Argonne scientists and research facilities have made a difference in the fight against COVID-19 in the year since the first gene sequence for the virus was published.
The research described in the winning paper is focused on using a high-performance, iterative reconstruction system for noninvasive imaging at synchrotron facilities.
Argonne computational resources supported the largest comprehensive analysis of COVID-19 genome sequences in the U.S. and helped corroborate growing evidence of a protein mutation.
![Location of amino acid substitutions on the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. A mutation in the amino acid Gly614 was the result of one protein, aspartic acid (D), mutating to glycine (G) (purple cell), which may have driven COVID-19’s transmissibility rates as it surged through Houston in mid-May. [mage by Jason McLellan, University of Texas, Austin. Published under a Creative Commons license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)]](https://www.anl.gov/sites/www/files/styles/article_teaser_16x9/public/2020-11/16x9_mBio%20Spike%20Proteinx.jpg?h=8abcec71&itok=5TE0lm8Z)