Coronavirus Research

Overview

The J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) has been involved in viral sequencing and analysis for more than 25 years, and coronavirus research for more than 15. This work has aided human health through vaccine development; improved food security by protecting crops and livestock; and provides critical data and analysis to researchers around the world. The Institute has also pioneered a synthetic biology platform which is now integral to fighting current and emerging viral threats.

Following is a summary of our various research projects on the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2.

SARS-CoV-2 Research

COVID-19 Serology Testing

Informatics

JCVI is developing critical resources for the evaluation of antibody reactivity for serology testing. From an informatics perspective, the use of comparative genomics methods and predictive machine learning algorithms are being used to identify the key determinants for immune system recognition and to monitor the impact of virus evolution in immune system evasion. The bioinformatics analyses will aid in developing critical resources for the evaluation of antibody reactivity for serology testing.

Lab

In the laboratory, viral surface proteins are being generated for use as ELISA antigens, pseudotyped recombinant viruses are being constructed for neutralizing assays, and candidate vaccine constructs are being synthetized to define the immunogenicity of the viral proteins and to understand the basis of immune response and protection against SARS-CoV-2.

Funding

Funding for this research is provided through a variety of government and private sources.

We need your support now to continue and to expand upon these critical projects. If you would like to learn more about supporting any of this exciting research, please contact Jill Mullen at jmullen@jcvi.org.

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Publications

The Lancet. Infectious diseases. 2025-05-01; 25.5: e294-e306.

Targeting the SARS-CoV-2 reservoir in long COVID

Proal AD, Aleman S, Bomsel M, Brodin P, Buggert M, Cherry S, Chertow DS, Davies HE, Dupont CL, Deeks SG, Ely EW, Fasano A, Freire M, Geng LN, Griffin DE, Henrich TJ, Hewitt SM, Iwasaki A, Krumholz HM, Locci M, Marconi VC, Mehandru S, Muller-Trutwin M, Painter MM, Pretorius E, Price DA, Putrino D, Qian Y, Roan NR, Salmon D, Tan GS, VanElzakker MB, Wherry EJ, Van Weyenbergh J, Yonker LM, Peluso MJ
PMID: 39947217

Scientific reports. 2024-11-12; 14.1: 27637.

Major alteration of lung microbiome and the host responses in critically ill COVID-19 patients with high viral load

Bustos IG, Wiscovitch-Russo R, Singh H, Sievers BL, Matsuoka M, Freire M, Tan GS, Cala MP, Guerrero JL, Martin-Loeches I, Gonzalez-Juarbe N, Reyes LF
PMID: 39532981

Expert review of respiratory medicine. 2024-10-01; 18.10: 815-829.

The unique metabolic and lipid profiles of patients with severe COVID-19 compared to severe community-acquired pneumonia: a potential prognostic and therapeutic target

Ibáñez-Prada ED, Guerrero JL, Bustos IG, León L, Fuentes YV, Santamaría-Torres M, Restrepo-Martínez JM, Serrano-Mayorga CC, Mendez L, Gomez-Duque S, Santacruz CA, Conway-Morris A, Martín-Loeches I, Gonzalez-Juarbe N, Cala MP, Reyes LF
PMID: 39327745

PloS one. 2024-07-25; 19.7: e0300408.

Sputum production and salivary microbiome in COVID-19 patients reveals oral-lung axis

Lu KY, Alqaderi H, Bin Hasan S, Alhazmi H, Alghounaim M, Devarajan S, Freire M, Altabtbaei K
PMID: 39052548

PLoS pathogens. 2024-05-23; 20.5: e1011669.

SARS-CoV-2 ORF8 modulates lung inflammation and clinical disease progression

McGrath ME, Xue Y, Taylor L, Dillen C, Ardanuy J, Gonzalez-Juarbe N, Baracco L, Kim R, Hart R, Assad-Garcia N, Vashee S, Frieman MB
PMID: 38781259

Nature immunology. 2023-10-01; 24.10: 1778.

