Using synthetic biology, the authors engineered the spike protein (S) from an animal strain and used in vitro evolution to understand how it could adapt to replicate well in human cells.

One of the first papers sequencing Covid-19 viruses and identifying its potential animal source

Paper investigating the development of safe and effective vaccines against SARS coronavirus

A video from PBS's It's Okay to Be Smart explaining the spread of coronaviruses, social distancing, and what it means to "flatten the curve"

Highly useful explainer video on exponential growth and its contribution to epidemics

Accurate answers to common questions about coronavirus

Improved methods to detect multiple respiratory viruses with one very specific assay

This Google doc has an abundance of tools, video tips, and information about how to transition to emergency teaching online.

MAA is the Mathematical Association of America and is the professional society in the US devoted primarily to the support of faculty for undergraduate instruction.

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center's list of science papers you should be reading about the coronavirus: Amid the thousands of research publications on COVID-19, here are the ones they are reading

This is a python package for exploring SEIR models on social networks. The first link is to a Twitter thread where the use and some significant results are explained.

Dr. Harry Kestler at LCCC keeps us informed about the coronavirus and how we can all work together to slow the spread of COVID-19 in this series of daily videos about various aspects of the pandemic: https://www.lorainccc.edu/security/dr-kestlers-coronavirus-video-series/

Prior to his position at LCCC, Kestler held faculty positions at the Lerner Medical College of the Cleveland Clinic and the department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at Harvard Medical School.

Testing 3

By Dr  Kamuela Yong

Helps readers interpret various models and statistics around COVID-19. Written at the introductory level, could be used for high school or introductory undergraduate.

The use of Google’s tools for collaborative assignment preparation is increasingly common in online courses. The G Suite also offers conferencing capability that some instructors are using for synchronous online meetings.

All of these tools have built-in hotkeys and keyboard shortcuts that enable them to be used completely mouse-free. However, they are often not visible or available by default. The linked page provides lists of these hotkeys and instructions to enable them for each tool.

The ability to use the keyboard is important for students and instructors who cannot or choose not to use a mouse, as well as those who use screen readers and other forms of assistive technology.

Many instructors are suddenly using the Zoom video conference platform to hold synchronous class meetings or virtual office hours with individual students. This page contains a list of hotkeys and keyboard shortcuts for the Zoom desktop clients, as well as instructions for editing them.

This will be a useful reference for any students or instructors who cannot or prefer not to use a mouse, those who use screen reading software, and anyone else who prefers to customize how they interact with this communication tool.

You've seen your friends and colleagues lounging in space, shooting the rapids, or in some other enviable location.  You, too, can travel to foreign locations while sitting in your office on another zoom call.  

"How to" information from zoom: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/210707503-Virtual-Background

Backgrounds: https://www.zoomvirtualbackgrounds.com/

Several graphics around COVID19 and the pandemic, with readings at the bottom of the page and access to underlying data.

Incredible visualizations of data on a variety of topics, often with underlying data available.  Ideal for prompting discussions about topics, data visualization and data analysis.

There is an R Shiny contest going on right now.  Many of the most recent submissions are data dashboards for tracking the COVID-19 pandemic.  Take a look!

This phylogeny shows evolutionary relationships of hCoV-19 (or SARS-CoV-2) viruses from the ongoing novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. This phylogeny shows an initial emergence in Wuhan, China, in Nov-Dec 2019 followed by sustained human-to-human transmission leading to sampled infections. Although the genetic relationships among sampled viruses are quite clear, there is considerable uncertainty surrounding estimates of transmission dates and in reconstruction of geographic spread. Please be aware that specific inferred transmission patterns are only a hypothesis.

This ESTEEM worksheet implements an SIR (Susceptible/ Infected/ Resistant) model of epidemiology for vector-borne diseases. Up to three microbial strains with different virulence and transmission parameters can be modeled and the results graphed. Originally designed to explore coevolution of myxoma and rabbits, the model is easily generalized to other systems.

The SIR Build It REVISED 2018 file attached here represents a basic SIR model and demonstrates Farr's law as well as the corresponding S/I phase plot. Additional sheets demonstrate some modifications of the basic model, including the effects of stochasticity.

From Tony Weisstein, Truman State

More Excel based simulations from the BioQUEST ESTEEM collection are available here:https://qubeshub.org/community/groups/esteem/esteem_modules_and_descriptions