4-7 September 2010

We are excited to be hosting this conference at the University of Birmingham where EBV research has been a major focus for over 25 years. The Association exists to promote and stimulate the exchange of ideas, knowledge and research materials among researchers throughout the world who study EBV and its related diseases.

By organising and conducting an International Symposium on EBV research every two years, the Association promotes and encourages cooperation between institutions, organisations and societies which have interests in common relating to basic and applied research on EBV and associated diseases. This conference provides an important opportunity to celebrate Alan Rickinson’s retirement and acknowledge his outstanding contributions to our field. We are also honoured by the attendance of Harald zur Hausen whose seminal work on the association of EBV with nasopharyngeal carcinoma in 1970 was instrumental in establishing the oncogenic role of the virus beyond B lymphocytes.

We look forward to welcoming delegates from a variety of countries and with a range of backgrounds and expertise. While offering a forum for established researchers, we also hope that this conference will provide an opportunity for junior fellows and post-graduate students to learn more about EBV, the first human pathogen to be implicated in the development of cancer.

Lawrence S. Young

President of the International Association for Research on Epstein-Barr Virus and Associated Diseases