Author Correction: SARS-CoV-2 reservoir in post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC)

Proal AD, VanElzakker MB, Aleman S, Bach K, Boribong BP, Buggert M, Cherry S, Chertow DS, Davies HE, Dupont CL, Deeks SG, Eimer W, Ely EW, Fasano A, Freire M, Geng LN, Griffin DE, Henrich TJ, Iwasaki A, Izquierdo-Garcia D, Locci M, Mehandru S, Painter MM, Peluso MJ, Pretorius E, Price DA, Putrino D, Scheuermann RH, Tan GS, Tanzi RE, VanBrocklin HF, Yonker LM, Wherry EJ
PMID: 37723351

Nature immunology. 2023-10-01; 24.10: 1616-1627.

SARS-CoV-2 reservoir in post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC)

Proal AD, VanElzakker MB, Aleman S, Bach K, Boribong BP, Buggert M, Cherry S, Chertow DS, Davies HE, Dupont CL, Deeks SG, Eimer W, Ely EW, Fasano A, Freire M, Geng LN, Griffin DE, Henrich TJ, Iwasaki A, Izquierdo-Garcia D, Locci M, Mehandru S, Painter MM, Peluso MJ, Pretorius E, Price DA, Putrino D, Scheuermann RH, Tan GS, Tanzi RE, VanBrocklin HF, Yonker LM, Wherry EJ
PMID: 37667052

mBio. 2023-08-31; 14.4: e0119423.

SARS-CoV-2 ORF6 protein does not antagonize interferon signaling in respiratory epithelial Calu-3 cells during infection

Li M, Ayyanathan K, Dittmar M, Miller J, Tapescu I, Lee JS, McGrath ME, Xue Y, Vashee S, Schultz DC, Frieman MB, Cherry S
PMID: 37377442

Heliyon. 2023-07-04; 9.7: e17958.

Persistent immune and clotting dysfunction detected in saliva and blood plasma after COVID-19

Jang H, Choudhury S, Yu Y, Sievers BL, Gelbart T, Singh H, Rawlings SA, Proal A, Tan GS, Qian Y, Smith D, Freire M
PMID: 37483779

Cell reports. Medicine. 2023-06-20; 4.6: 101088.

Targets and cross-reactivity of human T cell recognition of common cold coronaviruses

Tarke A, Zhang Y, Methot N, Narowski TM, Phillips E, Mallal S, Frazier A, Filaci G, Weiskopf D, Dan JM, Premkumar L, Scheuermann RH, Sette A, Grifoni A
PMID: 37295422

Nature communications. 2023-05-25; 14.1: 3026.

A neonatal mouse model characterizes transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 variants and reveals a role for ORF8

Rodriguez-Rodriguez BA, Ciabattoni GO, Duerr R, Valero-Jimenez AM, Yeung ST, Crosse KM, Schinlever AR, Bernard-Raichon L, Rodriguez Galvan J, McGrath ME, Vashee S, Xue Y, Loomis CA, Khanna KM, Cadwell K, Desvignes L, Frieman MB, Ortigoza MB, Dittmann M
PMID: 37230979

Emerging infectious diseases. 2023-05-01; 29.5:

US National Institutes of Health Prioritization of SARS-CoV-2 Variants

Turner S, Alisoltani A, Bratt D, Cohen-Lavi L, Dearlove BL, Drosten C, Fischer WM, Fouchier RAM, Gonzalez-Reiche AS, Jaroszewski L, Khalil Z, LeGresley E, Johnson M, Jones TC, Mühlemann B, O'Connor D, Sedova M, Shukla M, Theiler J, Wallace ZS, Yoon H, Zhang Y, van Bakel H, DeGrace MM, Ghedin E, Godzik A, Hertz T, Korber B, Lemieux J, Niewiadomska AM, Post DJ, Rolland M, Scheuermann R, Smith DJ
PMID: 37054986

Critical care (London, England). 2023-04-20; 27.1: 155.

Major adverse cardiovascular events are associated with necroptosis during severe COVID-19

Wiscovitch-Russo R, Ibáñez-Prada ED, Serrano-Mayorga CC, Sievers BL, Engelbride MA, Padmanabhan S, Tan GS, Vashee S, Bustos IG, Pachecho C, Mendez L, Dube PH, Singh H, Reyes LF, Gonzalez-Juarbe N
PMID: 37081485

STAR protocols. 2022-12-16; 3.4: 101835.

