28 February 2024
Prof. Dr. Alexander Gorbalenya Appointed Associate Editor of Section “General Virology” in Viruses

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We are pleased to announce that Prof. Dr. Alexander Gorbalenya has been appointed Associate Editor of the “General Virology” Section of Viruses (ISSN: 1999-4915).
Name: Prof. Dr. Alexander Gorbalenya
Homepage: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/alexander-gorbalenya#tab-1
Affiliation: Department of Leiden University Center of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
Interests: comparative virus genomics; virus discovery; virus evolution; virus taxonomy; proteolytic processing in viruses; structure and function of nidovirus enzymes
Prof. Dr. Alexander Gorbalenya is Professor Emeritus of medical microbiology, particularly virus bioinformatics, and the former Head of the Virus Evolution and Bioinformatics lab in the Research Section. He held the Leiden University Fund Chair in Applied Bioinformatics in Virology (2009–2017) and was Vice President of the International Committee on Virus Taxonomy (2011–2017).
We are honored that we have the opportunity to introduce Prof. Dr. Alexander Gorbalenya to our editorial team, and we are confident that, with the guidance of our new Associate Editor, we will continue to improve the reputation and quality of Viruses.
For more information about the “General Virology” Section, please visit the following link:
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/viruses/sectioneditors/General_Virology.