The COVID-19 outbreak has reminded us of the importance of viral evolutionary studies as
regards comprehending complex viral evolution and preventing future pandemics. A unique …

Little is known on the landscape of viruses that reside within our cells, nor on the interplay
with the host imperative for their persistence. Yet, a lifetime of interactions conceivably have …

Background The increasing production of genomic data has led to an intensified need for
models that can cope efficiently with the lossless compression of DNA sequences. Important …

The imprints left by persistent DNA viruses in the tissues can testify to the changes driving
virus evolution as well as provide clues on the provenance of modern and ancient humans …

Background The implications of inherited chromosomally integrated human herpesvirus 6
(iciHHV-6) in solid organ transplantation remain uncertain. Although this trait has been …

Removing duplicate and near-duplicate reads, generated by high-throughput sequencing
technologies, is able to reduce computational resources in downstream applications. Here …

The increasing availability of expressive quantities of human viral sequenced samples,
namely from clinical and forensic contexts, has led to the emergence of many optimized …

The long-term impact of viruses residing in the human bone marrow (BM) remains
unexplored. However, chronic inflammatory processes driven by single or multiple viruses …

Diverse applications rely on engineering microbes to carry and express foreign transgenes.
This engineered baggage rarely benefits the microbe and is thus prone to rapid evolutionary …

The most important information about microorganisms might be their accurate genome
sequence. Using current Next Generation Sequencing methods, sequencing data can be …