Concept and application of a computational vaccinology workflow

@article{Sllner2010ConceptAA,
  title={Concept and application of a computational vaccinology workflow},
  author={Johannes S{\"o}llner and Andreas Heinzel and George K. Summer and Raul Fechete and L{\'a}szl{\'o} Stipkovits and Susan Szathmary and Bernd Mayer},
  journal={Immunome Research},
  year={2010},
  volume={6},
  pages={S7 - S7}
}
BackgroundThe last years have seen a renaissance of the vaccine area, driven by clinical needs in infectious diseases but also chronic diseases such as cancer and autoimmune disorders. Equally important are technological improvements involving nano-scale delivery platforms as well as third generation adjuvants. In parallel immunoinformatics routines have reached essential maturity for supporting central aspects in vaccinology going beyond prediction of antigenic determinants. On this basis… 
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