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Dear friends and colleagues:

 

The Spanish Society for Virology (SEV) and the Organizing Committee are pleased to welcome you to Burgos, Spain, for the XII Spanish National Congress of Virology (XII CNV). The Congress will be held on June 9-12, 2013, at the Aula Magna of the University of Burgos (opening session, June 9) and at the Congress Center Fórum Evolución Burgos (June 10-12 sessions).

 

Thanks to the work carried out by the members of the Organizing and Scientific Committees, we have scheduled an interesting program covering various basic and clinical aspects of human, veterinary and plant virology. We will also explore the fruitful interaction of virology with other areas of biology (in particular, the study of evolution), as well as with medicine, chemistry and physics. Therefore, we hope that basic and clinical researchers working in any branch of virology will be interested in submitting abstracts and actively participating in this Congress. In addition, we are both pleased and honored to host several renowned Spanish and foreign virologists as invited speakers.
All together, we will be able to discuss current progresses, achievements, and challenges in the study of viruses. We have also prepared an interesting social and cultural program that includes a visit to two of the major scientific landmarks of Burgos: the Archaeological Site of Atapuerca and the Museum of Human Evolution.


We wish to thank the President and the Executive Board of the SEV for their support to this Congress. We also appreciate the help of the University of Burgos and the Hospital Universitario de Burgos on local aspects of the organization. Finally, we gratefully acknowledge the sponsorship of several institutions and companies: the XII CNV would not be possible without their support.

It is our hope that we enjoy not only the Congress but also the varied attractions of Burgos and its surroundings. We are looking forward to seeing you all at the XII CNV.


With kind regards, on behalf of the Organizing Committee,

Carlos Briones

Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the XII CNV

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FINAL PROGRAMME

Sunday, June 9, 2013 (afternoon/evening)
16:30-17:00.
Opening ceremony
17:00-20:00. Plenary Session I: The complex relationship between viruses and humans
 - Invited speakers: Adolfo García Sastre, José L. Carrascosa, Luis P. Villarreal
20:30-22:00. Welcome cocktail

 

Monday, June 10 (morning)
09:30-11:00. Plenary Session II: Virus evolution
 - Invited speaker: Dennis H. Bamford
 - Oral communications
11:00-11:30. Coffee + Posters
11:30-13:30. Plenary Session III: Hepatitis B and C: from basic virology to clinical practice
 - Invited speakers: Pablo Gastaminza, Isabel Nájera, Juan Ignacio Esteban, Javier García Samaniego, Xavier Forns
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Monday, June 10 (afternoon/evening)
13:30-15:00. Lunch
15:00-17:00. Parallel Sessions I-III
 - PS-I. Immune response and vaccines
 - PS-II. Functional RNA sequences and structures
 - PS-III. Epidemiology and control of viral diseases
17:00-17:30. Coffee + Posters
17:30-19:30. Parallel Sessions IV-VI
 - PS-IV. Virus evolution
 - PS-V. Hepatitis viruses
 - PS-VI. Virus entry and exit, and mechanisms of viral cell-to-cell transmission
19:00-21:00. SEV General Meeting / Poster Session

 

Tuesday, June 11 (morning)
09:00-11:00. Plenary Session IV: Virus-host interactions and genome-wide association studies
 - Invited speaker: Amalio Telenti
 - Oral communications
11:00-11:30. Coffee + Posters
11:30-13:30. Plenary Session V: New trends in virus detection in food, environmental and clinical samples
 - Invited speaker: Sabah Bidawid
 - Oral communications
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Tuesday, June 11 (afternoon/evening)
13:30-17:30. 
- Lunch
 - Excursion to the Archaeological Site of Atapuerca (introductory talk: José María Bermúdez de Castro)
17:30-19:30. Parallel Sessions VII-IX
 - PS-VII. Virus-host interactions and genome-wide association studies
 - PS-VIII. Emerging and veterinary viruses
 - PS-IX. Viral replication
19:45-21:15. Parallel Sessions X-XII
 - PS-X. Biophysics of viruses and nanovirology
 - PS-XI. HIV and other human retroviruses
 - PS-XII. Plant viruses
21:45-23:30. Congress dinner

 

Wednesday, June 12 (morning)
09:00-12:00. Plenary Session 6 [SEV/SEM joint session]: Microbiology of extreme environments
 - Invited speakers: Ricardo Amils, Pepa Antón, Alexandre M. Anesio, Ken Stedman
12:00-12:30. Coffee
12:30-13:15. Closing conference
 - Invited speaker: Carolina Tafalla
13:15-13:45. Closing ceremony
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Wednesday, June 12 (evening)
16:30-19:00. Visit to the Museum of Human Evolution
19:00-21:30. Public Outreach Session on Virology (in Spanish)