On the 28th of January 2026, the full EPICVIR team met online to share the project's current state and have a scientific discussion about achieved milestones and future tasks. Here is the programme of the meeting.
EPICVIR – All-team meeting
Wednesday 28th January, 14:00-17:00 European time (13:00-16:00 UK time)
Microsoft TEAMs
14:00 (13:00 UK time) – 14:10 Welcome
14:10 (13:10) – 14:30 Mengying Liu (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
TBC
14:30 (13:30) – 14:50 Ehsan Sedaghat-Rostami (The Pirbright Institute, UK)
Pathogen-specific immune responses underlie divergent outcomes of coronavirus and influenza infection in the natural porcine host.
14:50 (13:50) – 15:10 Ashutosh Vats (The Pirbright Institute, UK)
Pathogenicity and immune control of EA avH1N1 and IDV virus infections in pigs.
15:10 (14:10) – 15:30 Emily Briggs (The Pirbright Institute, UK)
Antibody responses to PRCV and influenza infection.
15:30 (14:30) – 15:40 Break
15:40 (14:40) – 16:00 Laura Mendoza Garcia (Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas, Madrid)
Sampling and downstream analysis of swIAV-, PRCV-, and swIDV-infected pigs.
16:00 (15:00) – 16:30 Paula Avello-Fernandez, Martin Lopez-Garcia (University of Leeds, UK), Mario Castro & Juan Iribas de la Puerta (Pontificia Comillas University, Madrid)
Mathematical modelling of porcine respiratory infection dynamics across scales.
16:30 (15:30) – 16:50 Juanjuan Guo (Ghent University, Belgium)
Differential Transmission Dynamics of Five H1N1 Swine Influenza A Virus Strains.
