“Host adaptations to viral infections” Meeting at CNRS Station Biologique de Roscoff: Register now!

Rapid host adaptations in response to viral infections

Peter Sudmant (UC Berkeley, USA), David Enard (Univ. Arizona, USA) and Lucie Etienne (CIRI, CNRS / ENS Lyon, France) invite you to register for the “Host adaptations to viral infections” Meeting that they are organizing from May 10th to May 13th 2026 at the renowned Jacques Monod Conferences location, CNRS Station Biologique de Roscoff in beautiful Britany in France.

Location, schedule and registration: 

https://sites.google.com/berkeley.edu/viralinfectionmeeting/home

Pre-registration is required and available now.
Abstract submission deadline: January 31st, 2026

Final registration: February 15th

Viruses threaten all living organisms leading to molecular conflicts which have shaped hosts over evolutionary timescales. This meeting seeks to gather scientists from diverse disciplines including genomics, population genetics, innate immunology, virology, and beyond, to explore the evolution, diversity, molecular basis, and dynamics of these conflicts. Topics of key interest include (but are not limited to!):

How viruses have shaped host genomes, and how hosts have shaped viral genomes - How past viral epidemics have impacted our innate immune systems - Contrasting conservation and rapid evolution of defense systems across the tree of life - Exploring how arms-races contribute to diseases such as autoimmunity or cancer - How reservoir hosts cope with diverse viral infections - How past conflicts participate in current susceptibility to viral emergence.

Invited speakers:

• Amy Goldberg (UCLA)
• Aude Bernheim (Pasteur Institute)
• Cara Brook (UC Berkeley)
• Emilia Huerta-Sanchez (Brown University)
• Darragh Duffy (Pasteur Institute)
• Molly Ohainle (UC Berkeley)
• Patrick Mitchell (University of Washington)
• Pontus Skoglund (Crick Institute)
• Aida Andres (University College London)
• Lluis Quintana-Murci (Pasteur Institute)

Registration here.