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Category: Virology
Morgridge scientists collaborate with Genentech to soup up Cryo-EM imaging
A partnership with Genentech is helping Morgridge Investigator Tim Grant improve software that helps scientists harness the incredible power of cryo-EM microscopes for drug discovery.
Third booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine to fight new variants in the works
Citing presentations from the Feb. 24 Morgridge Institute Fearless Science Seminar, CBS 58 in Milwaukee reported that new booster vaccines are in development that will specifically target COVID 19 variants that have recently emerged around the world.
COVID-19: The science of vaccines
Johan den Boon, anesthesiologist Dr. Bill Hartman, and pediatric infectious disease specialist Dr. James Conway presented for a webinar about the science of vaccines.
Machine learning our way through a billion-chemical library
Inspired by the need for smarter and cheaper ways to screen chemicals for potential therapeutic targets, Morgridge investigator Anthony Gitter is finding answers with machine learning tools.