The IRCCS OSM team represented InFlaMe at conferences in September 2025

Researchers from the Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo (IRCCS OSM) participated at the 53° Congresso della Società Italiana di Microbiologia (SIM) in Catania held between 19-22 September (https://www.societasim.it/congresso-sim-2025/)

Dr. Irene Cassaniti gave a talk entitled: ” A novel ARPE-19 cell-based assay for assessing type I IFN protection and autoantibody-mediated neutralization in Zika Virus infection” and  Dr. Antonino Maria Guglielmo Pitrolo presented a poster entitled “Three years of surveillance of human dengue virus infections in Lombardy, 2023-2025”

Dr. Alessandro Ferrari from Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo (IRCCS OSM) gave a talk entitled “A Novel ARPE-19 Cell-Based Assay for Assessing Type I IFN Protection and Autoantibody-Mediated Neutralization in Zika Virus Infection” at the 27th European Congress for Clinical Virology (ESCV) in Thessaloniki, held between 17-20 September 2025 (https://www.escv2025.org/).

Link to the scientific program: https://www.escv2025.org/articlefiles/ESCV_2025/27ESCV_FinalProg.pdf

Lucie Podesvova (MU) presented her work on ‘Antibodies for prophylaxis and therapy of viral infections’ at the Conference on immunotherapy for infectious diseases 2025, Bellinzona, Switzerland, 1st-3rd October 2025

Information about the event: ITID Conference 2025: Immunotherapy in Bellinzona

Daniel Ruzek (MU) attended the 3rd International Conference of the World Society for Virology (6-8 May, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2025) and presented his work on  ‘Development of a novel reporter virus system for antiviral and antibody screening and pathogenesis studies’.

Information about the event: ICGEB Sponsored Event “3rd International Conference of the World Society for Virology 2025” – ICGEB

InFlaMe was represented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Society for Virology (April 2025, Hamburg, Germany) by the MUW team, where David Florian (a member of the research team led by Judith Aberle) presented a poster entitled `Surveillance of Human West Nile Virus Infections in Austria, 2009-2024: Substantial increase in 2024´
LINK to the event: https://g-f-v.org/en/events/34th-annual-meeting-of-the-society-for-virology/

In March 2025, Davide Lelli (IZSLER) participated in the event entitled: ‘Febbre Dengue, serata informativa per conoscerla e prevenirla’ at Cazzago San martino (BS), Italy, March 7, 2025. The educational event organized by the municipality for citizens.

LINK to the event:  https://rbb.provincia.brescia.it/de/library/biblioteca-di-cazzago-san-martino/cal/CDF-aHR0cHM6Ly9icmVzY2lhLmNvc2VkYWZhcmUubmV0L2V2ZW50aS9jb25mZXJlbnplL2NvbmZlcmVuemUtYWx0cm8vZmViYnJlLWRlbmd1ZS01MDEzNy5odG1s/

The kick-off meeting took place at the Palazzo Bellisomi-Vistarino in Pavia, Italy between 4th and 5th of February 2025, with the participation of representatives from each beneficiary, the Project Officer from European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA) and members of the Advisory Board. The project will last for 48 months.

English

IRCCS-OSM: https://www.sanmatteo.org/abstract-inflame

CNR-IIA: https://iia.cnr.it/inflame-project-launched-on-january-the-1st/

CICBioGUNE: https://www.cicbiogune.es/news/cic-biogune-joins-european-consortium-inflame-develop-innovative-therapies-against-flaviviruses

INGM: https://ingm.org/en/2025/02/10/the-european-union-funds-research-on-the-pandemic-threats-of-dengue-denv-and-west-nile-virus-wnv/

IMAGINE: https://www.institutimagine.org/en/inflame-project-addressing-virus-host-interactions-and-defense-strategies-design-new-therapeutics

Italian

IRCCS-OSM: https://www.sanmatteo.org/news/parte-progetto-europeo-combattere-minacce-epidemiche-e-pandemiche-flavivirus-0

InFlaMe featured in media: https://panoramadellasanita.it/site/inflame-parte-il-progetto-europeo-per-combattere-le-minacce-epidemiche-e-pandemiche-dei-flavivirus/