Entrance and lockers: Fabianinkatu 33. Behind the entrance hall elevators and in the so-called Meeting center, there are plenty of lockers with RFID functionality (e.g., bank cards with contactless payment capability) where you can leave your valuables and outerwear (lockers come in different sizes). In the Small Hall, there are a limited number of coat racks, so primarily use the lockers.
Sessions & Registration: Small Hall, 4th floor (Fabianinkatu wing)
Exhibition, Posters & Breaks (coffees and lunches): Agora, 1st floor (Aleksanterinkatu wing)
Dinner: Restaurant Sipuli, Kanavaranta 7
8:30-9:00 Registration
9:00-10:30 Session I: Molecular Virology (Chair: Tero Ahola)
Opening Words – Sarah Butcher (University of Helsinki) & Päivi Ojala (University of Helsinki)
Laura Kakkola (University of Turku and Turku University Hospital): Zika virus nonstructural protein 5 interacts with splicing machinery
Teemu Smura (University of Helsinki): Tick-borne encephalitis virus phylogeography in Europe
Lauri Pulkkinen (Umeå University): Simultaneous membrane and RNA binding by the tick-borne encephalitis virus capsid protein
Tania Quirin (University of Helsinki): Exploring the molecular dynamics of the viral replication complex induced by Semliki Forest virus
Aditya Thiruvaiyaru (University of Helsinki): Host factors essential for efficient replication of alphaviruses
10:30-11:15 Coffee, exhibition and poster viewing in the Agora, NOTE: put the posters up at the latest during this time (Posters are in the Agora)
11:15-12:30 Session II: Epidemiology (Chair: Carita Savolainen-Kopra)
Kirsi Aaltonen (University of Helsinki): Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 outbreak in the Finnish furfarms 2024
Sami Oikarinen (Tampere University): Municipal wastewater reveals up-to-date information on viruses affecting public health
Matti Waris (University of Turku and Turku University Hospital): Point-of-care test for viral inflammation biomarker MxA
Essi Korhonen (University of Helsinki): Uncovering the burden of vector-borne viruses in southeastern Kenya
Sally Chesnut (University of Helsinki): Human protoparvovirus sero- and genoprevalence in Egypt
12:30-14:15 Lunch, exhibition and poster viewing in the Agora
14:15-15:30 Session III in memoriam Jaana Bamford (1955-2016): Bacteriophages and virus structures (Chair: Ilona Rissanen)
Opening words for the memorial session – Ilona Rissanen (University of Helsinki)
Meri M. Salomaa (University of Helsinki): Persistent dsRNA bacteriophage infection
Daniel Patricio (University of Jyväskylä): Phage-bacteria-eukaryotic cells interplay in a mucosal environment
Tatiana Demina (University of Helsinki: Viral diversity in polar sea ice
Ashwini Kedari (University of Helsinki): Structural perspective into rabies virus neutralization
Zlatka Plavec (University of Helsinki): Antiviral capsid binders
15:30-17:30 Poster session and exhibition with coffee and voting for the BioNordika best poster prize in the Agora
Posters can be taken down after the session.
19:00- Dinner (Restaurant Sipuli, Kanavaranta 7) – hosted by Giuseppe Balistreri
Entrance and lockers: Fabianinkatu 33. Behind the entrance hall elevators and in the so-called Meeting center, there are plenty of lockers with RFID functionality (e.g., bank cards with contactless payment capability) where you can leave your valuables and outerwear (lockers come in different sizes). In the Small Hall, there are a limited number of coat racks, so primarily use the lockers.
Sessions & Registration: Small Hall, 4th floor (Fabianinkatu wing)
Exhibition, Posters & Breaks (coffees and lunches): Agora, 1st floor (Aleksanterinkatu wing)
9:30-10:45 Session IV: Pathogenesis (Chair: Eili Huhtamo)
Niila Jouppila (Tampere University): High throughput multiplex assays for establishing pathogen-disease linkage in cohort studies
Leo Hannolainen (University of Helsinki): Reactivation of a transplant recipient’s inherited human herpesvirus 6 and implications to the graft
Krista Tuohinto (University of Helsinki): Oncogenic herpesvirus hijacks SOX18 pioneering activity to facilitate viral latent DNA replication
Sami Salminen (University of Jyväskylä): Changes in chromatin mobility and compaction during herpesvirus infection
Satu Hakanen (University of Jyväskylä): Role of the proliferation marker Ki-67 in parvovirus infection
10:45-11:30 Coffee and exhibition in the Agora
Posters must be taken down at this time.
