About:

The Biennial Conference on Phage/Virus Assembly (PVA) continues a tradition that began in 1968. Initially focused on the mechanisms of bacteriophage assembly, the conference has since expanded to encompass all virus systems. It alternates biennially with the FASEB Virus Structure and Assembly meeting.

This highly interdisciplinary conference brings together virologists, geneticists, biochemists, biophysicists, and structural biologists to explore various aspects of virus assembly and function. A key priority of the conference is training and supporting the next generation of researchers. This is achieved by providing trainees with opportunities to present their work, engage with cutting-edge research, and interact with a global scientific community.

Previous Meetings

Meeting	Year	Location	Organisers	URL
I	1968	Lake Arrowhead, CA, USA	Bob Edgar, Bill Wood, Fred Eiserling
II	1970	Pocono, PA, USA	Lee Simon
III	1972	Vail, CO, USA	Lloyd Kozloff, Don Cummings
IV	1974	Squaw Valey, CA, USA	Fred Eiserling, Bill Wood, Sherwood Casjens
V	1976	Snowbird, UT, USA	Sherwood Casjens
VI	1978	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Helios Murialdo
VII	1980	Asilomar, CA, USA	Rich Calendar
VIII	1982	Fall Creek Falls, TN, USA	Gisela Mosig
IX	1984	Navasota, TX, USA	Peter Berget
X	1986	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Mike Dubow
XI	1988	Asilomar, CA, USA	Fred Eiserling, Bob Duda
XII	1991	Lakewood Cable, WI, USA	Dwight Anderson, Mike Feiss, Charlene Peterson
XIII	1993	Syria, VA, USA	Lindsay Black, Bill Newcomb, Alasdair Steven
XIV	1995	Johnston, PA, USA	Wade Gibson, Roger Hendrix, Marjorie Russel
XV	1997	Asilomar, CA, USA	Richard Calendar, David Coombs, Stan Person
XVI	1999	Rio Rico, AZ, USA	Peter E. Prevelige, Ben Fane
XVII	2001	Helsinki, Finland	Dennis Bamford
XVIII	2003	Woods Hole, MA, USA	Jonathan King
XIX	2005	Winter Park, CO, USA	Carlos Catalano
XX	2007	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Alan Davidson, Karen Maxwell
XXI	2009	Veyrier-du-Lac, Annecy, France	Paulo Tavares, Felix Rey
XXII	2011	Port Aransas, TX, USA	Ian Molineux, Marc Morais, Ry Young
XXIII	2013	Lake Arrowhead, CA, USA	Bill Gelbart, Jack Johnson	https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3906323/
XXIV	2015	Les Diablerets, Switzerland	Petr Leiman
XXV	2017	Ellicott city, MD, USA	Gino Cingolani, Venigalla Rao	https://www.xxv-pva.net/
XXVI	2019	Brainerd, Minnesota, USA	Kristin Parent, Paul Jardine	https://pvaconference.wixsite.com/pva2019
XXVII	2021	Online	Juliana Cortines, Sundhar Subramanian, Pavol Bardy, Oliver Bayfield	https://pvaconference.wixsite.com/pva2021
XXVIII	2023	Macclesfield, UK	Fred Antson, Cécile Breyton, Dorothy Hawkins, Oliver Bayfield	https://pvaconference.wixsite.com/pva2023
XXIX	2025	Barnstable, MA, USA	Carolyn Teschke, Chuan (River) Xiao, Reza Khayat	https://pvaconference.wixsite.com/pva2025

Mission

To promote research on virus assembly through open dialogue between researchers from around the world.

Diversity

The PVA organisers and PVA community commit to providing an inclusive environment for equal and respectful treatment of all participants. The Biennial Conference on Phage/Virus Assembly recognises the importance of equal representation in speakers and strives to achieve balance in all aspects of our conferences. We are committed to equal representation for the organising committee, keynote speakers, and session chairs. The selection of presentations for the PVA meeting relies on selection from submitted abstracts; selection is based on scientific merit, while also giving consideration to ensure equity.