The 4th Workshop on Virus Dynamics in Paris (France) will continue the meeting series previously started in Frankfurt (2013), Toronto (2015) and Heidelberg (2017).

This workshop brings together virologists and immunologists with mathematical modelers and system biologists to discuss current approaches and challenges in modeling and analyzing different aspects of virus dynamics.  A specific focus will be made this year on vaccine development and immunology.

We are very excited to have the following confirmed speakers:

• Alan Perelson (Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA)
• James Whitney (Harvard Medical School, USA)
• Rob De Boer (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
• Ruy Ribeiro (Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)
• Becca Asquith (Imperial College London, England)
• Max Von Kleist (Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany)
  
• Thomas Hofer (Universitat Heidelberg, Germany)
• Asiez Saez-Cirion (Pasteur Institute, France)
• Jacqueline Marvel (INSERM, France)
• Rodolphe Thiébaut (INSERM, France)

Main covered topics will be:

• Viral replication and innate immune response                         
• Evolution
• Quantitative approaches in vaccine developments                 
• Viral spread
• T and B cells
• Host pathogen interaction and adaptive immunity                 
• HIV cure and prevention
• Modeling emerging infections      
• Antiviral therapies                                                

Important Dates:

• Invited session submission deadline: 15 March 2019  
• Invited session selection announced 15 April 2019
• Registration opening: 15 April 2019
• Abstract submission deadline: 15 June 2019
• Talk selection will be announced on 19 July 2019
• Poster selection will be announced on 22 July 2019
• End of early-bird registration fees: 15 August 2019

The number of participants will be capped to 80.

Organizers:

Jérémie Guedj (Inserm U1137, University Paris Diderot)

Mélanie Prague (Inserm U1219, Inria Bordeaux, SISTM, University of Bordeaux)