Session 1: Basic Virology, Immunology, and Host Virus Interactions

Chair: Richard Condit, USA Department of Molecural Genetics & Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Florida

1. Coronavirus biology – Mattiew B Frieman, USA. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
2. SARS-CoV-2 Pathogenesis – Lisa Gralinski, USA. Gillings School of Global Public Health (UNC), Chapel Hill, North Carolina
3. Fundamental mechanisms of the placental barrier to maternal - fetal transmission of viruses – Carolyn Coyne, USA. Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Panel discussion:

The genetic heterogenicity of SARS-CoV-2: research methods and applications - Antonino Di Caro, Italy. National Institute for Infectious Diseases “Lazzaro Spallanzani”, Rome, Italy
• Richard Condit
• Matthew Frieman
• Lisa Gralinski
• Carolyn Coyn