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Innovations in teaching STEM subjects can help build critical science literacy and address global economic needs. Virology teachers and researchers are actively developing and integrating innovative educational materials for students, creating engaging teaching programs and improving information platforms for the general public.

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  1. Department of Animal Health. Veterinary Faculty, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    Esperanza Gomez-Lucia

  2. Novel and Dangerous Pathogens Training, Public Health England, Porton Down, UK

    Christopher H. Logue

  3. Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador

    Christopher H. Logue

  4. Szkola Glówna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego, Warsaw, Poland

    Marek S. Szyndel

  5. Department of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

    Rob Lavigne

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All authors are members of the Innovirology Consortium. For general information about the Innovirology program, please contact E.G.-L. For questions related to access to Innovirology online resources, please contact C.H.L. For general questions and comments related to this Comment, please contact R.L.

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Gomez-Lucia, E., Logue, C.H., Szyndel, M.S. et al. Innovative teaching in the digital age goes viral. Nat Microbiol 4, 562–564 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-019-0389-6

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