The ongoing rise in virus outbreaks, from Ebola to SARS-CoV-2, has placed an immense humanitarian and economic burden on the world, underscoring the need for a deeper understanding of viral genomes and their characteristics. To address this, the VirusREvolution initiative is pioneering the development of specialized bioinformatic and photonic tools tailored for viruses. By bridging the expertise of computational, photonic, and experimental researchers, we aim to fill critical gaps in virus identification, description, and visualization. Our initiative seeks to develop tools for deciphering virus sequences and regulations, understanding interactions and structures, and visualizing virus morphology.
Our research programme is structured on several levels: Scientists from three different research areas are working in three different project areas to address four different research goals.