A high-throughput SARS-CoV-2 pseudovirus multiplex neutralization assay

Sievers BL, Gelbart T, Tan GS
PMID: 36595901

Frontiers in bioinformatics. 2022-10-24; 2.1020189.

Early detection of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants of interest for experimental evaluation

Wallace ZS, Davis J, Niewiadomska AM, Olson RD, Shukla M, Stevens R, Zhang Y, Zmasek CM, Scheuermann RH
PMID: 36353215

eLife. 2022-10-14; 11.

Early immune markers of clinical, virological, and immunological outcomes in patients with COVID-19: a multi-omics study

Hu Z, van der Ploeg K, Chakraborty S, Arunachalam PS, Mori DAM, Jacobson KB, Bonilla H, Parsonnet J, Andrews JR, Holubar M, Subramanian A, Khosla C, Maldonado Y, Hedlin H, de la Parte L, Press K, Ty M, Tan GS, Blish C, Takahashi S, Rodriguez-Barraquer I, Greenhouse B, Butte AJ, Singh U, Pulendran B, Wang TT, Jagannathan P
PMID: 36239699

Scientific reports. 2022-10-06; 12.1: 16731.

A novel vaccine based on SARS-CoV-2 CD4+ and CD8+ T cell conserved epitopes from variants Alpha to Omicron

Palatnik-de-Sousa I, Wallace ZS, Cavalcante SC, Ribeiro MPF, Silva JABM, Cavalcante RC, Scheuermann RH, Palatnik-de-Sousa CB
PMID: 36202985

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2022-09-13; 119.37: e2204717119.

SARS-CoV-2 variant spike and accessory gene mutations alter pathogenesis

McGrath ME, Xue Y, Dillen C, Oldfield L, Assad-Garcia N, Zaveri J, Singh N, Baracco L, Taylor LJ, Vashee S, Frieman MB
PMID: 36040867

Cell reports. Medicine. 2022-06-21; 3.6: 100640.

TNF-α+ CD4+ T cells dominate the SARS-CoV-2 specific T cell response in COVID-19 outpatients and are associated with durable antibodies

van der Ploeg K, Kirosingh AS, Mori DAM, Chakraborty S, Hu Z, Sievers BL, Jacobson KB, Bonilla H, Parsonnet J, Andrews JR, Press KD, Ty MC, Ruiz-Betancourt DR, de la Parte L, Tan GS, Blish CA, Takahashi S, Rodriguez-Barraquer I, Greenhouse B, Singh U, Wang TT, Jagannathan P
PMID: 35588734

Nature. 2022-05-01; 605.7911: 640-652.

Defining the risk of SARS-CoV-2 variants on immune protection

DeGrace MM, Ghedin E, Frieman MB, Krammer F, Grifoni A, Alisoltani A, Alter G, Amara RR, Baric RS, Barouch DH, Bloom JD, Bloyet LM, Bonenfant G, Boon ACM, Boritz EA, Bratt DL, Bricker TL, Brown L, Buchser WJ, Carreño JM, Cohen-Lavi L, Darling TL, Davis-Gardner ME, Dearlove BL, Di H, Dittmann M, Doria-Rose NA, Douek DC, Drosten C, Edara VV, Ellebedy A, Fabrizio TP, Ferrari G, Florence WC, Fischer WM, Fouchier RAM, Franks J, García-Sastre A, Godzik A, Gonzalez-Reiche AS, Gordon A, Haagmans BL, Halfmann PJ, Ho DD, Holbrook MR, Huang Y, James SL, Jaroszewski L, Jeevan T, Johnson RM, Jones TC, Joshi A, Kawaoka Y, Kercher L, Koopmans MPG, Korber B, Koren E, Koup RA, LeGresley EB, Lemieux JE, Liebeskind MJ, Liu Z, Livingston B, Logue JP, Luo Y, McDermott AB, McElrath MJ, Meliopoulos VA, Menachery VD, Montefiori DC, Mühlemann B, Munster VJ, Munt JE, Nair MS, Netzl A, Niewiadomska AM, O'Dell S, Pekosz A, Perlman S, Pontelli MC, Rockx B, Rolland M, Rothlauf PW, Sacharen S, Scheuermann RH, Schmidt SD, Schotsaert M, Schultz-Cherry S, Seder RA, Sedova M, Sette A, Shabman RS, Shen X, Shi PY, Shukla M, Simon V, Stumpf S, Sullivan NJ, Thackray LB, Theiler J, Thomas PG, Trifkovic S, Türeli S, Turner SA, Vakaki MA, van Bakel H, VanBlargan LA, Vincent LR, Wallace ZS, Wang L, Wang M, Wang P, Wang W, Weaver SC, Webby RJ, Weiss CD, Wentworth DE, Weston SM, Whelan SPJ, Whitener BM, Wilks SH, Xie X, Ying B, Yoon H, Zhou B, Hertz T, Smith DJ, Diamond MS, Post DJ, Suthar MS
PMID: 35361968

