Several members and affiliates of the LaMontagne Center have been publishing research related to COVID-19.

LCID Member Papers 
In scientific journals, preprints, etc.

• Terra E Sztain, Surl-Hee Ahn, et. al with Jason S McLellan. A glycan gate controls opening of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. bioRxiv 2021.02.15.431212; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.15.431212
   
• C. Garett Rappazzo, et. al with Jason McLellan. Broad and potent activity against SARS-like viruses by an engineered human monoclonal antibody. Science. January 25, 2021.
   
• Xutong Wang, Zhanwei Du, Kaitlyn E. Johnson, Spencer J. Fox, Michael Lachmann, Jason S. McLellan, Lauren Ancel Meyers. The impacts of COVID-19 vaccine timing, number of doses, and risk prioritization on mortality in the US. medRxiv. January 18, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.01.18.21250071
   

• Andre Maranhao, Sanchita Bhadra, Inyup Paik, David Walker, Andrew D. Ellington. An improved and readily available version of Bst DNA Polymerase for LAMP, and applications to COVID-19 diagnostics. medRxiv. October 5, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.02.20203356
   

• Scott Wesley Long, et. al. with Jimmy Gollihar, Jason S. McLellan, Chia-Wei Chou, Kamyab Javanmardi, Ilya J. Finkelstein, James Musser. Molecular Architecture of Early Dissemination and Massive Second Wave of the SARS-CoV-2 Virus in a Major Metropolitan Area. medRxiv. September 22, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.22.20199125 
   

• Eric Salazar, et. al. with Dalton Towers, Jason J. Lavinder, Gregory C. Ippolito. Convalescent plasma anti-SARS-CoV-2 spike protein ectodomain and receptor binding domain IgG correlate with virus neutralization. The Journal of Clinical Investigation. September 10, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI141206
   

• Woo Suk Choi, Peng He, Arti Pothukuchy, Jimmy Gollihar, Andrew D. Ellington, Wei Yang. How a B family DNA polymerase has been evolved to copy RNA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. August 17, 2020. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2009415117 
   

• Ching-lin Hsieh, Jory A. Goldsmith, et. al (Jason Lavinder, Greg Ipplito, Jennifer Maynard, Ilay Finkelstein and Jason McLellan). Structure-based design of prefusion-stabilized SARS-CoV-2 spikes. Science. July 23, 2020. DOI: 10.1126/science.abd0826
   

• Sanchita Bhadra, Andre C. Maranhao, Andrew D. Ellington. A one-enzyme RT-qPCR assay for SARS-CoV-2, and procedures for reagent production. bioRXiv. July 6, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.29.013342
   

• Caleb D. Swaim, Larissa A. Canadeo, Kristen J. Monte, Swati Khanna, Deborah J. Lenschow, Jon M. Huibregtse. Modulation of Extracellular ISG15 Signaling by Pathogens and Viral Effector Proteins. Cell Reports. Vol. 31, Iss. 11. June 16, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2020.107772
   
• Anna Z. Wec, Daniel Wrapp, et. al., with Jason S. McLellan. Broad neutralization of SARS-related viruses by human monoclonal antibodies. Science. June 15, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abc7424
       
• Eric Salazar, et al. with Greg Ippolito. Treatment of COVID-19 Patients with Convalescent Plasma. The American Journal of Pathology. (In Press) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpath.2020.05.014
   
• Zhanwei Du, Ciara Nugent, Alison P. Galvani, Robert M. Krug & Lauren Ancel Meyers. Modeling mitigation of influenza epidemics by baloxavir. Nature Communications. June 2, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16585-y
   
• Sanchita Bhadra, Andre C. Maranhao, Andrew D. Ellington. One enzyme reverse transcription qPCR using Taq DNA polymerase. bioRXiv. May 30, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.27.120238
   
• T. Smith, A. Patel, S. Ramos, et al. with Jason McLellan. Immunogenicity of a DNA vaccine candidate for COVID-19. Nat Commun 11, 260. May 20, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16505-0
   
• Daniel Wrapp, Dorien De Vlieger, Kizzmekia S. Corbett, Gretel M. Torres, Nianshuang Wang, Wander Van Breedam, Kenny Roose, Loes van Schie, VIB-CMB COVID-19 Response Team, Markus Hoffmann, Stefan Pöhlmann, Barney S. Graham, Nico Callewaert, Bert Schepens, Xavier Saelens, and Jason S. McLellan. Structural Basis for Potent Neutralization of Betacoronaviruses. Cell. May 5, 2020. DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.04.031
   

• Sanchita Bhadra, Timothy E Riedel, Simren Lakhotia, Nicholas D Tran, Andrew D Ellington. High-surety isothermal amplification and detection of SARS-CoV-2, including with crude enzymes. April 14, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.13.03994
   

• Sanchita Bhadra, Andre C Maranhao, and Andrew D Ellington. A one-enzyme RT-qPCR assay for SARS-CoV-2, and procedures for reagent production. March 31, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.29.013342 
   

• Wells CR, Sah P, Moghadas SM, Pandey A, Shoukat A, Wang Y, Wang Z, Meyers LA, Singer BH, Galvani AP. Impact of international travel and border control measures on the global spread of the novel 2019 coronavirus outbreak. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2020 Mar 31;117(13):7504-9.
   

