Day 1: Preliminary Programme
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
08:15 – 09:00
Registration and Speaker Check-In
09:00 – 09:15
Welcome Remarks – Organising Committee
Session 1A: Virus Structure, Receptors, and Entry
09:20 – 10:00
Keynote 1: Beata Turonova
10:00 – 10:15
O1: Human papillomavirus studied by High-Speed AFM
Jan Sabo
Jan Sabo
10:15 – 10:30
O2: Mechanical stability of reovirus upon receptor engagement and σ1 encapsidation
Natalia Martin Gonzalez
Natalia Martin Gonzalez
10:30 – 10:45
O3: A novel design for recombinant dimeric envelope antigens with potential for broad Orthoflavivirus applicability.
Adinda Kok
Adinda Kok
10:45 – 11:20
☕ Refreshment Break – Coffee & Networking
Session 1B: Virus Structure, Receptors, and Entry
11:20 – 12:00
Keynote 2: David Alsteens
12:00 – 12:15
O4: Optimisation of prefusion HSV-1 gB stabilisation and structural characterisation of non-neutralising prefusion-preferring nanobodies
Julia Nentwig
Julia Nentwig
12:15 – 12:30
O5: Structural and Biophysical Characterization of Complement Control Protein of Kaposi´s Sarcoma Associated Herpes Virus
Hera Fatima
Hera Fatima
12:35 – 13:15
Keynote 3: Joost Snijder
13:15 – 14:15
🍽️ Lunch Break (provided by organisers)
Session 2A: Virus Replication, Assembly, and Maturation
14:15 – 14:55
Keynote 4: The replication machinery of human herpesviruses
Eva Kummer
Eva Kummer
14:55 – 15:10
O6: Structural insights into immature deltaretroviral assembly reveal a unique β-barrel fold
Darya Chernikova
Darya Chernikova
15:10 – 15:25
O7: In situ cryo-ET reveals luminal dsRNA filaments anchored to the inner membrane of hepatitis C virus replication organelles
Higor Rosa
Higor Rosa
15:25 – 15:40
O8: SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein drives formation of dynamic condensates to compact the viral genome
Colleen Caldwell
Colleen Caldwell
15:40 – 16:10
☕ Refreshment Break – Coffee & Networking
16:10 – 17:10
Podium Discussion
17:10 – 17:15
Sponsor Flash Talk: ThermoFisher Scientific
17:15 – 20:00
📌 Poster Session & Fingerfood
Day 2: Preliminary Programme
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
Session 2B: Virus Replication, Assembly, and Maturation
09:00 – 09:40
Keynote 5: Allison Ballandras-Colas
09:40 – 09:55
O9: The mechanism of RNA synthesis inhibition by the Z protein in Lassa virus
Annika Rammelt
Annika Rammelt
09:55 – 10:10
O10: Tracking Dynamic Coronaviral Polyprotein Processing and Replication-Transcription Complex Assembly Using Native Mass Spectrometry
Fatema-Aqila Said
Fatema-Aqila Said
10:15 – 10:55
Keynote 6: Petr Chlanda
10:55 – 11:25
☕ Refreshment Break – Coffee & Networking
Session 3A: Viral Proteins, Vaccines, and Antivirals
11:25 – 12:05
Keynote 7: Boris Bogdanow
12:05 – 12:20
O11: Host vs Pathogen: Divergent proline isomerisation mechanics at disulphide hubs
Nicholas McCaul
Nicholas McCaul
12:20 – 12:35
O12: The formation of viral protein fibrils is essential for viral DNA replication and replication compartment maturation
Enrico Caragliano
Enrico Caragliano
12:35 – 12:50
O13: A Structurally Supported Thromboxane A₂ Signaling Pathway Implicated in Mosquito Vector Competence
Dawon Lee
Dawon Lee
12:50 – 14:00
🍽️ Lunch Break (provided by organisers)
Session 3B: Viral Proteins, Vaccines, and Antivirals
14:00 – 14:40
Keynote 8: Clara Schoeder
14:40 – 15:20
Keynote 9: Anke-Dorothee Werner
15:20 – 15:35
O14: Structural and functional features of a conserved DNA-binding domain in herpesviral proteins as a basis for innovative targeted therapies
Fatama Akthar Sornaly
Fatama Akthar Sornaly
15:35 – 15:50
O15: In vitro dissection of UL69’s E3 SUMO Ligase Domain
Sairam Dasika
Sairam Dasika
15:55 – 16:10
Closing Remarks & Poster Award