Members of NASA GeneLab’s Analysis Working Group Initiate International COVID-19 Data Analysis Effort

Saturday, August 15, 2020 - 20:40 in Mathematics & Economics

Transmission electron microscope image showing SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.Credits: National Institutes of Health A Facebook live event brought together nearly 1,450 researchers from 18 countries, representing 100 institutions—to present recent findings about COVID-19 coronavirus transmission, host interactions, screening diagnosis and treatment therapies.  The event, held on April 17, 2020, was co-led by Dr. Afshin Beheshti, with KBRwyle (NASA’s Ames Research Center), and Dr. Todd Treangen of Rice University in Houston, Texas. This virtual symposium enabled scientists from around to the world to discuss the data and work on how the findings may be used to effectively combat the viral disease and protect people from infection. The Facebook live event was the culmination of work by the COVID-19 International Research Team (COV-IRT), which was formed on March 25, 2020. The formation of COV-IRT was a grassroots effort initiated by a multidisciplinary group of scientists from around the world who are members...

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