Women in the European Virus Bioinformatics Center

Hufsky, F. et al. (2022) Women in the European Virus Bioinformatics Center. Viruses, 14(7), 1522. (doi: 10.3390/v14071522) (PMID:35891501) (PMCID:PMC9319252)

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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.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Thomson, Professor Emma
Authors: Hufsky, F., Abecasis, A., Agudelo-Romero, P., Bletsa, M., Brown, K., Claus, C., Deinhardt-Emmer, S., Deng, L., Friedel, C. C., Gismondi, M. I., Kostaki, E. G., Kühnert, D., Kulkarni-Kale, U., Metzner, K. J., Meyer, I. M., Miozzi, L., Nishimura, L., Paraskevopoulou, S., Pérez-Cataluña, A., Rahlff, J., Thomson, E., Tumescheit, C., van der Hoek, L., Van Espen, L., Vandamme, A.-M., Zaheri, M., Zuckerman, N., and Marz, M.
College/School:College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Infection & Immunity > Centre for Virus Research
Journal Name:Viruses
Publisher:MDPI
ISSN:1999-4915
ISSN (Online):1999-4915
Published Online:12 July 2022
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2022 The Authors
First Published:First published in Viruses 14(7): 1522
Publisher Policy:Reproduced under a Creative Commons License

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