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COVID-19 Research at IGI, SARS-CoV-2 virus

COVID-19 Research Projects

We are working rapidly to better understand, detect, track, and develop therapies for the novel coronavirus through a range of COVID-19 research projects.

Overview

The IGI is accelerating research efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. We have awarded over $2 million in funding to new COVID-19 research projects through our Rapid Response Research (RRR) fund and the Laboratory for Genomics Research (LGR) Excellence in Research Award (ERA). Because of the urgency of this public health crisis, we are supporting projects that will yield results in just 6–12 months. 

These research projects span a variety of approaches aimed at quickly gaining a better understanding of SARS-CoV-2 and the COVID-19 pandemic to track its spread, develop new diagnostic and therapeutic approaches, and to address the impacts of the pandemic on science.

We will update this page as projects progress.

Our COVID-19 Research

Diagnostics

 

  • Robotic RNA extraction for SARS-CoV-2 surveillance using saliva samples
    Jennifer R. Hamilton, Elizabeth C. Stahl, Connor A. Tsuchida, Enrique Lin-Shiao, C. Kimberly Tsui, Kathleen Pestal, Holly K. Gildea, Lea B. Witkowsky, Erica A. Moehle, Shana L. McDevitt, Matthew McElroy, Amanda Keller, Iman Sylvain, Ariana Hirsh, Alison Ciling, Alexander J. Ehrenberg, IGI SARS-CoV-2 consortium, Bradley R. Ringeisen, Garth Huberty, Fyodor D. Urnov, Petros Giannikopoulos, Jennifer A. Doudna.
    — medRxiv preprint: Robotic RNA extraction for SARS-CoV-2 surveillance using saliva samples

Epidemiology, Surveillance, and Viral Sequencing

SARS-CoV-2 Virology, Life Cycle, and Pathogenesis

Social Science

  • Virtual mentoring: Impacts of COVID-19 on the next generation of the scientific workforce.
    Laleh Coté, LBNL & UC Berkeley; Anne Baranger, UC Berkeley; and Colette Flood, LBNL.
    Read more >
    – Research Spotlight: Laleh Coté on Virtual Mentoring

     

Structural Biology and Therapeutic Targets

Vaccines and Therapeutics

Hear From Our Researchers

Liana Lareau
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering 

 

Britt Glaunsinger
Professor of Molecular & Cell Biology/Plant & Microbial Biology

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