Meeting Report of the Second Symposium of the Belgian Society for Viruses of Microbes and Launch of the Phage Valley

Desmecht, Salomé;Latka, Agnieszka;Ceyssens, Pieter-Jan;Garcia-Pino, Abel;Thiry, Damien;et.al.
(2024) Viruses — Vol. 16, n° 2, p. 299 (2024)

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  • Desmecht, Saloméorcid-logoVeterinary Bacteriology, Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals and Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège (ULiège), 4000 Liège, Belgium
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  • Latka, Agnieszkaorcid-logoLaboratory of Applied Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, University of Ghent (UGent), 9000 Gent, Belgium; agnieszka.latka@ugent.be (A.L.)
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  • Ceyssens, Pieter-Janorcid-logoDivision of Human Bacterial Diseases, Sciensano, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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  • Garcia-Pino, AbelCellular and Molecular Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
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  • Gillis, Annikaorcid-logoUCLouvain
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  • Thiry, Damienorcid-logoVeterinary Bacteriology, Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals and Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège (ULiège), 4000 Liège, Belgium
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The second symposium of the Belgian Society for Viruses of Microbes (BSVoM) took place on 8 September 2023 at the University of Liège with 141 participants from 10 countries. The meeting program covered three thematic sessions opened by international keynote speakers: two sessions were devoted to “Fundamental research in phage ecology and biology” and the third one to the “Present and future applications of phages”. During this one day symposium, four invited keynote lectures, nine selected talks and eight student pitches were given along with thirty presented posters. The president of the Belgian Society for Viruses of Microbes, Prof. Yves Briers, took advantage of this symposium to launch the Phage Valley concept that will put the spotlight on the exceptionally high density of researchers investigating viruses of microbes as well as the successful triple helix approach between academia, industry and government in Belgium.
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Desmecht, S., Latka, A., Ceyssens, P.-J., Garcia-Pino, A., Gillis, A., Lavigne, R., Lima-Mendez, G., Matthijnssens, J., Vázquez, R., Venneman, J., Wagemans, J., Briers, Y., & Thiry, D. (2024). Meeting Report of the Second Symposium of the Belgian Society for Viruses of Microbes and Launch of the Phage Valley. Viruses, 16(2), 299. https://doi.org/10.3390/v16020299 (Original work published 2024)