COSAM News Articles 2022 March Auburn researchers are part of international group looking into the molecular mechanism of COVID-19

Auburn researchers are part of international group looking into the molecular mechanism of COVID-19

Published: 03/23/2022

Rafael Bernardi in Auburn University’s Department of Physics uses computational biophysics to understand the atomic level of the virus that causes COVID-19, which can directly impacting future vaccines and therapies.

His data-driven research examined the atoms in SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 on his custom supercomputer understanding how the two viruses develop different infection patterns. By looking at these atoms, he can determine the interactions between the virus and the cells in the human body.

Learn more about his groundbreaking research with an international team featured in the current edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS):

Read the PNAS news release

Read the paper on the PNAS website: A tethered ligand assay to probe SARS-CoV-2:ACE2 interactions

 

 

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