Host switching pathogens, infectious outbreaks and zoonosis: A Marie Skłodowska-Curie innovative training network (HONOURs)

Hoek, Lia van der; Verschoor, Ernst J.; Beer, Martin; Höper, Dirk W.; Wernike, Kerstin; Ranst, Marc Van; Matthijnssens, Jelle; Maes, Piet; Sastre, Patricia; Rueda, Paloma; Drexler, Jan Felix; Barr, John N.; Edwards, Thomas A.; Millner, Paul A.; Vermeij, Paul; Groof, Ad de; Thiel, Volker; Dijkman, Ronald; Suter‐Riniker, Franziska; Leib, Stephen L.; Koller, Roger; Ramette, Alban; Engler, Olivier; Beuret, Christian

doi:10.1016/j.virusres.2018.09.002

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“…Lia has been a founding member of the EVBC and was an invited speaker at the founding meeting of the EVBC introducing the HONOURs training network [ 34 ] to the community.…”

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Women in the European Virus Bioinformatics Center

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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.

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“…Lia has been a founding member of the EVBC and was an invited speaker at the founding meeting of the EVBC introducing the HONOURs training network [ 34 ] to the community.…”

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“…Whilst the World Health Organization (WHO) plays a crucial role in coordinating global research efforts in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, preexisting networks and formal consortia of trusted partners can immediately coordinate to form focus groups and share resources [15]; several of these have been formed in response to major epidemics of recent years ( Table 1). Some of these, such as Platform for European Preparedness Against (Re-)emerging Epidemics (PREPARE) [80] and HONOURs [81], specifically train research preparedness concepts to the next generation of scientists. An advantage of larger networks is the ability to coordinate multi-armed studies with unified procedures and centralised administration, in order to maximise sample size and achieve consensus faster.…”

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Preparedness needs research: How fundamental science and international collaboration accelerated the response to COVID-19

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The first cluster of patients suffering from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was identified on December 21, 2019, and as of July 29, 2020, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections have been linked with 664,333 deaths and number at least 16,932,996 worldwide. Unprecedented in global societal impact, the COVID-19 pandemic has tested local, national, and international preparedness for viral outbreaks to the limits. Just as it will be vital to identify missed opportunities and improve contingency planning for future outbreaks, we must also highlight key successes and build on them. Concomitant to the emergence of a novel viral disease, there is a 'research and development gap' that poses a threat to the overall pace and quality of outbreak response during its most crucial early phase. Here, we outline key components of an adequate research response to novel viral outbreaks using the example of SARS-CoV-2. We highlight the exceptional recent progress made in fundamental science, resulting in the fastest scientific response to a major infectious disease outbreak or pandemic. We underline the vital role of the international research community, from the implementation of diagnostics and contact tracing procedures to the collective search for vaccines and antiviral therapies, sustained by unique information sharing efforts.

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Host switching pathogens, infectious outbreaks and zoonosis: A Marie Skłodowska-Curie innovative training network (HONOURs)

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Preparedness needs research: How fundamental science and international collaboration accelerated the response to COVID-19

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