
INFormation, INFormatics, and INFrastructure
Central activities of the CRC VirusREvolution
Overview of the Z02 INF project plan.
- WP 1: Data management strategy (Gerlach/König-Ries)
- WP 2: Semantic description and publication of research objects (König-Ries/Gerlach/Cassman)
- WP 3: Connecting CRC-specific data, tools, and visualisations within VirJenDB (Cassman)
- WP 4: Fundamental bioinformatic services (Barth)
- WP 5: Bioinformatics workflows for the model viruses (Barth/Cassman)
- WP 6: Integration of transcriptomics, metabolomics, and proteomics data of the model viruses (Barth/Cassman)
Team Members
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Research software engineer
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Postdoctoral Researcher
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Postdoctoral Researcher
Project-Specific Publications
2025
Saghaei, Shahram; Siemers, Malte; Ossetek, Kilian; Richter, Stephan; Edwards, Robert A.; Roux, Simon; Zielezinski, Andrzej; Dutilh, Bas E.; Marz, Manja; Cassman, Noriko A.
VirJenDB: A FAIR (meta)data and analysis platform for all viruses Journal Article
In: Nucleic Acids Res, 2025.
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title = {VirJenDB: A FAIR (meta)data and analysis platform for all viruses},
author = { Shahram Saghaei and Malte Siemers and Kilian Ossetek and Stephan Richter and Robert A. Edwards and Simon Roux and Andrzej Zielezinski and Bas E. Dutilh and Manja Marz and Noriko A. Cassman},
url = {https://academic.oup.com/nar/article/54/D1/D912/8382361},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkaf1224},
year = {2025},
date = {2025-01-01},
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2023
Ritsch, Muriel; Cassman, Noriko A; Saghaei, Shahram; Marz, Manja
Navigating the landscape: A comprehensive review of current virus databases Journal Article
In: Viruses, vol. 15, iss. 9, no. 9, pp. 1834, 2023, ISSN: 1999-4915.
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title = {Navigating the landscape: A comprehensive review of current virus databases},
author = { Muriel Ritsch and Noriko A Cassman and Shahram Saghaei and Manja Marz},
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doi = {10.3390/v15091834},
issn = {1999-4915},
year = {2023},
date = {2023-08-01},
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journal = {Viruses},
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2021
Axeman, Alexandra; Böker, Elisabeth; Brand, Ortrun; Cyra, Magdalene; Dworschak, Nina; Fingerhuth, Matthias; Gerlach, Roman; Hartmann, Niklas; Jagusch, Gerald; Krähwinkel, Esther; Lipp, Robert; Müller-Pfefferkorn, Ralph; Nauss, Thomas; Neuroth, Heike; Putnings, Markus; Rehwald, Stephanie; Rex, Jessica; Rohrwild, Jürgen; Slow, Benjamin; Thiemann, Stefan; Weiner, Barbara
In: 2021.
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title = {"We bring the broad base with us" – Joint plea for close integration of the state initiatives for research data management into the national research data infrastructure},
author = {Axeman, Alexandra and Böker, Elisabeth and Brand, Ortrun and Cyra, Magdalene and Dworschak, Nina and Fingerhuth, Matthias and Gerlach, Roman and Hartmann, Niklas and Jagusch, Gerald and Krähwinkel, Esther and Lipp, Robert and Müller-Pfefferkorn, Ralph and Nauss, Thomas and Neuroth, Heike and Putnings, Markus and Rehwald, Stephanie and Rex, Jessica and Rohrwild, Jürgen and Slow, Benjamin and Thiemann, Stefan and Weiner, Barbara},
url = {https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/entities/publicationzv/c6c8d984-379c-471d-93e4-2a80e19fe505},
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year = {2021},
date = {2021-03-01},
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Samuel, Sheeba; König-Ries, Birgitta
Understanding experiments and research practices for reproducibility: an exploratory study Journal Article
In: PeerJ, vol. 9, pp. e11140, 2021.
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title = {Understanding experiments and research practices for reproducibility: an exploratory study},
author = {Sheeba Samuel and Birgitta König-Ries},
url = {https://peerj.com/articles/11140/},
doi = {10.7717/peerj.11140},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-01-01},
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Löffler, Felicitas; Wesp, Valentin; König-Ries, Birgitta; Klan, Friederike
Dataset search in biodiversity research: Do metadata in data repositories reflect scholarly information needs? Journal Article
In: PloS one, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. e0246099, 2021.
@article{loffler2021dataset,
title = {Dataset search in biodiversity research: Do metadata in data repositories reflect scholarly information needs? },
author = {Felicitas Löffler and Valentin Wesp and Birgitta König-Ries and Friederike Klan},
url = {https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0246099},
doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0246099},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-01-01},
urldate = {2021-01-01},
journal = {PloS one},
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Mock, Florian; Viehweger, Adrian; Barth, Emanuel; Marz, Manja
VIDHOP, viral host prediction with deep learning. Journal Article
In: Bioinformatics, vol. 37, iss. 3, pp. 318–325, 2021, ISSN: 1367-4811.