mSystems. 2022-04-26; 7.2: e0146621.

High-Content Screening and Computational Prediction Reveal Viral Genes That Suppress the Innate Immune Response

Ng TL, Olson EJ, Yoo TY, Weiss HS, Koide Y, Koch PD, Rollins NJ, Mach P, Meisinger T, Bricken T, Chang TZ, Molloy C, Zürcher J, Chang RL, Mitchison TJ, Glass JI, Marks DS, Way JC, Silver PA
PMID: 35319251

Science translational medicine. 2022-03-09; 14.635: eabm7853.

Early non-neutralizing, afucosylated antibody responses are associated with COVID-19 severity

Chakraborty S, Gonzalez JC, Sievers BL, Mallajosyula V, Chakraborty S, Dubey M, Ashraf U, Cheng BY, Kathale N, Tran KQT, Scallan C, Sinnott A, Cassidy A, Chen ST, Gelbart T, Gao F, Golan Y, Ji X, Kim-Schulze S, Prahl M, Gaw SL, Gnjatic S, Marron TU, Merad M, Arunachalam PS, Boyd SD, Davis MM, Holubar M, Khosla C, Maecker HT, Maldonado Y, Mellins ED, Nadeau KC, Pulendran B, Singh U, Subramanian A, Utz PJ, Sherwood R, Zhang S, Jagannathan P, Tan GS, Wang TT
PMID: 35040666

Science translational medicine. 2022-03-02; 14.634: eabn7842.

Antibodies elicited by SARS-CoV-2 infection or mRNA vaccines have reduced neutralizing activity against Beta and Omicron pseudoviruses

Sievers BL, Chakraborty S, Xue Y, Gelbart T, Gonzalez JC, Cassidy AG, Golan Y, Prahl M, Gaw SL, Arunachalam PS, Blish CA, Boyd SD, Davis MM, Jagannathan P, Nadeau KC, Pulendran B, Singh U, Scheuermann RH, Frieman MB, Vashee S, Wang TT, Tan GS
PMID: 35025672

Journal of leukocyte biology. 2021-12-01; 110.6: 1225-1239.

Corticosteroid treatment in COVID-19 modulates host inflammatory responses and transcriptional signatures of immune dysregulation

Pinski AN, Steffen TL, Zulu MZ, George SL, Dickson A, Tifrea D, Maroney KJ, Tedeschi N, Zhang Y, Scheuermann RH, Pinto AK, Brien JD, Messaoudi I
PMID: 34730254

Journal of virology. 2021-09-27; 95.20: e0101021.

Kinetic Multi-omic Analysis of Responses to SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a Model of Severe COVID-19

Cantwell AM, Singh H, Platt M, Yu Y, Lin YH, Ikeno Y, Hubbard G, Xiang Y, Gonzalez-Juarbe N, Dube PH
PMID: 34319784

Cell reports. Medicine. 2021-07-20; 2.7: 100355.

Impact of SARS-CoV-2 variants on the total CD4+ and CD8+ T cell reactivity in infected or vaccinated individuals

Tarke A, Sidney J, Methot N, Yu ED, Zhang Y, Dan JM, Goodwin B, Rubiro P, Sutherland A, Wang E, Frazier A, Ramirez SI, Rawlings SA, Smith DM, da Silva Antunes R, Peters B, Scheuermann RH, Weiskopf D, Crotty S, Grifoni A, Sette A
PMID: 34230917

Advanced drug delivery reviews. 2021-05-01; 172.314-338.

SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in advanced clinical trials: Where do we stand?

Chakraborty S, Mallajosyula V, Tato CM, Tan GS, Wang TT
PMID: 33482248

Nature medicine. 2021-05-01; 27.5: 892-903.

SARS-CoV-2 infection of the oral cavity and saliva

Huang N, Pérez P, Kato T, Mikami Y, Okuda K, Gilmore RC, Conde CD, Gasmi B, Stein S, Beach M, Pelayo E, Maldonado JO, Lafont BA, Jang SI, Nasir N, Padilla RJ, Murrah VA, Maile R, Lovell W, Wallet SM, Bowman NM, Meinig SL, Wolfgang MC, Choudhury SN, Novotny M, Aevermann BD, Scheuermann RH, Cannon G, Anderson CW, Lee RE, Marchesan JT, Bush M, Freire M, Kimple AJ, Herr DL, Rabin J, Grazioli A, Das S, French BN, Pranzatelli T, Chiorini JA, Kleiner DE, Pittaluga S, Hewitt SM, Burbelo PD, Chertow D, NIH COVID-19 Autopsy Consortium, HCA Oral and Craniofacial Biological Network, Frank K, Lee J, Boucher RC, Teichmann SA, Warner BM, Byrd KM
PMID: 33767405

Viruses. 2021-04-01; 13.4:

Rescue of Infectious Sindbis Virus by Yeast Spheroplast-Mammalian Cell Fusion

Ding L, Brown DM, Glass JI
PMID: 33916100

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology. 2021-03-01;

Negligible impact of SARS-CoV-2 variants on CD4 + and CD8 + T cell reactivity in COVID-19 exposed donors and vaccinees

Tarke A, Sidney J, Methot N, Zhang Y, Dan JM, Goodwin B, Rubiro P, Sutherland A, da Silva Antunes R, Frazier A, Rawlings SA, Smith DM, Peters B, Scheuermann RH, Weiskopf D, Crotty S, Grifoni A, Sette A
PMID: 33688655

Nature immunology. 2021-01-01; 22.1: 67-73.

Proinflammatory IgG Fc structures in patients with severe COVID-19

Chakraborty S, Gonzalez J, Edwards K, Mallajosyula V, Buzzanco AS, Sherwood R, Buffone C, Kathale N, Providenza S, Xie MM, Andrews JR, Blish CA, Singh U, Dugan H, Wilson PC, Pham TD, Boyd SD, Nadeau KC, Pinsky BA, Zhang S, Memoli MJ, Taubenberger JK, Morales T, Schapiro JM, Tan GS, Jagannathan P, Wang TT
PMID: 33169014

Scientific data. 2020-06-19; 7.1: 188.

COVID-19 pandemic reveals the peril of ignoring metadata standards

Schriml LM, Chuvochina M, Davies N, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Finn RD, Hugenholtz P, Hunter CI, Hurwitz BL, Kyrpides NC, Meyer F, Mizrachi IK, Sansone SA, Sutton G, Tighe S, Walls R
PMID: 32561801

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2020-06-09; 117.23: 12522-12523.

Sampling bias and incorrect rooting make phylogenetic network tracing of SARS-COV-2 infections unreliable

Mavian C, Pond SK, Marini S, Magalis BR, Vandamme AM, Dellicour S, Scarpino SV, Houldcroft C, Villabona-Arenas J, Paisie TK, Trovão NS, Boucher C, Zhang Y, Scheuermann RH, Gascuel O, Lam TT, Suchard MA, Abecasis A, Wilkinson E, de Oliveira T, Bento AI, Schmidt HA, Martin D, Hadfield J, Faria N, Grubaugh ND, Neher RA, Baele G, Lemey P, Stadler T, Albert J, Crandall KA, Leitner T, Stamatakis A, Prosperi M, Salemi M
PMID: 32381734

Cell host & microbe. 2020-04-08; 27.4: 671-680.e2.

A Sequence Homology and Bioinformatic Approach Can Predict Candidate Targets for Immune Responses to SARS-CoV-2

Grifoni A, Sidney J, Zhang Y, Scheuermann RH, Peters B, Sette A
PMID: 32183941

Scientific data. 2014-10-14; 1.140033.

