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The organizers of VoM 2020, in collaboration with ISVM and Phage Directory, are excited to announce iVoM, a series of online lectures from prominent researchers studying viruses of microbes. These events will run monthly from September to February, in the lead-up to the in-person version of VoM, which will still take place July 2021.

The first iVoM event will be Sept. 17 at 11:00 AM GMT, under the theme "Ecology and Evolution of microbial viruses". It will feature talks by:

• Rob Edwards (Flinders University, Australia)
• Ruth-Anne Sandaa (University of Bergen, Norway)
• Colin Hill (University College Cork, Ireland)

Chairs:

• Corina Brussaard (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Netherlands)
• Debbie Lindell (Faculty of Biology at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)

Register for the whole series or for individual events at https://ivom.phage.directory.