From virus identification and discovery to identifying disease risk factors, viruses represent a largely untapped resource that may lead to novel diagnostics and therapeutics through biomarker discovery, rapid sequence identification of pathogens, and phage therapy. During the webinar, Diversigen’s metagenomic experts Emily Hollister, Ph.D. and Tasha Santiago Rodriguez, Ph.D. presented an introduction to viral metagenomics and addressed both applications and challenges of this evolving field.