• Yasunori Watanabe, Joel D. Allen, Daniel Wrapp, Jason S. McLellan, Max Crispin. Site-specific analysis of the SARS-CoV-2 glycan shield. March 28, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.26.010322 
   

• Zhanwei Du, Ciara Nugent, Benjamin J Cowling, Lauren Ancel Meyers. Hundreds of severe pediatric COVID-19 infections in Wuhan prior to the lockdown. medRxiv. 2020 Mar 27.
   

• Caroline O. Buckee, et. al., with Lauren Ancel Meyers. Aggregated mobility data could help fight COVID-19. Science. March 23, 2020. DOI: 10.1126/science.abb8021
   

• Zhanwei Du, Xiaoke Xu, Ye Wu, Lin Wang, Benjamin J. Cowling, and Lauren Ancel Meyers. Serial Interval of COVID-19 among Publicly Reported Confirmed Cases. Emerging Infectious Diseases. June, 2020. [Originally published March 19, 2020]. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2606.200357
  
   
• Daniel Wrapp, Nianshuang Wang, Kizzmekia S. Corbett, Jory A. Goldsmith, Ching-Lin Hsieh, Olubukola Abiona, Barney S. Graham, Jason S. McLellan. Cryo-EM structure of the 2019-nCoV spike in the prefusion conformation. Science. March 13, 2020: 1260-1263. DOI: 10.1126/science.abb2507
   

• Du Z, Wang L, Chauchemez S, Xu X, Wang X, Cowling BJ, et al. Risk for transportation of 2019 novel coronavirus disease from Wuhan to other cities in China. Emerg Infect Diseases. May 2020 [Originally published online Feb. 13, 2020]. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2605.200146

LCID Affiliates' Papers
In scientific journals, preprints, etc.

• Cameron Matsui, Kaitlyn E. Johnson, Remy Pasco, Michael Lachmann, Spencer J. Fox, Lauren Ancel Meyers. COVID-19 Campus Introduction Risks for Spring 2021 at the University of Texas at Austin. January 29, 2021.
   

• Emily Javan, Emily Kushnereit, Briana Betke, Spencer Woody, Remy Pasco, Kelly Pierce, Kaitlyn Johnson, Maureen Johnson-León, Michael Lachmann, Spencer J. Fox, Lauren Ancel Meyers. Heterogeneous burden of the COVID-19 pandemic in Central Texas. January 27, 2021.
   

• Xutong Wang, Zhanwei Du, Kaitlyn E. Johnson, Spencer J. Fox, Michael Lachmann, Jason S. McLellan, Lauren Ancel Meyers. The impacts of COVID-19 vaccine timing, number of doses, and risk prioritization on mortality in the US. medRXiv. January 20, 2021.
   

• Haoxiang Yang, Michael Lachmann, Özge Sürer, Spencer J. Fox, David P. Morton, Lauren Ancel Meyers. Projecting Need for a COVID-19 Alternate Care Site (ACS) in Austin. Jan. 8, 2021.
   

• Michael Lachmann, Spencer Fox, and Lauren Ancel Meyers. Potential Impact of Holiday Gatherings on COVID-19 Hospitalizations in Austin. Dec. 23, 2020.
   

• Michael Lachmann, Spencer J. Fox, Mauricio Tec, Remy Pasco, Zhanwei Du, Spencer Woody, Maytal Dahan, Kelly Gaither, Kelly Pierce, James Scott, Gordon Wells, Lauren Ancel Meyers. Texas Trauma Service Area (TSA) COVID-19 transmission estimates and healthcare projections - Updated Oct. 20, 2020. Oct. 20, 2020. 

