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COVID-19 Highlights

8 March 2021
Teaser covid research

Forschung zu Covid-19 am Paul Scherrer Institut

Forschung zu Covid-19

Während viele Bereiche des Lebens eingeschränkt sind, bleiben wichtige Forschungsanlagen am PSI in Betrieb. 

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31 August 2020
May Sharpe

A question of binding

Research Using Synchrotron Light Large Research Facilities Biology Human Health Research on Covid-19

At PSI, researchers are screening molecule fragments to see if these bind to important proteins of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and thus have the potential to disable it. They are hoping the many individual pieces of information will yield an answer as to what an effective drug might look like.

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30 July 2020
Dr. May Elizabeth Sharpe

Covid-19 research: Anti-viral strategy with double effect

Research Using Synchrotron Light Biology Human Health Research on Covid-19

Frankfurt scientists identify a possible weakness of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. They carried out part of their measurements at PSI's Swiss Light Source SLS. The research results are published this week in the scientific journal Nature.

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15 May 2020
Dikic lab

First MX results of the priority COVID-19 call

The Dikic group at the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, Germany has published the first results following the opening of the "PRIORITY COVID-19 Call” at SLS. 

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31 March 2020
covid-19

SLS MX beamtime update

Update of the SLS MX beamline operation during the COVID-19 period

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21 January 2021
COVID call

Priority access call for work on combating COVID-19 continues

On January 30th, 2020, the WHO declared the recent outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a public health emergency of international concern. It declared that there is an urgent need to improve our understanding of the newly identified virus and its possible future evolution as well as to contain the spread; to develop precise diagnostics and treatment, and to improve the public health response and patient care.

The COVID priority access call continues and is still open in 2021.

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