Past symposia (S) and workshops (W) sponsored by the Division of Viruses (Organizers):

2009 UTAH, USA

S: Insect RNA Viruses: Advances and Applications
S: Invertebrate Anti-Virus Response
S (Cross Divisional): Multitrophic Interactions: Implications for Invertebrate Pathogens
W: Advances in Cell Culture
S: The viral face of PDVs: Origin and structure of the chromosomally integrated PDV genomes

2008 WARWICK, UK

S: Comparative Genomics of DNA Viruses
S: Viruses of Bees
S (Cross-Divisional): Invertebrate pathogens as models for basic ecological and evolutionary principles
W: Invertebrate Virus Discovery

2007 QUEBEC CITY, CANDA

S: Insect cells and baculoviruses: ’Pas de Deux’ (in honour of Bob Granados) (Just Vlak)
S: A symposium “Baculovirus Bounty” (in honour of Loy Volkman) (Linda Guarino)
W: Polydnavirus Phylogeny and Taxonomy (Michel Cusson).

2006 WUHAN, CHINA

S: Diseases of aquatic invertebrates (Zhengli Shi/Just Vlak)
S: Field performance of insect viruses (Zhihong Hu/Basil Arif)

2005 ALASKA, USA

S: Insect expression systems, gene therapy and vaccine development (Jim Slavicek/Bryony Bonning)
S: Polydnaviruses and Ascoviruses (Peter Krell/Michael Cusson)
W: Microarray Technology, Genomics and Proteomics (James Maruniak/Peter Krell)

2004 HELSINKI

S: Virus Ecology (Linda King)
S: Role of native immune systems/molecular host response (Diana Cox-Foster/ John Burand)
S (Cross Divisional): Oryctes Virus – from Discovery to Classical Microbial Control Agent (Trevor Jackson/Suzanne Thiem)
W: Genome Analysis Methods (Johannes Jehle)

2003 Burlington, USA

S: Baculovirus Genomics (James Maruniak/David Theilmann)
S: Insect Resistance Mechanisms to Viruses: Beyond the Midgut (Kelly Hoover/Diana Cox-Foster)
S (Cross Divional): You are what you eat: Multitrophism in Invertebrate Pathology Systems (Kelly Hoover/Gary Felton/Patricia Stock)
S (Cross Divisional): Pathogen Midgut Interaction (Loy Volkman, Sarjeet Gill) (Cross Divisonal)

2002 Iguassu, BRASIL

S: Baculoviruses and the Bonus of Biotechnology (Just Vlak)
S: Arthropod-Borne Viruses (Jim Becnel)
S: Prospects for the Use of Viral Pesticides (Marlinda Lobo de Souza)

2001 Noordwijkerhout

S: Apoptosis and Host Range of Viruses (Suzanne Thiem/Nor Chejanovsky)
S: Virus Biology (Peter Krell/Primitivo Caballero)
S: RNA Viruses (Brenda Ball/Karl Gordon)

2000 GUANAJUATO

S: Virus Insect Host Interaction (Loy Volkman)
S: Ecology of Insect Viruses (Jenny Cory/Judy Myers)
W: Invertebrate Virus Taxonomy and Classification (Peter Krell/Johannes Jehle)

1999 Irvine, USA

S: Insect Virus Genomics (Johannes Jehle/George Rohrmann)
S: Comparative Biology of Ascoviruses and Ichnoviruses(Bob Granados)

1998 SAPPORO, JAPAN

S: Entomopoxviruses (Michihiro Kobayashi/Suzanne Thiem)
S: Biological and Molecular Aspects of Densoviruses (Max Bergoin/Hisanori Bando)
W: Laboratory Evaluation of Baculovirus-Based Insecticides (Nicolai van Beek)

1997 BANFF, CANADA

S: Viruses in their Natural Hosts (Suzanne Thiem)
S: Granulosis viruses. Symposium in Memory of Norman Crook (Chris Payne/Bob Granados)
W: Invertebrate Virus Taxonomy and Phylogeny (Peter Krell)

1996 CORDOBA, SPAIN

W: Insect Cell Culture for Baculovirus Production Suzanne Thiem/Just Vlak)
S: Characterization and Development of the Baculoviruses other than AcMNPV (Norman Crook/David Theilmann)

1995 ITHACA, USA

Constitution of the Virus Division (Norman Crook)