The final vision of VirusREvolution is to enhance viral risk assessment and facilitate a rapid response to viral pandemics by the development of one comprehensive tool for virus research. This tool and the single tools from the individual projects significantly enhance preparedness for viral outbreaks. Leading institutions for national virus outbreaks have announced to use our tools to respond rapidly to emerging viruses.
Supporting institutions and associations
Robert Koch Institute
Germany’s national public health agency, responsible for disease surveillance, research, and public health protection.
Friedrich Loeffler Insitute
German federal research institution specializing in animal health and veterinary medicine. It is involved in research, disease surveillance, and control of infectious diseases affecting animals.
Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine
Germany’s largest institution dedicated to tropical disease research, services, and training. It studies diseases like malaria, dengue fever, and Ebola, while also offering medical assistance to travelers affected by tropical diseases.
Charité
One of Europe’s largest university hospitals, renowned for its rich medical legacy since 1710. It has been a breeding ground for over half of Germany’s Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine and provides a comprehensive array of medical services, excelling in areas like neurology, cardiology, oncology, and infectious diseases.
German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures
Plays a crucial role in the preservation and distribution of various microbial strains, including viruses, serving as a resource for researchers in virology and related fields.
Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Specializes in RNA-based research related to infectious diseases, including viral infections.
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Conducts research in the fields of anthropology, genetics, and linguistics, and while its primary focus is on understanding human evolution and diversity. It has relevance to the study of viruses in the context of human evolution and interactions with infectious diseases.
Hasso Plattner Institute
Renowned information technology and computer science research institute that offers academic programs in IT Systems Engineering, emphasizes project-based learning, and conducts cutting-edge research in various computer science fields.
CRC 1021
Conducts interdisciplinary research to investigate virus-host interactions and their implications in the infection process.
Balance of the Microverse
Investigates the complex interactions within the microverse, including microorganisms, host organisms, and the environment, to gain insights into their roles in health, disease, and ecosystem dynamics. A focus on viruses is planned in the second funding period.
SPP 2330
Uses intensive omics techniques to analyze phage-host interactions.
NFDI4Microbiota
Focuses on the establishment of a data infrastructure, specifically designed for managing and sharing research data related to microbiota, encompassing microbial communities in diverse environments, with the goal of facilitating collaborative and data-driven research in this field.