| Innate immunity as a first-line against viruses, bacteria and fungi |
| Mechanisms of replication and assembly |
| Microbial biotechnology and applied microbiology |
| Microbial communities and microbiomes |
| Microbial evolution and diversity |
| Microbiology and big data, analyzing and interpreting large datasets |
| Microbiomes and viromes |
| Mycobiomes |
| Mycoviruses |
| Novel approaches to virus control |
| Oomycetes as biocontrol agents and parasites |
| Other |
| Pathogenesis of viral diseases |
| Phage bacteria interactions |
| Plant-microbe interactions |
| Sex differences in virus-host interaction |
| Skin Neglected Tropical Diseases |
| Virus discovery and virome studies |
| Virus dynamics in reservoir hosts |
| Virus evolution and emergence |