State-of-the-Art Virology Research in Australia
A special issue of Viruses (ISSN 1999-4915). This special issue belongs to the section "General Virology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2024 | Viewed by 4904
Special Issue Editors
Interests: vaccinia virus; virus transport; host–pathogen interactions; actin cytoskeleton; microtubule cytoskeleton; signalling
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: herpesviruses; herpesvirus latency; pathogenesis and virally encoded immunomodulation; cytomegalovirus (CMV)
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Virology research in Australia has a long and storied history, being shaped by the nation’s culture of research excellence, unique habitat and ecosystem, South-East Asian location and island status. This research has spanned multiple areas, including basic and clinical research that has had a profound impact on our understanding of a diverse range of viruses and how they function, evolve and interact with their hosts. The broad depth of skills of virologists in Australia has enabled rapid mobilisation of efforts to understand the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, bringing together both virologists and non-virologists from many specialities with an unprecedented level of collaboration. Whilst this has informed the national public health response and contributed to the international body of knowledge on this novel viral pathogen, these efforts have had a bi-directional effect, further stimulating the discipline of virology in this country, and resulting in a wide range of border impacts on virological research.
We invite submissions to this Special Issue that will reflect the diversity and strengths of the Australian virology research community.
Prof. Dr. Timothy Newsome
Prof. Dr. Barry Slobedman
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- viral vaccines
- SARS-CoV-2
- viral genomics
- respiratory viruses
- epidemiology
- virus transmission
- viral immunology
- viral pathogenesis
- disinfection
- antivirals
- molecular virology
- zoonoses