You could attend up to 30 lectures and 64 posters covering a wide range of topics from hepatitis C virus replication to advances in bacterial transcription research. Novel antiviral strategies and immunological responses were also discussed. Our lab members were represented by Jirka Janata, Michaela Novotná, Markéta Koběrská, Gabriela Balíková-Novotná,Durga Mahor and Fanny Demay. Míša even won first place in the talk section. Congratulations!