Europic 2022 – a view from Twitter
We were happy to see the delegates were as excited as we were!
#europic2022 Here we come! Super excited for our first in person meeting since the pandemic started. Looking forward to learn a lot about my favorite virus family, picornaviruses. Check out the talk by @Zirtaeb_Zeravla about antibody escape. pic.twitter.com/nd9Z5kwQkS
— Gellerlab (@RonGellerLab) June 5, 2022
Scientific sessions
Our scientific sessions at #Europic2022 included plenary talks from international experts, along with shorter offered papers and poster sessions. Here are some talks highlighted below:
Nicola Stonehouse opened the scientific sessions by thanking the #Europic2022 organising committee members.
Well deserved thanks from Nic Stonehouse to the organising committee of @MicrobioSoc #Europic2022 in Harrogate pic.twitter.com/VMFHlkGhjh
— Peter Cotgreave (@PeterCotgreave) June 6, 2022
#EUROPIC2022 Fantastic overview of re-emergence of EV-D68 in Europe in 2021 by @KimBenschop. @ENPEN_ESCV collaboration as its best but much more to follow! @TheaKFischer pic.twitter.com/lFneGcBweT
— Heli Harvala (@HarvalaHeli) June 6, 2022
Today our #ESR Inés García Rodríguez presented her research on #human #organoids to study human #parechoviruses at #EUROPIC2022. Congratulations Inés! #OrganoVIR pic.twitter.com/cVMxtwzeCP
— OrganoVIR (@organovir) June 6, 2022
#Europic2022 great job Andrew Charnesky! pic.twitter.com/HAJfjqp1it
— Susan Hafenstein (@SuHafenstein) June 7, 2022
How can an antidepressant inhibit an enterovirus? @DanielHurdiss presents our recent attempts to understand the antiviral activity of fluoxetine (prozac) at #EUROPIC2022! Read more about this work here: https://t.co/cM4bVcrqBA pic.twitter.com/CmUYKh75T1
— Utrecht Virology Lab (@UtrechtVirology) June 7, 2022
Earlier today, #PhD #student of #OrganoVIRLabs Josse Depla presented his #research at #EUROPIC2022. Well done Josse! #organoids #organoidsforvirology #enteroviruses pic.twitter.com/vZtsXbnkBS
— OrganoVIR (@organovir) June 7, 2022
Jan-Felix Drexler delivered a fascinating talk onthe evolution of the very unique hepatitis A Virus at #EUROPIC2022 pic.twitter.com/bCl4mN4gEC
— Albert Bosch (@BoschUB) June 7, 2022
Nick Knowles, the boss of picornavirus taxonomy at #EUROPIC2022 pic.twitter.com/q4jqxLkTHk
— Albert Bosch (@BoschUB) June 7, 2022
A structural virology tour de force for the #EUROPIC2022 Sabin lecture! Fun fact: Sir David Stuart was the PhD examiner for our own @DanielHurdiss! pic.twitter.com/92kPG0UosN
— Utrecht Virology Lab (@UtrechtVirology) June 7, 2022
Great pleasure to present the wonderful collaborative work in #europic2022 https://t.co/lLMGcvY0Vu
— Anthony_Tee (@AnthonyTee17) June 9, 2022
Yesterday at #EUROPIC2022, our coordinator @K3Wolthers delivered a fantastic keynote lecture on #organoids for human #enterovirus and #parechovirus research. Go Katja, go! We are incredibly proud of her! by: @TapparelC) pic.twitter.com/5FBTLAFPHF
— OrganoVIR (@organovir) June 9, 2022
@RMPintoS, from @VirusentUB, on the egress of hepatitis A virus from hepatocytes at #EUROPIC2022 pic.twitter.com/rbQKtlkAma
— Albert Bosch (@BoschUB) June 8, 2022
Cara Burns presentin at #EUROPIC2022 the oral poliovirus vaccine paradox pic.twitter.com/3VAgRcaiwi
— Albert Bosch (@BoschUB) June 9, 2022
Posters
#Europic2022 poster sessions showcased the diversity of research within the picornaviruses community. Our delegates were able to share their work, and discuss and exchange ideas with their peers face to face!
#OrganoVIRLabs’ PhD student Josse Depla and his poster - ready for #EUROPIC2022! Good luck today, Josse #organoids #organoidsforvirology #conference pic.twitter.com/VKVDH1AdqF
— OrganoVIR (@organovir) June 7, 2022
Our #ESR Giulia Moreni and her poster (titled “Non-polio #Enterovirus C replicate in both human gut and airway #organoids) at #EUROPIC2022. We are beaming with pride for Giulia! #OrganoVIR pic.twitter.com/jSwV5LeAI3
— OrganoVIR (@organovir) June 7, 2022
Thank you #Europic2022 for having us and for all the #viral #science pic.twitter.com/LJfZpWanIi
— Plevka Lab (@PlevkaLab) June 14, 2022
Social sessions
In the evening of day three, our delegates visited Skipton Castle. Later on, our delegates enjoyed a lively conference dinner with performances from our microbiologists' band – the Particles.
The Utrecht virology lab has invaded Skipton castle! #EUROPIC2022 pic.twitter.com/QDXXrZH4QL
— Utrecht Virology Lab (@UtrechtVirology) June 8, 2022
Views from the Skipton castle #EUROPIC2022 pic.twitter.com/7k9YrtCBr0
— Heli Harvala (@HarvalaHeli) June 9, 2022
#EUROPIC2022 Last evening is followed by last morning. Great dancing with the Particles - showing that virologists can have many talents! But now back to polio elimination and novel polio vaccines. pic.twitter.com/XiDjeBKoYB
— Heli Harvala (@HarvalaHeli) June 9, 2022
Poster-prize winners
Finally, it was time to announce our poster-prize winners on the final day of #Europic2022.
Many congratulations to our winners: Jelle Schipper, Rhian L. O'Connor and Giann Dellosa!
Three of our amazing PhD candidates presented posters at #EUROPIC2022! A huge congratulations to Jelle for winning a poster prize! pic.twitter.com/4g08FQZ6j5
— Utrecht Virology Lab (@UtrechtVirology) June 8, 2022
Huge congratulations to Rhian @CamPathology for winning a poster prize at #EUROPIC2022 very well done!!! pic.twitter.com/embm71HIOb
— Valeria Lulla (@LullaValeria) June 9, 2022
Thank you
Thank you to everyone who attended #Europic2022, contributed to its success and joined the conversation on Twitter! We hope to welcome you again to another conference in our events series.
Thank you to everyone that attended #Europic2022 and contributed to making the Focused Meeting a success! We look forward to welcoming you to our events throughout 2022. https://t.co/lg9qorOUGn pic.twitter.com/swFYawRKGv
— Microbiology Society (@MicrobioSoc) June 9, 2022
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