First five years of the National Laboratory of Virology International Anniversary Conference

First five years of the National Laboratory of Virology International Anniversary Conference

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First five years of the National Laboratory of Virology

 

International Anniversary Conference

 

9-10th February 2026. 

Szentágothai Research Centre , Pécs, Ifjúság útja 20.

 

PROGRAM

 

February 9 th

 

 

10:00 AM  Registration

 

11:00 AM  Welcome Speeches

 

Attila Miseta, rector, University of Pécs

Gábor Kemenesi director, National Laboratory of Virology, University of Pécs

 

11:10 AM Opening Presentations, National Laboratory of Virology

 

  1. Gábor Kemenesi,

The growing relevance and strategic goals of the National Laboratory of Virology

  1. Tamás Görföl,

From the field to the BSL-4 lab and beyond: the work of the Outbreak Prevention and Investigation Research Group

  1. Anett Kuczmog, Drug Development and Active Substance Testing Group:

 From the beginning to milestone results: introduction to the drug development and active ingredient testing group

  1. Safia Zeghbib, Virus–Host Interaction Research Group:

Virus Meets Host: Concepts, Strategy, and Milestones

  1. Kornélia Kurucz, Disease Vector and Disease Ecology Research Group:

New Vectors on the rise: the ecology of vector-borne diseases

 

 

12:00 PM Balázs Somogyi, Opening of the Professional Exhibition

 

 

12:10 PM Lunch Break

 

 

1:30 PM

 

  1. Dániel Hanna, National Laboratory of Virology:

From Science to Business: Co-Creating a PhD with a National Lab and a Startup

 

Presentations by Hungarian research partners

 

  1. Anikó Borbás, University of Debrecen:

New class of morpholino-nucleosides as potent anti-SARS-CoV-2 agents: Synthesis and antiviral study

  1. Gergely Röst, National Laboratory for Health Security, University of Szeged:

Plans for a viral journey from the wet lab to a virtual lab and back

  1. Norbert Pardi, University of Pennsylvania:

Lipid nanoparticles for mRNA vaccine delivery

  1. Gergely Babinszky, Hungarian Defence Forces Medical Centre

Collaboration in Practice – Coordinated Field and Laboratory Response to

Epidemiological Challenges

  1. Tomas Csank, University of the Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice:

Molecular Screening and Distribution of West Nile and Usutu Viruses in Culex Mosquito Populations in Slovakia (2024–2025)

 

 

3:00 PM Coffee Break

 

3:30 PM

 

  1. Anett Kuczmog, National Laboratory of Virology – From Research to Patents:

Antiviral Advances in Glycopeptide Antibiotic Derivatives

 

Presentations by industrial partners

 

  1. Roland Hetényi, RoLink Biotechnology Kft.:

UV Inactivation: Enabling Deep Tech for Democratized Virology

  1. Gábor Járvás, CAPTEC Medical Kft.:

 Feasibility of extracorporeal virus removal

  1. István Német, Fluart Innovative Vaccines Kft.:

Challenges in developing therapeutic bacteriophage-based preparations

  1. Tamás Czömpöly, Bálint Kupcsulik, Prophyl Ltd.:

Services and R&D activities of Prophyl Ltd.

  1. Bence Téglás, TargetEx Kft.

Where Hungarian protein biotechnology and virology meet (TargetEx-VNL cooperation)

 

 

5:00 PM End of Program

 

 

 

February 10 th

 

 9:00 AM

 

  1. Kornélia Kurucz, National Laboratory of Virology:

From invasion to solution: the establishment of the first ACL-3 in the region

 

Presentations by International partners I.

 

  1. Daniel Ružek, Masaryk University Institute of Experimental Biology Faculty of Science:

Tick-Borne Encephalitis in the 21st Century: Advances, Threats, and Opportunities

  1. Goran Vignjevic, Department of Biology, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek:

Partnerships in Science:  Reflecting on Our Shared Successes with the National Laboratory of Virology

  1. Banovic Pavle, Pasteur Institute Novi Sad:

A Joint Initiative of the Pasteur Institute Novi Sad and the National Laboratory of Virology, Pécs: Detection and Research of Emerging Vector-Borne Diseases in the Balkans under the BAVBD Framework

  1. Florian Krammer, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna:

Antibody responses to Puumalavirus infection

  1. Kurt Zatloukal, Zatloukal Innovations GmbH:

Concepts for rapid response to next pandemics and biological threats

 

10:30 AM Coffee Break

 

11:00 AM

  1. Gábor Kemenesi, National Laboratory of Virology

Lloviu virus: the European filovirus, a model for global One Health collaboration

 

Presentations by International partners II.

 

  1. Johnny Uelmen, University of Wisconsin-Medison, The Uelmen Disease Ecology Lab.:

 From Pixels to Pathogens: Drones, High-Throughput Computing, GIS, AI, and Citizen Science for One Health Surveillance

  1. Miles Caroll, University of Oxford:

Virus persistence in Ebola virus disease survivors

  1. Maurice Bardsley, Aix Marseille University

The European Virus Archive

  1. Nitish Chandra Debnath, Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU) online
  2. Rafael Elias Marques Pereira Silva, Laboratório Nacional de Biociências – LNBio, Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais – CNPEM online:

Structural biology of emerging arboviral pathogens

 

 

12:30 PM End of Program

 

 

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