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Swiss Virology Meeting, Jan 31 - Feb 1, 2023 in Bern 

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Role of the commission

The Virology Section encompasses a broad variety of interests, ranging from basic research to diagnostic virology and from clinical interest to federal regulation.

The newly formed commission of the SSM Virology Section aims to provides a platform:

• for the exchange of of news in the field
• for Swiss Virologist to facilitate various interaction and collaborations on all levels
• to distribute information concerning fundamental virology, clinical virology and virus diagnostics at Swiss institutions

Activities

• The 8th Swiss Virology Meeting
  Unfortunately, the 8th Swiss Virology Meeting which was planed for 2020 had to be postponed due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Nevertheless, the Virologists look forward to meet at the upcoming general assembly of the SSM 2022 in Lausanne and the 8th Swiss Virology Meeting is scheduled for 2023.
  
  
• The 7th Swiss Virology Meeting was held from January 30th to January 31st, 2018 at the Au Parc Hotel in Fribourg, Switzerland.
  As in previous Swiss Virology Meeting, the goal of this seventh national meeting in virology was to bring together a maximum number of research groups working in fundamental virology to promote interaction, exchange of ideas, and collaborations in an informal and collegial atmosphere.
  The program covered all aspects of research in fundamental virology including virus host cell interaction, virus pathogenesis, anti-viral immunity, and applied virology. The format of the meeting consisted in selected plenary lectures combined with short talks selected from submitted abstracts and poster sessions.
  The organizing and scientific committee with Angela Ciuffi (Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne), Karin Metzner (University Hospital of Zurich), Cornel Fraefel (University of Zurich), Urs Greber (University of Zurich), Stefan Kunz (Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne), Jérôme Gouttenoire (Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne), Matthias Schweizer (University of Bern), and Caroline Tapparel Vu (University of Geneva) did again a great job in attracting many Swiss virology scientists and very interesting speakers. Highlights were the two plenary talks by Peter Stäheli - University of Freiburg, Germany, and Pierre Maillard - University College of London, United Kingdom.