This Working Group brings together scientists expert in the detection and analysis of pathogenic viruses in food and environmental matrices, who will work in cooperation to promote the production of the most effective analytical tools for food and environmental virological analysis. 

Leader:

Prof. Albert Bosch, University of Barcelona, Spain

Deputy Leader:

Dr. Jane Sellwood , Health Protection Agency, United Kingdom

Working Group members

Dr. Jens Fleischer, State Health Agency, Germany

Dr. Oliver Schneider, State Health Agency, Germany

Dr. Joana Pardos i Bosch, Head of the Laboratory of the Serveis Territorials de Salut, Girona, Spain.

Dr. Carl-Henrik von Bonsdorff, Helsinki University, Finland

Dr. Leena Maunula, Helsinki University, Finland

Dr. Leena Taskinen, National Public Health Institute, Finland

Prof.  Annalaura Carducci, University of Pisa, Italy

Dr Maurizio Divizia, Tor Vergata University (ROME TV), Italy

Dr. Nigel Cook, Central Science Laboratory, United Kingdom

Dr. Christophe Gantzer, University of Nancy, France

Prof. Christiane Hoeller, Bayerisches Landesamt für Gesundheit und Lebensmittelsicherheit, Germany

Dr. Ana Maria de Roda Husman, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, the Netherlands

Dr. Sava Lazic, Scientific Veterinary Institute `Novi Sad`, Serbia

Prof. Beata Mizak, National Veterinary Research Institute, Poland

Dr. Michele Muscillo, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Italy

Dr. Mette Myrmel, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Norway

Dr. Georgios Papageorgiou, State General Laboratory, Cyprus

Dr. Tamas Petrovic, Scientific Veterinary Institute `Novi Sad`, Serbia

Dr. Wim van der Poel, Wageningen University, the Netherlands

Ms. Gloria Sanchez-Moragas, Nestlé Research Cente, Switzerland

Ms. Anna Charlotte Schulz, Danish Institute for Food and Veterinary Research, Denmark

Dr. Apostolos Vantarakis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece

Prof Dr Maja Ravnikar , National Institute of Biology, Slovenia

Dr Ion Gutierrez Aguirre, National Institute of Biology, Slovenia

Dr. Andrej Steyer, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Slovenia

Dr. David Rodríguez-Lázaro, Instituto Tecnológico Agrario de Castilla y León (ITACyL), Spain

Dr. Marta Hernandez, Instituto Tecnológico Agrario de Castilla y León (ITACyL), Spain

Prof. Hüseyin Yýlmaz, University of Istanbul, Turkey

Dr. Magnus Simonsson, National Food Administration, Sweden