Denver Post: Colorado scientists pivot to join worldwide pursuit of coronavirus vaccine
Research already underway in Colorado when the coronavirus began its brutal march across the globe may provide a head start in finding a vaccine for the virus.
Research already underway in Colorado when the coronavirus began its brutal march across the globe may provide a head start in finding a vaccine for the virus.
Gregg Dean, professor and head of the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, was working on a vaccine to treat a strain of coronavirus that cats contract when he shifted gears to address the strain that’s now causing the pandemic.
VIDEO: Gregg Dean, Head of CSU’s Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology told CBS4’s Dillon Thomas a $3.5 million grant from the National Institutes for Health funded the research.
Decades of experience fighting deadly viruses has researchers at CSU uniquely positioned to lead in the fight against COVID-19.
Propelled by the COVID-19 pandemic, a CSU research team is pursuing a vaccine that would thwart the novel coronavirus using a genetically modified form of the well-known probiotic Lactobacillus acidophilus, a bacterium commonly ingested in yogurt and other foods for gut health.
Dr. Brady Michel, CSU alumnus and biological sciences and STEM faculty for MCC, introduced a group of scientists, including CSU researchers Dr. Mark Zabel, Dr. Danielle Adney and Dr. Anna Fagre, to lead the nearly two-hour long discussion about the virus.
Rebekah Kading, associate professor of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology is one of many who are working with experts from around the world to determine how bats transferred the respiratory virus to humans, who are now passing it among each other.
VIDEO: A team of infectious disease researchers at Colorado State University are joining the fight against coronavirus. Rebekah Kading interview.
Panelists will address the outbreak, its impact on public health, and CSU research.
Fagre recently traveled to Uganda for the first phase of her research project.