1. Women in the European Virus Bioinformatics Center
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Hufsky, Franziska, Abecasis, Ana, Agudelo-Romero, Patricia, Bletsa, Magda, Brown, Katherine, Claus, Claudia, Deinhardt-Emmer, Stefanie, Deng, Li, Friedel, Caroline C, Gismondi, María Inés, Kostaki, Evangelia Georgia, Kühnert, Denise, Kulkarni-Kale, Urmila, Metzner, Karin J, Meyer, Irmtraud M, Miozzi, Laura, Nishimura, Luca, Paraskevopoulou, Sofia, Pérez-Cataluña, Alba, Rahlff, Janina, Thomson, Emma, Tumescheit, Charlotte, van der Hoek, Lia, Van Espen, Lore, Vandamme, Anne-Mieke, Zaheri, Maryam, Zuckerman, Neta, Marz, Manja, Hufsky, Franziska [0000-0002-9489-3182], Abecasis, Ana [0000-0002-3903-5265], Agudelo-Romero, Patricia [0000-0002-3703-4111], Bletsa, Magda [0000-0003-3184-6618], Brown, Katherine [0000-0002-8400-6922], Claus, Claudia [0000-0003-4962-6568], Deinhardt-Emmer, Stefanie [0000-0003-4495-4052], Deng, Li [0000-0003-0225-0663], Friedel, Caroline C [0000-0003-3569-4877], Gismondi, María Inés [0000-0002-2566-1169], Kostaki, Evangelia Georgia [0000-0002-3346-0930], Kühnert, Denise [0000-0002-5657-018X], Kulkarni-Kale, Urmila [0000-0002-1168-2479], Metzner, Karin J [0000-0003-4862-1503], Meyer, Irmtraud M [0000-0002-4048-3479], Miozzi, Laura [0000-0003-0410-8230], Nishimura, Luca [0000-0003-2144-7867], Paraskevopoulou, Sofia [0000-0003-2608-2596], Pérez-Cataluña, Alba [0000-0002-4784-8346], Rahlff, Janina [0000-0002-2132-2709], Thomson, Emma [0000-0003-1482-0889], Tumescheit, Charlotte [0000-0002-7563-5575], van der Hoek, Lia [0000-0003-2803-642X], Van Espen, Lore [0000-0002-3870-4551], Vandamme, Anne-Mieke [0000-0002-6594-2766], Zaheri, Maryam [0000-0003-2777-835X], Zuckerman, Neta [0000-0001-6074-2100], Marz, Manja [0000-0003-4783-8823], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, AII - Infectious diseases, University of Zurich, Hufsky, Franziska, and Marz, Manja
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10028 Institute of Medical Virology ,virus evolution ,virus discovery ,Cancer Research ,viral ecology ,Virus Bioinformatics ,Big Data ,Networking ,Virus Discovery ,Virus Evolution ,Viral Infection ,Transcriptomics ,Emerging Viruses ,Epidemiology ,Viral Ecology ,networking ,virus bioinformatics ,Computational Biology ,610 Medicine & health ,2725 Infectious Diseases ,Research Personnel ,Europe ,emerging viruses ,transcriptomics ,big data ,Viruses ,2406 Virology ,570 Life sciences ,biology ,Humans ,epidemiology ,Female ,viral infection - Abstract
Viruses are the cause of a considerable burden to human, animal and plant health, while on the other hand playing an important role in regulating entire ecosystems. The power of new sequencing technologies combined with new tools for processing "Big Data" offers unprecedented opportunities to answer fundamental questions in virology. Virologists have an urgent need for virus-specific bioinformatics tools. These developments have led to the formation of the European Virus Bioinformatics Center, a network of experts in virology and bioinformatics who are joining forces to enable extensive exchange and collaboration between these research areas. The EVBC strives to provide talented researchers with a supportive environment free of gender bias, but the gender gap in science, especially in math-intensive fields such as computer science, persists. To bring more talented women into research and keep them there, we need to highlight role models to spark their interest, and we need to ensure that female scientists are not kept at lower levels but are given the opportunity to lead the field. Here we showcase the work of the EVBC and highlight the achievements of some outstanding women experts in virology and viral bioinformatics. ispartof: VIRUSES-BASEL vol:14 issue:7 ispartof: location:Switzerland status: published
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- 2022