This interdisciplinary workshop brought together high-profile researchers as well as young scientists and research students to discuss challenges at the forefront of virology. This workshop focused on important aspects of virus research such as the structure and physical properties of viruses. As a result of this workshop, a number of new collaborations were formed within and across discipline boundaries, and new experimental and theoretical approaches were inspired. The main focus of the workshop was on structure and assembly of viral capsids and the packaging of the viral genome.