Meeting Report of the Second Symposium of the Belgian Society for Viruses of Microbes and Launch of the Phage Valley

• Published in: Viruses Vol. 16; no. 2; p. 299
• Main Authors: Desmecht, Salomé, Latka, Agnieszka, Ceyssens, Pieter-Jan, Garcia-Pino, Abel, Gillis, Annika, Lavigne, Rob, Lima-Mendez, Gipsi, Matthijnssens, Jelle, Vázquez, Roberto, Venneman, Jolien, Wagemans, Jeroen, Briers, Yves, Thiry, Damien
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding Web Resource
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 15-02-2024; MDPI
• Subjects: Bacteriophages; Belgian Society for Viruses of Microbes; Belgium; Biological societies; Biology; Conference Report; Conferences; Conferences, meetings and seminars; E coli; Ecology; Environment; Genes; Genomes; Hospitals; Humans; Immune system; Life sciences; Medical research; Microbiological research; Microorganisms; Médecine vétérinaire & santé animale; phage therapy; Phage Valley; Phages; Proteins; Sciences du vivant; Students; triple helix; Veterinary medicine & animal health; Viruses; Belgium; Denmark; United States > US; Germany; Phage Valley; Belgian Society for Viruses of Microbes; triple helix; bacteriophages; phage therapy
• ISSN: 1999-4915; 1999-4915
• DOI: 10.3390/v16020299

The second symposium of the Belgian Society for Viruses of Microbes (BSVoM) took place on 8 September 2023 at the University of Liège with 141 participants from 10 countries. The meeting program covered three thematic sessions opened by international keynote speakers: two sessions were devoted to "Fundamental research in phage ecology and biology" and the third one to the "Present and future applications of phages". During this one day symposium, four invited keynote lectures, nine selected talks and eight student pitches were given along with thirty presented posters. The president of the Belgian Society for Viruses of Microbes, Prof. Yves Briers, took advantage of this symposium to launch the Phage Valley concept that will put the spotlight on the exceptionally high density of researchers investigating viruses of microbes as well as the successful triple helix approach between academia, industry and government in Belgium.