11:30-12:45 Session V: Current Topics in Virology (Chair: Sarah Butcher)
Talk by the Young Virologist of the Year awardee: title TBA
Talk by the Best Poster Awardee: title TBA
Erika Lindh (Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, THL): Human health implications of extensive spread of influenza A(H5N1) in farmed mammals
Silvia Gramolelli (Åbo Akademi University): Unlocking EBV’s secrets: PIK3CA mutations in gastric cancer organoids
Closing words – Päivi Ojala (University of Helsinki)
12:45-14:00 Lunch and exhibition in the Agora
Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, and Turku University Hospital, Clinical Microbiology, Turku, Finland
Zika virus nonstructural protein 5 interacts with splicing machinery
Rickard Lundberg1*, Krister Melén2*, Veera Avelin2, Sini Huuskonen3, Miao Jiang2, Hira Khan1, Markku Varjosalo3, Pamela Österlund2, Laura Kakkola1,4 and Ilkka Julkunen1,4
1Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
2Expert Microbiology Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
3Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
4Turku University Hospital, Clinical Microbiology, Turku, Finland
*Equal contribution
University of Helsinki
Tick-borne encephalitis virus phylogeography in Europe
Guy Baele3, Julia Geller4, Samo Zakotnik5, John Pettersson6, Maciej Grzybek7, Jeremy Camp8, Giulietta Venturi9, Haná Zelena10, Stephan Aberle8, Viktor Olander1, Mert Erdin1, Ruut Uusitalo1, Kamelia Stanoeva11, Martyna Krupińska7, Åke Lundkvist12, Miša Korva5, Tarja Sironen1, Tatjana Avšič-Županc5, Olli Vapalahti1,2
1. Viral Zoonoses Research Unit, Departments of Virology and Veterinary Biosciences, University of Helsinki 2. Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium 3. Department of Virology and Immunology, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland 4. Department of Virology and Immunology, National Institute for Health Development, Tallinn, Estonia 5. University of Ljubljana, Slovenia 6. Folkhälsomyndigheten, Sweden 7. Division of Tropical Parasitology, Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland 8. Department of Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria 9. National Reference Laboratory for Arboviruses, Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy 10. University of Ostrava, Czech Republic 11. RIVM, The Netherlands 12. University of Uppsala, Sweden
Umeå University
Simultaneous Membrane and RNA Binding by the Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus Capsid Protein
University of Helsinki
Exploring the Molecular Dynamics of the Viral Replication Complex (VRC) induced by Semliki Forest Virus
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki
Host factors essential for efficient replication of alphavirus
Sari Mattila, Reza Sadeghi, Markku Varjosalo & Tero Ahola
1 University of Helsinki, Faculty of Veterinary medicine, Dept. of Veterinary biosciences 2 University of Helsinki, Faculty of Medicine, Dept. of Virology
Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 outbreak in the Finnish furfarms 2024
Essi Korhonen1,2, Kirsi Aaltonen1,2, Heli Nordgren3, Maija Suvanto1,2, Viktor Olander1,2, Jenni Virtanen1,2, Nina Suomalainen1,2, Ella Lintunen1,2, Karoliina Hagner3, Antti Sukura3, Pernilla Syrjä3, Niina Airas3, Lauri Kirjalainen1,2, Simo Miettinen1, Lea Uotinen1, Jenni Westerback1, Anna-Maria Moisander-Jylhä1,4, Olli Vapalahti1,2,5, Martin Beer6, Timm Harder6, Anne Pohlmann6, Ann Kathrin Ahrens6, Lauri Kareinen7, Pamela Österlund8, Laura Kakkola9, Tarja Sironen1,2
1 University of Helsinki, Faculty of Veterinary medicine, Dept. of Veterinary biosciences 2 University of Helsinki, Faculty of Medicine, Dept. of Virology 3 University of Helsinki, Faculty of Veterinary medicine, Dept. of Pathology 4 Regional State Administrative Agency for Western and Inland Finland 5 Helsinki and Uusimaa hospital district, Diagnostic laboratory 6 Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Germany 7 Finnish Food Authority, Helsinki 8 Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare 9 University of Turku, Department of Biomedicine
*Tampere University
Municipal wastewater reveals up-to-date information on viruses affecting public health
KM. Lehto*, R. Hyder*, A. Länsivaara*, O. Luomala**, Heikinheimo***, A. Lipponen**, T. Pitkänen**, ***, Sami Oikarinen* and a WastPan study group
*Tampere University ,**THL, ***University of Helsinki
Turku University and Turku University Hospital
Point-of-care test for viral inflammation biomarker MxA
Ruut Piri, Lauri Ivaska, Anna-Maija Kujari, Ilkka Julkunen, Ville Peltola
Turku University and Turku University Hospital
University of Helsinki
Uncovering the burden of vector-borne viruses in southeastern Kenya
University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Human protoparvovirus sero- and genoprevalence in Egypt
Mahmoud Kamel(2), Ahmed Sayed Abdel-Moneim(3), and Maria Söderlund-Venermo(1)
(1) University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. (2) Cairo University, Egypt. (3) Taif University, Saudi Arabia & Beni-Suef University, Egypt
Molecular and Integrative Biosciences Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Persistent dsRNA bacteriophage infection
Sally K. Chesnut 1,2, Sari Mäntynen 1, Minna M. Poranen 1
1 Molecular and Integrative Biosciences Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; 2 Current affiliation: Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland
Department of Biological and Environment Science, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
Phage-Bacteria-Eukaryotic Cells Interplay in a Mucosal Environment
Sophie Gholadze, Gabriel Magno de Freita Almeira, Lotta-Riina Sundberg.
