Lieve Naesens (KU Leuven) – Chair

Therapeutic strategies for influenza and coronavirus infections

Steven Van Gucht (Sciensano) – Vice-chair

Public health virology, surveillance,
government advice

Philip Meuleman (UGent) – Treasurer

Hepatitis virus research, antivirals,
vaccine development

Nick De Regge (Sciensano) – Secretary

Veterinary exotic and vector-borne diseases, diagnostics, pathogenesis, immunology

Kevin Ariën (Institute of Tropical Medicine)

Mosquito-borne viruses, haemorrhagic fever viruses, virus-host-vector interactions, sylvatic reservoirs, diagnostics

Leen Delang (KU Leuven)

Mosquito-borne viruses, antiviral research and virus-host-vector interactions

Peter Delputte (University of Antwerp)

Respiratory viruses and iPSC-based infection models of neurotropic viruses, preclinical vaccinology

Owen Donohoe (University of Liège)

Virus evolution, innate immune interaction, transcriptomics, non-coding RNA and vaccine development

Bénédicte Machiels (University of Liège)

Shaping of long-term innate immunity by respiratory viruses

Benoît Muylkens (University of Namur)

Viral infections at the human-animal interface with a focus on RNA biology

Koen Vercauteren (Institute of Tropical Medicine)

Laboratory medicine of tropical viral infections and viral (meta)genomics