International impact and policy influence.
VirusREvolution connects cutting-edge virus research in Jena to the global scientific and public-health community.
Our tools and data are distributed through the European Virus Bioinformatics Center (EVBC) — one of the world’s largest virus bioinformatics networks — and are integrated into major international resources such as NCBI, GISAID, ViPR, BV-BRC, ViralZone, ICTV, and EMBL-EBI. This ensures worldwide access for researchers, clinicians, and public-health agencies. Supporting global health and pandemic preparedness.
From Jena to the world
Our scientists actively contribute to international health and policy initiatives, including:
- WHO research consortia on emerging viruses
- EU Horizon projects developing vaccines, antibodies, and mRNA-based therapies for high-risk pathogens
This allows VirusREvolution to directly support pandemic preparedness and medical countermeasures.
The photonic and imaging tools developed in VirusREvolution strengthen major research hubs in Jena and beyond, including:
- Microverse Imaging Centre Jena
- Leibniz Center for Photonics in Infection Research (InfectoOptics)
- InfectoGnostics Research Campus
- Center for Translational Medicine (CeTraMed)
- International partners in Europe and the USA
These networks ensure that our technologies move rapidly from basic research to clinical and industrial applications.
International collaborations.
During the course of the CRC, we actively aim to establish and strengthen several national and international collaborations. These partnerships have led and will lead to more joint publications in high-impact journals together with our collaborators, including, for instance:
- Prof. Dr. Volker Thiel, University of Bern, Switzerland – tools applied to coronaviruses.
- Prof. Dr. Philippe Le Mercier, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics – integration into VirusZone.
- Prof. Dr. Nicola Zamboni, Clinical Metabolomics Analysis Center, ETH Zürich – integration of metabolomics data in Swiss Multi‑Omics Center (SMOC).
- Prof. Dr. Pieter Dorrestein, UC San Diego – new mass spectrometry-based methods to understand the chemistry of microbes.
- Prof. Dr. Lia van der Hoek, Amsterdam University Medical Center – virus-discovery technique to identify any RNA and DNA virus (VIDISCA).
- Prof. Dr. Florian Krammer, Infection Medicine, Medical University of Vienna – characterising virus pathogens and developing vaccines and therapies.
- Prof. Dr. Delphine Muriaux, University of Montpellier – virus-like particles for photonic research.
- Prof. Dr. Andrey Klymchenko, University of Strasbourg – fluorescent labels for viruses.
- Prof. Dr. Ali Mirazimi, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institute Stockholm – viral zoonosis, virushost interaction, diagnostics, vaccine and antivirus development.
International conferences and events.
VirusREvolution hosts and contributes to leading international meetings in virus bioinformatics and viromics, including:
- The annual International Virus Bioinformatics Meeting (ViBioM)
- Viruses in silico lecture series
- ECR Viromics Webinar Series for early-career researchers (with partners in the USA and Europe)
These events bring together researchers from around the world to share data, tools, and ideas.
Media and outreach.
Communicating science is a core mission of VirusREvolution. We reach scientists, policymakers, and the public through:
- A blog and podcast
- Social media channels
- Clear, accessible fact sheets
Our goal is to make virus research, bioinformatics, and photonics understandable, visible, and relevant — and to connect science with society.
Emerging international partnerships
New global centers for pathogen surveillance and bioinformatics are rapidly emerging. VirusREvolution actively builds collaborations with these initiatives, including new international institutes for pathogen detection and pandemic preparedness, ensuring that our tools and expertise contribute to the next generation of global health infrastructure.