Introducing the Viruses of Microbes 2020 Webinar Series: Take a walk on the VoM side

Many of us were excited about Viruses of Microbes (VoM) 2020, the conference that had been set to take place this summer in Portugal. In collaboration with the International Society for Viruses of Microorganisms (ISVM) and Phage Directory, the organizers of VoM 2020 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.