Viruses Awards

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that Viruses will be awarding two travel awards for Postdocs and PhD students.

The applications will be assessed by an evaluation committee chaired by the Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Eric O. Freed.

Candidates must provide:

–     An abstract describing recent unpublished work
–     Curriculum Vitae
–     Justification letter describing their research focus (maximum of 2 pages)
–     Letter of support from their mentor

All candidates should be PhD students or postdoctoral fellows. Two travel awards consisting of 800 Swiss Francs each will be granted to support travel to a virology conference in 2019.

Please apply online at https://www.mdpi.com/journal/viruses/awards by 31 October 2018. Prizes will be awarded by the end of January, 2019 and announced on the Viruses website.

Viruses Editorial Office
St. Alban-Anlage 66
CH-4052, Basel, Switzerland
viruses@mdpi.com
www.mdpi.com/journal/viruses

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that Viruses will be awarding a prize for excellence in virology. The nominations will be assessed by an evaluation committee chaired by the Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Eric O. Freed.

This award is to recognize ground-breaking contributions to the field by virologists under the age of 40 (by 31 October 2018).

The nomination package must include:

–     The candidate’s curriculum vitae
–     A letter of nomination from an established virologist not directly associated with the candidate

The letter should highlight the candidate’s achievements and contributions to the field of virology. Additional references will be requested by the committee, if necessary.

The young investigator award will consist of 2,000 Swiss Francs, an invitation to speak at the Viruses 2020 conference in Barcelona, Spain and an engraved plaque.

Please send your nominations online at https://www.mdpi.com/journal/viruses/awards by 31 October 2018. Prize will be awarded by the end of January, 2019 and announced on the Viruses website.

Viruses Editorial Office
St. Alban-Anlage 66
CH-4052, Basel, Switzerland
viruses@mdpi.com
www.mdpi.com/journal/viruses

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Editor-in-Chief of Viruses, Dr. Eric O. Freed, we are pleased to announce that we are sponsoring a Best Poster Award (300 CHF) for participants of the conference Viruses 2018: Breakthroughs in Viral Replication (http:// sciforum.net/conference/Viruses-2018). The nominations will be assessed by the attendees of the conference.

Please apply by clicking the button above before if you have any questions regarding this Award or our journal. We look forward to an interesting and successful conference.

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Editor-in-Chief of Viruses, Dr. Eric O. Freed, we are pleased to announce that we are sponsoring a Best Oral Presentation Award (500 CHF) for participants of the conference Viruses 2018: Breakthroughs in Viral Replication (http://sciforum.net/conference/Viruses-2018). The nominations will be assessed by the Organizing Committee.

Please apply by clicking the button above before if you have any questions regarding this Award or our journal. We look forward to an interesting and successful conference.

Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of Viruses, I am pleased to announce the winners of the Viruses Travel Awards for 2018:

Travel Awards were granted to Dr. Gabrielle Vieyres, post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Experimental Virology, TWINCORE- Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research GmbH, Hannover, Germany (laboratory of Dr. Thomas Pietschmann), and to Nandan Gokhale, PhD student at the Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC USA (laboratory of Dr. Stacy Horner). Dr. Vieyres’s research focuses on the interplay between HCV replication and the host lipid metabolism. Mr. Gokhale’s research deals with how the RNA modification N6-methyladenosine (m6A) regulates RNA virus infection, both at the viral and host level.

Each travel award provides 800 Swiss Francs to attend any virology conference in 2018.

Congratulations to the winners of this very competitive travel award.

Editor-in-Chief,
Dr. Eric O. Freed
Director, HIV Dynamics and Replication Program
Center for Cancer Research
National Cancer Institute
Frederick, MD, USA

Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of Viruses, I am pleased to announce the winners of the Viruses Travel Awards for 2017:

Travel Awards were granted to Gabriel J. Starrett, Ph.D. student at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, MN, USA, for his research on the interplay between APOBEC-mediated mutagenesis, polyomaviruses and cancer development; and to Valerie Cortez, a postdoctoral research associate at the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, TN, USA, working on the in vitro characterization of astroviruses from immunocompromised pediatric oncology patients

The awards consist of 800 Swiss Francs each to attend any academic conference during 2017.

The Young Investigator Prize will be awarded by the end of January 2017.

Editor-in-Chief,
Dr Eric O. Freed

Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of Viruses, I am pleased to announce the recipients of the 2017 Viruses Young Investigator in Virology Prize and the two Viruses Travel Awards:

The 2017 Viruses Young Investigator in Virology Prize has been awarded to Dr. Andrew B. Ward, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA. Dr. Ward’s research combines electron microscopy and x-ray crystallography with biophysical approaches and computational analyses to elucidate the structure of viral membrane proteins. This work has led to significant advances in our understanding of the structure and function of the HIV-1, Ebola, and coronavirus glycoproteins, and mechanisms of antibody-mediated neutralization.

Viruses Travel Awards were granted to Mr. Gabriel J. Starrett, Ph.D. student at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, MN, USA and Dr. Valerie Cortez, postdoctoral research associate at the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, TN, USA.

We would like to thank the Selection Committee members Drs. Craig Cameron, Karyn Johnson, Margaret C. Kielian, Rob Lavigne and Ian M. Mackay for their evaluation of candidates

Editor-in-Chief,
Dr Eric O. Freed

Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of Viruses, I am pleased to announce the winners of the Viruses Travel Awards for 2016:

Travel Awards were granted to Dr Janna Bigalke, post-doctoral researcher at Tufts University School of Medicine, USA, and to Charles Daniel Murin, PhD student at the Scripps Research Institute, the Kellogg School of Science and Technology, USA.

Dr Bigalke’s research involves the molecular mechanism of herpes simplex virus nuclear egress. Mr Murin’s research deals with antibody mediated neutralization of Ebola virus.

Editor-in-Chief,
Dr Eric O. Freed