@article{Mock:21b,
title = {VIDHOP, viral host prediction with deep learning.},
author = { Florian Mock and Adrian Viehweger and Emanuel Barth and Manja Marz},
url = {https://academic.oup.com/bioinformatics/article/37/3/318/5890682},
doi = {10.1093/bioinformatics/btaa705},
issn = {1367-4811},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-01-01},
urldate = {2021-01-01},
journal = {Bioinformatics},
volume = {37},
issue = {3},
pages = {318–325},
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Chamanara, Javad; Gaikwad, Jitendra; Gerlach, Roman; Algergawy, Alsayed; Ostrowski, Andreas; König-Ries, Birgitta
BEXIS2: A FAIR-aligned data management system for biodiversity, ecology and environmental data Journal Article
In: Biodivers Data J, vol. 9, 2021.
@article{Chamanara:21,
title = {BEXIS2: A FAIR-aligned data management system for biodiversity, ecology and environmental data},
author = { Javad Chamanara and Jitendra Gaikwad and Roman Gerlach and Alsayed Algergawy and Andreas Ostrowski and Birgitta König-Ries},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34785977/},
doi = {10.3897/bdj.9.e72901},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-01-01},
urldate = {2021-01-01},
journal = {Biodivers Data J},
volume = {9},
publisher = {Pensoft Publishers},
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2020
Srivastava, Akash; Barth, Emanuel; Ermolaeva, Maria A; Guenther, Madlen; Frahm, Christiane; Marz, Manja; Witte, Otto W
Tissue-specific gene expression changes are associated with aging in mice Journal Article
In: Genomics Proteomics Bioinformatics, vol. 18, iss. 4, pp. 430–442, 2020, ISSN: 2210-3244.
@article{Srivastava:20,
title = {Tissue-specific gene expression changes are associated with aging in mice},
author = { Akash Srivastava and Emanuel Barth and Maria A Ermolaeva and Madlen Guenther and Christiane Frahm and Manja Marz and Otto W Witte},
doi = {10.1016/j.gpb.2020.12.001},
issn = {2210-3244},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-01-01},
urldate = {2020-01-01},
journal = {Genomics Proteomics Bioinformatics},
volume = {18},
issue = {4},
pages = {430–442},
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2019
Barth, Emanuel; Srivastava, Akash; Stojiljkovic, Milan; Frahm, Christiane; Axer, Hubertus; Witte, Otto W; Marz, Manja
Conserved aging-related signatures of senescence and inflammation in different tissues and species Journal Article
In: Aging, vol. 11, iss. 19, pp. 8556–8572, 2019, ISSN: 1945-4589.
@article{Barth:19,
title = {Conserved aging-related signatures of senescence and inflammation in different tissues and species},
author = { Emanuel Barth and Akash Srivastava and Milan Stojiljkovic and Christiane Frahm and Hubertus Axer and Otto W Witte and Manja Marz},
url = {https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6814591/},
doi = {10.18632/aging.102345},
issn = {1945-4589},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-01-01},
urldate = {2019-01-01},
journal = {Aging},
volume = {11},
issue = {19},
pages = {8556–8572},
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2012
Cassman, Noriko A.; Prieto-Davó, Alejandra; Walsh, Kevin; Silva, Genivaldo G Z; Angly, Florent; Akhter, Sajia; Barott, Katie; Busch, Julia; McDole, Tracey; Haggerty, J Matthew; Willner, Dana; Alarcón, Gadiel; Ulloa, Osvaldo; DeLong, Edward F; Dutilh, Bas E; Rohwer, Forest; Dinsdale, Elizabeth A
Oxygen minimum zones harbour novel viral communities with low diversity Journal Article
In: Environ Microbiol, vol. 14, iss. 11, pp. 3043–3065, 2012.
@article{Cassman:12,
title = {Oxygen minimum zones harbour novel viral communities with low diversity},
author = { Noriko A. Cassman and Alejandra Prieto-Davó and Kevin Walsh and Genivaldo G Z Silva and Florent Angly and Sajia Akhter and Katie Barott and Julia Busch and Tracey McDole and J Matthew Haggerty and Dana Willner and Gadiel Alarcón and Osvaldo Ulloa and Edward F DeLong and Bas E Dutilh and Forest Rohwer and Elizabeth A Dinsdale},
doi = {10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02891.x},
year = {2012},
date = {2012-01-01},
urldate = {2012-01-01},
journal = {Environ Microbiol},
volume = {14},
issue = {11},
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