International Advances in Plant Virology 2025
Plant viruses cause global and regional economic and societal losses, being responsible for a significant proportion of devastating emergent and re-emergent plant diseases.
The AAB ‘International Advances in Plant Virology (IAPV)’ conference has a broad remit where we invite participation from scientists who are interested in all aspects of plant virology. These research areas might be on the molecular mechanisms of plant-virus interactions; the applied consequences of plant virus infection; evolutionary and ecological aspects of plant viruses and exploring how plant viruses can be utilised in biotechnology.
We are very excited that IAPV25 will be organised in collaboration with the VIRTIGATION project and the Euphresco project (Continued) Community Network for practices in Plant Virology (VIRNET2).
On Day 1 we will organise VIRTIGATION sessions on viral transmission in 'Tomatoes and Cucurbits grown in Closed Systems' and a VIRNET2 session on Day 3 on 'Community Network on diagnostics and HTS in plant virology'. Day 4 on Friday April 11th will a standalone VIRNET2 workshop that can be booked as part of IAPV25 or as a separate meeting.
Delegates will be able to book for
1. Days 1-4
2. Days 1-3
3. Day 1 only.
4. Day 3 and 4
5. Day 4 only
Over the past decade AAB have organised IAPV conferences that will bring together plant virologists from across Europe and beyond. To highlight the excellence of this meeting we are happy to share the abstract book from IAPV22 in Slovenia.
Download Abstract Book from IAPV22
Meeting Program
Day 1 will begin at lunchtime on April 8th and include session that have a focus on the VIRTIGATION project. We will host an evening poster session.
Day 2 will run throughout the day and end with a conference social event.
Day 3 on will include a session co-organised with the VIRNET2 project on 'Community Network on diagnostics and HTS in plant virology'. This day will end in early afternoon of April 10th
Day 4 will be a standalone workshop organised by the VIRNET2 project. This will consist of three workshop sessions, with presentations and networking opportunities focussing on aspects of the HTS in research and diagnostics including determining biological characteristics of new discoveries, the minimum supporting evidence for reporting and their impacts on regulation.
Invited Speakers
We are delighted to confirm these speakers at IAPV25:
Svetlana Folimonova, University of Florida, USA: One hundred years together: citrus tristeza virus and the phenomenon of cross-protection
Jun-min Li, Ningbo University, China: Diversity, Evolution, and Function of Insect-specific Viruses in Insect Vectors
Santiago Elena, Instituto de Biología Integrativa de Sistemas, Spain
Emanuela Noris, Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante, Italy
Hadrien Peyret, John Innes Centre/ Nottingham University, UK
Sebastian Massart, University of Liege
Abstract Submission
The majority of speakers at this meeting will be selected from submitted abstracts. We encourage delegates to submit an abstract to either present an oral or poster presentation.
We especially encourage submissions from early career professionals. AAB offer travel grants to support ECP attendance which we hope will encourage abstract submission.
Everyone who is not selected for an oral presentation will be invited to bring a poster presentation.
Abstract submission deadline for Oral Presentations is January 30th 2025.
Abstract submission deadline for Poster Presentations only is February 28th 2025.
We plan to publish the draft schedule by Mid-February 2025
Delegates can register as an in-person or online delegate. Online delegates will be able to ask questions through the meeting chat and the organisers retain the option to select speakers who will present online.
Registration for in-person delegates closes on March 8th 2025
Registration for online delegates closes on April 10th 2025 (credit card payments only after March 8th 2025)