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

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.

doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007532

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

Journal Article · 19 December 2019 · PLoS Computational Biology (Online)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007532 · OSTI ID:1599826

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^[1]; Papin, Jason A. ^[11]

Centre for Research & Technology Hellas, Thessalonica (Greece)
Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Thessalonica (Greece)
Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom)
Univ. of Crete, Heraklion (Greece)
USDOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), Walnut Creek, CA (United States)
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Heraklion (Greece)
Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Heraklion (Greece)
Univ. of Patras (Greece)
National Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos, Athens (Greece)
Univ. of Cyprus, Nicosia (Cyprus)
Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (United States)

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.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

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OSTI ID:: 1599826

Journal Information:: PLoS Computational Biology (Online), Journal Name: PLoS Computational Biology (Online) Journal Issue: 12 Vol. 15; ISSN 1553-7358

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Language:: English

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