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Title: Virtual Boot Camp: COVID ‐19 evolution and structural biology

Abstract

COVID-19-related campus closures necessitated invention of an intensive online learning experience that introduced students to Structural Bioinformatics. The program engaged 33 students from 11 different institutions ranging from high school to graduate school. The objectives of the intensive, 1-week Boot Camp focused on helping students build a foundation for studying the SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease (Nsp5) to understand how the protein evolved during the first 6 months of the COVID-19 pandemic by exploring amino acid sequence and 3D atomic-level structure using various structural bioinformatics tools. Participants analyzed how the protein changed as the virus spread around the world, comparing Nsp5 from the original viral isolate to 161 unique sequence/structure variants.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [2]; ORCiD logo [3];  [4]; ORCiD logo [5]; ORCiD logo [6];  [5];  [7];  [8];  [9]; ORCiD logo [10];  [11]; ORCiD logo [12]; ORCiD logo [13];  [7];  [14];  [15];  [7]; ORCiD logo [5]
  1. Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey Piscataway New Jersey USA, Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey Piscataway New Jersey USA, Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank, San Diego Supercomputer Center University of California, San Diego La Jolla California USA, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey New Brunswick New Jersey USA
  2. Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology Rutgers University New Brunswick New Jersey USA
  3. School of Chemistry &, Materials Science Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester New York USA
  4. Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey New Brunswick New Jersey USA
  5. Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey Piscataway New Jersey USA, Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey Piscataway New Jersey USA
  6. Department of Chemistry Grand View University Des Moines Iowa USA
  7. Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey Piscataway New Jersey USA
  8. Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey Piscataway New Jersey USA, Department of Chemistry &, Chemical Biology Rutgers University Piscataway New Jersey USA
  9. Chemistry State University of New York at Oswego Oswego New York USA
  10. Department of Chemistry &, Chemical Biology Rutgers University Piscataway New Jersey USA
  11. Chemistry Department Xavier University Cincinnati Ohio USA
  12. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Hope College Holland Michigan USA
  13. Biology Department Ursinus College Collegeville Pennsylvania USA
  14. CUNY New York City College of Technology New York New York USA
  15. Department of Genetics Rutgers University Piscataway New Jersey USA, Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey Piscataway New Jersey USA
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Science Foundation (NSF); National Cancer Institute (NCI); National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID); National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
OSTI Identifier:
1669726
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1669727; OSTI ID: 1803878
Grant/Contract Number:  
DE‐SC0019749; SC0019749; DBI-1832184; R01GM133198; IUSE 1709170; 1709355; 1709805; 1709278; NIH T32 GM008339
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Journal Volume: 48 Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 1470-8175
Publisher:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
Country of Publication:
Netherlands
Language:
English
Subject:
60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; biochemistry & molecular biology; education & educational research

Citation Formats

Burley, Stephen K., Bromberg, Yana, Craig, Paul, Duffy, Siobain, Dutta, Shuchismita, Hall, Bonnie L., Hudson, Brian P., Jiang, Jennifer, D Khare, Sagar, Koeppe, Julia R., Lubin, Joseph H., Mills, Stephen A., Pikaart, Michael J., Roberts, Rebecca, Sarma, Vidur, Singh, Jitendra, Tischfield, Jay A., Xie, Lingjun, and Zardecki, Christine. Virtual Boot Camp: COVID ‐19 evolution and structural biology. Netherlands: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1002/bmb.21428.
Burley, Stephen K., Bromberg, Yana, Craig, Paul, Duffy, Siobain, Dutta, Shuchismita, Hall, Bonnie L., Hudson, Brian P., Jiang, Jennifer, D Khare, Sagar, Koeppe, Julia R., Lubin, Joseph H., Mills, Stephen A., Pikaart, Michael J., Roberts, Rebecca, Sarma, Vidur, Singh, Jitendra, Tischfield, Jay A., Xie, Lingjun, & Zardecki, Christine. Virtual Boot Camp: COVID ‐19 evolution and structural biology. Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1002/bmb.21428
Burley, Stephen K., Bromberg, Yana, Craig, Paul, Duffy, Siobain, Dutta, Shuchismita, Hall, Bonnie L., Hudson, Brian P., Jiang, Jennifer, D Khare, Sagar, Koeppe, Julia R., Lubin, Joseph H., Mills, Stephen A., Pikaart, Michael J., Roberts, Rebecca, Sarma, Vidur, Singh, Jitendra, Tischfield, Jay A., Xie, Lingjun, and Zardecki, Christine. Fri . "Virtual Boot Camp: COVID ‐19 evolution and structural biology". Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1002/bmb.21428.
@article{osti_1669726,
title = {Virtual Boot Camp: COVID ‐19 evolution and structural biology},
author = {Burley, Stephen K. and Bromberg, Yana and Craig, Paul and Duffy, Siobain and Dutta, Shuchismita and Hall, Bonnie L. and Hudson, Brian P. and Jiang, Jennifer and D Khare, Sagar and Koeppe, Julia R. and Lubin, Joseph H. and Mills, Stephen A. and Pikaart, Michael J. and Roberts, Rebecca and Sarma, Vidur and Singh, Jitendra and Tischfield, Jay A. and Xie, Lingjun and Zardecki, Christine},
abstractNote = {COVID-19-related campus closures necessitated invention of an intensive online learning experience that introduced students to Structural Bioinformatics. The program engaged 33 students from 11 different institutions ranging from high school to graduate school. The objectives of the intensive, 1-week Boot Camp focused on helping students build a foundation for studying the SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease (Nsp5) to understand how the protein evolved during the first 6 months of the COVID-19 pandemic by exploring amino acid sequence and 3D atomic-level structure using various structural bioinformatics tools. Participants analyzed how the protein changed as the virus spread around the world, comparing Nsp5 from the original viral isolate to 161 unique sequence/structure variants.},
doi = {10.1002/bmb.21428},
journal = {Biochemistry and Molecular Biology},
number = 5,
volume = 48,
place = {Netherlands},
year = {Fri Aug 14 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Fri Aug 14 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}

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