Announcements
2nd COV-IRT Symposium Friday, July 17th 10AM CDT – 4:30PM CDT
Watch Zoom Recording Agenda: Download the COV-IRT July Symposium Agenda Download the COV-IRT July Symposium Flyer [...]
COV-IRT Using NASA Supercomputers to Power Covid-19 Research
Coronavirus International Research Team (COV-IRT) using NASA supercomputers to power Covid-19 research COV-IRT Co-Lead, Afshin Beheshti, is featured in this story. From mysuncoast.com [...]
COV-IRT Co-Lead, Todd Treangen, Awarded C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute Funds
C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute Announces COVID-19 Awards Todd Treangen Co-PI on computational biology project winning C3.ai DTI COVID-19 award: Mining Diagnostics Sequences for SARS-CoV-2 Using [...]
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 Drs. Beheshti and Treangen. 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.
Dr. Afshin Beheshti
Principal Investigator and Bioinformatician at NASA Ames Research Center/KBR, Adjunct Assistant Professor at Rutgers, and Visiting Researcher at Broad Institute
Dr. Todd Treangen
Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science, Rice University
Dr. Krista Ternus
Genomics Specialist in Biological Sciences, Signature Science, LLC
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.
COV-IRT Collaboration (Preprint): Hidden genomic diversity of SARS-CoV-2: implications for qRT-PCR diagnostics and transmission
COV-IRT Collaboration (Preprint): Hidden genomic diversity of SARS-CoV-2: implications for qRT-PCR diagnostics and transmission This research was developed by the COV-IRT Subgroup: Viral Genomics and [...]
COV-IRT Member Publication: Studies in humanized mice and convalescent humans yield a SARS-CoV-2 antibody cocktail
COV-IRT Member Publication: Studies in humanized mice and convalescent humans yield a SARS-CoV-2 antibody cocktail COV-IRT member, Matthew Frieman, is a co-author on this paper. [...]
COV-IRT Member Publication: Detection of air and surface contamination by SARS-CoV-2 in hospital rooms of infected patients
COV-IRT Member Publication: Detection of air and surface contamination by SARS-CoV-2 in hospital rooms of infected patients COV-IRT member, Donald K. Milton, is a co-author [...]