Announcements
New Publication from a large collaborative effort from many COV-IRT members on key role of a novel miRNA with COVID-19!!
Check out the latest publication which was a large collaborative COV-IRT effort that was published in Cell Reports uncovering the role of a novel miRNA (i.e. miR-2392) which seems to play a big role [...]
First interagency Meeting on Mitochondria involving COV-IRT members!!
Mitochondrial Dysfunction as a Universal Driver for Increased Health Risks: from COVID to COSMOS Drs. Afshin Beheshti, Sonja Best, and Keshav Singh from COV-IRT and members from NIH, NASA, and DoD are organizing a [...]
COV-IRT In Collaboration with RealNetworks Launches New App, MaskCheck!!
COV-IRT In Collaboration with RealNetworks Launches New App, MaskCheck!! The COVID-19 International Research Team is excited to announce collaboration with RealNetworks in launching MaskCheck, which will help to [...]
COV-IRT Member Signature Science LLC Releases Update to its SARS-CoV-2 Exposure Assessment Tool, CEAT
COV-IRT Member Signature Science LLC Releases Update to its SARS-CoV-2 Exposure Assessment Tool, CEAT This simple-to-use tool, released as a Beta version, allows users to estimate a group-wide relative exposure to SARS-COV-2 associated [...]
A Unique Collaboration
This unique collaborative team brings together all the capabilities needed to address the COVID-19 pandemic – computational expertise, clinical experience, advanced laboratory proficiency, and a deep knowledge of human and coronavirus genetics.
COV-IRT Project Goals:
Enhance public datasets to reveal host infection dynamics for SARS-CoV-2 to improve medical treatment options for COVID-19 patients.
Determine and design optimal targets for therapeutics against SARS-CoV-2
Creating new drug delivery systems based on targets
Test newly developed therapeutics in both in vitro and in vivo SARS-CoV-2 models
Apply for human clinical trials
Team Members
COV-IRT was founded by Dr. Afshin Beheshti, Dr. Todd Treangen, and Dr. Krista Ternus and is led by Dr. Beheshti. Members include scientists and experts from across the world, directors from both academic institutions and hospitals, senior and junior faculty, leaders from industry, graduate students, and postdocs.
The Latest from the Newsroom
The COVID-19 International Research Team is already producing interesting analyses that can potentially bring mechanistic understanding of SARS-CoV-2 and help identify therapies. Visit the Newsroom for media coverage, research updates, upcoming events, and resources.
New Publication from a large collaborative effort from many COV-IRT members on key role of a novel miRNA with COVID-19!!
Check out the latest publication which was a large collaborative COV-IRT effort that was published in Cell Reports uncovering the role of a novel miRNA (i.e. miR-2392) which seems to play a big role [...]
First interagency Meeting on Mitochondria involving COV-IRT members!!
Mitochondrial Dysfunction as a Universal Driver for Increased Health Risks: from COVID to COSMOS Drs. Afshin Beheshti, Sonja Best, and Keshav Singh from COV-IRT and members from NIH, NASA, and DoD are organizing a [...]
Primer Monitor Tool
COV-IRT member provides Primer Monitor Tool for monitoring registered primer sets for overlapping variants in SARS-CoV-2 sequences Primer Monitor Tool was developed by Matthew Campbell and COV-IRT member Bradley W. [...]