15:15 Rotavirus in animals and humans: a neglected zoonosis, Prof. Vito Martella, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy

15:15– 15:35 Coffee break

15:35 – 16:15 Molecular Interplays of FMDV with the type I IFN Response: Importance of the model & potential links with viral persistence, Dr. Sandra Blaise-Boisseau, ANSES, France

In conjunction to this seminar, the following presentation will also be given:

16:30 – 17:00 Rustrela virus - A newly discovered virus causing fatal encephalitis in domestic and wild mammals, Dr. Florian Pfaff, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Germany

The following day, 27^th May, Ignacio Alvarez will defend his PhD thesis entitled “Role of influenza D virus in Bovine respiratory disease. For more information, see https://www.slu.se/ew-kalender/2025/5/disp-ignacio-alvarez/

Most welcome!