More on the PLoS Special Collection on the Genomic of Emerging Infectious Diseases

In case people have not seen in. There is a new collection out from PLoS on the Genomics of Emerging Infectious Diseases. The collection, edited by me and Catriona MacCalum, one of the PLoS Biology Editors. It was sponsored by Google.Org who have a growing interest in emerging infectious diseases. Also heavily involved were Carol Featherstone a freelance writer/editor and Maggie Brown the copy editor.

An Editorial by me and Catriona describing the collection is here: PLoS Biology: Genomics of Emerging Infectious Disease: A PLoS Collection

The papers in the collection are listed below. It truly is an amazing collection of papers all on genomics of emerging infectious diseases and all completely open. Take the material from these papers. Reprint it. Reuse us. Mash it up. Use the figures. And most of all, help in the fight against emerging infectious diseases. Thanks to all the authors, all the PLoS folks (especially Catriona) and all the Google.Org people for working on this. And also thanks to Dr. Kiki for handling the interview for the podcast about the series which is available here.

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Molecular Genomic Approaches to Infectious Diseases in Resource-Limited Settings in PLoS Medicine by Josephina Coloma and Eva Harris
Can an Infectious Disease Genomics Project Predict and Prevent the Next Pandemic? in PLoS Biology by Rajesh Gupta, Mark Michalski and Frank Rijsberman
The Role of Genomics in the Identification, Prediction, and Prevention of Biological Threats in PLoS Biology by W. Florian Fricke, David Rasko and Jacques Ravel
Discovering the Phylodynamics of RNA Viruses in PLoS Computational Biology by Eddie Holmes and Bryan Grenfell
Computational Resources in Infectious Disease: Limitations and Challenges in PLoS Computational Biology by Eva Berglund, Bjorn Nystedt and Siv Andersson
The Role of Medical Structural Genomics in Discovering New Drugs for Infectious Diseases in PLoS Computational Biology by Voorhis et al
The Key Role of Genomics in Modern Vaccine and Drug Design for Emerging Infectious Diseases in PLoS Genetics by Kate Seib, Gordon Dougan and Rino Rappuoli
Toward the Use of Genomics to Study Microevolutionary Change in Bacteria in PLoS Genetics by Dan Falush
The Application of Genomics to Emerging Zoonotic Viral Diseases in PLoS Pathogens by Bart Haagmans et al
The Role of Genomics in Tracking the Evolution of Influenza A Virus in PLoS Pathogens by Alice Mchardy and Ben Adams
The Past and Future of Tuberculosis Research in PLoS Pathogens by Inaki Comas and Sebastien Gagneux
Helicobacter pylori’s Unconventional Role in Health and Disease by Dorer et al
Helminth Genomics: The Implications for Human Health in PLoS Neglectued Tropical Diseases by Brindley et al

Some more on the series from the web:

Bora writes about it here: Genomics of Emerging Infectious Disease PLoS Collection
From the Google.Org blog: Will genomics help prevent the next pandemic?

Eisen, J., & MacCallum, C. (2009). Genomics of Emerging Infectious Disease: A PLoS Collection PLoS Biology, 7 (10) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000224

Author: Jonathan Eisen

I am an evolutionary biologist and a Professor at U. C. Davis. (see my lab site here). My research focuses on the origin of novelty (how new processes and functions originate). To study this I focus on sequencing and analyzing genomes of organisms, especially microbes and using phylogenomic analysis View all posts by Jonathan Eisen

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