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Title: Establishment of computational biology in Greece and Cyprus: Past, present, and future

Abstract

We review the establishment of computational biology in Greece and Cyprus from its inception to date and issue recommendations for future development. We compare output to other countries of similar geography, economy, and size—based on publication counts recorded in the literature—and predict future growth based on those counts as well as national priority areas. Our analysis may be pertinent to wider national or regional communities with challenges and opportunities emerging from the rapid expansion of the field and related industries. Our recommendations suggest a 2-fold growth margin for the 2 countries, as a realistic expectation for further expansion of the field and the development of a credible roadmap of national priorities, both in terms of research and infrastructure funding.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [2];  [2]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [4]; ORCiD logo [2];  [2]; ORCiD logo [5]; ORCiD logo [6];  [2];  [7]; ORCiD logo [8];  [2];  [9]; ORCiD logo [10]; ORCiD logo [1];  [11]
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  1. Centre for Research & Technology Hellas, Thessalonica (Greece)
  2. Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Thessalonica (Greece)
  3. Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom)
  4. Univ. of Crete, Heraklion (Greece)
  5. USDOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), Walnut Creek, CA (United States)
  6. Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Heraklion (Greece)
  7. Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Heraklion (Greece)
  8. Univ. of Patras (Greece)
  9. National Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos, Athens (Greece)
  10. Univ. of Cyprus, Nicosia (Cyprus)
  11. Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1599826
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
PLoS Computational Biology (Online)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: PLoS Computational Biology (Online); Journal Volume: 15; Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 1553-7358
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; cyprus; Greece; bioinformatics; computational biology; Europe; molecular biology; graduates; government laboratories

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Chasapi, Anastasia, Aivaliotis, Michalis, Angelis, Lefteris, Chanalaris, Anastasios, Iliopoulos, Ioannis, Kappas, Ilias, Karapiperis, Christos, Kyrpides, Nikos C., Pafilis, Evangelos, Panteris, Eleftherios, Topalis, Pantelis, Tsiamis, George, Vizirianakis, Ioannis S., Vlassi, Metaxia, Promponas, Vasilis J., Ouzounis, Christos A., and Papin, Jason A. Establishment of computational biology in Greece and Cyprus: Past, present, and future. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007532.
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Chasapi, Anastasia, Aivaliotis, Michalis, Angelis, Lefteris, Chanalaris, Anastasios, Iliopoulos, Ioannis, Kappas, Ilias, Karapiperis, Christos, Kyrpides, Nikos C., Pafilis, Evangelos, Panteris, Eleftherios, Topalis, Pantelis, Tsiamis, George, Vizirianakis, Ioannis S., Vlassi, Metaxia, Promponas, Vasilis J., Ouzounis, Christos A., & Papin, Jason A. Establishment of computational biology in Greece and Cyprus: Past, present, and future. United States. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007532.
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Chasapi, Anastasia, Aivaliotis, Michalis, Angelis, Lefteris, Chanalaris, Anastasios, Iliopoulos, Ioannis, Kappas, Ilias, Karapiperis, Christos, Kyrpides, Nikos C., Pafilis, Evangelos, Panteris, Eleftherios, Topalis, Pantelis, Tsiamis, George, Vizirianakis, Ioannis S., Vlassi, Metaxia, Promponas, Vasilis J., Ouzounis, Christos A., and Papin, Jason A. Thu . "Establishment of computational biology in Greece and Cyprus: Past, present, and future". United States. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007532. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1599826.
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@article{osti_1599826,
title = {Establishment of computational biology in Greece and Cyprus: Past, present, and future},
author = {Chasapi, Anastasia and Aivaliotis, Michalis and Angelis, Lefteris and Chanalaris, Anastasios and Iliopoulos, Ioannis and Kappas, Ilias and Karapiperis, Christos and Kyrpides, Nikos C. and Pafilis, Evangelos and Panteris, Eleftherios and Topalis, Pantelis and Tsiamis, George and Vizirianakis, Ioannis S. and Vlassi, Metaxia and Promponas, Vasilis J. and Ouzounis, Christos A. and Papin, Jason A.},
abstractNote = {We review the establishment of computational biology in Greece and Cyprus from its inception to date and issue recommendations for future development. We compare output to other countries of similar geography, economy, and size—based on publication counts recorded in the literature—and predict future growth based on those counts as well as national priority areas. Our analysis may be pertinent to wider national or regional communities with challenges and opportunities emerging from the rapid expansion of the field and related industries. Our recommendations suggest a 2-fold growth margin for the 2 countries, as a realistic expectation for further expansion of the field and the development of a credible roadmap of national priorities, both in terms of research and infrastructure funding.},
doi = {10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007532},
journal = {PLoS Computational Biology (Online)},
number = 12,
volume = 15,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {12}
}
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