Physical Virology in Spain

Author:

Reguera David1,de Pablo Pedro J.2,Abrescia Nicola G. A.3,Mateu Mauricio G.4,Hernández-Rojas Javier5ORCID,Castón José R.6ORCID,San Martín Carmen6ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Departament de Física de la Matèria Condensada and Universitat de Barcelona Institute of Complex Systems (UBICS), Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain

2. Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada and IFIMAC, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain

3. Structure and Cell Biology of Viruses Lab, Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE), Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Bizkaia Technology Park, 48160 Derio, Spain

4. Centro de Biología Molecular “Severo Ochoa” (CSIC-UAM) and Department of Molecular Biology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain

5. Instituto Universitario de Estudios Avanzados en Física Atómica, Molecular y Fotónica (IUdEA) and Department of Physics, Universidad de La Laguna, 38200 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

6. Department of Macromolecular Structures, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), 28049 Madrid, Spain

Abstract

Virus particles consist of a protein coat that protects their genetic material and delivers it to the host cell for self-replication. Understanding the interplay between virus structure and function is a requirement for understanding critical processes in the infectious cycle such as entry, uncoating, genome metabolism, capsid assembly, maturation, and propagation. Together with well-established techniques in cell and molecular biology, physical virology has emerged as a rapidly developing field, providing detailed, novel information on the basic principles of virus assembly, disassembly, and dynamics. The Spanish research community contains a good number of groups that apply their knowledge on biology, physics, or chemistry to the study of viruses. Some of these groups got together in 2010 under the umbrella of the Spanish Interdisciplinary Network on Virus Biophysics (BioFiViNet). Thirteen years later, the network remains a fertile ground for interdisciplinary collaborations geared to reveal new aspects on the physical properties of virus particles, their role in regulating the infectious cycle, and their exploitation for the development of virus-based nanotechnology tools. Here, we highlight some achievements of Spanish groups in the field of physical virology.

Funder

Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness

Human Frontiers Science Program

Spanish State Research Agency

European Regional Development Fund

CSIC

Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid

Ramon Areces Foundation

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Materials Chemistry,Economics and Econometrics,Media Technology,Forestry

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