Peter Sudmant (UC Berkeley, USA), David Enard (Univ. Arizona, USA) and Lucie Etienne (CIRI, CNRS / ENS Lyon, France) are inviting you to register for the “Host adaptations to viral infections” Meeting that they are organizing with support from the CNRS from May 10th to May 13th 2026 at CNRS Station Biologique de Roscoff in beautiful Britany in France, the usual location of renowned Jacques Monod Conferences.
The link below provides further information, as well as the link for registration and abstract submission (deadline: January 31, 2026).
https://sites.google.com/berkeley.edu/viralinfectionmeeting/home
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.
We have a very exciting list of 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), and Lluis Quintana-Murci (Collège de France / Pasteur Institute).
We hope to see you in Roscoff next year!
Peter Sudmant, David Enard and Lucie Etienne
