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 , 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. Ari Kauppinen, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland

Dr. Leena Maunula, Helsinki University, Finland

Prof.  Annalaura Carducci, University of Pisa, Italy

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

Dr. Nigel Cook, Food and Environment Research Agency, 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 Cuvelier, 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, Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos (IATA) , Spain

Dr. Christian Beuret , Spiez Laboratory, Switzerland

Asst. Prof. Tamar Kohn, Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry, 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, Spain

Miss Marta Diez Valcarc, Instituto Tecnológico Agrario de Castilla y León (ITACyL), Spain

Mrs. Katarina Kovac,Instituto Tecnológico Agrario de Castilla y León (ITACyL), Spain

Dr. Juan Carlos Saiz, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA)Spain

Prof. Rosa M. Pintó, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

Prof. Hüseyin Yýlmaz, University of Istanbul, Turkey

Dr. Magnus Simonsson, National Food Administration, Sweden

Dr. Frederik Widén, National Veterinary Institute, Sweden

Dr. Ricardo Santos, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal

Dr. Sandro Wolf, Institut für Mikrobiologie, Germany