Congress Executive Committee

Rino Rappuoli – Italy (Executive Board), Congress Co-Chair

Eliora Ron – Israel (Executive Board)

Rob Samson – The Netherlands (Executive Board)

Paul Young – Australia (Executive Board)

Antonio Ventosa – Spain (Executive Board)

Heather Lawrence – UK (Executive Board)

Luisa Borgianni – Italy (IUMS Staff)

Congress Co-Chairs

Isabel Sá Correia

Rino Rappuoli

Divisions/Tracks/Specialties

BAM  

Mariagrazia Pizza – Italy

Dorte Becher – Germany

MYCOLOGY

Thomas Dawson –Singapore

Andrey Yurkov – Germany

VIROLOGY

George Gao -China

Paul Duprez – USA

LOCAL ORGANZING COMMITTEE

BAM

Jorge Pedrosa (SPM Board, Univ. Minho, Braga)

Célia Manaia (SPM Board, Univ. Católica, Porto)

Miguel Viveiros (SPM Board, Univ. Nova Lisboa)

Ana Freitas (SPM Board, CESPU, Porto)

Manuela Oliveira (Univ. Lisboa)

Vítor Vasconcelos (CIIMAR, Porto)

MEM

Artur Alves (SPM Board, Univ. Aveiro)

Cláudia Julio (INSA, Lisboa)

Virology

Maria de São José (Univ. Porto, Direction Portuguese S. Virology)

Natacha Couto (Univ. Oxford, UK)

LOCAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

SPM MEMBERS

BAM  

Cecília Arraiano (Univ. Nova Lisboa)

Eduardo Rocha (I. Pasteur, Paris, France)

João Varela (Univ. Algarve, Faro)

Luísa Peixe (Univ. Porto)

Mariana Pinho (Univ. Nova Lisboa)

Paula Morais (SPM Board, U. Coimbra)

Jorge Pedrosa (SPM Board, Univ. Minho, Braga)

Célia Manaia (SPM Board, Univ. Católica, Porto)

Miguel Viveiros (SPM Board, Univ. Nova Lisboa)

Vítor Vasconcelos (CIIMAR, Porto)

Rafael Giraldo (President Spanish S. Microbiology)

Raquel Aires Barros (President Portuguese S. Biotechnology)

 

MEM

Isabel Sá-Correia (Univ. Lisboa); Congress Co-Chair 

José Paulo Sampaio (Univ. Nova Lisboa)

Nelson Lima (Univ. Minho, Braga)

Artur Alves (SPM Board, Univ. Aveiro)

Luis Guimarães (President Brasilian S. Microbiology)

Jahit Sacarlal (Univ. E Modelane, Mozambique)

Bruno Silva Santos (President Portuguese S. Immunology)

Paula Ludovico (Direction Portuguese S. Biochemistry)

VIROLOGY

Maria João Amorim (Univ. Católica, Lisboa)

Paulo Paixão (Univ. Nova Lisboa)

Maria de São José  (Univ. Porto)