Meeting report: International soil virus conference 2024

Journal Article · 19 February 2025 · Virus Research

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virusres.2025.199544 · OSTI ID:2540222

Touceda-Suárez, María ^[1]; Perry, Matthew A. ^[2]; Frizzo, Riccardo ^[3]; Lotz-McMillen, John Henry ^[4]; Gilmore, Ruby Ann ^[4]; Bennett, Shauna M. ^[4]; Basso, Jonelle T.R.  ^[5]; Donovan, William ^[6]; Fudyma, Jane D. ^[2]; Geonczy, Sara E. ^[2]; Gittrich, Marissa ^[7]; Gogul, Grant ^[8]; Hazard, Christina ^[9]; Hillary, Luke S. ^[2]; Jameson, Ellie ^[10]; Jiraska, Lucie ^[2]; Johnson, Sarah Stewart ^[4]; Kosmopoulos, James C. ^[11]; Leleiwi, Ikaia ^[6]; Ma, Bin ^[12] ; Mageeney, Catherine Margaret ^[13]; Millard, Andrew ^[14]; Neri, Uri ^[5]; Rodríguez-Ramos, Josué ^[15]; Roux, Simon ^[5]; Tong, Di ^[12]; Wang, Yiling ^[12]; Williamson, Kurt ^[16]; Wu, Ruonan ^[15]; Martins, Paula Dalcin ^[17]; Sapkota, Rumakanta ^[18]; Emerson, Joanne B. ^[2]; Trubl, Gareth  ^[6]

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1. Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States)
2. Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States)
3. Univ. degli Studi di Padova (Italy)
4. Georgetown Univ., Washington, DC (United States)
5. USDOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
6. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
7. The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States)
8. Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
9. Université Claude-Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL) (France); Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) (France)
10. Bangor University (United Kingdom)
11. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
12. Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou (China)
13. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
14. Univ. of Leicester (United Kingdom)
15. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
16. College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA (United States)
17. Radboud Univ., Nijmegen (Netherlands); Univ. of Amsterdam (Netherlands)
18. Aarhus Univ. (Denmark)

The research field of soil viral ecology continues to advance rapidly as the roles of viruses in the functioning of soil ecosystems are increasingly recognized. To address recent developments in the field, the second International Soil Virus Conference was held in Livermore, California, USA, from June 25 to 27th, 2024, providing soil viral ecologists the opportunity to share new findings and suggest guidelines for future research, while encouraging international scientific discussion and collaboration. The meeting was held in person with sessions simultaneously streamed online. Fifty researchers attended from ten different countries and spanned a wide range of subfields and career stages. A total of 21 oral presentations were presented, followed by discussions covering key themes in soil viral research. This report summarizes the main takeaways and recommendations from the talks and discussions.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• Grant/Contract Number: AC52-07NA27344; NA0003525
• OSTI ID: 2540222
• Report Number(s): LLNL--JRNL-2007572; SAND--2025-03331J
• Journal Information: Virus Research, Journal Name: Virus Research Journal Issue: 0 Vol. 354; ISSN 0168-1702
• Publisher: ElsevierCopyright Statement
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English