A comprehensive collection of systems biology data characterizing the host response to viral infection

Aevermann BD, Pickett BE, Kumar S, Klem EB, Agnihothram S, Askovich PS, Bankhead A, Bolles M, Carter V, Chang J, Clauss TR, Dash P, Diercks AH, Eisfeld AJ, Ellis A, Fan S, Ferris MT, Gralinski LE, Green RR, Gritsenko MA, Hatta M, Heegel RA, Jacobs JM, Jeng S, Josset L, Kaiser SM, Kelly S, Law GL, Li C, Li J, Long C, Luna ML, Matzke M, McDermott J, Menachery V, Metz TO, Mitchell H, Monroe ME, Navarro G, Neumann G, Podyminogin RL, Purvine SO, Rosenberger CM, Sanders CJ, Schepmoes AA, Shukla AK, Sims A, Sova P, Tam VC, Tchitchek N, Thomas PG, Tilton SC, Totura A, Wang J, Webb-Robertson BJ, Wen J, Weiss JM, Yang F, Yount B, Zhang Q, McWeeney S, Smith RD, Waters KM, Kawaoka Y, Baric R, Aderem A, Katze MG, Scheuermann RH
PMID: 25977790

The Journal of general virology. 2014-04-01; 95.Pt 4: 836-848.

Isolation, propagation, genome analysis and epidemiology of HKU1 betacoronaviruses

Dominguez SR, Shrivastava S, Berglund A, Qian Z, Góes LGB, Góes LG, Halpin RA, Fedorova N, Ransier A, Weston PA, Durigon EL, Jerez JA, Robinson CC, Town CD, Holmes KV
PMID: 24394697

Viruses. 2012-11-19; 4.11: 3209-26.

Virus pathogen database and analysis resource (ViPR): a comprehensive bioinformatics database and analysis resource for the coronavirus research community

Pickett BE, Greer DS, Zhang Y, Stewart L, Zhou L, Sun G, Gu Z, Kumar S, Zaremba S, Larsen CN, Jen W, Klem EB, Scheuermann RH
PMID: 23202522

The Journal of general virology. 2012-11-01; 93.Pt 11: 2387-2398.

Genomic analysis of 16 Colorado human NL63 coronaviruses identifies a new genotype, high sequence diversity in the N-terminal domain of the spike gene and evidence of recombination

Dominguez SR, Sims GE, Wentworth DE, Halpin RA, Robinson CC, Town CD, Holmes KV
PMID: 22837419

Virology. 2012-09-01; 430.2: 90-9.

Characterization of a recombinant canine coronavirus with a distinct receptor-binding (S1) domain

Regan AD, Millet JK, Tse LP, Chillag Z, Rinaldi VD, Licitra BN, Dubovi EJ, Town CD, Whittaker GR
PMID: 22609354

Emerging infectious diseases. 2012-07-01; 18.7: 1089-95.

Spike protein fusion peptide and feline coronavirus virulence

Chang HW, Egberink HF, Halpin R, Spiro DJ, Rottier PJ
PMID: 22709821

Nucleic acids research. 2012-07-01; 40.Web Server issue: W186-92.

VIGOR extended to annotate genomes for additional 12 different viruses

Wang S, Sundaram JP, Stockwell TB
PMID: 22669909

The Journal of general virology. 2011-06-01; 92.Pt 6: 1369-79.

Molecular characterization of a new species in the genus Alphacoronavirus associated with mink epizootic catarrhal gastroenteritis

Vlasova AN, Halpin R, Wang S, Ghedin E, Spiro DJ, Saif LJ
PMID: 21346029

PLoS pathogens. 2010-05-06; 6.5: e1000896.

Infidelity of SARS-CoV Nsp14-exonuclease mutant virus replication is revealed by complete genome sequencing

Eckerle LD, Becker MM, Halpin RA, Li K, Venter E, Lu X, Scherbakova S, Graham RL, Baric RS, Stockwell TB, Spiro DJ, Denison MR
PMID: 20463816

Journal of virology. 2008-12-01; 82.24: 12422-31.

