Pandemic Readiness Research
Our research program is focused on supporting readiness to respond to current and future global pandemics. The CLS is always accepting proposals for work actively contributing to pandemic response, supporting research into pandemic-related treatments or vaccines, or improving conditions for frontline workers. Below are examples of some of the research related to COVID-19 that has been conducted at our facility.
Better understanding of viral protein could lead to more effective COVID drug treatments with fewer side effects
Although the COVID-19 pandemic may feel like it is winding down for many people, there is still much to be learned about the virus that could help us to keep it at bay in the futur...
Unlocking the doors to effective COVID-19 treatments
Developing therapeutics for COVID-19 should lessen the length and severity of the illness, keeping more people out of the hospital and improving patient outcomes.
Creating an arsenal of COVID-19 therapeutics
Using the CLS, McGill researchers have discovered a small molecule that may help combat COVID-19 and could contribute to a new arsenal of treatments slowly making their way to mark...
Analyzing antibodies
Researchers from the University of Toronto have developed antibodies that can neutralize COVID-19.
Developing antiviral drugs to treat COVID-19 infections
Using the CLS, researchers have isolated some promising inhibitors that could be used to treat COVID-19 infections.
Investigating the long-term health impacts of COVID-19
Dr. Jake Pushie is using the CLS and VIDO to study the virus that causes COVID-19 and its effects on blood vessels.
Cleaning pathogens from the air
University of Saskatchewan scientists have designed an air sanitizing device that could help protect us from airborne pathogens like the ones that cause COVID-19 and the common flu...
Extending the lifespan of N95 masks
Researchers are working to better understand how decontamination procedures might affect the structure and potential reuse of N95 masks.
Studying how to damage the COVID-19 virus
A University of Nevada researcher is using our Mid-IR beamline to study how nucleic acids get damaged under X-ray irradiation.
Innovative testing
Researchers from the CLS and Université Laval are trying to create a device that would make healthcare testing more efficient ...
Stopping infection in its tracks
University of Calgary researchers are developing therapeutics for COVID-19.
Finding new therapies
Dr. Jiang Yin is using the CLS to find new therapies that will help treat COVID-19.