Virus genomics and evolution: the transformative effect of new technologies and multidisciplinary collaboration on virus research and outbreak management

Genome Biol. 2016 Jul 25;17(1):159. doi: 10.1186/s13059-016-1019-8.

Authors

Camilla L C Ip¹, Oliver G Pybus², Jennifer L Gardy^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX37BN, UK.
² Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PS, UK.
³ School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z9, Canada. [email protected].
⁴ British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4R4, Canada. [email protected].

Abstract

The first Virus Genomics and Evolution Conference was held at the Wellcome Genome Campus in Hinxton, UK, 8-10 June 2016.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Computational Biology
Disease Outbreaks*
Genome, Human / genetics
Genomics
Humans
Proteomics*
Research
Viruses / genetics*

Grants and funding

090532/Z/09/Z/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom