Advances in Virus Research: Volume 110

Advances in Virus Research series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors.

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Born: March 18, 1957 in Goeppingen, GermanyNationality: German1963-1967: Elementary School1967-1976: High School (Gymnasium)1976: Diploma (Abitur)1976-1977: Compulsory Military Service1977-1982: Study of biology at Tuebingen University, Germany1982-1985: Ph.D. work at Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases of Animals, Tuebingen, Germany1985: Ph.D. in Genetics1986-1987: Postdoctoral Fellow at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN Department of Microbiology1988-today: Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases of Animals1990: Habilitation (prerequisite for professorship)since 1994: Director of the Institute of Molecular Biology at the Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases of Animals, Insel Riems, Germanysince 1996: President of the Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases of Animals (renamed in 2004 'Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut')since 1997: Professor of Virology at University of Greifswald Scientific Work:More than 300 peer-reviewed publications in international journals (listed in PubMed) on different aspects of infectious animal diseases.Professor Margaret Kielian works at the Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA.Prof. Marilyn J. Roossinck works at the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, USA.

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1. Parainfluenza virus fusion/entry
   Anne Moscona
   2. Molecular archeology of viruses
   Sebastien Calvignac-Spencer
   3. A great ape perspective on the emergence and evolution of human viruses
   Fabian H. Leendertz
   4. Phage Therapy
   Paul E. Turner
   5. Alphavirus replication
   Andres Merits
   6. (Chapter title to be confirmed)
   Moriah Louise Szpara
   7. SARS-CoV-2 in animals
   Thomas Christoph Mettenleiter and Martin Beer