Bovine-like coronaviruses isolated from four species of captive wild ruminants are homologous to bovine coronaviruses, based on complete genomic sequences

Alekseev KP, Vlasova AN, Jung K, Hasoksuz M, Zhang X, Halpin R, Wang S, Ghedin E, Spiro D, Saif LJ
PMID: 18842722

Virology. 2007-06-20; 363.1: 1-10.

Quasispecies of bovine enteric and respiratory coronaviruses based on complete genome sequences and genetic changes after tissue culture adaptation

Zhang X, Hasoksuz M, Spiro D, Halpin R, Wang S, Vlasova A, Janies D, Jones LR, Ghedin E, Saif LJ
PMID: 17434558

Virology. 2007-02-20; 358.2: 424-35.

Complete genomic sequences, a key residue in the spike protein and deletions in nonstructural protein 3b of US strains of the virulent and attenuated coronaviruses, transmissible gastroenteritis virus and porcine respiratory coronavirus

Zhang X, Hasoksuz M, Spiro D, Halpin R, Wang S, Stollar S, Janies D, Hadya N, Tang Y, Ghedin E, Saif L
PMID: 17023013
18-Apr-2024
Press Release

Groundbreaking study reveals oral microbiome’s role in immune response and COVID-19 severity

Newly developed AI model shows that saliva is a better predictor of COVID-19 severity than existing blood tests

22-Feb-2024
Collaborator Release

New LongCOVID research launched by PolyBio’s global consortium of scientists

Funding will deepen research on the persistence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in LongCOVID patients and launch new clinical trials

04-Sep-2023
Collaborator Release

PolyBio Research Foundation Consortium & colleagues publishes Nature position paper on SARS-CoV-2 reservoir in Long COVID/PASC

01-Jun-2023
Collaborator Release

Family resemblance: How T cells could fight many coronaviruses at once

LJI researchers work to head off future pandemics by uncovering key similarities between SARS-CoV-2 and common cold coronaviruses

29-Mar-2023
Collaborator Release

Scientists aim to develop vaccine against all deadly coronaviruses

$8 million NIH grant supports effort to avert next pandemic

08-Sep-2022
Reuters

Top scientists join forces to study leading theory behind long COVID

Several JCVI scientists will be contributing to the newly launched Long Covid Research Initiative — a collaboration of researchers, clinicians, and patients working to rapidly study and treat long Covid.

13-Jan-2022
Press Release

Omicron and Beta variants evade antibodies elicited by vaccines and previous infections, but boosters help

Pregnancy also contributes to a reduced COVID-19 antibody response

03-Mar-2021
Blog

SARS-CoV-2 Mutation Tracking

27-Jan-2021
Press Release

Influenza A Virus Discovered in Heart Muscle Tissue Causing Damage Long After It Has Cleared from the Lungs

Strategies to inhibit necrotic cell death or to prevent mitochondrial damage should be pursued as possible therapies to reduce cardiac damage during influenza infections

24-Dec-2020
The San Diego Union Tribune

Scientists rush to determine if mutant strain of coronavirus will deepen pandemic

U.S. researchers have been slow to perform the genetic sequencing that will help clarify the situation

23-Nov-2020
Blog

Unique Antibody Pattern Discovered in COVID-19 ICU Patients May Be Key to Predicting Severe Outcomes

29-Oct-2020
Blog

COVID-19 Further Complicating Flu Season

27-Oct-2020
Collaborator Release

Study reveals mouth as primary source of COVID-19 infection, spread

UNC-Chapel Hill, NIH identify sites in the oral cavity where coronavirus can take hold

25-Mar-2020
Blog

Online Education Resources to Help With Your New “Normal”

17-Mar-2020
Blog

Coronavirus Pandemic: Putting Comprehensive Genomic Data in the Hands of Frontline Researchers Worldwide is Paramount

12-Mar-2020
Collaborator Release

LJI Scientists Identify Potential Targets for Immune Responses to Novel Coronavirus

The research, which includes comparative genomics analysis by JCVI scientists Yun Zhang and Richard Scheuermann, provides essential information about the human immune response to coronavirus infection that will guide the design and evaluation of diagnostics and vaccine candidates