title: News and views from the 8th annual meeting of the Italian Society of Virology.
abstract: The 8th annual meeting of the Italian Society of Virology (SIV) took place in Orvieto, Italy from the 21st to the 23rd of September 2008. The meeting covered different areas of Virology and the scientific sessions focused on: general virology and viral genetics; viral oncology, virus-host interaction and pathogenesis; emerging viruses and zoonotic, foodborne and environmental pathways of transmission; viral immunology and vaccines; viral biotechnologies and gene therapy; medical virology and antiviral therapy. The meeting had an attendance of about 160 virologists from all Italy. In this edition, a satellite workshop on "Viral biotechnologies" was organized in order to promote the role of virologists in the biotechnological research and teaching fields. A summary of the plenary lectures and oral selected presentations is reported. J. Cell. Physiol. 219: 797-799, 2009. (c) 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
authors.affiliation: Department of Histology, Microbiology and Medical Biotechnologies, Division of Microbiology and Virology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sartori
authors.forename: Cristiano
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Salata
authors.forename: Arianna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Calistri
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Palù
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Parolin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D012958:Societies, Scientific; D014773:Virology