• Xutong Wang, Zhanwei Du, George Huang, Remy F. Pasco, Spencer J. Fox, Alison P. Galvani, Michael Pignone, S. Claiborne Johnston, and Lauren Ancel Meyers. Effects of Cocooning on Coronavirus Disease Rates after Relaxing Social Distancing. Emerging Infectious Diseases. Dec. 2020 (Posted online September 21, 2020). DOI: 10.3201/eid2612.201930
   

• Simon Risanger, Bismark Singh, David Morton, Lauren Ancel Meyers. Selecting Pharmacies for COVID-19 Testing to Ensure Access. medRxiv. September 18, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.17.20185090
   

• Cameron Matsui, Kaitlyn Johnson, Remy Pasco, Michael Lachmann, Spencer J. Fox, Lauren Ancel Meyers. COVID-19 Campus Introduction and Gathering Risks for Reopening the University of Texas at Austin. August 20, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15781/aa7a-0c58
   

• Michael Lachmann, Spencer J. Fox, Mauricio Tec, Remy Pasco, Maureen Johnson, Jenny Lu, Zhanwei Du, Spencer Woody, Jennifer Starling, Maytal Dahan, Kelly Gaither, Kelly Pierce, James Scott, Gordon Wells, Lauren Ancel Meyers. Texas Trauma Service Area (TSA) COVID-19 transmission estimates and healthcare projections: August 25, 2020. Updated after a presentation on August 19, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15781/tj6d-dm41
   

• Zhanwei Du, Emily Javan, Ciara Nugent, Benjamin J. Cowling, Lauren Ancel Meyers. Using the COVID-19 to influenza ratio to estimate early pandemic spread in Wuhan, China and Seattle, US. August 12, 2020. DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100479
   

• Michael Lachmann, Spencer J. Fox, Mauricio Tec, Remy Pasco, Maureen Johnson, Jenny Lu, Zhanwei Du, Spencer Woody, Jennifer Starling, Maytal Dahan, Kelly Gaither, Kelly Pierce, James Scott, Gordon Wells, Lauren Ancel Meyers. Texas Trauma Service Area (TSA) COVID-19 transmission estimates and healthcare projections: August 1, 2020. August 1, 2020.
   

• Spencer J. Fox, Michael Lachmann, Lauren Ancel Meyers. Risks of COVID-19 Introductions as Schools Reopen. Presented to The New York Times July 31, 2020.
   

• Daniel Duque, David P. Morton, Bismark Singh, Zhanwei Du, Remy Pasco, Lauren Ancel Meyers. Timing social distancing to avert unmanageable COVID-19 hospital surges. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. July 29 2020. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2009033117 
   

• Spencer J. Fox, Michael Lachmann, Lauren Ancel Meyers. COVID-19 Campus Introduction Risks for School Reopenings. Presented
  on July 22, 2020.
   

• Wang X, Pasco RF, Du Z, Petty M, Fox SJ, Galvani AP, et al. Impact of social distancing measures on coronavirus disease healthcare demand, central Texas, USA. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Oct. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2610.201702
   

• Mauricio Tec, Michael Lachmann, Spencer J. Fox, Remy Pasco, Spencer Woody, Jennifer Starling, Maytal Dahan, Kelly Gaither, James Scott, Lauren Ancel Meyers. Austin COVID-19 transmission estimates and healthcare projections. Presented on July 15, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15781/jaa9-ff48
   

• Spencer J Fox, Remy Pasco, Mauricio Tec, Zhanwei Du, Michael Lachmann, James Scott, Lauren Ancel Meyers. The impact of asymptomatic COVID-19 infections on future pandemic waves. medRxiv. June 22, 2020.
   

• Haoxiang Yang, Daniel Duque, Özge Sürer, David P. Morton, Remy Pasco, Kelly Pierce, Spencer J. Fox, Lauren Ancel Meyers. Staged Strategy to Avoid Hospital Surge and Preventable Mortality, while Reducing the Economic Burden of Social Distancing Measures. Presented on June 15, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15781/hmf9-cx87
   

• Lauren Ancel Meyers, Zhanwei Du, Robert M. Krug. Hoping for a COVID-19 antiviral that limits virus spread. Nature Microbiology. June 2, 2020.

• Zhanwei Du, Ciara Nugent, Alison P. Galvani, Robert M. Krug & Lauren Ancel Meyers. Modeling mitigation of influenza epidemics by baloxavir. Nature Communications. June 2, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16585-y
   
• Zhanwei Du, Xiaoke Xu, Lin Wang, Spencer J. Fox, Benjamin J Cowling, Alison P. Galvani & Lauren Ancel Meyers. Proactive social distancing mitigates COVID-19 outbreaks within a month across 58 mainland China cities. Emerging Infectious Disease. 
   
