ORGANIZER:
Anna Whitfield, North Carolina State University, Councilor For Plant Virology

A satellite symposium featuring key topics in plant virology spanning molecular mechanisms of gene expression to virus ecology and translational uses of plant viruses to improve human health.

SPEAKERS:
Gesa Hoffmann, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam

Nicole Steinmetz, UC San Diego

Fanfang Li, State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

Juliana Freitas-Astúa, Embrapa

Olufemi Alabi, Texas A&M University

Peter Moffett, Université de Sherbrooke