Structural biology in the fight against COVID-19

Montserrat Bárcena; Christopher O. Barnes; Martin Beck; Pamela J. Bjorkman; Bruno Canard; George F. Gao; Yunyun Gao; Rolf Hilgenfeld; Gerhard Hummer; Ardan Patwardhan; Gianluca Santoni; Erica Ollmann Saphire; Christiane Schaffitzel; Sharon L. Schendel; Janet L. Smith; Andrea Thorn; David Veesler; Peijun Zhang; Qiang Zhou

doi:10.1038/s41594-020-00544-8

Structural biology in the fight against COVID-19

Montserrat Bárcena, Christopher O. Barnes, Martin Beck, Pamela J. Bjorkman, Bruno Canard, George F. Gao, Yunyun Gao, Rolf Hilgenfeld, Gerhard Hummer, Ardan Patwardhan, Gianluca Santoni, Erica Ollmann Saphire, Christiane Schaffitzel, Sharon L. Schendel, Janet L. Smith, Andrea Thorn, David Veesler, Peijun Zhang, Qiang Zhou

Institute of Biochemistry

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Abstract

Since the release of the SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequence in January 2020, structural biologists have been hard at work to reach a molecular and atomic understanding of this insidious virus. Despite disruptions and restrictions due to pandemic lockdowns, they have generated a high volume of data and scientific articles. They have also put considerable effort into peer reviewing manuscripts and project proposals on the topic. Nevertheless, several of those researchers have carved time out of their busy schedules to contribute to this Feature and tell us about the role of structural biology in the fight against SARS-CoV-2 and other emerging viral diseases, the technological developments that have allowed such rapid progress, and future directions for the field.

Original language	English
Journal	Nature structural & molecular biology
Volume	28
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	2-7
Number of pages	6
ISSN	1545-9993
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41594-020-00544-8
Publication status	Published - 01.01.2021

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Academic Focus: Center for Infection and Inflammation Research (ZIEL)

DFG Research Classification Scheme

2.11-04 Structural Biology

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Research on SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19

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Bárcena, M., Barnes, C. O., Beck, M., Bjorkman, P. J., Canard, B., Gao, G. F., Gao, Y., Hilgenfeld, R., Hummer, G., Patwardhan, A., Santoni, G., Saphire, E. O., Schaffitzel, C., Schendel, S. L., Smith, J. L., Thorn, A., Veesler, D., Zhang, P., & Zhou, Q. (2021). Structural biology in the fight against COVID-19. Nature structural & molecular biology, 28(1), 2-7. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41594-020-00544-8

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