Tanngrisner 1, VHC, SLU Ultuna, Uppsala
Welcome to a seminar on zoonotic and non-zoonotic viral infections organized by the SLU Committee for Global Animal Diseases (CGD)
Location: Tanngrisner 1, VHC, SLU Ultuna
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, 27th 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!
Jonas Johansson Wensman
Chair & Secretary of CGD
Jonas Johansson Wensman,
Ordförande och sekreterare för
SLU Kommitté för globala djursjukdomar
jonas.wensman@slu.se, 018-67 14 46