Marine Bioprospecting group of the CANS-UiT, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromso, Norway.
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, Helsinki University
Viral diversity in polar sea ice
Kalle J. Pettersson 1*, Tatiana Demina 1,2*, Eeva Eronen-Rasimus 3, Hanna M. Oksanen 4, Hermanni Kaartokallio 3, Jenni Hultman 1,5
*Shared first authorship; 1 Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; 2 Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; 3 Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), Helsinki, Finland; 4 MIBS research program, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; 5 Natural Resources Institute (LUKE), Helsinki, Finland
Institute of Biotechnology, Helsinki Institute of Life Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Structural perspective into rabies virus neutralization
Ilona Rissanen
Institute of Biotechnology, Helsinki Institute of Life Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
University of Helsinki
Antiviral capsid binders
Tampere University
High throughput multiplex assays for establishing pathogen-disease linkage in cohort studies
Emilia Barannik, Jussi Lehtonen, Erika Seppälä, Miia Siljavaara, Marjo Salminen, Leena Puustinen, Jutta Laiho, Olli Laitinen, Petri Saviranta, Heikki Hyöty.
Tampere University and VTT
Department of virology, university of Helsinki
Reactivation of a transplant recipient’s inherited human herpesvirus 6 and implications to the graft
Leo Hannolainen, Lari Pyöriä, Diogo Pratas, Jouko Lohi, Sandra Skuja, Santa Rasa-Dzelzkaleja, Modra Murovska, Klaus Hedman, Timo Jahnukainen, Maria F. Perdomo
Department of virology, University of Helsinki (Leo Hannolainen, Lari Pyöriä, Klaus Hedman and Maria F. Perdomo), University of Aveiro (Diogo Pratas), Rīga Stradiņš University (Sandra Skuja, Santa Rasa-Dzelzkaleja and Modra Murovska) and Helsinki University Hospital (Jouko Lohi and Timo Jahnukainen)
1 Translational Cancer Medicine Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland.
Oncogenic herpesvirus hijacks SOX18 pioneering activity to facilitate viral latent DNA replication
Peyton Staab 1, Thomas Günther 2, Simon Weissman 2, Adam Grundhoff 2, Matthew Graus 3, Tara Karnezis 4, Mathias Francoís 3, Päivi M Ojala 1.
2 Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, Germany. 3 Centenary Institute, Australia. 4 Gertrude Biomedical Ltd. Queensland, Australia.
University of Jyväskylä
Changes in chromatin mobility and compaction during herpesvirus infection
Ruokolainen V1, Aho V1, Mattola S1, Kunnas K1, Leclerc S1, Garini Y2, Shav-Tal Y3, Vihinen-Ranta M1
1 Department of Biological and Environmental Science and Nanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland. 2Physics Department and Nanotechnology Institute, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel. 3The Mina & Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences & Institute of Nanotechnology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, 5290002, Israel. Yaron.Shav-Tal@biu.ac.il.
University of Jyväskylä
Role of the proliferation marker Ki-67 in parvovirus infection
Moona Huttunen1*, Salla Mattola1*, Simon Leclerc1, Vesa Aho1, Colin R Parrish2, Vihinen-Ranta M1
1 Department of Biological and Environmental Science and Nanoscience Center, University of Jyvaskyla, Jyvaskyla, Finland 2 Baker Institute for Animal Health, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cornell, Ithaca, USA
THL
Human health implications of extensive spread of influenza A(H5N1) in farmed mammals
Erika Lindh, Sohvi Kääriäinen, Otto Helve, Jari Jalava, Laura Kalin-Mänttäri, Hannu Kiviranta, Carita Savolainen-Kopra, Sohvi Kääriäinen, Merit Melin, Marjaana Pitkäpaasi, Mika Salminen, Liina Voutilainen, Hannimari Kallio-Kokko, Silvia Grönroos-Pada, Marko Rahkonen, Tuija Gadd, Ari Kauppinen, Lauri Kareinen, Laura London, Niina Tammiranta, Anna Katz, Niina Ikonen
Finnish Food Authority, HUS, Wellbeing services counties
Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland. 2 Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland. 3 InFLAMES Research Flagship, University of Turku,Turku, Finland.
Unlocking EBV’s secrets: PIK3CA mutations in gastric cancer organoids