The Aylward Lab is presenting at #VoM2024! Come meet us at 10:50 am for my talk on endogenous giant viruses and visit Zach's poster P001 about parasites of viruses!

At #VoM2024 @Profvrr (chaired by Jolene Ramsey) will be interviewing Rob Lavigne & Prof. Krystyna Dabrowska for a live recording of 'This Week in Virology' #TWiV! Head over to microbe.tv to catch up on some previous #TWiV episodes 🎙️

We continue to unveil the intricate dance between viruses and their hosts at #VoM2024 at our Virus-Host Interaction session featuring Andrew Hryckowian✨ Membranes, metagenomics and megaphage, oh my! Hear from our selected speakers Emily Armbruster, Ivan & Elina Laanto!

📊 Join us for Poster Session 2 at #VoM2024 on now! We have an extensive range of presentations from a variety of themes including Ecology & Evolution, Microbiome & Systems Virology, Phage Therapy, Virus Structure and Function, and Virus-Host Interaction See you there👋

If you are at @VoM2024 don't miss tomorrow Luciana's presentation

For the final day of the 'Photo of the day' challenge - capture your lightbulb moment! Show us what you’ve seen at #VoM2024 that got your brain gears turning! Submit by tagging Viruses of Microbes 2024 on Twitter and using the hashtag #VoM2024PhotoChallenge

Our program is packed full of phage therapy today at #VoM2024! Join our first session for the latest research, clinical applications, and the future of phage therapy. Featuring Gregory, Dinesh Subedi, Anett, Austen Terwilliger, Ph.D. & Luciana Meneses

Up next: 'Phage Therapy Session 2 - Clinical Application' featuring invited speaker Iredell Lab on Phage Australia's current status & next steps. Also presenting: Dana Stverakova, Steven Branston, Mzia Kutateladze & Holly Sinclair. Chaired by Stephanie Lynch, PhD & Graham Hatfull. #VoM2024

Engage in our final interactive Poster Session and gain valuable feedback during from #VoM2024 peers. Share your findings and contribute to the scientific conversation and while you're there also check out the exhibitors!

For our ESGNTA Session, we will hear from ran nir-paz, Susan Lehman, Anthea Bates, Gina Suh & David Pride on various aspects of phage therapy from susceptibility testing to regulatory frameworks Followed by a panel discussion on clinical application Iredell Lab ran nir-paz

For the 'Microbiome & Practical Applications of Virology' we will hear from Sana Garmaeva, Ivan Zheludev & Lianmin Chen Our invited speaker A/Prof Bryan Hsu will present on phage-bacterial coexistence in the gut microbiome🦠 Chaired by Lucy Furfaro & Ann Gregory, PhD

We've been grateful that we could participate, and sponsor VoM 2024! Organizational team did great job and there are many great talks as well as regular discussions. It's one day till the end, so if you haven't yet, you can find us ta our booth

Are you ready for a night to remember?🐨 The highly anticipated #VoM2024 Networking Dinner at Rainforestation has finally arrived. Experience a taste of Australia and enjoy the beauty of Queensland Australia as we head up to the Daintree ❤️

Thank you for the special prize Viruses of Microbes 2024 After repeated attempts, I finally got my 🏆😜🫢😀 Viruses of Microbes 2024 #VoM2024 #VOM2024PhotoChallenge @VirusesOfMicrobes #Cairns #QLD

The 'Virus Evolution' session will start off with our invited speaker Ann Gregory, PhD who will talk about viral predation in the human gut! We will also hear from JChen Lab, Jason Gill & Carola Venturini Chaired by Heather L Hendrickson & Debbie Lindell

Our #VoM2024 Synthetic Biology session explores the world of engineered viruses, genetic circuits, and innovative applications. With invited speaker Vivek Mutalik kicking us off with his Phage Foundry research followed by Susie, Brady Cress, Ben Adler & Yu Heng Lau ✨

Excited to announce our final keynote at #VoM2024! Join Sorek Lab from Weizmann Institute as he explores "A Journey into the Immune System of Bacteria." Prof. Sorek's groundbreaking research was honoured with awards like the Humboldt (2023) and HFSP Nakasone (2023)

Congratulations to all of our outstanding presenters at #VoM2024! 🙌 We conclude the formal proceedings with our closing address including speaker and poster awards and also find out where ISVM #VoM2026 will be ⁉️👀

And that's a wrap on an incredible journey at #VoM2024! Thank you to all our attendees, speakers, and sponsors for making this conference a resounding success. Shout out to the Local Organising and ECR Committees and our local support @Queendsland, Cairns Convention Centre & WSM team 🧡

Our sponsors made #VoM2024 possible through their generous support Thank you! ⭐️Monash Science, The Company of Biologists & Applied Microbiology International ⭐️Cytiva, Intralytix, Inc. & Jafral ⭐️Phage Australia, Armata Pharmaceuticals, Flinders University FAME, ESGNTA ESCMID, Boehringer Ingelheim, Australian Academy of Science, UWA & Curtin University