• Daniel Duque, Mauricio Tec, David P. Morton, James Scott, Haoxiang Yang, Remy Pasco, Kelly Pierce, Spencer J. Fox, Michael Pignone, Parker Hudson, and Lauren Ancel Meyers. Staged Strategy to Avoid Hospital Surge and Preventable Mortality, while Reducing the Economic Burden of Social Distancing Measures. Presented to the city of Austin and Travis County on May 18, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15781/xw18-9m2
   

• Daniel Duque, David Paul Morton, Bismark Singh, Zhanwei Du, Remy Pasco, Lauren Ancel Meyers, COVID-19: How to Relax Social Distancing If You Must. medRxiv. May 5, 2020.
   

• Kelly Pierce, Ethan Ho, Xutong Wang, Remy Pasco, Zhanwei Du, Spencer Fox, Greg Zynda, Jawon Song, Lauren Ancel Meyers. COVID-19 Healthcare Demand Projections: Beaumont-Port Arthur MSA, Texas. April 29, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15781/j8dw-ev41
   

• Kelly Pierce, Ethan Ho, Xutong Wang, Remy Pasco, Zhanwei Du, Spencer Fox, Greg Zynda, Jawon Song, Lauren Ancel Meyers. COVID-19 Healthcare Demand Projections: Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land MSA, Texas. April 28, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15781/z822-gr62
   
• Daniel Duque, David P. Morton, Bismark Singh, Zhanwei Du, Remy Pasco, Lauren Ancel Meyers. COVID-19 in Austin, Texas: Averting healthcare surges while relaxing social distancing. April 28, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15781/dvm2-w474
   
• Xutong Wang, Zhanwei Du, George Huang, Spencer Fox, Lauren Ancel Meyers. COVID-19 in Austin, Texas: Relaxing Social Distancing Measures. April 23, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15781/cytm-ev55
   

• Xutong Wang, Remy Pasco, Kelly Pierce, Zhanwei Du, Spencer Fox, Lauren Ancel Meyers. COVID-19 Healthcare Demand Projections: Austin, Texas: April 20, 2020. Posted online April 21, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15781/503k-c81
   

• Remy Pasco, Xutong Wang, Zhanwei Du, Spencer J. Fox, Lauren Ancel Meyers. COVID-19 in Austin, Texas: Epidemiological Assessment of Grocery Shopping. April 17, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15781/n0ha-3c71
   

• Spencer Woody, Mauricio Tec, Maytal Dahan, Kelly Gaither, Michael Lachmann, Spencer J. Fox, Lauren Ancel Meyers, and James Scott. Projections for first-wave COVID-19 deaths across the U.S. using social-distancing measures derived from mobile phones. April 17, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15781/ry5m-r054
   

• Xutong Wang, Zhanwei Du, Remy Pasco, Kelly Pierce, Michaela Petty, Spencer J. Fox, Michael Pignone, Clay Johnston, Lauren Ancel Meyers.  COVID-19 Healthcare Demand Projections: Austin, Texas: April 6, 2020. April 6, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15781/fezq-c612
   

• Remy Pasco, Zhanwei Du, Xutong Wang, Michaela Petty, Spencer J. Fox, Lauren Ancel Meyers. COVID-19 in Austin, Texas: Epidemiological Assessment of Construction Work. April 5, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15781/hzem-6s96
   
• Emily Javan, Spencer J. Fox, Lauren Ancel Meyers. Probability of current COVID-19 outbreaks in all US counties. April 3, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15781/4y2y-z972
   
• Zhanwei Du, Xutong Wang, Remy Pasco, Michaela Petty, Spencer J. Fox, and Lauren Ancel Meyers. COVID-19 Healthcare Demand Projections: 22 Texas Cities. First published: March 31, 2020; updated April 5, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15781/tmvs-g131
   

• Moghadas SM, Shoukat A, Fitzpatrick MC, Wells CR, Sah P, Pandey A, Sachs JD, Wang Z, Meyers LA, Singer BH, Galvani AP. Projecting hospital utilization during the COVID-19 outbreaks in the United States. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2020 Apr 3.
   

• Wells CR, Sah P, Moghadas SM, Pandey A, Shoukat A, Wang Y, Wang Z, Meyers LA, Singer BH, Galvani AP. Impact of international travel and border control measures on the global spread of the novel 2019 coronavirus outbreak. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2020 Mar 31;117(13):7504-9.
   

• Zhanwei Du, Ciara Nugent, Benjamin J Cowling, Lauren Ancel Meyers. Hundreds of severe pediatric COVID-19 infections in Wuhan prior to the lockdown. medRxiv. 2020 Mar 27.
   

• Remy Pasco, Xutong Wang, Michaela Petty, Zhanwei Du, Spencer J. Fox, Michael Pignone, Clay Johnston, and Lauren Ancel Meyers. COVID-19 Healthcare Demand Projections: Austin, Texas: March, 2020. March 26, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15781/1dqt-gv36