UAH Department of Biological Sciences

Promising lab results in quest to find naturally occurring anti-COVID therapies

November 30, 2020 sarah Jonas Coronavirus, covid, COVID-19, Dr. Jerome Baudry, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, UAH, UAH Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama in Huntsville

So far, 35 of 125 naturally occurring compounds identified computationally at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) to have potential against COVID-19 have shown efficacy in ongoing first-batch testing at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Regional Biocontainment Laboratory (UTHSC RBL) that’s the next step in the process to becoming a drug.

Research Results

UAH collaboration with HudsonAlpha expands knowledge of how our cells work

July 29, 2020 sarah Jonas DNA, Genetics, Human Genome, Human Genome Project, National Institutes of Health, NIH, UAH, UAH Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama in Huntsville

In an effort to better understand how our cells work, scientists have studied the function of 208 proteins responsible for orchestrating the regulation genes in the human genome. A paper appearing in the journal “Nature” describes the collaborative effort.

Research Results

UAH’s Baudry Lab finds 125 naturally occurring compounds with potential against COVID-19

June 18, 2020 sarah Jonas Coronavirus, coronavirus treatment, COVID-19, Cray Sentinel, Drug Treatment, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Molecular Biology, SARS-CoV-2, Supercomputer, UAH, UAH Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama in Huntsville

The Baudry Lab at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has identified 125 naturally occurring compounds that have a computational potential for efficacy against the COVID-19 virus from the first batch of 50,000 rapidly assessed by a supercomputer.