Welcome to the
Swedish Society for Virology
For all interested in virology
We provide a forum
The Swedish Society for Virology was founded in 2009 to provide a forum for all interested in virology, including clinical, pre-clinical, environmental, veterinary, plant and/or microbial (phage) virology. The aim of the Society is to promote the exchange of information and stimulate discussion and collaboration among scientists active in all aspects of virology.
The Society has from 2020 decided to launch “Pandemifonden” for the purpose of reaching out to the public with information regarding virus infections and pandemics, and also with the aim to raise funding that will strengthen Swedish research within virology, with the long-term goal to hinder pandemic caused by viruses in the future.
The society will present current information regarding upcoming events and meetings, grants, positions, and education opportunities. Contact webmaster if you want to announce for a meeting, positions, courses, jobs etc, that is related to virology.
Latest news
Positions
DDLS fellow – Associate Senior Lecturer within Data-driven Epidemiology and Biology of Infection, at Lund University, including generous start-up package for starting independent research career. Application deadline May 4, for more information and application see link.
DDLS fellow- Group Leader within Data-driven Epidemiology and Biology of Infection, at Umeå University, including generous start-up package for starting independent research career. Application deadline May 11, for more information and application see link.
Meetings
22nd Smögen Summer Symposium on Virology on August 21-23, 2025.
We are happy to also this year have excellent keynote speakers, including Stephanie Pfänders, Lübeck, on the interplay between RNA viruses and the host, Karl Ståhl, SVA, Uppsala, on epizootic diseases, including African Swine fever virus, Mikael Dolsten, former CSO at Pfizer, on mRNA vaccine developments. See following link for more information and registration.
8th Nordic Conference of Antiviral Treatment Strategies and Drug Resistance in Uppsala June 11, 2025, see link.
Prizes and Grants:
We are very happy to announce that Dr Benedikt Strunz, and Dr Daniel Sheward, both at Karolinska Institute, have been awarded the 2024 Sigvard Olofsson Prize and Pandemifonden Fenyö Prize, respectively, for their research on viral immunology. We are also happy to announce that Dr Verena Sengpiel, Gothenburg, has been awarded Pandemifonden research grant about viruses affecting children, for her studies on the effects of prenatal exposure to SARS-Cov-2.