In Loeffler’s Footsteps – Viral Genomics in the Era of High-Throughput Sequencing

Professor Martin Beer works at the Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Germany Dr. Dirk Höper works at the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Germany

1. From Loeffler to the present – a short history of virus detection Thomas Christoph Mettenleiter 2. Loeffler 4.0 – diagnostic metagenomics Dirk Höper and Martin Beer 3. Detection of a novel orthobunyavirus by metagenomic analysis – the situation after five years Kerstin Wernike 4. New Squirrel and Rodent Viruses Detected by NGS Rainer Ulrich 5. Astroviridae – A Growing Family Torsten Seuberlich 6. New Leaves in the Growing Pestivirus Tree Sandra Blome 7. New BTV Serotypes and no End? Stephan Zientara 8. The recently discovered Bokeloh Bat Lyssavirus - Evidence for its continued transmission in Europe Thomas Müller and Conrad Freuling 9. Software dedicated to virus sequence analysis – “bioinformatics goes viral” Manja Marz 10. Detailed characterization: Transcriptome analysis of virus infections Adam Grundhoff