Virus Bioinformatics

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue is related to the Third Annual Meeting of the European Virus Bioinformatics Center which will be held at the University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK, in March, 2019.

Bioinformatics is focusing on bacteria and eukaryotic model organisms while virologists have an urgent need of virus-specific bioinformatical tools. Apart from pioneering work on HIV-1, HCV and influenza, these two communities have interacted surprisingly sporadically.

This special issue will present articles covering computational approaches in virology, and we welcome any contributions within this cross-disciplinary field. Sub-topics include (but are not limited to): Virus detection, annotation, and comparison; quasispecies, phylogeny, and cophylogeny; virus–host interaction and replication; as well as drug design. We aim with this Special Issue for excellence and innovation with deep impact for a better, healthy world.

Hence, the Special Issue is open to all researchers working on the boundaries between bioinformatics and virology.

Papers are welcome as original research articles, as well as review papers dealing with recent advancements and current understanding of computational technologies aspects of virology.

All papers should be submitted online at http://www.mdpi.com/journal/viruses. Please select the correct Special Issue when submitting your paper to Viruses.

Prof. Dr. Manja Marz
PD Dr. habil. Bashar Ibrahim
Dr. Franziska Hufsky
Prof. Dr. David L. Robertson
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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