Résumé
The 1st Workshop of the Canadian Society for Virology (CSV2016) was a Special Workshop of the 35th Annual Meeting for the American Society for Virology, held on 18 June 2016 on the beautiful Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. The workshop provided a forum for discussion of recent advances in the field, in an informal setting conducive to interaction with colleagues. CSV2016 featured two internationally-renowned Canadian keynote speakers who discussed translational virology research; American Society for Virology President Grant McFadden (then from University of Florida, now relocated to Arizona State University) who presented his studies of oncolytic poxviruses, while Matthew Miller (McMaster University) reviewed the prospects for a universal influenza vaccine. The workshop also featured a variety of trainee oral and poster presentations, and a panel discussion on the topic of the future of the CSV and virus research in Canada.
Langue d'origine | English |
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Numéro d'article | 54 |
Journal | Viruses |
Volume | 9 |
Numéro de publication | 3 |
DOI | |
Statut de publication | Published - mars 20 2017 |
Note bibliographique
Funding Information:We are grateful to our colleagues who allowed us to communicate elements of their workshop presentations in this report. We would like to thank 2015–16 ASV president Grant McFadden for his support of CSV, and providing us with an opportunity to launch the society with a well-attended workshop in partnership with ASV2016. We thank ASV Secretary-Treasurer Dorothea L. Sawicki and Executive Assistant to the Secretary-Treasurer Judy Gaza for logistical support. We thank Manon Livernois for administrative assistance at CRCHUM. We thank members of the CSV2016 Scientific Advisory Committee, Zabrina Brumme (Simon Fraser U.), Karen Mossman (McMaster U.) and Andrew Lang (Memorial U.), for their help in workshop planning and reviewing abstracts. We thank Lucas Jarche (Dal) for CSV logo artwork. CSV2016 was supported by grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR-MPL-146409), as well as financial support from ASV, PLoS Pathogens, Viruses, CRCHUM and the Canadian Journal of Microbiology.
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ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Infectious Diseases
- Virology
PubMed: MeSH publication types
- Congress