They found that a coronavirus, dubbed CcCoV-KY43, which was found in heart-nosed bats in southeastern Kenya, has evolved a ...
The identification of a receptor that is recognized by a subset of alphacoronaviruses provides insights into ‘spillover’ risk ...
Researchers screened a phylogenetically diverse panel of alphacoronavirus spike proteins and found that a heart-nosed bat ...
In this study in silico docking models were employed to investigate the molecular interactions between the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein, derived from the ...
Viruses attack nearly every living organism on Earth. To do so, they rely on highly specialized proteins that recognize and bind to receptors on the surface of target cells, a molecular arms race that ...
Mentor(s): Michael Kennedy, Ph.D. Understanding binding of animal rotavirus strains offers insight into zoonotic potential The goal of this project is to determine if bat P[10] binds in an excited ...
As we approach the five-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is worth reflecting not only on the paradigm-shifting impact of the initial outbreak, but also on how SARS-CoV-2 continues to ...
A new study designs drugs that bind to intrinsically disordered proteins that are extremely difficult to target due to their flexible nature.
The US Food and Drug Administration has greenlit a next-generation COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna that’s engineered to be given in a smaller dose than the current one and targets certain portions of ...
A research team at Leipzig University has identified a mechanism in adhesion G protein-coupled receptors (adhesion GPCRs), a ...