The Third Annual Meeting of the European Virus Bioinformatics Center



Hufsky, Franziska, Ibrahim, Bashar, Modha, Sejal, Clokie, Martha RJ, Deinhardt-Emmer, Stefanie, Dutilh, Bas E, Lycett, Samantha, Simmonds, Peter, Thiel, Volker, Abroi, Aare
et al (show 9 more authors) (2019) The Third Annual Meeting of the European Virus Bioinformatics Center. VIRUSES-BASEL, 11 (5). E420-.

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Abstract

The Third Annual Meeting of the European Virus Bioinformatics Center (EVBC) took place in Glasgow, United Kingdom, 28-29 March 2019. Virus bioinformatics has become central to virology research, and advances in bioinformatics have led to improved approaches to investigate viral infections and outbreaks, being successfully used to detect, control, and treat infections of humans and animals. This active field of research has attracted approximately 110 experts in virology and bioinformatics/computational biology from Europe and other parts of the world to attend the two-day meeting in Glasgow to increase scientific exchange between laboratory- and computer-based researchers. The meeting was held at the McIntyre Building of the University of Glasgow; a perfect location, as it was originally built to be a place for "rubbing your brains with those of other people", as Rector Stanley Baldwin described it. The goal of the meeting was to provide a meaningful and interactive scientific environment to promote discussion and collaboration and to inspire and suggest new research directions and questions. The meeting featured eight invited and twelve contributed talks, on the four main topics: (1) systems virology, (2) virus-host interactions and the virome, (3) virus classification and evolution and (4) epidemiology, surveillance and evolution. Further, the meeting featured 34 oral poster presentations, all of which focused on specific areas of virus bioinformatics. This report summarizes the main research findings and highlights presented at the meeting.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: virology, virus bioinformatics, software, systems virology, metagenomics, virome, viral taxonomy, virus classification, genome evolution, bacteriophage, virosphere
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 29 Nov 2019 13:20
Last Modified: 16 Oct 2023 09:31
DOI: 10.3390/v11050420
Open Access URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/v11050420
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3064054