MRC Centre for Virus Research (MRC CVR) - COVID-19
- Funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
- Total publications:168 publications
Grant number: MC_PC_19026
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Key facts
Disease
COVID-19Start & end year
20202020Known Financial Commitments (USD)
$660,260Funder
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)Principal Investigator
Prof. Massimo PalmariniResearch Location
United KingdomLead Research Institution
MRC - University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (CVR)Research Priority Alignment
N/A
Research Category
Pathogen: natural history, transmission and diagnostics
Research Subcategory
Pathogen genomics, mutations and adaptations
Special Interest Tags
N/A
Study Type
Non-Clinical
Clinical Trial Details
N/A
Broad Policy Alignment
Pending
Age Group
Not Applicable
Vulnerable Population
Not applicable
Occupations of Interest
Not applicable
Abstract
This award is being made in recognition that key Centre staff have been redeployed from their usual work, and Centre resources utilised, to contribute to the first phase of a rapid research response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The MRC Centre for Virus Research at the University of Glasgow (CVR) represents the UK's largest grouping of human and veterinary virologists. The Centre has contributed expertise to recent Ebola outbreaks, and is now working on SARS-CoV2 with £0.5m of supplementary funding. Working in collaboration with the NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde West of Scotland Specialist Virology Centre, CVR researchers completed the genomic sequencing and analysis of Scotland's first confirmed Covid-19 case within 48 hours of diagnosis.
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